Under the impression that he'll be participating in a Q&A session with the audience at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival,
Robert Osborne is surprised onstage by host
Alex Trebek, who introduces a string of special guests who've come to pay tribute to the man who's been the face of Turner Classic Movies for its entire twenty-year history. Surprise guests include Osborne's close friends
Diane Baker,
Eva Marie Saint,
Robert Wagner, and
Jill St. John, his former "The Essentials" co-host
Alec Baldwin, TCM colleague
Ben Mankiewicz, musician
Michael Feinstein, and members of Osborne's own family.
—Jimmy L.