Synonyms:
- Spectacularly misjudging the room
- Landing with a thunderous thud
- Delivered with maximum confidence and minimum effect
- Tone-deaf in the best possible way
- Arriving at entirely the wrong moment
- Attempting lightness in heavy circumstances
- Generating a very specific kind of silence
- Committed to the bit regardless of consequences
- Filling the room with good intentions and bad timing
- Leaving everyone slightly stunned
- Memorable for entirely the wrong reasons
- Still worth it to the teller