Conan O'Brien's Week In Geek: Shatner, Anime and Harry Potter

Network television has been getting progressively nerdier, with shows like Chuck and The Big Bang Theory, but the new Crown Jewel of Geek TV is The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. With Jay Leno gone, the iconic late night show has become a geek's paradise. They've gotten rowdy at a middle school science fair and debated the merits of Twitter with the hilarious Twitter Tracker sketches.

This week, they really upped the dork humor, with videos featuring a Harry Potter friend getting in trouble, Star Trek legend William Shatner riffing on politics, and Conan himself dubbing a popular TV anime. Join us for Conan's incredible Week In Geek:

3. Dumbledore Does Hollywood

Can a Tony Stark party video be far behind?

2. Shatner Reads Sarah Palin's Speech

A fitting tribute from the man who made the song "Rocket Man"... something else entirely.



1. Conan and Andy Dub "Ghost In The Shell"

They may not understand anime, but that doesn't mean they won't voice it!



Bonus: Jimmy Fallon's Disastrous Comic-Con

Not to be left out of the geek parade, fellow NBC late night host Jimmy Fallon went to Comic-Con 2009 in order to pitch his superhero idea. It went REALLY well.

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This Rapper Has Really Tight "Science"

Think rap and science don't mix? Well, these rappers are gonna cap yo azz with a laser beam if you hate. Meet Bino White and his rap partner Riboflava, who're gonna "Kick Your Ass With Science," as their track goes.

What type of science? Well, their references are all over the map, but let's put it this way: in their lab, they mix beats and chemicals with intriguing results. If you can't get enough of the geek rap experience, and miss the gangsta stylings of MC Hawking, then this video's for you. Check it, y'all:

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Meme All-Stars: All Your Base

Not all your memes belong on the Geek Pad's Meme All-Stars list, but this one certainly does. Last week we inducted the tights-and-lights wearing Tron Guy. This week, it's All Your Base, which began life in 1989 as a poor English version of a weirdly translated video game from Japan (called Zero Wing). In 2000, when video of the opening cut-scene made it to SomethingAwful and Newgrounds, the internet exploded and a techno flash cartoon sensation was born. Ladies and gentlemen, All Your Base:


12. All Your Base Are Belong To Us

11. Fox Newscaster Tries In Vain To Explain "All Your Base"



10. All Your Snakes Are Belong To Us



9. "Aww" Your Base



8. Bart Learns A Lesson About Internets



7. The Base Belongs To This Guy!



6. C&C Wants Your Base, Too



5. CATS in 2012



4. All Your Base: The Very Useful iPhone App



3. Calvin and Hobbes Want Your Snowbase



2. Know Your Meme Says "All Your Base" Is Endangered



1. Mmm... Base...



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What If Ghostbusters Was Made In 1954?

Are the ghosts in your house a drag? Well, here's a flick that'll make you flip! It's "Ghost Busters." Who are the keen scientists giving ghouls a knuckle sandwich? It's Dean Martin as Ray Stantz, Bob Hope as Peter Venkman, and Fred MacMurray as Egon Spengler. They're hip to haunts, man!

Okay, enough with the 50's lingo. Here's an amazing remix of old movies to create a trailer for what Ghostbusters would have been like as a 1950s film. I ain't afraid of no mashups, nor should you.

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TinyURL Has VERY Important Uses

It's getting harder and harder to trick people on the internet. Luckily, new technology makes anything possible! Consider the Rickroll, a delightful prank with a dozen variations. Unfortunately, people have caught on that suspicious YouTube links probably mean they'll be hearing Rick Astley sing about his unwillingness to give you up.

Did that spell death for the meme? No! With TinyURL, we can keep Rickrolling alive forever, or at least until people get suspicious of TinyURL. So, are there any other potential uses for the service? Uhm... yeah, I can't think of any either.

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6 LOST Parodies Officially Approved By The Show's Creators

At this year's Comic-Con, the LOST creators received a lot of... unusual fan attention. They were even presented with a velvet portrait of themselves with a polar bear! However, for their panel, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse decided to show the fans some love by running a reel of their favorite LOST internet tributes. So without further ado, here are the 6 fan-made LOST parodies that Lindelof and Cuse dig the most:


6. LOST Does The OC ("Hide and Seek")

5. LOST Babies



4. Jack Having Trouble With His XBOX 360



3. Weird Al's LOST Polka



2. The Castaways vs. The NY Yankees



1. Brokeback Island



Think there was a LOST parody that should have made the creators' list? Post it here!

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Lolcat Prostitute Iz Vry Sad

Sure, Lolcats are cute now, their popularity soaring, riding around on their invisabl bikes, but that doesn't mean it'll stay that way forever. This video shows us what the future holds for Lolcats 50 years from now, and let me tell you, it ain't pretty.

The sketch was created by SMBC Theater, helmed by Zach Weiner of the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, which is full of WIN. Can the new sketch troupe translate Zach's sensibility into the kooky world of viral video? Maybe it posible.

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17 Funny Links from the Future, Today

Snuggle Up To The 8 Funniest Videos Of People Getting Wedgies (Big Stupid Idiot)
Remembering The Fab 5 Female Pop Stars Of The Year 2000 (Yep Yep)

Shaq Fights The Big Show (Jock and Balls)

Why is Captain Kirk Climbing a Mountain? (Dave and Thomas)

The Real Game Genie (Collegehumor)

We Cringed at the Worst Voicemail Ever Left on a Woman's Phone (Whip It Out)

Peter Pan Got Married - Internet Legend's Online Wedding Album (Urlesque)

Sex Terms You Don't Dare Ask About (Ask Men)

Birthers on Capitol Hill: "Do You Think Obama Is an American Citizen?" ... "Hrr What Wharrgrrbl" (Veto Corleone)

Lure of Twitter Convinces College Star to Learn to Read and Write (Sports Pickle)

I'll Take Signatures That Look Like Penises For A Thousand, Alex (TV Munchies)

Sea Lion Dies of Sex Exhaustion ... or Does He? (Lemondrop)

The REAL Game Genie Is A Little Fatter And Hairier Than The Cartridge Version (Level One Boss)

What Should Sarah Palin's Next Job Be? (Asylum)

What's This Summer's Summer Jam? Maybe It's "Summer Jam" (The Laugh Track)

Very Noisy Hedgehog (Today's Big Thing)

The 10 Greatest, Uh, Greatest Hits of the Week (Funk Jelly)

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Kill Dracula By Shoving A Crucifix Up His Butt

Click on comic for full-sized version.

Dracula is perhaps the scariest monster of them all! The most efficient way to kill him is to stab him in the heart with a wooden stake. That's also NOT the most fun way to kill someone. In this comic book version of Bram Stoker's Dracula, written by comics reviewer Abhay Khosla, a man trying to kill Dracula gets a series of unhelpful suggestions from his two teen helpers. Spoiler: Many of their suggestions involve taking a dump on him.

Will the teens agree to the man's wooden stake plan? Or will the man agree to allow for a compromise of one dump on Dracula's chest? Find out by reading the full comic here, and I'll keep my eye out for future installments.

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8 Internet Memes Turned Into Art Masterpieces

Techno Viking. Oil on canvas.

Memes are more than just Rick Astley prancing around and creepy bears harassing your children. They've become art. Witness these provocative paintings created to capture the wonder, the innocence and the power of these internet phenomenon. Step into our meme gallery and enjoy these works of art:



8. Dramatic Chipmunk

The terror, the drama in the eyes is captured in this stunning oil painting.



7. Star Wars Kid

There's clearly a joy in capturing the frenetic movements of the Star Wars Kid, but also a quiet stillness that permeates the entire painting. Perplexing.



6. O RLY

Can the famous questioning owl truly be captured in ink? Yes, really.



5. LOLcat

A city wall was transformed into a canvas for this cat's portrait. The invisible bicycle is intriguing.



4. Cosby

The contrast between comedian Bill Cosby and the Pokemons makes for an engaging portrait.



3. Tron Guy

He's a big man, and yet the line-work of this drawing suggests a frailty behind the frame.



2. NEDM

This Happy Cat was illustrated in a delightful homage to Warhol. To compliment the image, any galleries hosting the painting should play Doom Music.



1. Diet Coke and Mentos

An explosion of taste, and yet, a minimum amount of color. Oil on canvas.



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Game Genie Granting Real Wishes

Who didn't want a Game Genie growing up? If you had a Nintendo, it allowed you to get infinite lives in Mega Man 3, warp to the harder levels of Mario and see the end credits of Contra without doing any work. Actually, Game Genies kinda sucked. You should have to earn those end credits. Stupid rich kids with their fancy cheat toys...

Well, NOW the Game Genie is awesome! He can grant actual wishes, not just game-related stuff. So watch as a modern day gamer gets his hands on the real life Game Genie in this CollegeHumor video. It's a dream come true. Sort of?

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Carmen Sandiego Has Been Found!

Congratulations, Gumshoes! This picture means that the Acme Detective Agency's #1 target, the multi-national treasure thief Carmen Sandiego, has finally been found! As soon as this picture was taken, dozens of cops grabbed her and put Carmen behind bars.

But wait - did you get the correct warrant? You didn't? DAMN IT! We finally caught the video game character in real life, and now she's gonna slip away. You're gonna have to start the mission all over again. You've made this woman very upset.

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Get Your Brick On: 7 Lego Rap Music Videos

You can build with them. You can eat them. And now you can get funky with them. Lego figures may look kinda honky, but they know how to get down with the beat (many Legos are from the East Side). So pass the chronic, grab the mic with your yellow claw, and get ready to lay down some tracks. These are Lego rap music videos:



7. Circle Circle Dot Dot - Jamie Kennedy

Gotta love Slave Leia, shakin' dat ass for a Lego spanking.

6. Lego Star Wars Rap

What is thy bidding, my master? To create a Lego video for this sci-fi rap.



5. Nuthin' But A G-Thang - Snoop Dogg

Not just a music video. This is a Lego version of the Up and Smoke Tour live show. If you got messed up enough at the show, I bet Snoop would look like a giant Lego.



4. Ninja Rap - Barats and Bereta

Ninjas, birthdays, rapping - put it all together and wrap it in a Lego package.



3. Crank That - Soulja Boy

Lego Soulja Boy? You'd better crank that!



2. White and Nerdy - Weird Al

This Lego video is an homage to a parody song. I think my head'll explode just thinking about it.



1. Da Mystery of Chessboxin' - Wu-Tang Clan

Creating a badass Lego Wu-Tang Clan video is like... a well-played game of Chess.



For more awesomeness, check out 6 Videos of Darth Vader Dancing and Buzz Aldrin's Sexy Astronaut Rap (f/ Snoop Dogg).

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Support Our Stormtroopers

It's tough to be a stormtrooper. You're just doing your job, protecting the charismatic Lord Vader, when all of a sudden you're lightsabered down by a couple of rebels who snuck into the Death Star. What about showing some love to our men in white plastic, who've sacrificed so much for you?

Now you can buy the graphic above as a car magnet and let the whole galaxy know that you support our stormtroopers. They're out there in clunky costumes, trying in vain to defend the Empire. Buying this magnet will help keep the force strong with them. Also, someone should write a power country ballad, as well.

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Paul Scheer's Velvet LOST Painting

A beautiful piece of art, isn't it? Comedian Paul Scheer worked for months to create a black velvet LOST portrait featuring creators Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse posing with a polar bear. This epic tribute to LOST should be hanging at a museum, but instead Scheer generously gave the painting to Damon and Carlton at San Diego Comic-Con's LOST panel. Video of the encounter is below.

Every panel I went to featured cringe-inducing questions, so it was nice to see a Q&A where something truly funny and awesome happened. For more info, Paul has been keeping a lovely blog about the creation and distribution of his masterpiece over at the appropriately named DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com

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10 Questions For Megan Fox From Horny Comic-Con Fanboys

At this year's crazy Comic-Con, Megan Fox did a panel to promote her new film, Jonah Hex. She was also there to make Transformers fanboys drool all over themselves. It's not abnormal for question-askers at Comic-Con to kiss celebrity ass, but with Megan Fox they took it to a whole new level. Here are a few of the questions they asked (slightly paraphrased):



10. "My question is for Megan: why are you so hot? And my second question is: seriously, why are you so hot?"

9. "Megan, are you as hot in Jonah Hex as you are in Transformers? Because - I'm not sure you're aware of this - but you're very, very hot in Transformers."

8. "This question is for Josh Brolin. Was Megan Fox's ridiculously hot body a constant distraction on set?"

7. "Is it true that if I masturbate to you enough times, you'll visit my bedroom at night?"

6. (Takes out video camera) "Just say anything. I'm recording your mouth close-up."

5. "This question is for the entire cast: Megan Fox, Megan Fox, Megan Fox, Megan Fox, Megan Fox. Thank you."

4. "Hi Megan... I think yer purty. Hee-yuck, hee-yuck, hee-yuck."

3. "Megan, do you want to see my tattoo of you? It's you riding my penis like a mechanical bull." (She shakes her head 'no.') "Are you sure?"

2. (Questioner dry humps the microphone stand while staring at Megan, "finishes," then quietly walks away.)

1. "Megan, I just want you to know that I'm saving my virginity for you. Some might say I'm a virgin because I'm fat, mean and smell bad, but now you finally know the truth."

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Caturday: Deer Grooms Cat With Tongue

It's another wonderful Caturday! Two weeks ago we showed you a cat and monkey making out, so why hold back on more inter-species cuteness? Here's a video of a deer tongue-bathing an adorable cat, who's game for the experience.

Cats aren't very picky. Put a sock in front of them, and they'll hunt it. If an animal wants to groom them, who cares if it's another cat? They're willing to go with the flow, and for that, we salute them.

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18 Funny Links from the Future, Today

8 Funniest Videos Of Reporters Taking A Beating (Big Stupid Idiot)

The 10 Greatest Screaming Lines In Movie History (Manofest)

Life Is Hard When You’re The NFL’s Top Pick (YepYep)

Funny Videos - Our Favorite "Days in the Extra Life" (Level One Boss)

MacGyver loves nude children (Blog of Hilarity)

Generation Y Goes To Work (College Humor)

The Comic Con Schedule We'd Like to See (Asylum)

Have You Signed Up For MySpace Graveyard Yet? (The Laugh Track)

When Math Nerds Seek Mates (The Bachelor Guy)

Political Brawl Series: The South Korean Phil-a-bustup… (Apoliticus)

The 14 Best Songs About Masturbation (Funk Jelly)

Do men get screwed by the courts in divorce? (Ask Men)

Great Japanese Fluorescent Light Fights (Dave and Thomas)

Cute Animals Playing Together Innocently, Or Are Species Teaming Up To Exact Revenge On Humankind? (Hey Look, Animals!)

20 Posterizing Dunks That Make LeBron James' Tape Seem Cavalier (Bleacher Report)

Awesome 'Back To The Future' Split Screen Takes Continuity To New Level (Trailer Trasher)

Boobs Make Great Beer Holders (DJ Mick)

Vintage Star Wars Photo Is Awesome, Weird (Retro Comedy)

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FOUND: The Worst Video Game Ever Made!

The Angry Video Game Nerd is adept at finding and reviewing terrible old school video games, but he's finally outdone himself in the latest episode of the web series. In an epic, no-holds-barred, 20 minute review he savages a 3DO game called "Plumbers Don't Wear Ties," which is a vacation slide show disguised as an "interactive romantic comedy." However, it's neither a video game nor an actual movie. It's just bulls***!

Also, fans of AVGN at Comic-Con would do well to drop by the Spike TV booth, where James Rolfe himself will be hosting Spike's coverage of the event. So if you don't believe that "Plumbers Don't Wear Ties" is the worst video game ever, you can ask him yourself.

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Weezer For Nintendo Entertainment System

Get ready for the ultimate expression of your nerdy childhood. 8-bit music label Pterodactyl Squad has gotten a bunch of video game music composers together to create a free album of Weezer covers. That's right: old school video games and Weezer, the band who helped found geek rock - could it be any more early 90's?

The best tracks? Definitely check out the spooky Castlevania version of Island In The Sun, the sped-up covers of Buddy Holly and Hash Pipe, as well as this hilariously meticulous cover of El Scorcho. Oh man, I should dig that Weezer pocket protector out of the closet.

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Meme All-Stars: Tron Guy

Welcome to Meme All-Stars, where we pay tribute to the internet's brightest stars. Let's kick things off with an oldie, but a goodie. Coming to us direct from the ENCOM Mainframe, here are 10 funny pictures and videos celebrating computer programmer Jay "Tron Guy" Maynard, who dreamed of wearing an authentic, tight fitting Tron costume. In 2004 he accomplished his goal, and became an internet celebrity overnight. Ladies and gentlemen, Tron Guy:



10. Tron Guy Tells His Story

9. Tron Guy On Jimmy Kimmel



8. Tron Guy Is Reassuring



7. Tron Guy Stands Out In A Crowd



6. Tron Guy Laughs Heartily With Flash Guy



5. Slicker, Cooler Silver Tron Guy



4. Tron Guy Was South Park-ified!



3. Tron Guy Fine Art



2. Tron Guy and What's-His-Face. The President.



1. Tron Guy On A Date - Will He Score?



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The Douchiest Parkour Video Ever

Parkour is the art of doing crazy flips and stuff! RADICAL! It's like you're a real life Jedi, only your friend is filming you for YouTube, something Yoda could never get Samuel L. Jackson to do for him.

This is a very funny office parkour parody, done by Chris Hardwick of G4's Web Soup. He's hardcore, parkour and totally extreme -- but also totally annoying. Watch him ruin a perfectly good lunch. Woo! Flips!!

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ShamWow: The Hardcore Dance Remix

Can't get enough remixes after yesterday's Rick Astley-athon? Well, if you want to clean up on the dance floor, you'd better hope your DJ is Steve Porter, the creator of "Jam Wow." (And if nobody will dance with you willingly, maybe try beating up a prostitute?)

This is the ultimate dance remix of the now infamous ShamWow commercial, which features some smooth moves from an unexpected source: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's Carlton. He may be no Billy Mays, but Vince Shlomi gets the the funky job done in this awesome viral video. It's a towel, it's a sponge, and it's hot!

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21 Funny Links from the Future, Today

Live & Learn: Don't Bring A Wolf To The BBQ! (The Laugh Track)

9 Standup Comedians Who Should Be Stars (Screen Junkies)

11 Movie Soundtracks That Were Better Than the Movie (Funk Jelly)

Pop Crack: Ramsay in Space (Atom)

4 ways to get out of work around the house (Chris Illuminati)

Caught On Tape: Monkey Thief Terrorizes Texas... Or At Least One Garden Supply Store (Hey Look, Animals!)

12 Huge Beer Bellies (Afrojacks)

PSA -- Guys, Don't Shave Your Junk (Lemon Drop)

You Stink! Famous Booing in Sports (Bleacher Report)

Rudy’s All Grown Up! (Ice Ice Babies)

Whoa, Robert Loggia! (Dave and Thomas)

The 6 Worst 3D Movies Ever (Trailer Trasher)

Win a Set of Balls ... BuckyBalls, That Is (Asylum)

The 10 Funniest Moments In The Price Is Right History (Manofest)

Will Arnett Does Judy Blume on Jimmy Fallon (Retro Comedy)

Dorks In Video Game System Costumes: A Photo Essay (Next Round)

Shots You Should Never Drink After College (Ask Men)

The 5 Most Badass Things Ever Done By Jungle Cats (Cracked)

The Clippers Have the Best Job Security Around (Jock and Balls)

Epic. Toy. Fail. (Tasty Booze)

6 Funniest Harry Potter Sex Spoofs (Whip It Out)

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4 Japanese Fangirls Who Met American Celebrities

While the term "fanboy" brings up images of a fat, pimple-faced guy in a Star Wars t-shirt playing with vintage Transformers action figures, the Japanese girl equivalent is considered... well, adorable? The squealing, the cute obsessiveness, and the way their eyes light up when meeting the celebrities they love most - Americans love that. It's a far cry from the stereotypical weirdos populating San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. So here are a few lucky Japanese fangirls meeting their favorite celebrities:



4. Avril Lavigne

Avril can have the "sexy camera"... but not the tie. The tie is hers!

3. Britney Spears

This fan gives her a pair of handmade jeans. Britney gives her an empty smile.



2. BMX Biker Terry Adams

I guess he's big in Japan!



1. Cast of Twilight

All these girls want to get bitten more than anything. Now that's scary!



Bonus: Johnny Depp

Not fangirls, but a bunch of kid fans got to play musical pirates for Johnny Depp! Or... were they forced to?



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What Happened To The WoW Freakout Kid?

We saw him hit himself in the head with a shoe. We saw him stick a remote up his butt. Has any kid ever freaked out harder about losing his World of Warcraft subscription? His funny fake anger inspired many hilarious remix videos... so what happened to WoW Freakout Kid? Where is he now?

Answer: Up a tree. And he's pissed!

In this sequel video, Freakout Kid's brother interviews the Level 40 Whiner from the tree that he's hiding in. Apparently, everyone at school is making fun of him. Hey, stop picking on him, you guys! What kid isn't sensitive about their World of Warcraft subscription? Or being called a fuzzy little squirrel? Or having their precious Boo Bear shoved in their face?

SHUT - UP!

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Computer Loading Time In Real Situations

No matter how fast computers get, there seem to be two constants with every generation of machines:

1. Processing stuff takes a long time.

2. Computers can't accurately guess how long processing stuff is gonna take.

The webcomic XKCD brought us back in time to remind us what online porn used to be like (hint: BUFFERING...), now the comic is taking a shot at the file copy dialogue box in Windows, whose guesses about how long copying files will take is as erratic as the WoW Freakout kid.

Computer programmers, when will this madness end?

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Rickroll Redux: 7 Rick Astley Remixes

I don't care if it's a played out meme - I'm never gonna give up on Rickroll. Perhaps all Rick Astley needs is a little remixing to freshen up one of the internet's greatest pranks. So here now are a few remixes of Rick's internet sensation, "Never Gonna Give You Up..." Go out and keep the roll alive.


7. NINrolled

Rick mixed with Nine Inch Nail's "The Hand That Feeds"

6. Raprolled

Rick mixed with DMX's "Where The Hood At"



5. Blinkrolled

Rick mixed with Blink 182's "All The Small Things"



4. Buttrolled

Rick mixed with Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back"



3. Pixierolled

Rick mixed with The Pixies "Monkey Gone To Heaven"



2. Grungerolled

Rick mixed with Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"



1. Bitrolled

Rick remixed in 8-bit (Nintendo style)



You might also enjoy The Best Rickrolling Videos at Whip It Out Comedy.

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Buzz Aldrin's Sexy Astronaut Rap f/ Snoop Dogg

With the 40th anniversary of the moon landing yesterday, everyone's getting into the sexy spirit of space exploration. Even astronaut Buzz Aldrin, 79, got his groove on recently with Snoop Dogg and Talib Kweli to record the soulful single "Rocket Experience" for Funny or Die.

With superheroes on top of the box office, and a nerd in the White House, it's no wonder that science geeks want to dominate the world of music. Well, one small step at a time. Meanwhile, you can check out the making of the song here.

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