I wouldn't say it's a scam to get youtube hits (though it got me some), I won't say its anything metaphysical either. Some of them like the Monopoly Man having a monocle or Tweedledee and Tweedledum having propeller hats are somewhat baffling. How do so many people have the same memory of something that never happened? I made some videos about it https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFh3OT8UXmwZNd1qQr6TRFW-EjCd0LKOR
great video... :)
Also Tom Cruise wearing sunglasses in the Risky Business underwear dance, everyone who ever parodied that scene wore sunglasses, but he didn't wear them in the original scene....
:)