Huell Howser: The Drinking Game
With a limited number of high definition channels at my disposal (years after signing up, no less), DHD’s American Chopper and KCET’s California’s Gold are arguably the best shows I can hope to watch at any given time. As such it gives me great pleasure to share the Huell Howser Drinking Game originally introduced by Save the Sheep blog:
Every time Huell says “wwwwwooooowwwwww…” drink. Not just a “wow” but “wwwwwwwwooooowwww.” You’ll know it when you hear it.
Every time Huell says something obvious, drink. Example: “So the people of the town would bring their mail right here to this post office?”
Every time Huell addresses his cameraman, drink. Example: “Hey, look at this [Luis/Troy/Cameron].”
Losanjealous’ own Samosa Mel adds a few to the list:
Everytime Huell says, “That’s amazing!”…drink.
Everytime Huell uses the words ‘historic’ and ‘history’…drink.
Everytime Huell shakes a persons hand and doesn’t let go for an uncomfortable amount of time…you guessed it! Drink!
Lastly, when Huell interviews someone and they give him that look that says, “Is this guy serious???”…drink.
Feel free to add rules to the comment section. Those hoping to get started on the game immediately, take note: PBRs are currently $4.99 /12pk @ Ralph’s and KCET’s online programming schedule can be found here.
via Save The Sheep
Have a drink for: “What’s The Deal Here?”, Defnetley, or my personal favorite ” Oh Boy”..
You guys are so mean. Huell is a national treasure. I once saw Huell save a small child that was pinned underneath an SUV. He litterally picked it up like it was nothing! Iv’e heard rumors that he can bench over 600lbs. Wooowww!
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“Literally” is a great one. Also, “It just doesn’t get any better [or prettier] than this,” applied to pretty much anything or anywhere he happens to find himself.
God love Huell! I know I do.
Any time he describes his experience as, “One of the most (Insert adjective: Amazing, Wonderful, Unique, Interesting, Spectacular, etc.) of my entire life.”
Drink.
We drink to “wow” and “oh my gosh”. We love Huell…really we do.
Why don’t you ever see HH and either Gomer Pyle or Huckleberry Hound in the same picture? Hmmmm.
HH is a dual personality. He’s really friendly on the air, but the people I’ve talked to who have been interviewed by him say that his “My Way or the Highway” attitude is a bit much.
Best HH line (this came from the Jojoba expisode this year) – when Donna Charpied explains to him that they take the buckets filled with rocks, sand, and jojoba seeds and dump them into a trough of water to allow the seeds to float, HH says “Wow! This isn’t rocket surgery !!”
What a Gomer
Hey Steve, we were interviewed by HH. He was friendly during the interview. What surprised us was after the interview. He was still genuinely jazzed about the subject (in this case the Solano Train Ferry) and he even offered, then took us out to, dinner. While there at the restaurant, he talked it up with the locals and everyone had a good time.
Sure, he does the interviews “his way”, but remember, it IS his production. We liked that even though we’d never been taped before, HH mad it easy for us to talk about the subject and he cleverly cued us to mention some great points we didn’t think he was aware of. The man does his homework. His camera buddy also did a great job.
Ya, Huell may spew “Gomer talk”, but so what. The guy does interesting shows and he’s genuinely friendly. I’ll drink to that.
Thomas – I hear you. I’m only going off of what I’ve been told. I only met the guy once, at a Mexican restaurant in East LA (Manual’s, I think). Anyway, my beef is that we have to import a hick like him to do California stuff? Don’t we have any natives here who could do it? And as a local historian myself (5 books on Riverside County plus other articles), I can attest to the fact that his facts are correct somewhere between some of the time and most of the time, at least with stuff in this area. So, of course, I then have to question what I’m hearing about the rest of the State. Too bad.
You are right! Huell isn’t terribly accurate when it comes to history, but he doesn’t need to be. As a historian, I’m sure you carefully cross your “T’s” whenever you speak the past. But you’re speaking as one with expertise. Huell is the travelogue guy who’s just having fun with what he discovers.
During our taping we wanted to say much more about the Solano ferry …and we had also misspoke a few times and would have liked the chance to clarify some of what was said (such as the Solano was ONCE the largest train ferry in the world BUT her sister ferry Contra Costa was ACTUALLY 11 feet longer”).
But Huell’s target audience is the armchair guy who says, “Wow, we’ve got THAT in California too?” so bein’ a bit lose with facts isn’t that big a deal in Huell’s setting. I’d pity the the researcher who cites California’s Gold in his papers! As for us, we were just glad that in this case Joe Armchair now had some knowledge that a truly great train ferry had existed in the Bay area. Unlike us history mavens, any more facts and Joe would have fallen asleep, don’t you think?
Well, yes – you’re right. We’ll have to put him in the same category as Wikipedia – fun, but don’t rely on it. Perhaps “Huellopedia”?
Huellopedia? Ha! I’ll drink to that!
(BTW, The Contra Costa was 13 feet longer. I had typed 11 feet earlier. Yet both ferries had pretty much the same total lengths of track. How could that be? Solano’s four tracks curved. Oops, Joe is surely snorin’ now!)
“Look… A Tree.”
Thanks guys, for giving me some really great laughs this morning – as I am a Huellophile.
I had the pleasure of taking photographs for the San Diego Botanic Gardens (formerly Quail Botanical Gardens) Gala in the Gardens honoring Huell this last September. He exudes charm like the fragrance of a honeysuckle. And just as he has his drinkable phrases, true to his nature, he does a great take when it’s photo time. As he grins and grabs whomever is there for the photo, he enthusiastically brings his hand into the shot and points at the beauty of whomever is in the shot with him.
We are lucky this delightful Southern fella has come to our Golden State to show us our beauty! It’s a pleasure to enjoy it with him.
I love this guy, can’t wait for my Huell sighting, man I’m gonna be pounding PBR’s right in his face, laughing my head off!