He wanted to get "laughter" from Japanese audience after he taught something different or funny to the students.
No time to say something funny when you exchange your name card with 5 or 6 people. All you can say is "Nagaoh desu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu", or I am Nagaoh. Please to meet you.
But it is not rude to ask when you don't understand how to call the name.