Songs can often be funny, using tricks like [satire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47bKTtIwrO4&list=RD47bKTtIwrO4), [parody](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq7Eki5EZ8o&list=RDzq7Eki5EZ8o&start_radio=1), or a [cutting wit](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rein+mcmay+god+king+google). Generally this is lyrical: the right words at the right time can split your sides in the right song. But there's another kind of musical joke that centers on the sound itself. Bo Burnham has a particular knack for this. [Unpaid Intern](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZVMB8mrNO0) and [Peanut Butter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rXnYLPCIas&list=RD-rXnYLPCIas) both play with your expectations regarding endings.

I'll give you a minute to listen before I ruin em by explaining.

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Unpaid Intern cuts right in the middle of a long-sustained note, with Bo's head thrown back in the middle of just laying into it. The cut itself is brilliant since it's so antithetical to the musicality of that note and just abruptly undermines the groove right at it's climax. The bit in the video that follows the song with a reaction video is itself a deeper and more uncomfortable joke, but the simple cut of the original song really stands out as a simple way to make a sound funny.

In contrast, Peanut Butter doesn't know when to quit. It's a simple little diddy that wraps itself up nicely at 46s, clearly saying what it set out to say. It takes a beat and then the friggin saxophone comes back in like someone fighting off a Vaudeville Hook.




Whether lyrical, tonal, or stylistic, often the funniest moments and the most fun come from well set -- and thoroughly defied expectations. And where better to defy expectations than at **Wednesday Night Cuttle Tonight at 8:30pm ET**? Join us for an evening of good times in great company; doesn't that sound fun?

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