Have you ever Heard of Huell Howser?

If you don't watch much Californian Public Television you most likely haven't heard of Huell Howser. If you have you most definitely do know who Huell is.  Huell Howser is a true "gee golly" television presenter. He is based out of Los Angeles' KCET studios. His shows are presented on all the PBS stations in California. Some may deride him for being too corny but that is really part of his charm.
Huell is a native of Tennessee and there is no doubt about it he is a good ole southern boy. Not the scary kind but the Mayberry kind of good ole boy. Ah Shucks! The thing is; he is the real thing. Well as real as Hollywood gets. Huell does hale from a small town in Tennessee, he got a BA in history from University of Tennessee. His career started in the local news doing Human Interest Stories. He moved to Los Angeles in 1981 when he started with KCET. Noted for restating the obvious Huell asks some of the least probing questions. When on a chicken farm he is will ask the chicken farmer "This is a Chicken Farm, you farm chickens here don't you?" You have to love him or hate him for that. Oddly he is loved as well as being hated by the viewing public. If you are a kid he is so cool until you are about 9 or 10 years old. Then he's annoying until you are about 30. Then he is a riot.

Huell was also once buff! Very buff. He adapted to the LA lifestyle very well. Huell lives in a swanky old school Hollywood building in Hancock Park. El Royale gleams at night in neon for all to see. Palm Springs and its mid-century modern architecture has also drawn Howser. A long term bachelor Huell isn't a swinger but he can get into any place in LA he wants. He's Huell Howser and Hollywood loves a celebrity.