Most things that you see in TV and such that are funny are not meant to be funny... Don't jump the gun on the OP. I'm sure everyone has seen their share of America's Funniest Videos and worse than that, those kind of things are not planned ahead.
Yes, but scaring her aunt was planned by someone who knew she was afraid of snakes. And then posting it on Youtube just further goes to put a negative spin on snake keepers.