>> chris: finally, you are something of an amateur comedian and in fact you won d.c.'s funniest celebrity contest last year. you're looking at me with fear and loathing. >> no loathing, just fear. >> chris: here is a taste of your performance. here it is. >> let's just sort it out and start from the fundamentals. how do we throw money at this problem? and the thing is most of the lessons aren't recent. it's been a long, long time since things were this bad, so we kind of had to go back and look at the old textbooks. karl marx. grosky. >> chris: did the president know about this performance before? >> no, it was a joke -- obviously, everything i said in there was a joke.no there was no intention of offense on either side of the aisle. >> chris: mr. goolsbee, thank you. thank you for giving us your first interview as chairman. >> thank you for having me.