No big Connie Chung fan here but I got it.
I think?
"It was funny and it took lots of guts..."
Well, either that or lots of Johnny Walker Red.
You know how I know this was a disaster and not at all funny? By the frozen-grimace-trying-to-look-like-a-smile on the piano player's face. If it was going as planned, he would have at least tried to appear genuinely amused.