Tinseltown Tribute
To celebrate Oprah's 20th anniversary, celebrities have been busy recording surprise messages of congratulations. Tom Hanks is up first!
"The first time I did The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1987, [I was] excited beyond compare," he recalls, "One of the first questions [from the audience] I received was the soul-searching, hard-bitten, straight in-your-face question: 'boxers or briefs?'
"[Oprah's] always been there, every afternoon or morning, as perennial as the air and as fresh as a cool breeze. Congratulations on 20 fabulous years, Oprah! You know what? You're good for television, you're good for America and you're good for the people of our world."
"The first time I did The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1987, [I was] excited beyond compare," he recalls, "One of the first questions [from the audience] I received was the soul-searching, hard-bitten, straight in-your-face question: 'boxers or briefs?'
"[Oprah's] always been there, every afternoon or morning, as perennial as the air and as fresh as a cool breeze. Congratulations on 20 fabulous years, Oprah! You know what? You're good for television, you're good for America and you're good for the people of our world."
Published 01/01/2006