(soothing music)
- Yeah, but it puts me in a good mood.
Soothing.
Back to you two.
- All right, Henry.
- He just kills me, in the morning,
Salt Lake City, Utah, 1999.
I was just starting out in my career
and without your support, who knows where I would have been?
You put in a good word for me.
- Well, Megan, I still think you'd been in great places
and ended up at KTLA,
but, you know what?
I may have helped you out a little bit in Salt Lake city,
but if it wasn't for your help,
I would have never landed at KTLA,
and now I'm living the dream.
- That's right. I think we're all living the dream.
It's truly amazing.
But did you know, before I met Henry DiCarlo,
wanted to be a meteorologist,
Channel 5 was his go-to station.
Here's why.
- I can remember my youngest memories
of watching television were KTLA
because they had Angel games on the station.
- [Commentator] The California Angels
take on the Minnesota Twins, here on Channel 5.
- I was always watching the Angel games with my father
and then the news would often come on after that,
so, for me, it was part of growing up.
- You know, I've been watching Sam Rubin
since I was a little kid, so it's great.
(guys laughing)
It's fantastic to me. (guys laughing)
- I had just started at KTLA,
and Sam is sitting across from me,
I'm a little intimidated,
and he starts ripping on me, in a fun way.
Come on! - And today we're required
to dress like Henry DiCarlo, which I have done.
- And I remember I sat back after that whole segment ended
and I'm like, "I've arrived."
If Sam Rubin is picking on me,
I know that he has accepted me into this family.
- Now the weather, with Henry DiCarlo.
(guys laughing)
- Folks, we are doing a weather do-si-do.
And for those that have just turned on the TV set,
don't ask.
This is not right. (guys laughing)
I'm totally doing this in protest.
Oh my God! (laughs)
- Here's Hammerin' Henry!
He's great. He's hilarious.
He says things that I can't say.
- We depend on him for comedy relief.
(fast-paced music)
- Serious weather to talk about.
Look at the Doppler.
(Megan laughing) (fast-paced music)
We have... (laughs)
(Henry laughing) (fast-paced music)
♪ So wake me up when it's all over ♪
It sounds cliche, people say it's like a family,
but it really is.
- He's like a brother to me,
and I truly love working with him.
("U Can't Touch This") (guys laughing)
Oh my goodness!
♪ You can touch this ♪
- [Jessica] Come on, droopy pants!
- [Chris] Ready? - [Henry] Yep.
- Now, here's the thing about...
Ohh!
- We've had so many good moments on this show,
organic moments.
- [Chris] Can you, Henry, out-dance a chihuahua?
- What I remember most are those times,
the fun, the laughs,
the joking at others' expense.
♪ This is gonna be the best day of my life ♪
I'm really proud about what we do here.
I love the fact that when I come to work,
I feel like there is a connection.
I love the fact that I'm building to something
that's becoming bigger and better every day,
and I've been doing this for over 25 years,
and I've never been happier.
- Happy Valentine's Day to me. Whoo!
♪ My li-i-i-i-i-ife ♪
- And thank you for providing the comic relief for us,
each and every morning.
I know the viewers feel the same way.
I don't think I could wake up at 2:00 am without you,
and that's the truth.
However, there was one morning in particular,
where I could have not waken up at 2:00 am
and been a very happy girl. (Henry laughs)
- What day was that?
- [All] Earthquake!
- We're having an earthquake!
- We're having an earthquake.
(Megan laughs) - That was St. Patrick's day,
I'll never forget it.
And I think the audience won't ever let me forget it.
Every time there is even a minor earthquake,
I get the meme sent to me on social media.
And I love it. It'll go down in Channel 5 history.
Another thing that was particularly memorable,
that was also the same day I got a call
that would change my life.
- Welcome to the KTLA team. ("Moves Like Jagger")
- You know what? I'm proud to be here.
No joke, I watched you guys, have for years.
When I got the call
that I'd be joining the KTLA 5 News Team,
it was like getting the call up,
from the minor leagues to the major leagues.
Hi, everybody.
- I knew of Chris.
And I'll be honest, I was thinking,
"Is this really gonna work?"
- Chris was kind of this buttoned up anchorman,
and when he came over to Channel 5,
what was so great is he was finally able to be himself.
He was able to relax and show us the real Chris,
and I think that's what viewers love most about him.
♪ Wake me up before you go-go ♪
- [Jessica] This is your morning news team at work.
- Hope day!
I think click because, to Megan's chagrin,
Henry and I have very similar senses of humor.
- [Megan] I can't with these two.
- They're like being inside of a locker room,
the two of them together.
A family-friendly most of the time locker room.
- [Announcer] Chris Schauble! (Chris growling)
(upbeat music)
(Megan gasps)
- You can't be a part Of this gang
if you can't be made fun of.
- (sighs) Quake face.
- Poor Chris Schauble and the quake face.
- And in case you missed it,
(audience laughing)
Well, here it is again. (audience laughing)
- Ginger, thank you.
Coming up, more problems... (audience laughing)
- Earthquake. (audience laughing)
We're having an earthquake. - We're having an earthquake.
(upbeat music)
- Quake face will live forever.
- I was traumatized by that entire experience.
Chris owns it, and I love him for that,
but I still cringe every time I see that video.
Every time.
- [Chris] Anyone who knows me knows
that I'm an animated person.
I make faces like that all the time.
So, when she's talking,
and I feel a jolt, I go, "Earthquake."
You know, that was the natural thing that I would do.
Of course it became the subject of countless memes.
- I told Chris, "You're on your own next time." (chuckles)
(Megatron growling) (Chris giggling)
- [Henry] Here it goes, Chris. He's doing good.
(Chris screaming) (woman laughing)
- Here's the thing about working for Channel 5.
When you go out into the community,
you can feel the love.
People come up to me, they stop me,
and they say, "We love you guys."
- Ice bucket challenge! - Oh my God!
Absolutely proud to be an anchor at Channel 5.
In the afternoons, I transform.
I'm a track coach and I'm Dad.
And that's, what's great about Channel 5,
is it allows me to be all of those things.
(gentle music)
Our management allowed me
to pursue a story regarding my birth mother.
That story changed my life, it changed my family's life,
and it will be the story that I will always go back to
as being, like, the biggest of my career,
and that was when we located the name,
and then the person, who is my biological mother,
and we went to go visit her,
and of course, we shared that story with our audience.
Hi, Virginia.
- Wow.
- [Henry] You look beautiful.
How are you?
- [Virginia] I'm okay now.
- [Henry] It's nice to meet you.
Within two years after meeting my biological mother,
she would later die of pancreatic cancer.
And I just think about it.
If I wasn't at Channel 5,
and I didn't have the producers and bosses
and coworkers that I have,
I wouldn't have been able to meet my biological mother.
For that single reason alone,
I will be eternally grateful to Channel 5.
(gentle music)
- Aw, I love that so much.
I seriously get goosebumps every time I see it.
- I wanna thank you guys for all of your support.
You were absolutely wonderful throughout the whole process.
- You know, Chris, we loved it,
and I think the audience really enjoyed
going on that road with you.
And, you know, we're like family.
In fact, all of us, we have become family over the years.
I know, Megan, we're like two big brothers
and we love teasing our little sister.
(Henry laughing) - Okay.
- We have such a great time.
But, you know, we do take our job seriously,
and we just wanna thank you
because along the way, you have been such a good sport.
- It's so great to be here, guys.
Megan Henderson, originally from Southern California,
but working in Dallas for the last five years.
My dream had always been to come back
to Southern California,
specifically to be on the KTLA Morning News,
because this was a show that I literally grew up watching.
- [Woman] She's got hula skills.
♪ Shut up and dance with me ♪
- While many young girls at that time would say,
"Oh, I want to be the next Katie Couric,"
I seriously wanted to be the next Barbara Beck.
Mwah. Kisses. (lips smacking)
We love you guys so much.
- Megan, my BFF.
- She's a beautiful spirit, inside and out,
and we've clicked since day one.
- [Megan] Let's do it.
On your marks, get set, go!
- Oh, she did it! - Oh! Oh!
- I'm not gonna move a muscle,
I'm a little bit frightened right now.
- Is it moving? (Megan screaming)
(Megan screaming) (guys laughing)
- Megan, ("Shut Up And Dance")
she had a younger brother,
and I think in a lot of ways,
that that set her up to handle Chris and I.
- Teasing is a form of love.
- No way I deserve it all.
- Actually, we kinda take... - I deserve it all.
- We relish. We relish in it.
- We genuinely work because we genuinely love each other.
We know that at the end of the day,
we can joke around with each other,
but we still have each other's back.
The power went out in our studio.
We are now in the newsroom.
I feel like we're doing a campus news cast
- This is. - right now.
♪ Sugar ♪
- Megan looks great every single day,
and obviously has the best hair.
- I've got pieces of plastic in my hair.
- [Chris] I think you should cut it
on live TV. - Let me cut it.
(guys gasping)
- [Chris And Henry] Ahh.
- We did it.
- Maybe I wouldn't poke fun at everything that she wears,
if 99 times out of 100, she didn't look terrific.
I'm the anti-ROD Rorschach Test.
- Oh! Wow! - Oh, my God!
- People say I pick on Megan, ("Shake it Off")
and that I make fun of her, but no.
What I say about Megan is all true.
Megan was going to be a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader.
Megan does dress funny sometimes. (laughing)
This morning, who wore it better?
(guys laughing)
Megan the Pokemon. - [Megan] That's a good one.
- Are you our Wonder Woman today with your...
- Yes. As a matter of fact, don't mess with me.
- I saw what you did the- - Don't mess with me.
I knew I was gonna be across from you.
- Somebody has to tell me. ("Shake it Off")
- Here's the deal, okay?
It's like the working
with your much, too much older brothers.
- Everybody's playing. I love it. (laughs)
- Planking in a skirt. (guys laughing)
- [Chris] We're social-planking.
(guys laughing)
- Megan, I think next time you wanna be behind Sam,
not in front of Sam. (guys laughing)
- But you know what? ("What Makes You Beautiful")
We always are there first to protect her.
Don't you dare criticize Megan.
Not our Megan. We love her to death.
- Well, she's like an aunt to my baby boy.
You know, she comes over, ("What Makes You Beautiful")
and she she doesn't even come over to do anything.
She's just, "I wanna see Levi.
I wanna hang out with you, just chat,"
and so, her friendship means the world.
- Chris and I talk about this all the time.
The success of our show is because of Megan.
- I don't even know that's the same girl anymore.
- The KTLA Morning News is a safe place
for us all to be ourselves
and to share a part of ourselves,
and I'm so grateful for that.
We're a family, and you gotta love that.
♪ That's what makes you beautiful ♪
- Man, that was fun!
- Look who just showed up!
- Ginger, where have you been?
- [Ginger] Oh, sorry, guys. There was a SigAlert.
- Join us! Join us!
Coming up, Jessica Holmes's Cinderella story.
- [Chris] But first, we're gonna take a walk
down memory lane,
with our very own Ginger Chan and Rich DeMuro.
- I can't wait.
Our 25th anniversary special continues after this.
(upbeat music)