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DanO
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DanO
Of course, my wife thinks I'm a lunatic and just walks out of the room shaking her head whenever I put Howser's show on. |
Kinda like the 3 Stooges? |
Oh no, she has respect for the Stooges (except Curly Joe, a poor substitute for Curly). I hear they're making a Stooges movie. I'll be lining up for
that one.
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
sure, huell's detractors watch alot of his shows. That's mainly because we have a hunger for travel and culture. Sometimes, the messenger not so much.
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Couldn't agree more! This is a case where the message is more important than the messenger.
Ken
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BajaGringo
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I always figured that there was a producer somewhere involved with the show that chose the destination and highlights to give the show broad appeal.
As far as Huell Howser, let's just say that is an "acquired" taste...
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lizard lips
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Huell was having a bad day at the fair in San Bernardino about 20 years ago when I saw a small boy with a calf at the livestock exhibit run right into
him. Hit him right in the jewels. With one hand holding the mic and the other cupping his scralls he screamed at that 10 year old and I thought the
boy was going to cry. I like the guy but I can't watch him for any more than 5 minutes at a time.
That reminds me of when Vice President Richard Nixon arrived at the Long Beach airport one afternoon many years ago and I heard him get really peeed
saying "Get those G-D DAMN kids away from me". Maybe that's the reason I never voted in my LIFE for him or any other politician!
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Skipjack Joe
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Ms. Lips. Perhaps if you were a man you would be more sympathetic to Mr. Howser's condition.
Of course if Mr. Howser were a man .... Let's not go there.
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vacaenbaja
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I suppose being in the Marine reserves does not count. Tell that to all the reservist serving combat duty.
"Howser, a Marine Corps reservist in the 1970s, opposed the Vietnam War. His appearances on local talk shows in protest of the war were partially
responsible for his initial employment at WSM-TV. [1] The Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) (also known as the United States Marine Corps Reserve
(USMCR)), a part of the United States Marine Corps, is the largest command in the Marine Corps. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States
Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam
People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... "
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bajacowboy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vacaenbaja
I suppose being in the Marine reserves does not count. Tell that to all the reservist serving combat duty.
"Howser, a Marine Corps reservist in the 1970s, opposed the Vietnam War. His appearances on local talk shows in protest of the war were partially
responsible for his initial employment at WSM-TV. [1] The Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) (also known as the United States Marine Corps Reserve
(USMCR)), a part of the United States Marine Corps, is the largest command in the Marine Corps. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States
Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam
People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... "
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lizard lips
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Ms. Lips. Perhaps if you were a man you would be more sympathetic to Mr. Howser's condition.
Last time I looked---- My orbs are hanging just fine there Skipjack and I know first hand what it feels like  |
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fdt
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I think his show is great, I would love to have a show like his here that would highlight Baja California. Wow, what a great job, going to all these
places and getting paid to do it. I am a fanatic about Huel Howser, I am lucky that KPBS San Diego has him on almost every day. Not only is it the
Californias Gold series but also Californias Green, Californias Water, Californias Golden Parks, Road Trip, Visiting and Downtown.
He doesn't have a California accent, he has a southern accent and that makes it kind of funny. There was an episode on The Simpsos were he falls off
the back of a turnip truck.
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
I always figured that there was a producer somewhere involved with the show that chose the destination and highlights to give the show broad appeal.
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He produces his shows and usualy doesn't call ahead to let people know he's comming, he doesn't want people to dress up or have theire relatives over.
He started by asking a PBS station that if he would travel the state and produced a show if they would air it, so he did and they did.
| Quote: | Originally posted by oladulce
It cracked me up when he talked to his camera man Louie as they walked along-
"Oh Louie, you gotta see this."
"Louie loves menudo, don't you Louie?"
"Watch out for that hunerd foot drop down the abandonded mine shaft Louie"
...yet we never saw Louie??? Hmmm....
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Indeed, His name is Luis Fuerte and was his camera man during the 90's. Now he as another, that he also refers to on the shows, Cameron Tucker.
On the 2 Tijuana videos wev'e produced I make the effort to emulate or do the same by calling out to Fernando or Danielle (my kids, who are also my
camera people). I go a little further and include them on the shots were we stop and eat or something.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
He's mediocre at what he does. Ralph Story did it before Howser and did it better. And neither of them was as good as Charles Kuralt.
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He does it on purpose, he is a very inteligent man. The show is based on the premise that "Television is not rocket sience, all you need is a
microphone a camera and an open heart". And FYI his inspiration came from Charles Kuralt.
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Truly a mamas boy |
BTW Did you know his name was made up by his parents? I believe his dad's name was Howard ad his mom's name was Jewell so they named him Huel.
Well, as you can see I love the show and have researched it and Huel a lot, there is so much to learn from him.
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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fishbuck
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Hey FDT you are sort of the Baja California version of Huel.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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David K
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Go Ferna, go!!!
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dean miller
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Huel Hauser
Mrs. Miller and I attended a reception for Huel Hauser about six months ago.
In a conversation we discovered we both attended Castle Heights Military academy in Lebanon, Tennessee, but about 15 years apart. ( No need to
research it --it has subsequently closed)
He graduated from Vanderbilt University in an area totally unrelated to broadcasting. He was the president of the Vanderbilt student body
During the last year at the university he had an assignment to interview the manager of a local TV station. The station was short of personnel, the
station manager saw potential in him and hired him with no experience to read the news while he was still in the university. This was his intro
TV...No aspirations and no training
He is considered a "News reporter."
He won a number of broad casting awards.
Luis Fuerte has retired--and has been retired for some years
He never mentioned it in our conversation, but several years previous it was reported in an LA paper he was considered to have the top income of all
California newsmen--some thing like eleven million dollars. He considers himself very very fortunate
Later he sent me a personally inscribed 8-1/2 picture which I have framed
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Mexray
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One of my favorite of Huell's shows was...
...his visit to Frank Sinatra's 'retreat' in Palm Springs.
It wasn't all that 'fancy' but it looked like a place where Sinatra could unwind with his best buddies, away from the public.
The guy that purported to be a 'friend' of Sinatra's on the show, didn't seem to be all that convincing to me, but he had a few antidotes from the era
to relate.
The people that now own the place have kept most of the buildings as they were when Sinatra was around, which is neat.
It was a fun look at a place in California's entertainment history we'd never get to see if Huell hadn't gotten access for his series...
Corny style or not, there's lots of good info for us all in his various shows...
Keep it up, Huell, we're still going to watch...
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According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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Von
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One of my favorites shows he is really cool funny. Hes been to Baja and probably all the missions in Cali.
READY SET.....................
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oladulce
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fdt
...On the 2 Tijuana videos wev'e produced I make the effort to emulate or do the same by calling out to Fernando or Danielle (my kids, who are also my
camera people). I go a little further and include them on the shots were we stop and eat or something. |
I like when your family participates in your radio shows and there's something endearing about including the cameraman on this type of tv show so I
bet it translates well Fernando.
But be careful if you're leading your camera person along a perilous cliff covered with prickly pear cactus, or some of the other stuff that Huell
used to do to Louie!
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freediverbrian
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I ran into Huell Howser in the Loreto airport about 7-8 years ago . He was doing a story on the missions . Had a beer with him and i can say he is the
same on the show as off , It is not an act or stick he is a nice guy that loves to talk to people . I like the show and watch it often
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