Ebaum's world was home to many ear worms in the early days of internet culture. The songs and Flash animation videos were edited to be endless loops, which you'd get your friends to watch until they asked when the next part happens. I still know all the words to this one (and several of the sequels), which greatly influenced my sense of humor. The words "Magical Trevor"are enough to get me going.
Magical Trevor 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsUgZANvAbU&list=RDHsUgZANvAbU
I got the feeling that Saks and Levitin think of music as a way of facilitating the encoding of messages. Comical music uses the steady rhythm and inherent predictability as a mechanism for developing a rapid flow of set up, misdirection, and punchlines.
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