Holly Bailey reports on Oregon House member Jefferson Smith's amazing prank – Rickrolling the legislature:
The lines had to be delivered on the House floor during a lawmaker's regular floor speech–which is, under Oregon law, videotaped for public records purposes. And the lines of the lyrics had to be spread out, so as not to tip off the state House clerk or other observers to what lawmakers were up to.
"It was way harder taking words and spreading them out than simply manipulating them (on video)," Smith says. "There are some easy lines in there to say without getting noticed. 'You're never gonna' is easy. 'I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling' is easy. But an 'ooh?' That's tricky." …
"It was real, and it was really awesome … Democracy is a glorious thing."
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