David... you bumped up your 'so super fine' links and they are just great to go through again. You must have spent hours and hours putting all of
that togeter. I think you need to contact AAA and go to work with them as their Baja Specialist and Map Coordinator, for sure! They would pay you to
travel all of Baja! Call Huell Howser again! You can make a living doing this stuff man!
And, you could take Elizabeth along with you.
Bob H
[Edited on 2-7-2009 by Bob H]ELINVESTIG8R - 2-7-2009 at 01:06 PM
I agree with Bob.
Go for it David!
Do what you love doing and get paid for it.BajaGringo - 2-7-2009 at 01:07 PM
I love watching the California Gold series on PBSDavid K - 2-7-2009 at 01:33 PM
How about 'El Oro de Baja California' (Baja California Gold)?
Stand by for 8 never before seen photos of a petroglyph site... I just scanned... but where do I put them: Baja Photos or Baja Historic Interests
forum?BajaGringo - 2-7-2009 at 01:50 PM
Baja Historic InterestsDavid K - 2-7-2009 at 02:08 PM
Too late... it's in the Baja Photo Gallery forum!Humboldt Chris and Robin - 2-9-2009 at 08:08 PM
I really love that posts that follow this and the rock walls. We were at Las Animas a month ago and have pics of that black dog as well! Wish I'd
had the time to explore like you did. I retire from the Geography Dept at Humboldt State this semester, so my Baja exploration is going into the
take-off stage!
I did a program several years ago with Huell Howser on the Northwest border of California just above Crescent City. It has aired a zillion times,
especially in the LA area as friends keep reminding me why I was smart to keep my day job. Working with Huell was a real blast as he is as he is on
tv 24 hours a day! But, I don't see him doing anything in Baja that involves boondocking it!
Thanks for the photos and pieces of old maps! I eat that stuff up!Skipjack Joe - 2-9-2009 at 09:39 PM
Those Huell Howser episodes are mainly geared for the elderly, IMO. Their presentation and pace are just like those shows our parents' older friends
loved watching when we were young. Programs the rest of us found boring and lacking in entertainment value.Bob H - 2-9-2009 at 10:21 PM
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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Those Huell Howser episodes are mainly geared for the elderly, IMO. Their presentation and pace are just like those shows our parents' older friends
loved watching when we were young. Programs the rest of us found boring and lacking in entertainment value.
I don't find Howser's episodes boring at all. It's a different type of clean entertainment that I enjoy. I love it when he says "That's Amazing!"
every single time. It's also very educational and takes one to places that I would have never thought of traveling to. Would you have ever thought of
making a trip to a town called 'Weedpatch, CA"? Huh?
Bob HSkipjack Joe - 2-9-2009 at 10:43 PM
Weedpatch, eh? Well, that changes everything.Hook - 2-10-2009 at 07:52 AM
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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Those Huell Howser episodes are mainly geared for the elderly, IMO. Their presentation and pace are just like those shows our parents' older friends
loved watching when we were young. Programs the rest of us found boring and lacking in entertainment value.
Maybe you were thinking of Marlin Perkins and the Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom? I agree, Joe. HH is just too campy for me. Kinda like Gomer Pyle and
Marlin Perkins rolled into one, only Marlin's subjects truly WERE interesting. HH covers alot of real yawner subjects.
Here's some nostalgia clips featuring Marlin from the old show.
Huell is someone who is showing all the out-of-the-way places most of us have either never heard of or have not stopped to see. Nobody else is. Sure
his Tennesee accent may sound too country for some of you sophisticrats, but he is providing a great survice in giving us a look at what we haven't
seen.
Huell did a Gray Whales of Baja series called 'Whale Tales'... it included a visit to a 'typical' Baja ranch, near San Ignacio... It is pure Huell
Howser... at his best! Whale Tales c2004 http://www.calgold.com
Now, if I can only convince him to do a Baja California Gold series! Hook - 2-10-2009 at 03:12 PM
There is a reason why many of us have never heard of his subjects nor have stopped to see them.
Why wait for Huell, David? You've got what it takes to do your own series. Your So Super Fine moniker is a good indicator.
You certainly dont need professional camera or editing skills.
[Edited on 2-10-2009 by Hook]David K - 2-10-2009 at 03:25 PM
Well... thanks, I think?
The entire thread name is "Baja 1-09, so super fine" (it rhymed)... not my moniker... lol
Huell already has sponsors (funding)... I do not... not yet, anyway!Skipjack Joe - 2-10-2009 at 04:42 PM
A Huell Howser program is on par with a ranger evening talk or walk at some state park. That was considered good television 40 years ago when Mutual
of Omaha was considered a first rate nature program but programming has come a long way since then.
Yes, they're educational but they really belong on some local station's programming, not PBS. Perhaps Bakersfield's or Flagstaff's local station.
Programming has greatly improved since those early days. From PBS we have come to expect quality programs like David Attenborough's series on Nature,
Ken Burn's series of historical programs like those on the 'Civil War', Bronowski on Ascent of Man.
Where does Huell Howser fit in with this type of programming? I wonder what those contributors to public television feel like when they get Huell
Howser.
The only way to explain it, and I've done 0 research, is that Huell Howser has fans because he makes them feel like themselves. He talks to you like
the guy in the trailer home next door and his level of interest and thoroughness is about the same.
We'll watch him ponderously climb over some lookout at Tejon Ranch and he'll point in some direction telling you the historical significance of some
meadow down below. Or there was the time he interviewed the passengers at Avalon sitting in the darkness and waiting for flying fish to jump out into
the lights.
It's not the accent, David. It's the whole program.
BTW, David, I couldn't help notice that we're celebrating the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday this year. I bet you must be excited
about that.Barry A. - 2-10-2009 at 04:59 PM
I "put up" with Huell's wierdness to see the subjects he presents, and most are unique, and I find interesting. I don't know anybody else that is
doing the things that Huell covers, so that makes it worth while, at least to me.
I have a member of my family that does a great "Huell" imitation, and we are all in histerics when ever she "performs".
You go, Huell!!! (Huell is a lot "stranger" than many realize. )
Barrymtgoat666 - 2-10-2009 at 05:49 PM
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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Where does Huell Howser fit in with this type of programming? I wonder what those contributors to public television feel like when they get Huell
Howser.
Public TV airs lots of cheap shows. Howser is one of the shows that can be produced for pocket change. One rambling old guy, one camera guy and one
sound guy
Sadly, our local KPBS slowly gutted most of it's good programming in favor of cheap instead of good, because San Diegans are tight wads and don't
suppport public TV well.David K - 2-10-2009 at 06:34 PM
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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
BTW, David, I couldn't help notice that we're celebrating the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday this year. I bet you must be excited
about that.
Why is that... because I lived 6 months in Darwin, Australia?Skipjack Joe - 2-10-2009 at 07:59 PM
No, <smiling>. I thought a creationist like yourself saw red at the mere mention of the name.
Just trying to get a rise out of you. No harm, no foul.David K - 2-11-2009 at 11:02 AM
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No, <smiling>. I thought a creationist like yourself saw red at the mere mention of the name.
Just trying to get a rise out of you. No harm, no foul.
What makes me a 'creationist'? I believe in science, I know the earth is more than 6,000 years old, I believe in evolution and I belive God created
evolution!
I mean, why not?Skipjack Joe - 2-11-2009 at 12:02 PM
Then it would be safe to say that this is not how you view Darwin:
David K - 2-11-2009 at 05:35 PM
No, but there are politicians I could view that way!
