On the Saturday finale of MSNBC's "Weekends with Maury & Connie," Chung sang a version of Bob Hope's old theme song "Thanks for the Memory" to her husband and co-host, Maury Povich. A clip of the performance complete with mood-setting candles and an accompanying grand piano is the most popular clip of the week on the video Web site YouTube.As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 413,000 people had viewed the video of Chung a rating that might have saved "Weekends with Maury & Connie," from being canceled. The half-hour talk show, which featured the two discussing news events, averaged about 232,000 viewers since debuting Jan. 7.
Decked out in a pink gown, Chung sings: "We came to do a show, for very little dough/ By little, I mean I could make more working on skid row/ That's cable."
In a pitch far from perfect, Chung mocks Marilyn Monroe before finally slumping to the stage.
"All I want to be sure of is that viewers understood it was a giant self-parody," Chung told The Associated Press Tuesday. "If anyone took it seriously, they really need to get a life."
Odd but funny. Especially when the 59-year-old Chung is on top of a piano in a formal gown and forced to elegantly slide off the edge to the floor. Got to give it to the production crew, they did a great job with the candles and lighting. And here's to Chung who knows how to have some fun. It's just TV afterall.
Like the AP article says, the video was so popular that the network news star was featured on NBC's Today Show commenting about it.
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