Band Geek

Jennifer Garner goes full band geek for Reese Witherspoon's birthday

Jennifer Garner is striking up the band for Reese Witherspoon's birthday.

To celebrate the "Legally Blonde" star's 42nd birthday, Jen felt full band geek, donning a marching band uniform and playing "Happy Birthday" on the saxophone.

"Hey, @reesewitherspoon! I don't know why you're on my mind today…..," she wrote along with a slew of emojis. She added the hashtag "Happy Birthday Friend."

In the hilarious video, Jen stays in full character, marching to the center of the video and pivoting. After finishing, she smiles pivots and marches away.

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Jen and Reese have been friends for years.

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Jen has previously said she's proud to be a "band geek." As a teenager, she played saxophone for the John Adams Middle School marching band.

In 2016, she told Seth Meyers that she named her alto saxophone "Sally the Sexy Saxophone."

She showed off her skills again last that year, playing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" for Vanity Fair.

Just last year, she posted a video of herself watching the Texas A&M marching band at a football game.

"Once a band geek, always a band geek," she captioned the video.

Jen's birthday, by the way, is next month. Reese, start preparing your response.

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Meet Jonathan, the oldest-known animal in the world

© Teeny Lucy The year was 1832 — and Jonathan the tortoise was just a tiny hatchling.

The world was a very different place back then; the lightbulb had yet to be invented, and cars were still half a century away.

But Jonathan, who is a Seychelles giant tortoise, lived to see it all. At around 187 years old, he’s now the oldest-known animal in the world — and he’s living a relaxing life on the remote island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic, where he’s been since the late 1880s. Teeny Lucy, the chairperson for the local SPCA, is one of his main caretakers. Jonathan lives on the lush grounds of the historic governor's mansion, where Lucy and several others visit with him throughout the week with fresh veggies.

“Jonathan is an icon here,” Lucy told The Dodo. “He is a grand old gentleman who has seen it all. He landed on St. Helena in 1882 as a fully grown adult; he has seen generations of people coming and going.” © Wikipedia Jonathan’s longevity has certainly surprised a lot of people, Lucy said. He’s the oldest member of his companions at the mansion, who consist of three other giant tortoises; the second-oldest tortoise is his friend, 80-year-old David.

Jonathan is likely fully blind, but he still makes his way around very well. He typically spends his days lounging in the sun, munching on grass and relaxing with his tortoise friends. It’s a very calm life for someone of such status; he’s so popular that his portrait is even on the back of the small island’s five pence coin. © Teeny Lucy “Being the oldest land animal in the world, he has almost royal status here,” Lucy said. “He is dignified and interacts in a friendly way as long as people move slowly around him. We are all very fond of him.”

Jonathan is surely a happy and social guy — but a few years ago, he started having medical issues. Fortunately, all it took was a little diet change, and now he’s back in great shape and still going strong, Lucy said. © Teeny Lucy “We started feeding Jonathan on a weekly basis a few years ago to supplement his grass diet and boost his nutrition,” she said. “This was because the island vet realized that his beak (that he scythes grass with) was soft and crumbly and that he was too cold and had lost weight. All that has reversed now and he is as fit as a fiddle!”

While Jonathan has surely seen his fair share of different caretakers over the years, it’s clear he appreciates them all the same — as long as they bring him his favorite snacks, of course. © Teeny Lucy “He knows my voice and he knows the vet's voice and reacts by walking toward us,” Lucy said. “It's all about the food!”

Related: Dog's reaction to meeting a tortoise for the first time [Provided by BuzzVídeos]