Oprah's Block Party

Sometimes your neighbors wake you up with loud music or barking dogs. But the people who live across the street from Harpo Studios recently received a most unusual wake-up call!

"Good morning, neighbors. Could you please come out to the balcony?" Oprah announced through a bullhorn as she stood on a cherry picker. "Good morning, I'm Oprah. I'm your neighbor across the street. And because it's spring—you know it takes us a long time to get spring in Chicago—I wanted to do a nice thing for my neighbors. So in the next few days, I've called an expert in to do your balconies!"