♪ Good morning ♪
♪ Wake up to a brand new day ♪
- "Can't Smile Without You"
- [News anchor] Alright, let's, yeah.
- Oh yeah, a little performing.
("Can't Smile Without You")
♪ Can't smile without you ♪
♪ Can't live without you ♪
♪ Wake up so happy ♪
- [Barry] Why do I feel like I'm with the muppets?
(news anchors loudly laughing)
- I can't believe it's been that long.
I can't believe we've been waking up together
for 20 years.
- 4:10 a.m. for me every day.
- 2:30 for me.
You sleep in, you're a lucky guy.
- I am a little bit lucky.
And I tell you what, speaking of luck,
diplomatic immunity, commuted sentences,
we don't know how it finally happened,
but the original, inaugural cast of the "KTLA Morning News"
hasn't been together in the same room for years.
- Until now. (wind swooshes)
(upbeat country music)
- There's my boys. Hi!
- Oh!
- It's so good to see you!
Chuck! - Hi!
(former news anchors laughing) - Oh!
- You look beautiful. You never changed.
- We didn't get old. - No.
(former news anchors laughing)
- We got old. - Oh!
- Barbie!
You haven't had boys since us, huh?
You haven't had a crew!
- Oh, there's my boys!
Oh my gosh, how's your family?
- Everybody's great. - Have a seat right here.
Look at you. You're just as blonde as you used to be.
- I am. - Blondie!
- Did you guys talk without me?
- How's lighting? Is the lighting okay for you?
- By the way, are you at least an hour late now,
I mean, that's like, nothing's changed.
- I am not late!
- Yeah. We waited an hour!
- This is like a high school reunion without the alcohol.
- Well, the thing, no, what's amazing is that 1991
when I was 28 years old,
I never thought I'd get a break like this,
(male former news anchor laughs)
and look.
- Good morning, and thank you for joining us.
- I remember watching that first show at home
that Eric was in front of a bar in North Hollywood.
Michelle interviewed Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- [Carlos] That was our first guest. The Terminator.
- Do you guys remember that first show?
- [Eric] Oh, absolutely.
And how much of a failure that format really was,
because it was so straight.
- This is it folks. I gotta get these guys breakfast.
- What's the thing that really kind of took it
over the edge though,
when you went to the Denny's, - Denny's, that was one of the
- Across the street.
- This could be a pretty wild show in itself.
So, I don't know what's gonna happen over there,
but we're gonna, we're gonna go over there
and get some breakfast.
That was one of the openings of the goofiness.
- And you started to make pancakes over there.
I mean, and all of a sudden, you know,
this became a show about breakfast, literally,
and where you could have a good time.
- I can't believe I'm watching this.
(male news anchor laughing) (female news anchor laughing)
Is it a little bright?
Do you think it's a little bright, you guys?
- [Male News Anchor] No, we don't think
it's bright at all.
- No, we like the way it looks.
- We miss you terribly all the time.
You make me laugh!
- Thank you. - [Barbara] That's the best.
- Everyday, every single day somebody comes.
What happened?
- What happened to Barbara Beck?
- Yes. - She lives!
- That's the number one question.
- What is, what is happening over with Barbara Beck now?
- Barbara Beck is still most of the time in Santa Ines.
- Do you still ride horses?
- I still have a horse. I don't ride her because she's old.
- Awwwww.
- She's a pet, very expensive pet.
But I love Santa Ines, I still love it,
but I also have a place here now.
- My best friends in the last 20 years
are sitting in this room,
and I can't tell you how much I missed them.
- [Carlos] I'm still talking to you,
but I would talk to you on the TV.
- Yeah.
- Like Mark, what's the weather?
And he starts to talk, he rambles
and I go, "Get to it!".
And then he starts to review a movie he didn't see.
And I go, "How could you review a movie you didn't see?"
I mean it's just like when we were together.
- You guys are better looking now.
- Oh - We are, as we get older-
- The years have been very kind to you.
- As we get older-
- Yes, absolutely.
(former news anchors hollering)
Oh my gosh! It's Michelle Ruiz and Jennifer York!
(former news anchors clapping)
- Surprise! I haven't seen you in a while.
(former news anchors laughs)
Hi!
(former news anchors chattering)
- In honor of our 20th, I bought Depends for Mark.
For Barbara, I bought the Spectravite Senior Multivitamin.
(former news anchors laughs)
- I am feeling a little tired.
(Michelle loudly laughs)
- Sam, I've got you a life (indistinct) coupon
(former news anchors laughs)
Also, for Mark and Carlos to share
in case you lose your teeth,
you just put some water there,
freeze it up- - Frozen Smiles!
- See how you go.
(Michelle laughs)
There you go.
- Oh, that was good. - Thank you.
(former news anchors clapping)
- I remember the first couple of weeks
that we'd go, "And Michelle Ruiz has a story"
and then we'd hear in our ear, "It's Me-chelle!"
(former news anchors laughing)
- When you guys walked in and we saw you,
it doesn't seem like 20-
- It doesn't.
- Honey, come on, let's say 10.
- We're saying two main questions though.
Whatever happened to Barbara Beck and Jennifer York?
Where are they now?
- I'm in town!
I'm in Senior City,
raising a five year old with my husband.
And I'm getting a Masters in Psychology so that you guys
can all come to me someday- - Wow!
- when you need help, and just sit there and go like-
- What do you mean when?
- I'm a serial entrepreneur now.
So, I'm now launching my third business.
- Oh, really?
(former news anchors chattering)
- What kind of cereal? - Have we eaten it?
(former news anchors laughing)
- When did you join this show?
- I heard you say (indistinct).
That's it. Get me hired.
This guy doesn't know anything about this world.
- I was doing weather and traffic and mine was Lock Canada.
(Jennifer loudly laughs)
- I enjoy the show very much. - No!
- [David] It's my hairdresser's favorite show, Antoinette.
- Oh, right.
- She says, "You must catch this show."
It is so cool.
- Remember when that we asked Jimmy Carter
to do the fishing report. - Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Well, by executive order, I declare it's time-
(former news anchors laughs)
I declare it's time
for a Special Presidential Edition of the Morning News,
fishing report.
- And he read it beautifully.
- That was such a lasting moment.
- And what'd you guys think today would be like
versus what it has turned out to be?
- It's exactly-
- [Jennifer] It's exactly what I thought it was going to be.
- [Barbara] Exactly. - Exactly.
It's like yesterday.
- I like get in my car and cry
'cause I just miss you crazy guys so much,
because there's no one, like you.
- There's this connection. - Yeah.
There's no one like Eric, and no one like Carlos
and no one like Mark, and no one like Barbara,
and no one like Michele. Nobody!
You guys are so original-
- And I- - and awesome people.
- There's really, nobody like you.
(former news anchors laughs)
- There they are over there! Skycopter five!
(Jennifer laughs)
- What's funny is that, even if the cameras were here,
when we have our board meetings, it's the same way.
- Yeah.
- We still laugh, we- - So special.
- It just feels like, you know,
it's a nice place to go home to,
turn on channel five and there's home
and it's right in your face and it feels warm and fuzzy.
And it just, I don't think it'll ever change
because of the people, because of who you are.
(camera shutters) - Thanks, LA!
♪ Sing like a bird ♪
(camera shutters) ♪ Dizzy in my head ♪
♪ Spin like a record ♪
♪ Crazy on a Sunday night ♪ (camera shutters)
- That really was so much fun. - That was really heartfelt.
- It made me cry. - The memories, the emotions,
the madness I tell you.
- I don't want this party to end you guys.
This 20th anniversary party is really a lot of fun.
- Well, you know, obviously we wouldn't even be celebrating
if not for the amazing and loyal folks watching right now.
- Coming up, a special thank you
from all of us to all of you.