Huell's Gold Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Well, the guests just keep on coming. This week, we welcome our friend Eddie. He and Chris lived together in San Francisco, which is where this week's episode takes place. Huell and the boyz check out one of San Francisco's most famous landmarks, Lombard St. AKA the worlds crookedest street.......or is it? We also get to hear some of the entertaining things two young dudes end up doing in San Francisco in their younger days. Come on along with us for another big Hunk 'o Huell's Gold!!!
One was not enough. This monster-sized episode of California's Gold needed a monster-sized Huell's Gold to do it justice. On this second part of the In-N-Out double double Chris, Allan, and Kathleen dive into the MEAT of the episode. We see exactly how an In-N-Out location is run and hear even more behind the scenes details from Kathleen, who worked at In-N-Out for 7 years. Hopefully, this episode doesn't SPREAD you too thin. Are these In-N-Out puns getting too CHEESY?!
Well Huell Heads, this is a big one. In fact, it was so big, its a double-double. That's right, Huell spends so much time at the In-N-Out Burger complex and Store Number One, we had to split it into two episodes. Part one features Allan's wife and ex-employee of In-N-Out Kathleen!! We are getting the inside scoop, not only from Huell, but from Kathleen's first-hand experience. This is a classic episode of California's Gold and we couldn't be more excited to bring it to you!!
On this week's show, Huell is visiting Redacted in the Sierra foothills. This location, called Redacted is a prime, dare we say golden, spot for collecting Ladybugs!!! It's an Amazing adventure with sights that Huell says are some of the most incredible he's ever seen. Come see what all the fuss is about as we continue our search for Huell's Ladybug Gold!
We're back again with another quarantined episode, and we're also straying away from California's Gold a bit to check in on one of the most entertaining episodes of Visiting! Huell is visiting Thai Town in Los Angeles and a quick concert by none other than Thai Elvis! This episodes can not be missed. Thanks again for joining us on our most excellent Huell adventures!!!
Well well well, who would have thought that this changing world we live in would resurrect everyones favorite podcasting huell-heads. We can't believe it but WE'RE BACK. It may be different because of social distancing, but Allan and Chris are at it again bringing you in depth analysis of Huell Howser's greatest and most interesting moments from California's Gold and Beyond. This week we look at one of our favorite subsets of California society, the Train Freak! but this time around, its al about rail cars. If this piques your interest, then come on along with us as we FINALLY continue our search together, for Huell's Gold
It's a two-for-one deal this week on Huell's Gold! To make up for being late, and to slam through some of these less dense episodes, Chris and Allan are breaking down two episodes in one this week. First were learn about some animals that don't belong here. Then we go to a quaint little historically mindful town called San Juan Bautista. To hear all about it, join us as we continue our search for.....Huell's Gold!!
Catalina Buffalo
Fort Tejon Camels
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This is a special episode because we are time-traveling hard. We decided to bring in a special guest because we need some help with this geology stuff. Our friend Mike is in town to talk about one of Kern Counties "True Treasures." Shark Tooth Hill has the most marine mammal fossils (of the middle Miocene). We need to make sense of this, and we need to get to the bottom of this wild hill and the interesting owner of this piece of Huell's Gold!!
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On this week's show, Allan and Chris are heading to the desert with Huell! Were watching the one last top speed drag races at Muroc Dry Lake Bed. An event that had not happened since WWII. This is true freakdom at it's finest. Come along as we continue our search for Huell's Gold!!
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On this weeks show, Huell Howser is visiting three very neat houses. First we see a "House" on the Universal Studios Lot, its the Psycho House, and Huell is scared to be there. Then we head to Sacramento to visit the Governors Mansion, with a tour led by Kathleen Brown, Daughter and Sister to two former Governors. Then we head to Springville in Tulare County to Scicon, a science conservation camp with a very special Hermit's Cabin that the kids who visit the camp get to see and hear all about. We also have a special guest who attended Scicon during the same year Huell was there!! Come along with us as we continue our search for Huell's Gold!!
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This weeks episode is our first time heading to the majestic Yosemite National Park. But Huell is skipping all of the hikes and trees for a piece of Yosemite history that can bring a grown man to tears. It's the Yosemite Firefall, and not the Horsetail falls Firefall. This is actual FIRE! That's right, they used to throw fire down the cliffs of Yosemite. If this piques your interest, which it should, then come along with us as we continue our search for HUELL'S GOLD!
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This week Huell is keeping with the military theme and staying in the Bay Area. Were visiting the site of the mothball fleet, a grouping of ships that sit ready for whatever the government has in store for them, but for now, Ol' Don, Gail, and Val are taking good care of them. Come check out who they are and why these ships mean so much to the people who care about them.
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This week on the show, Chris and Allan and bringing you Huell Howser's continuing search for California's Gold, an this week that takes us to Mare Island. This piece of Northern California's military history is full of interesting and historic buildings that have played a huge part in the countries Naval past. Huell was a military man, and he always seemed to enjoy sharing the rich history of California's involvement in our countries defense systems. So sit back, and enjoy the ride as we continue our search for...Huell's Gold!!
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On this special Easter edition of Huell's Gold, our main man Huell Howser is taking us to a number of places that are "First's" in California. First were seeing the first citrus tree that started the entire Orange industry, then on to our "first" gold rush...well sorta, it's complicated. Then, we see the first oil well drilled in the state, and no it's not where you'd think. Then we go over to the first power house that made electricity far from where it was used. Then wrapping up with the first freeway. This is one action-packed episode. Come join us as we continue our search for Huell's Gold!!
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This #huellsgold episode is about California pools. We start at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, with its pool floor painted by the famous #davidhockney. A few miles later, we see the Olympic pools at The Coliseum in Los Angeles. Our third pool is Huell’s favorite pool. It’s none other than the #neptunepool at #hearstcastle . Finally, #huellhowser helps us use our imaginations to see the glory days of the #sutrobaths . This aqua-filled #californiasgold episode has Huell written all over it.
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This is a big one for us here at Huell's Gold! Chris has said numerous times that he is a lighthouse freak, and this is the first time California's Gold has visited on for an extended look. Were heading 7 miles off the shore of Crescent City, CA to visit the St. George's Reef Lighthouse! This is a Wave-Washed lighthouse... want to know what that means, and much more?? Come on along with us as we continue our search forrrrr...Huell's GOLD!!!
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This week Huell is headed up north to a little known spot in the wooded forest lands of California. McCloud is an old lumber town that was a true, honest to goodness, company town. A town owned entirely by the McCloud River Lumber Company. The history of this place seemed to really touch at Huell's sensibility as he found his way up there numerous times after this episode. We also get to see Huell jump in the ol' waterin' hole!! Its a rip-roarin' time this week as we continue our search for Huell's Gold
McCloud River Lumber Company History
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This week on the show were headed to the big house. Folsom State Prison to be exact. Huell Howser is taking us inside a place that few get to see and even fewer would want to experience first hand. This is arguably the countries most famous working prison and Huell gets to see all the nitty gritty details as he searches deeper than you could imagine for California's Gold!
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This week on the show we get back into the swing of train freekdom. Huell is gettin' real wild and starting the show in NEVADA!!! Sparks, NV to be exact, to jump on the California Zephyr, a piece of California train legend. This line ran from San Francisco to Chicago from 1949-1970 and featured the vista-dome, a rare train car that allowed to you "Look up, Look down, Look ALL-Around!" It's fun to see Huell on the rail and this show is ridin the GOLD train all the way home.
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Well, we're back!! Chris and Allan were trying to make this episode happen last week with our guest and we needed extra time to make it all happen. This week, Huell takes us to Taft, CA to visit some real deal Oil History. Our guest, Andrew, has worked in the industry for over a decade and provides tons of cool context to the episode this week. First we go to the West Kern Oil Museum in Taft to learn about oil production history. Then, Andrew really pays off when Huell visits current drilling companies doing what oil field workers do, GET OIL!! It really is a fun episode and because its Kern County, you know we have lots of connections to it. Thanks for sticking with us, and continuing our search for HUELL'S GOLD!!
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Allan and Chris are trying to get centered this week as Huell takes us on a wild journey to find the Center of California. First we see a tribute to the center on Highway 99, then we head to Oneals & Northfork, two towns that claim to be the center. Finally, Huell gets a gaggle of scientists to find the exact, irrefutable center of California. This one is full of GOLD, including a special behind the scenes story that will shock you about our main man Huell!!
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This is definitely one of the more odd episodes of California's Gold. It really didn't seem like it at first. An eccentric guy builds a castle and left behind a structure that is now a monument to a bygone era. There are numerous stories like this throughout California. But once you scratch the surface of Scotty's Castle, and the less than scrupulous manner with which Walter Scott formed a life-long relationship with the Johnson's from Chicago, the wild and weird ways of Death Valley come into focus. Join us as we dive deeper into this most Golden piece of the California desert!
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Huell is really blowing us away this week!! Well, he almost gets blown away in the dust devils of death valley. This is Huell's first trip to the countries(in 1995) newest national park! Were in search for life in death valley and this episode does not disappoint, we'll be seeing all kinds of flowers, lizards, insects, even algae, the life is EVERYWHERE!! And believe or not, Huell once again, is able to find heaping helpings of California's GOLD!!
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Well, it took Huell a while to find it, but he finally found the hidden gold! First, he doesn't have to go far when he visits the La Brea Tarpits in Los Angeles. This prehistoric treasure trove of bones is unlike anywhere else in California. Then we head south to San Diego to visit the Junipero Serra Museum, location of the first settlement of Europeans on the entire west coast. Huell visits an archaeological dig, studying the first fort on the west coast! These places were hard to find but most definitely alllll GOLD!!!
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La Brea Tar Pits
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Richard Wheeler- Garden of Paradise
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This week Huell is taking Chris and Allan to the MOST IMPORTANT PLACES!! First we get a glimpse of El Pueblo De Los Angeles, the birthplace of LA! Then we head south to Camp Pendleton to visit the former location of Vietnamese Refugee camps following the Vietnam War. After that we're going to Riverside to see Sherman Indian High School. A boarding school for Native American students from reservations all over the American West. These really are some important places, and they're all GOLD!!
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This week Huell is takin' it to back to basics. Were checking out some of California's most Golden crops, Olives and Berries. First we head up to Lindsay to visit the Graber Olive Farm and see how these most special and California style olives are grown, then Huell heads to Ontario to the Graber Olive House to see how the processing takes place. Then its just a short drive over to Buena Park to see America's first Theme Park, Knott's Berry Farm. Huell doesn't spend much time on the rides, instead focusing on the Ghost Town and Chicken Dinner Restaurant that made the whole park possible. The chicken is Golden brown, much like the Gold Huell finds this week!!
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We can't believe we have been doing this podcast for a whole year. We certainly had high hopes when we started and its been more fun than we could have imagined. To celebrate, we invited our friend Chaz in to have a lively discussion about Huell Howser with a person who is not a huge Huell fan. Chaz is a fellow podcaster and brings an interesting looking into how Huell is perceived outside of the Huelliverse. Chaz sticks around to help us break down Huell's visit to Huts and Hangers. First we go to Tustin to see the largest wooden structures in the WORLD, then over to Point Hueneme to see some Quonset Huts, then out to Camp Pendleton to see even more Quonset Huts. It's 100% Gold this week for our big ONE YEAR CELEBRATION!!!
Chaz is the host of a rip-roaring fun time podcast all about the accidents people have in and outside of the bathroom.
Diarrhea Diaries is a fun look at the sometimes embarrassing, but always entertaining stories behind unfortunate poop problems. The episode linked above is our very own Chris telling of the perfect crime.
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Its the beginning of season 5 of California's Gold, and Huell really outdid himself this week. We may be biased however, since were in Kern County visiting the Weedpatch Camp. This labor camp was built to house some of the 1 million migrants who came to California during the dust bowl. Huell and Louie come visit and former residents celebrate the times they shared there and teach the children of the current migrant workers who still call the Arvin Camp home all about those early dust bowl days. This is a classic episode and most definitely a fine example of California's Gold!!
Weedpatch Camp History
Children of the Bowl, historical research by Jerry Stanley
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Don't be a fool, come see Huell, keep cool, in a pool......he even sits on a stool. Ok, maybe not that last one, but this week we certainly are keeping it cool in the desert. Huell is finding out historic ways people kept cool in the deserts of California. First we head to the Coachella Valley to visit an honest to goodness desert oasis. Huell will slip inside the eye of your mind, don't you know you might find, a better place to play? Oh, sorry, not that Oasis, this oasis is a wetland paradise right on the San Andreas Fault. After that, we head to Indio to see some desert submarines. These structures kept people cool through the hot summer nights by use of evaporative cooling. Its so cool you'll drool!!!
Ok, that was the last one.
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Coachella Valley Oasis Preserve
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This week on the show, the boys are headed up on stage. Well, were watching a show about being on stage. Huell does go on stage for a minute though. What stages might you ask? well we start at the world famous Hollywood Bowl, then were on to Laguna Beach to visit the Pageant of the Masters, a display of living art, or tableau vivant. Huell gets super stoked on this, and you hear it in his proclamation of "That is AMAZING!!" Then we head south to San Diego to visit the only outdoor organ in the world, the Spreckels organ is quite a monument in Balboa Park. and Huell goes INSIDE the organ. Its pure 24k gold!!
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One this week's episode, Huell and the boyz are headed to the coast after spending last week inland. First we visit the Kelp forest of Monterey before heading inside the Monterey Bay Aquarium to get an up close and down under view of Kelp! Then we go way south to San Diego and see how Kelp is harvested for hundreds of products we all use. This is one slippery slope of fun, right into the Ocean/Forest!!! Its green, but its also GOLD!
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Monterey Bay Aquarium
History of Kelco
KQED-PBS update on California's Kelp forest being eaten by Sea Urchins
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This week is a big one, not only do Chris and Allan have a guest, but its the debut of the boys' favorite rendition of 'California, Here I Come!!' Jeremy is joining to give us the low-down on Fresno and the Burro Schmidt Tunnel. Fresno has one historical garden, and its all underground!! The Forestiere Underground Gardens are a State and National Historic Place. The Burro Schmidt Tunnel is in Eastern Kern County and you won't wanna miss Jeremy's first hand account. Both these places are top notch California's Gold, we had to go deep to find them this time!
Forestiere Underground Gardens in Fresno
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This week Huell is headed out on the high seas to visit one of the most remote places in California. Santa Barbara Island is part of the Channel Islands National Park and has one permanent resident. Huell visits with Beth and some mice and seagulls before crashing a family reunion on this bizarre and beautiful Island paradise!!
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Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens Luminaria Nights Festival
This week Huell is focusing on two California's Gold classics... Trains & the Central Coast. We are here for 100th anniversary of the first train to come to San Luis Obispo!! This episode has everything, train freex, 90's clothes, Huell in awkward situations. Its a clinic in Calgold craziness. So come on out and take a listen as Allan and Chris break it all down.
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This week Huell is about the flowers. California flowers, to be exact, and not just poppies. First he heads up to Daffodil Hill in northern California. This place has over 350 varieties of of Daffodil! Then we head to Carlsbad to see the beautiful flowers on the hill. Its all color, and all gold!
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This week Huell is back on the ground and seeing what our 275 State Parks have to offer, well, two of them anyway. First we head South to Mitchell Caverns, the most remote of the State Parks and arguably one of the most beautiful caves in the West! Then we head North to Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Rock to see a natural and cultural place for the Miwok tribe. Huell will learn about and eat the acorn biscuits that were made in one of the over 1,000 grinding holes made in this State Park over the years. Its super bright shiny gold this week!
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Huell just couldn't keep his feet on the ground in this episode as he takes us gliding through the air over California. First were heading to Catalina Island to learn about the Pigeon Mail Service. You heard it, pigeons delivering the mail! Then we head east to Twentynine Palms and learn about the Glider Corp of World War II, and Huell and Louis get a first hand view of the desert in one of this silent gliders! Its all you wanted and then some.
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Huell just can't get enough of the Gold Country! Were back up in Northern California this week looking at two very California of companies. First we visit Placerville and see how the Studebaker Car Company got started, and you'll be surprised to learn that it wasn't in cars at all! Then we head to the Golden Gate and visit the Levi Strauss & Co. manufacturing facility in San Francisco. Huell gets the low down on the man and the company that brought blue jeans to the world! They may be blue, but this show is pure gold!
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Huell changes it up a bit this week and focuses on one place, and one man. Jack London was the countries first world-wide literary celebrity and he lived the last 11 years of his life at the Beauty Ranch. Now called Jack London State Historic Park, Huell is touring the grounds of London's 1400 acre estate and hears the entertaining and adventurous stories of Jack London. Theres gold spilling out of our ears with this episode.
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Its the season 4 premiere and Huell has us starting off with a bang...or maybe, a splash! Because this episode is all about water and how hard and fast it and go. We start it off at the Malakoff Diggin's State Historic Park to see how and we miners were blasting entire valley's away with high pressure hoses. Then we go west to California's Old Faithful, a roadside geyser that has been shooting off like clockwork for years. There's gold in them hills, and were back in California to find it!
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This time for our in-between seasons episode, we chronicle Huell's numerous trips to Moscow. During the early years of the 1990's Huell was intrigued by the Soviet Union and decided to go. That trip, and a subsequent follow up less than two years later changed Huell's life and that of two Russian ex-pat's who's life in their new country of America is shown through the lens of Howser and Fuerte. These shows may not be in California, but they're most definitely GOLD!
Huell Howser Presents: Hello Moscow 1 & 2
Visiting Episode 104: Roman Genn
Visiting Episode 514: Roman Genn Update
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This week were getting down and dirty with some clay, because were making some terra cotta, and no not flower pots. This is high art pieces made for building facades. This is all new to Huell and he is in complete AMAZEMENT of the work done at the Gladding McBean Company in Lincoln, CA. Chris and Allan explore this little known but ubiquitous aspect of California architecture. Pure California's Gooooold.
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Huell is really going out on a limb this week...a bristlecone pine tree limb that is. Were joining Mr. Howser on a trip to find two of the most remote places in California. First we visit the site of the oldest living things on earth, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Then we head out on Mule-back to visit the AMAZING LeConte Falls in the Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite National Park. It's real deal California's Gold this week.
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Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
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Huell has left the Bay Area and headed down to the desert. Were in Amboy, a town so small that a man owns the whole thing! But that's just the beginning ... We'll also visit some homestead shacks, a dry salt lake bed, a VOLCANO! and a few other surprises. This is a hot one and Huell has plenty of lemonade.
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Huell leaves the bay area this week to visit some very obscure places in California's World War II history. First were heading to Long Beach to visit Herman the German. Than, we head north to Goleta to see the spot that brought the war to the West Coast. Huell is going to where the history is richest and we're all along for the ride.
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Huell Howser is still in the Bay Area this week and he's visiting the largest island in the bay. It is rich with history and has played an important if not controversial role in San Francisco history. Chris and Allan see how Angel Island was a quarantine zone for asian immigrants, multiple military outposts, and now California State Park. Its big time California's Gold!!!
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Here it is, the biggest & best episode so far in the show's history! Huell is going on, in, under, over and on top of the most famous and most photographed structure in the nation. The Golden Gate Bridge! Louis Fuerte called this award-winning shoot his most challenging and rewarding shoot of his career, come see why! This is a perfect example of Californias Gold
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Huell is getting deep this week. Deep into the music and culture of the mariachis of Los Angeles. He visits Olvera st. in DTLA and learns about the name and style of mariachi music. Then he heads to 1st and Boyle, where mariachi bands congregate in hopes of getting hired for the day. This is a fun episode with tons of music! take a listen!!
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KCET Huell Howser's Greatest Hits Kickstarter
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Grab a rake and get to the front yard! Huell is in Sacramento hanging at the State Capitol building and were learning about OUR state yard. WE get to meet Dody and Rob and Bill, a trio of interviewees that make this yard one for the history books. Don't forget the lawn mower, because this yard, and episode, are a big one. See ya in the formal rose garden!!
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Los Angeles Magazine Article on Huell Howser and Visiting
OC Weekly article on SCE videos on Chapman University
Huell Happy Hour
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Huell is in his element. If you haven't learned by now, he's a desert guy... and what better desert than the Mojave and the Joshua Tree National Park! Huell is gonna learn all about this most peculiar of trees and gets sliced and diced by one. Then he visits the Keys' Ranch, an old private residence on the park grounds, with one of the original residents. Then he marvels at the wildflowers and lizards. Don't miss the end of this episode, it's gonna get very wild!
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Huell is hitting the high seas this week with a trip out to the Channel Islands. First Chris and Allan join Mr. Howser at the Catalina Ski Race, where people are slammin' out to Catalina and back in AMAZING fashion. Then we head on over to the Navy run San Nicolas island, a place chalk full of great sites and wildlife. It's time to hit the beaches of our states islands. Don't be scared of the sharks!!
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Catalina Ski Race
Atlas Obscura: San Nicolas Island
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Giddy up Huell Heads!! It's time to hit the open range and ride off into the sunset. Huell Howser is exploring the history of horse culture in California. First we visit the Cal Poly Pomona campus and the W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center. It's a jewel among LA County and very historic. Then we head up north to see the annual re-run of the Pony Express. This short but sweet private mail service has garnered a high level of historical reverence, come see why! It's a horse of an episode. Come check it out!!
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New season... New Huell!! Yeah right, it's our same ol' Huell flavor of fun on the season 3 premiere, and Howser hits it off Hollywood style. First we visit the Guadalupe dunes of the Central Coast to visit the long lost movie set of Cecile B. DeMille's 1932 silent movie, The Ten Commandments. From there we head North to a small mining town that has produced so much gold, the town is swimming in it! It's a classic episode and one you'll never forget. Welcome to Huell's Gold Season 3!!
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Peter Brosnan- Documentary trailer about lost movie set
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Chris and Allan have been waiting their whole lives for this moment...It's time to hear about Huell in Bakersfield!!! For our inbetween-er episode this week, we visit the boys' hometown with Huell checking out all the sites. We visit the Tule Elk Reserve, Guild House, Kern County Museum, Woolgrowers, Alley Cat Bar, Dewars Candies and Ice Cream, and finally the Crystal Palace with the man himself, Buck Owens!! It's a classic episode and definitely had some California's Gold snuck in the show!!
Tule Elk State Reserve
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Guild House
Padre Hotel
Fox Theater Bakersfield
Kern County Museum
Woolgrowers Restaurant
Alley Cat Bakersfield
Dewars Candy
Buck Owens' Crystal Palace
Its the season 2 finale this week, and Huell has a party to celebrate. Were in Little Tokyo for the Nisei Parade. Huell spends the week exploring all that Little Tokyo has to offer. A parade, a flower show, a bonsai exhibit, another parade, a candy artist, a history lesson about the buildings and boy scouts, and finale a drum circle with a jazz fusion legend. If this episode doesn't have something that piques your interest, I don't know what will. Chris and Allan went along for the ride, and so should you!!
Video: California's Gold 312- Nisei Parade & Little Tokyo
Nisei Week- happening next month!
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Let's all go take a dip! This week we're staying in Mono county, but instead of hanging with ghosts, were hanging with flies and shrimp. Huell is at Mono Lake, and this is a wet and wild one. We get to learn about Tufa, and water fowl, and oh, Huell finds a shoe. This episode sure doesn't disappoint! Come join us!
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Last week Huell was in the dark, this week he's seen the light. The light of an AMAZING gold rush era ghost town named Bodie. Join Chris and Allan and thy review Huell's visit to on of Eastern California's greatest treasures. We meet up with Arlene and Ranger Stone to hear all about life in a mining town that ceased to exist back in the 1930's. This place is full of great stories and great people. It's pure GOLD!!
Video: California's Gold 310: Bodie
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Splish Splash, Huell's takin' a bath, in the ocean! It's all about nocturnal animals this week and Huell takes us on a wet and wild ride. First were in San Pedro for the Great Grunion Run. Come see these fish go wild! Then, we're heading over to the Carrizo Plain Natural Area to see the Kangaroo Rat, along with a quick run over to the mysterious painted rock! Chris and Allan are holding on for dear life this week as Huell has us jammin' all over this Golden State.
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Cabrillo Marine Museum- Grunion Run
Carrizo Plain Natural Area
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It's an Ooblay Dooooblay episode this week. Huell takes Chris and Allan a few miles north to Col. Allensworth State Park for the Old Time Jubilee! There we visit the states first all-black town and learn of it's importance. Then we go east up the 178 to Kernville, OLD Kernville to be exact. These two cities have interesting histories and Huell is riding the rapids to give it to us!
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Col. Allensworth State Park
Kern Valley Museum
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Thats right, buildings. Huell may not have gone hard on titles this week but he came heavy with the history. He takes Allan and Chris to Bayliss to start things off this week to see the last rural Carnegie Library. After that we head south to (29)Twentynine Palms to see the first town school get loaded on a truck and paraded down the road. Then finally we head to LA and visit the Apple Pan, a throw back diner in a very modern city. Its Gold, Pure Gold!
Video: California's Gold 307 Buildings
Bayliss Carnegie Library
Twentynine Palms historical society- Old Schoolhouse
The Apple Pan
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OO-OO-AA-AA Huell met some monkeys(primates) this week as he interrupts not one, but two parades. First its the Mary$ville Bok Kai parade, then we head South to the Wisteria Festival in Sierra Madre to see one GIANT vine, then he wraps it up in (SH)Redlands to attend the Lincoln Shrine Open House. All of these celebrations are beloved local community events and Huell has a great time at all of them. Come on along with us, I smell California's Gold!
Video: California's Gold 306- Community Celebrations
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Huell's done it! He finally made it Fresno... He's on the blossom trail! Well, sort of...Huell finds out that timing is everything, but that road trips can lead to unexpected fun when he visits the small town of Reedley and sees the Mennonite Quilt Store. Then on to Uncle Harry's to eat some Armenian food. Finally wrapping it up at the Camden Cafe to see the longest-running Pinochle game of all time. As a bonus, Chris and Allan went on a road trip of their own with their wives and friends and do a modern blossom trail trip of their own! Catch you on the trail!
Video: California's Gold Episode 305: Blossom Trail
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Hitch up your boots and head out on the happy trail to California's Gold. Huell is visiting two singing cowboys this week. First we go to Victorville to see the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum. There we meet Trigger and Buttermilk. Then Huell sees Herb Jefferies, the star of a series of black westerns. Finally we see the Oakland black cowboy parade. Its a dusty trail old trail we go down this week, and Huell has found some Old West California's Gold!
Video: California's Gold 304 Singing Cowboys
Sad news about Roy Rogers museum
Herb Jefferies Obituary
Black Cowboy Parade 2018 Info
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Huell is looking for trouble. He heads to Devil's Jaw this week. The most dangerous area on the California coast, and he hears about one of the deadliest maritime disasters in US history. But that doesn't stop him from trying to get a hit of adrenaline! Then he heads inland to visit the La Purisima Mission. One of the most complete mission restorations, and home to many California 4th grade field trips. Including Chris! It's a Central Coast adventure on Huell's Gold!
Video: California's Gold 303- Devil's Jaw
The Story of the Devil's Jaw Disaster
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Well, Huell's done it this time... he's taken us to two places I never thought he'd go. These are some obscure places this week, and Chris and Allan were pleasantly surprised at how fun they were! First Huell takes us to El Centro to visit the old plank road, its a wooden road over huge sand dunes! Then he heads west to Campo near San Diego to visit the site of the last mounted cavalry in the US Armed Forces, some of which were were the famous Buffalo Soldiers. These ol' cowboys have some great stories. This one is Grade "A" 24 karat California's Gold!
Video: California's Gold 302 A Closer Look
The Old Plank Road
Camp Lockett - Final Mounted Cavalry
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All hail the King! the king of poison oak that is. Huell is headed back up north and is seeing what he can find in the gold country. And yes, as you suspected, he found California's Gold. This time in Oroville, as he visits the Bidwell Bar Days celebration thats all about an historical bridge, then we head down to church, the Red Church! Sonora is known for its bright red church right on highway 49, and Huell has got to get the answer to the $64 dollar question... Why is the church red?! Finally we head to Columbia to see the Poison Oak Show, and here we meet our king!!
Video: California's Gold 301- Gold Country
Bidwell Bar Bridge Info
The Red Church
List of Events in Columbia including the Poison Oak Show
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Season 1 is in the rear view mirror... Season 2 is soon to come, but for now, sit back, relax, grab a Virgil's and join Chris, Allan, and Huell for SPRING BREAK!!! This week is a mystery show, but trust us, the WAVES of excitement will roll right over you. Don't forget to grab a snack, you may need to put some SALT-ON it, you SEA. If that doesn't grab ya, you may be feeling long in the NOSE. No problem, grab some jellybeans and lets go VISITING some awesome and AMAZING Huell's Gold spring break locations!!!
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Where are all the people?! Huell heads up north to Downieville to visit the Lost Sierra and is on the search for geese, horseshoes, and some good conversation with a boy about the river. Then on to visit the Mountain Messenger, the oldest weekly newspaper in California. This sleepy gold rush town really does run a littler slower...But once Huell gets to the slopes of Plumas County, he will be going very fast. Well, thats the idea anyway as Huell visits the Skiing Musuem and watches how ski racing was done during the gold rush days. So go grab some ski dope, pull a plank off the fence and meet us in the mountains of the Lost Sierra as we continue our search for Huell's Gold!
Video: California's Gold Episode 212: Lost Sierra
Downieville History
Mountain Messenger
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Tallest, Prettiest, Rockiest ... What does that mean? Well, let Huell tell you all about it in this Amazing episode. Chris and Allan join Huell on his trip back up to Trinidad Bay and a visit to Orick, where Huell joins a field trip to visit the tallest tree. Then we head south to the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve where we see the prettiest display of wildflowers Huell has ever seen ... period! Then we wrap it up in Morro Bay as Huell climbs the rockiest rock, Morro Rock. This was a douzy of a trip and we end it whistling into the hills. Join us as we continue our search for Huell's Gold!
Video: California's Gold episode 211- Natural Wonders
Redwood National Park
Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve
Morro Bay State Park
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We're hitting the high seas this week on Huell's Gold! Chris and Allan join Huell as he visits some characters from California's nautical past. First we head north to Trinidad on Humboldt Bay to do some redwood canoeing with Axle and Haus. Then down to Oakland to visit one of the last remaining Lightships, it's a floating Lighthouse!! WE wrap it up in Aptos near Santa Cruz to revisit the USS Palo Alto and find out that concrete ships can indeed float! We set a course for California's Gold, and we found it!
Video: California's Gold Episode 210: Ships
Trinidad Museum (with the canoe carved by Axle on display!)
United States Lightouse Society page for the Relief
More Information on the U.S.S. Palo Alto
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Come with us as we go "steamin' through the countryside" and explore the Rail Fair with Huell at the California State Railroad Museum. From the Big Boy to Tom Thumb, we get to see them all. Then on to Jamestown where we ride #28 through the countryside. On the ride, Huell saves a brownie troop and a grown man's life.
Video: California's Gold, Ep. 209: Trains
Destination: California State Railroad Museum
Destination: Sierra Railway Company (Railtown 1897 State Historic Park), Jamestown, CA
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Hands down, this is it! Chris and Allan and batting 500(?) in this eighth episode. Our boys follow Huell and Louie up to Stockton to visit Mudville and hear about Casey at the bat. Then we head west to San Francisco to hear the Golden Gate Band, the oldest continuous park bands in the country. Wrapping it up in Ontario at a Charreria, where Huell learns about a rich cultural experience. Check the links below for Amazing Huell events coming up soon!!
Video: California's Gold 208- Traditions
Stockton Ports Baseball Team
Golden Gate Park Band
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Luis Fuerte Book Signing Events Page
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The Eagle (Rock) has landed! Chris and Allan are back this week with episode 7, and this one is packed with rich and colorful history. First were off to Locke, the first town founded by Chinese immigrants. Then, were heading south to Banning where Huell visits a group of Cahuilla bird dancers. Finally we find our main man Huell putting out smoke rings at the Vista Threshing Bee and vintage engine museum. This episode truly is California(s) Gold!
Video- California's Gold episode 207: Preserving the Past
Locke City Website
Video- Cahuilla Bird Songs(featuring Alvina Siva from the episode above)
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Toot on a Flute in a Suit! Were back in Los Angeles and Huell is flyin' all over the city in episode 6. First he stops off at LAX to visit the Theme Building, then visits the oldest "building" at UCLA, then off to Grand Central Market, and ending it all with the last remaining grapefruit tree in Downtown LA. This episode is jam packed and full of some tart, yet sweet California's Gold!
Video: California's Gold 207 LA Adventures
LAX Theme Building
UCLA Bridge
Grand Central Market
Japanese American Cultural Community Center
Louie! Louie! Louie! Were click-clacking up to Santa Cruz. Huell has the ride of a lifetime on the oldest rollercoaster on the West Coast, eats many dipped cones, and wears many shirts on the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk. Then on to the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum which is in a LIGHTHOUSE! Then we follow the hearse to meet up with the surf rats. Finally meeting up with Jack O'Neill, the inventor of the surfing wetsuit! Stay dry with Huell, Jack, Chris, and Allan in this most Santa Cruz of adventures!!
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Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
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The finer you grind her, the hotter she gets ... Horseradish that is! This week finds Huell and Luis visiting the Northern and Southern most towns in our state. First we attend the Tulelake Horseradish Festival up near the Oregon border where Huell finds some good product. Then we head 1,200 miles south to the town of Calexico on the Mexican border and pay a visit to a canal, an editor, and a bullfighter. This adventure stretches many miles and Allan and Chris stretch there tastebuds to the limit with some raw horseradish.
Video: California's Gold 204 Head for the Border
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Hear it all, Learn it all, See it all, Feel it all!! On this weeks adventure Chris and Allan are heading to the cities. Starting off in Los Angeles and a visit to the Watts Tower where Huell is swimmin' in soap. Then up Interstate 5 to the city by the bay. Huell's highlighting San Francisco's first sourdough bread company, Boudin! So sit back, grab a loaf, and join us again on our search for Huell's Gold!
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This episode is dedicated to the memory of Daniel Robinson.
Video: California's Gold 203 LA to San Francisco's Gold
Huell Howser, Guest DJ at KCRW
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All Huell, all the time! Episode 2 takes Allan and Chris to the Central Coast of California. Huell explores three lesser known aspects of the area, starting with the Motel Inn, the first motel in the world! Then on to the Pozo Salloon for a visit with Bert. Wrapping it up in the dunes with the Dunites.
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Video: California's Gold 202 Central Coast
Apple Farm Inn
Art of Elwood Decker
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Join us at the history feast! Chris and Allan are feasting on this first episode analysis. We travel to northern California to visit the history day at Fort Ross. Then, on to the high seas aboard the Californian,which takes us to Point Reyes and the search for Francis Drake's brass plate! Its the first episode of Huell's Gold!!!
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Chris and Allan give the lay of the land, the breakdown, what to expect for the Huell's Gold Podcast. In this first of two debut episodes, we try and explain who we are and what we plan to do with this most California of adventures. Its gonna be a long road, and this is the first step in our search to find Huell's Gold