1A IN ROCKEFELLER PLAZA. ♪ >> COME ON, YOU GUYS! IT’S A PARTY. WE’RE GOING TO CELEBRATE. IT’S WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25th. THAT’S TINA TURNER. PEOPLE! IT IS JENNA’S BIRTH DAY. JENNA, THIS MORNING YOU AND YOUR LITTLE SISSY, YOU TWO TOGETHER WERE BORN -- SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU. >> SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU WITH THAT HAT ON. I LOVE SPENDING THE BIRTHDAY WITH YOU AND WE WANT TO THANK DANA FROM STERLING HEIGHTS, MICHIGAN. THAT WAS SO SWEET! >> WE WANT THOSE CAKE POPS. >> HODA WAS LIKE, ARE THEY HERE? >> THEY WEREN’T. WE DO HAVE A CAKE FOR YOU. HERE’S THE NEW -- FIRST OF ALL, YOUR NAME IS SPELLED OUT IN BALLOONS. >> SO CUTE. >> WE HAVE TO MARK MOMENTS. WE HAVE A CAKE FOR YOU BUT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CUT IT OR TASTE IT BECAUSE OF COVID. SO YOU COULD TAKE IT HOME WITH YOU BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR AWESOME STAFF IS ON THE BIG BOARD! >> YEAH! >> TO CELEBRATE LIKE WE WANT TO LOOK AT EVERYONE SO EVERYONE’S GOT BEAUTIFUL COLORFUL BACKGROUNDS, KIDS INVOLVED. ALI HAS HER LITTLE GIRL. >> HI, ALI. >> ALL CELEBRATING. KATE AS A CUPCAKE. >> MISS ALI WITH THE CEREAL. >> WE SEE YOU ALL. >> LOVE YOU ALL AND MISS YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS. IT IS SO FUN TO SEE PEOPLE YOU DON’T GET TO SEE EVERY DAY THAT YOU KIND OF TOOK FOR GRANTED. NOT THAT WE TOOK YOU FOR GRANTED -- >> YOU FORGET WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE NEXT TO SOMEBODY. WHAT DID YOU DO FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY LAST YEAR? >> WE DID THINGS THAT -- I USUALLY GET TOGETHER WITH MY SISTER AND FRIENDS AND HENRY ALWAYS IS SO SWEET ABOUT MAKING IT FEEL LIKE SOMETHING. BUT AFTER YOU HAVE KIDS, IT IS REALLY ABOUT THEM, HOW THEY WANT TO CELEBRATE AND SHARING CAKE WITH THEM AND WHATEVER IT IS. >> YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT JENNA? A LOT OF THINGS TO LOVE BUT I DIDN’T HAVE A BIRTHDAY CARD SO I WROTE ON A CARD I GOT FROM AN OLD STEELS AND DEALS. YOU WALKED IN AND I LOOKED AT YOUR EYES AND I THOUGHT, OH MY GOD, THERE’S A PERSON WHO JUST APPRECIATES, LIKE, ME. >> I DO APPRECIATE YOU. CAN I SAY THAT HODA’S THE FIRST PERSON -- I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING. WHY AM I KRIGING? THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. BUT I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT HODA’S THE FIRST TO TEXT AND SHE WROTE ME A HANDWRITTEN LETTER, ALBEIT IT WAS ON PURPLE STATIONARY SHE SAID SHE GOT FREE FROM STEALS AND DEALS BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU RECEIVED A HANDWRITTEN BIRTHDAY CARD? >> I KNOW. FOR YOU. >> ARE YOU ALLOWED TO PASS IT? FROM SOMEBODY THAT YOU LOVE AND SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WAS MY -- THAT MADE MY MORNING. FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY, WRITE SOMEBODY A LETTER BECAUSE IT REALLY DID, IT MADE MY LETTER AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU. >> YOU’RE AMAZING AND JENNA APPRECIATES THE SMALL THINGS. NOT LIKE YOU APPRECIATE ME. YOUR BIRTHDAY -- I MEANT YOU APPRECIATE LITTLE GESTURES AND NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE GRAND AND PERFECT. >> I REMEMBER LAST YEAR. CHUCKE. E. CHEESE AND GAVE ME A LIFETIME SUPPLY TO CHUCK E. BUT SADLY -- >> NOBODY CAN GO TO CHUCK E. CHEESE. GOLDIE HAWN CELEBRATED A BIRTHDAY. WE’LL VISIT WITH CURT AND GOLDIE AND TALK ABOUT THE BIRTHDAY AND EVERYTHING. >> I LOVE THEM. WE HAVE THE APPETIZERS, SIDES AND THE DELICIOUS DESERT FOR THE START OF THE THANKSGIVING TABLE. >> MARLO THOMAS WITH A HART FELT STORY OF HOPE AND GRATITUDE. BACK TO YOU! IT WAS THE LAST YEAR OF YOUR 30s! IT IS THE LAST -- YOU’RE 39D. >> 39 IS THE PERFECT YEAR TO CELEBRATE IN 2020. YOU KNOW? IT FEELS RIGHT, IT FEELS GOOD. I FEEL HAPPY. I DON’T KNOW. I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BE OLDER. >> YOU ARE A COMBINATION OF AN OLD SOUL AND SOMEONE THAT’S FREE LIKE A KID. YOU HAVE THE PERFECT COMBO AND I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT THINKS THAT. SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO CELEBRATE WITH YOUEN COLLUDING THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW YOU BEST. >> SO SWEET! ♪ >> JENNA, YOUR DAD AND I ARE HERE TOGETHER TO WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. WE MISS YOU AND WE WISH WE COULD BE WITH YOU ON YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR. >> JEN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GIRL. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU AND LOVE YOU. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SISSY. THERE’S NOBODY ELSE I WOULD WANT TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU. >> I LOVE YOU, MAMA, SO MUCH! >> HAVE A GOOD TIME. >> A CHILD, JENNA WAS HILARIOUS. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY -- I WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND. >> SHE WAS SPUNKY, A LITTLE DRAMATIC. AND A LITTLE CLUMSY BUT WONDERFUL. >> JENNA CONCOCTED THESE WILD WORLDS THAT OUR BARBIES LIVED IN. >> SHE LOVED PLAYING BARBIE BUT MORE THAN BARBIE SHE LOVED KEN. >> AS A TEENAGER WE SHARED A CAR, FRIENDS. >> WE SNUCK OUT AND HAD A LOT OF FUN. >> SNEAKING DOWN TO THE WHITE HOUSE KITCHEN LATE AT NIGHT TO MAKE OURSELVES OUR OWN PIZZA. >> THE THING I LOVED MOST ABOUT JENNA IS HOW MUCH JOY SHE BRINGS TO THE WORLD. >> THE FIRST TIME I MET JENNA WAS ON HALLOWEEN AT THE "TODAY" SHOW. I REMEMBER THINKING THIS GIRL IS FUN. >> SHE IS VERY LOYAL TO HERBIG, ENORMOUS FAMILY. >> YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO LISTEN DEEPLY. >> OH MY GOD, JENNA, EVERY YEAR ON THE PLANET EARTH THAT YOU EXIST MEANS MY LIFE JUST GOT THAT MUCH BETTER. >> OH! HEY, JENNA. I’M JUST IN YOUR OFFICE PICKING OUT SOMETHING FOR ME TO WEAR TODAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. >> LEE AND I ARE WISHING YOU THE HAPPIEST OF BIRTH DAYS. >> I WANT TO SPEND MANY BIRTHDAYS WITH YOU. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SISSY. I HOPE THAT THIS IS YOUR HAPPIEST YEAR YET. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JENNA! >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> LOVE YOU. >> OH, THAT’S SO SWEET! >> OH! >> Y’ALL, HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING THIS TO ME? >> YOUR FRIENDS. >> SO FUN TO SEE EVERYBODY THAT I HAVEN’T GOTTEN TO SEE IN A YEAR. >> FERRELL. >> FERRELL AND MIA AND EVERYBODY. >> OH. >> SEE MY FAMILY, MY PARENTS WHO -- USUALLY LIKE TO BE WITH THEM OVER THANKSGIVING IF WE CAN AND WE WON’T BE BUT IT’S SO -- TO SEE EVEN JUST THEIR FUNNY LITTLE FACES MACKS ME SO HAPPY. >> ALL RIGHT. WE DO REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID LAST YEAR, BY THE WAY. REMEMBER THAT QUESO CAKE? YOU WERE LIKE, WAIT, WHAT IS IT? IT WAS FULL OF QUESO. AND IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD YEAR AT THE TIME SO WE CAN’T DO THAT BECAUSE IT’S ILLEGAL SO WE ARE GOING TO DROP SOME QUESO CONFETTI! >> GROSS. >> ALL RIGHT. >> WOW. >> ALL RIGHT. ALSO WE WANT A SHOUT OUT AND THANK -- PARTY CITY FOR SENDING US THE DECORATIONS AND BALLOONS AND THE HATS. SO JENNA, YOU ARE LOVED TODAY. >> THANK YOU, JOANN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY THAT MADE IT SPECIAL. >> THANK YOU TO THE BIG BOARD OF
