"If anybody out there would like to start a GoFundMe for the Staten Island ferry, please be my guest," Johansson said. "I don't know if I'm speaking for the Staten Island ferry or against it, but help our family, okay? This has now become a telethon for 'Support the Staten Island ferry.'"

Jost insisted that his investment would soon prove its value. "I hope you have a good thick pair of gloves at home, because some day you're going to be getting so many paper cuts from all the checks that start rolling in from this ferry," he quipped. "It is going to put food on our table, finally. I believe in this ferry, if anyone out there believes in it, please go to the GoFundMe."

Johansson had other plans. "If we sell it for scrap metal, we could actually maybe —" she said, before Jost interjected, "That's what you need the gloves for? Handling the scrap metal?"

Host Jenna Bush Hager expressed a logistical concern. "Can the ferry be taken away from the dock?" she asked.