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
Everytime Huell creates false suspense…drink. Example: “And when we turned the corner in our van, you wouldn’t believe what we saw! The longest, straightest highway that just seemed to go on forever!”
I played this game and ended up puking milk out of my ears.
After seven minutes.
You can also take a bong rip whenever he says HI, WHAT’S YOUR NAME to a little old lady with white hair. You’ll be talking directly to God at some point.
I’m thinking the urban legend regarding Huell and the phrase “suck it, hippie!” needs to be worked into the game somehow. Maybe in conjunction with a Pink’s Huell Howser dog. Any suggestions?
how about when he calls his trusty cameraman louie, for a closer look?
damn!! it’s been said already. does that mean i have to drink?
For the uninitiated, check out the videos on Huell’s Interactive LA.
A drink for every sentence that starts: “So, (what) you’re saying…”
Of course, you can’t ignore his double/triple/quarduple outros as he stretches an episode’s ending. One shot for every extra goodbye.
BTW, why does HH fascinate us so? Has anyone had a drink with him at the Tiki Room? Do tell!
Everytime he says “Oh Boy!” DRINK!!!
i love huell and i love all of you for being such dorks.
Huell has one of the greatest jobs in the world.
“BTW, why does HH fascinate us so?”
I think it’s because he’s like Mr. Rogers for adults. It’s not just a kids show so we can watch it without guilt. He’s always in a good mood, he makes no demands of us, and everything he sees is “amazing.” What more could one want?
That is hilarious. When I was a little kid, Huell was on television in Nashville, TN. His segments were Huell Howser’s Happy Features. I guess you’ll get your own happy features playing this game!! LOL
One more: When Huell asks: “So would you say that this is a TRADITION? Everyone must finish what’s in his/her glass. My fave HH in Boyle Heights moment: “So if you don’t speak ENGlish, and I don’t speak Spanish..how am I supposed to hire a Mariachi band?
HH bought a Ray’s Mistake for me at Tiki Ti a few years ago when he discovered it was my birthday. He proceeded to invite me to his Palm Springs home and sit out by the pool with him and have a ‘rita, despite my girlfriend’s presence. Gave me his card with a hand written home number on the back. Were I one step closer to insanity, I might have taken him up on his offer. Imagine the look on his face when I show up to his “pool party” with my girlfriend. “Now, this is a guyyysss only par-tee. You’ll have to wait in the carrrr.”
HH is a man that doesn’t deserve his job! His interviewing skills are non-existent, but his charm is ever-present. HOWEVER, the fact that he’s still doing his job and bringing us to all of those out-of-they way California places is commendable. Ralph Story and Stephanie Edwards should be reinstated. Huell should work for them!
this is seriously the best thing i have ever read, oh my God.
Huell has great powers, you guys. I once saw him doing a pledge drive break. The phones were silent. The volunteers were bored. Huell comes on and is like:
FOLKS ALL I WANT YOU TO DO IS CALL AND TELL US WHY YOU LOVE PBS
And like magic, legions of old people all picked up the phone at the same time. The room came to life behind him.
POWER!
Every time Huell says “This is specTACular!”…Drink!
I was behind HH at the Pavillions. There was an elderly woman in front of him. He took himself out of line to carry this womans grocery bags to the bust stop for her! HH IS THE KING OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC MEDIA. I think if he ever life partnered me our Chinese babies would be so slow talking they would probably be held back in the LAUSD for a few years.
NEW RULE: Every time you wonder if he’s an idiot or a genius finish your drink and make a cosmo straight up in a rocks glass for an old lady!
anytime he says GAAAAWWWWLLL-LY…….drink
anytime you see him wearing a tight yellow or pink polo shirt………drink
anytime he pulls the microphone away from an interviewees mouth to look at something causing silence…..drink
apparently he’s a registered republican. i find that somewhat disturbing but fact checked it is not.
I knew someone who used to work at KCET and she said several fellow employees always referred to HH as Hull Hoser. I really like that.
Everytime Hull says, “I’ve NEVER seen ANYthing LIKE that!”…take a drink
anytime he touches something fragile or off limits. take a shot! i get nervous when he does that.
when the people giving the tour have to follow HIM. take a shot!
oh im getting so wasted next time i watch this program.
Everytime Huell says “Absolutely SPECTACULAR”, drink!
Everytime Huell repeats verbatim, the exact same words the interviewee just said, drink!
Everytime Huell says, “We’re from PBS, we don’t have any money, drink!!
And, I saved the best for last:
Everytime Huell wears his yellow shirt, drink!!!!!
I’m so drunk right now I might actually take him up on his offer to come back to his place for a drink.
Everytime he says “Bhuh-Caaaawse” like some drunken hiccuping, vomitting chicken instead of saying “because” like a normal human adult male, drink.
Every time HH interrupts the interviewee and says “wait a minute, wait a minute, you mean that…”
HH is the best thing to happen to the TV since Bob Ross (aka “God” on PEEP SHOW on BBCA)
Whenever Huell feels the need to snatch the plate out from under a diner’s nose to handle and display a specialty food, DRINK!
I love Huell, but I love libations more! Whenever Huell says, “You’re kiddin’” or “This is interesting” or “That is great!”, DRINK to Huell!
too bad she ripped off our idea, and tried to play it as her own-
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Huell Howser Drinking Game – Frolic Room – Monday or Tuesday Nights
We are organizing a bar meet to play the Huell Howser Drinking Game. The plan is to watch (and drink to) a week’s worth of Huell Howser episodes in an evening. Two and half hours of boozing should do the trick. This will be at the Frolic Room on Hollywood Blvd. on Monday or Tuesday nights. If interested in joining, please drop a line to myspace.com/huellhowserdrinkinggame.
You guys scare me. “Beeeeee-cawwwwse” (as Huell might say) I know none of you are over 40, 50 tops. The old people who are his prime audience have never been on the internet
Yet….
It would seem there are legions of closet younger viewers watching Mr. Corn Pone as well …people much younger than I, and I’m 41.
He DOES have a boat load of irritating habits of speech and mannerisms. Yet he seems to pull it off by being so genuinely NICE all the damn time. (How he can pull that one off while being a resident of LA is truly amaaaaaaaaaaazing.)
I’m a 29 year old PROUD cardcarrying Huell junkie!
This might make for an inordinate amount of staggering sots running about, but whenever Huell pauses and adds, after seemingly thinking inwardly “now’s a perfect time for a segue,” “So…you’d say this is a CALIFORNIA tradition…?” DRINK!
Uhhhh…..that would be “Cali-fuuawn-yah”
Ah, yes, my mistake. Very well transcribed, jimmyd.
Just imagine the mandatory imbibing if you serendipitously came across Huell and conversed in a bar! Whoo!–call a cab!
Hey jimmyd, I’m 42 and discovered Mr. Tight Polo Shirts, when I was home all day with my babies watching PBS back in 1995. I can’t help it, but the guy with the Tenn. accent shares my enthusiasm when discovering new places and meeting new people.ps and as you can see I know how to use the internet…my kids taught me LOL!
Every time Huell bumrushes someone with the mic who has absolutly nothing to do with the story, drink.
GRAVITAY-
good point on the bumrush. Makes you wonder how many people see him ambling towards them, get in their car and lay rubber to get the hell away. Or for that matter, how many times the cops have been called (“Hello…..9-1-1?…..There’s a strange man in the parking lot and he seems to be verbally accosting everyone!! Could you please send a couple officers over to investigate??? Hurry…please!!!!”)….LOL LOL LOL….
CROP – my having fun at HH’s expense notwithstanding, I wouldn’t watch if I didn’t find him amusing and the places he visits interesting. I agree with ya…..
oh my god, i could not be happier to have found that there are others who share my fascination with this man. none of my friends appreciate him, i just don’t think they “get” it. huell is totally fucking with everyone he interviews right? i thought at first maybe everything he does was just so awkward ’cause i was high… ps: has anyone seen the bell-museum episode? i swear he rings every bell for an uncomfortably long period of time! second me on this.
also, if anyone who reads this is on the central coast, you HAVE to check out the sky river RV show. the host is like a HH protege, but 100x more awkward. keep an eye out for it on the local channels, and let me know what you think. truly amazing.
Huell will exclaim, “Wait a minute, you mean to tell me…” At which point you drink, while enjoying the respondent’s lame embellishment of what they just said.
How about every time he pulls the mike away from someone in mid-sentence in order to talk to someone who looks more interesting
Huell Howser for Governor!
Huell Howser for Gov’ner… I’ll drink to that.!!
‘Just bacuz’… : )
Seriously.. We look forward to ‘roaming’ all over Kalifornia with Huell Howser… With gas prices as high as they are…. Who could argue… ? Keep up the good work Good Buddy…
Ahhhhhh hahahahaha!!!!!!! It’s been a while since i cried from laughing, thanks, forum.
Ok ok, DRINK when he uses color in his conclusion,
EXAMPLE: “Even though these hops are green, it is a fine example… of California’s Gold”
Huell does not say the word: “Important” correctly, he says “Impordent”. Listen to other words for that speech impediment. I thinks he’s great.
Anytime HH repeats the answer to a question he just asked.
Ex: ” Huell, this is actually an old barn”
H.H.: “So, this is actually an old barn?”
In a restaurant he will suddenly without warning walk to someone still chewing food and ask what they’re eating.
My fav Huell moment:
So you have pig manure, cow manure AND you do your own composting. THAT’s GRAYYYYYTTT.
My Favorite Huellism is similar to #49 and is again the
word: “Impourdent”. I don’t think anyone will ever get this spelled right. But we love him just the same. Don’t forget to try a Huell Dog at Pink’s in W. Hollywood.
Huell can break down the best tour guide.
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He’s a heck of a guy. a couple of weeks ago I was in Dupar’s restaurant at the Farmer’s Market in L.A. I see him as I’m coming back from paying the check, and I tell my mom that I’m going to say hi to him. She was worried about approaching him, but I figure here’s a guy who makes a living out of imposing on people. Well, he was gracious and funny and let me take a picture with him, my friends are so jealous.
My wife and I live in Tennessee. We found this website while researching Huell to see where he is from originally. We guessed Texas, but were not surprised to find he is from our neck of the woods. We are glad to find a forum where fascination with HH is celebrated. Our favorite episode involved an exploration of a Basque restaurant in Bakersfield.The conversation with one of the patrons went something like this….
HH: “Are you BaaassssKkkkkkuh?”
Reply: “Oh, yes. We eat here all the time.”
HH: “But, are you BAAAAAAA-UUUUSSSSSKKKK-UH”
Reply: “No – Mexican.”
Oh man, I thought mine would be obvious. Everytime he says, “Reeeallly?”, drink.
Oh my Gaaaaawshhhh!
He says that all the time. :-)
…” look at what we have here ” drink
if he’s shown not wearing socks… drink
makes people chat in the microphone…
I truly appreciate that everyone loves HH as much as my boyfriend and I do. Check out the cotton gin one. I don’t think I have ever seen him quite so happy. Especially when he puts his hand in the suction tube and its like “cotton caaaaandy!”
i want to email huell please send me the address
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How about “big ol’”, “wunnerful ol’”-take a drink.
I’ve been a Huell fan since 1992! I met him once-the picture has a place of honour. What a big ol’ wunnerful ol’ flirt!
Even after hearing from friends who have worked with him that he’s not as nice and easy going as he appears on screen, I still watch!
I’m 24 and my friends and I watch him all the time. Has any one seen the cattails episode!?!?!
It’s some natural water treatment place that uses cattails to treat the water. Anyways in 30 minutes he says cattails like a thousand times!!
It’s rediculous.
my addition which I’m glad no one has shared is…
drink when Heull is in outside or afar from the destination he’s covering and immediately cuts to being inside or at the destination saying exactly that~
example- “Today we’re in Lancaster visiting Mr. Jay’s Soda and Candy Shop.” …cut to him inside the shop… “Okay WE ARE INSIDE Mr. Jay’s Soda and Candy Shop.”
27 Brooke and 49 JohnO..I was gonna say Because-like-a-chicken and “Impordant” part of California’s Gold! Good thing I checked first……
I hate to say it but when I drink and watch Huel i never play games!
He’s my choice this year for a Halloween Costume. I do a spot on HH.
If you stop at Peggy Sue’s 50′s Diner on the way to Vegas they have a Huel Howser Burger Pineapple and Ham I think…..
Pretty fitting…….Pineapple and Ham HA Ha Ha
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I love it when Adam Carolla has the Huell impersonator on. I laugh for hours thinking about all the funny s* * * he says.
This drinking game should only be played with BEER. It’s way more fun.
What a wonderful post, I haven’t laughed this hard in ages!
#63 Wade: Huell does not email, he calls. Emails go to his producers and staff.
#65 Laura: He really is that nice. We just shot an episode in Anaheim, people were being really rude jumping into the camera shots and interrupting, and he was gracious to each and every one of them. By the end of the day I was ready to smack some of these people, but he was cool all day, on and off camera, even during lunch. Then he came back to Anaheim for lunch for a press interview, no camera in sight, and he was still wonderful to everyone who came over and interrupted his meal. He is the real deal. He even called me just as the episode’s airing wrapped up to be sure I was happy with it. How many big celebrities would do that?
By the way, I love the drinking game, thanks for posting it, this brings HH viewing to a whole new level. Chocolate martinis in the Anaheim Colony. Why that’s A-MAY-ZING!
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Howser’s show has the potential to be a fascinating “trip.” Too bad he kills it all with his annoying style for interviewing people, not to mention his embarrassing manners. In a recent episode it was fascinating to watch Huell dig into a box (like a kid on Christmas morn) and handle long lost Ansel Adams photos while a library curator watched with apprehension and dismay.
I place Mr. Howser into that special club of people that love to hear themselves talk; Tom Leykis and Tim McCarver are also honorary members.
I use king kobra now i don’t feel so well
What a great post. I’ve watched HH’s programs forever, and everyone’s suggestions for drinking are spot on.
Tonight I was watching the Galco Soda Pop Stop episode. Has anybody ever noticed that whenever he pulled a soda bottle from the shelf and while asking the store owner the story behind the particular brand, he’d wave/shake the bottle! Then he’d put the soda right back on the shelf!
The first time HH did it, the owner seemed taken aback, haha. I wonder if the storekeeper after the taping had to figure out which bottles were shaken so that his customers would not get sprayed.
There is no way to win this game get a sponser and go to meeting’s thank’s for the drinking problem huell four 40′s of king kobra can hurt.this was all started by huell himself he is fulfilling his party fantacy thur us IT”S EVIL it’s black oh so very black! ruin any live’s with alcohol today huell
ruin any live’s with alcohol today huell.this was all started by huell himself to fulfill his own party fantizey!rating’s were down so he get’s some poor people hooked on drug’s an alcohol. when you get the shake’s you know your going to have to tune in thank’s for the drinking problem huell. there’s no way to win this game get a sponser and start making meeting;s. don’t call me anymore huell your the 5th horseman to me. IM sorry bad hangover
just stop saying the same shit and this can all end now and we can get on with our live’s. huell i know you read this. if you want to redemm your self do a show on aa history in california are you listening to me howser. i just want this all to go away. no one has ever won this game because that’s the way you set it up. wow that;s just crazy talk my life is empty.i mean my beer is empty.
i can’t believe no one has come up with “akshully”
( read actually)
now just order another drink “AND WE’LL SEND TO YA RAGHT AWAY!”
i love huell
Don’t forget “LITERALLY”, as in: “I am LITERALLY walking through the desert”.
“Weeell? , Here We Are…..”
I think our whole honeymoon video has this subconscious introduction spilled throughout the entire vid! Not until we watched it did we realize we were picking up Huell’s line!!!!
(there was a team of 2 discjokies on klsx in L.A., conway + steckler, who did a brilliant & hilarious montage of huell sayings!!) wonder if i can find that anywhere.
Howser i need some beer money 7 doller’s can you spot me your drinking game has bankruped me wade po box 5153 san luis obispo ca 93403
Yes, Huell can drive some people up a wall, but when you are in front of a video camera for the first time, talking isn’t always easy. Huell has a way of making you forget the camera is there and soon you are talking to him as if he’s a friend who’s been interested in your story for years (the Solano Train Ferry in this case). Remember, you don’t have a script. So Huell does lots of research before hand and successfully coaches the story out of you.
And unlike some interviewers, after the taping is done he’s still interested in the story. The guy is friendly and sincere on or off camera (he took us out to dinner after our taping). And his camera man and editors do a good job of piecing it all together back at the studio, even when the material is rather skimpy.
So I’ll drink to Huell. *gulp*
Also drink for: Saow Yur tellin me…
That is HILARIOUS!!!!
Appreciate the dude – a man-child in his awe of everything. I’ll drink to that !
Everytime Huell repeats the answer given to his question during one of his interviews, DRINK!
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Every time he says “inpordant”, as in, Wait, woowowwwww, golleeee, you mean to tell me that this is an inpordant fact beeeeecaaaawse its so historic….
This thread is homage to the man. Two years running and we’re still lovin’, still drinkin’ to HH!
everytime huell breaths drink!!wait i mean a big sigh
HH came to Temecula last August, hottest day of the year, sweat making his blue silk shirt stick to him like saran wrap, yet stopped and took pictures with people while doing his interviews. Standing in Old Town in front of building called The Bank of Mexican Food Restaurant, built in 1913, saying uncredulously, “you mean, this building, was actually a BANK in the old days…?!” gotta love the Huell!
everytime he’s suddenly out of the building (from a building interior scene) with his sunglasses on. This is fun. For a long time, I thought I was the only one watching that show.
Here’s an interview I did with Huell last year when I lived in Pasadena. I now live in Philadelphia and it sucks not being able to watch Huell Howser.
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/lunch_with_huell/6292/
I found this “reeeeahlee grrreat” forum from a post on Huffington…you-all are ahmaazin’…; some favorites: when he decided to visit all four corners of California and made the long trek to the northeast corner (we thought he might actually collapse–it was a really long hike), and the episode where he went to the Hollywood cemetery. I love the characters he interviews. I had no idea he had a following of happy boozers cheering for every “now, are you telling me…” Drink up! And thanks for a “truly” funny forum….all part of California’s Gold.
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OMG…I love this game & I can’t wait to “play” it…I was just looking up Huell because my boyfriend,Joe, & I always watch him and also always make fun of him. Lately we are noticing how much we say “that’s amazing!!” and we crack ourselves up with our corny imitations of good ole Huell.At the same time, we are creating our own “bucket list” of places to visit in California because of his show!
This is an obvious rip-off of the drinking game on my podcast which has been running since 2005.
Nice to see you in my community (drink!), Huell! Now go rip-off somebody else!
Wow DaBomb. YOU invented the drinking game? I thought it was some pirate in the 1700′s.
Yarr!
!!!
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!
Thats AMAZZZZZING.
I don’t think this game undermines Huell’s amazingness.
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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.
A HICK, as you called Huell, did California’s Gold, instead of some native Californian, [I'm one], and so your question is a moot question. Columbus “discoverd America, or at least gets the credit, or blame, and he wasn’t a native either. Quote, unquote. Love you lots Huell. Wish you could discover something gold here where I live. You are the Lewis and Clark of California. God Bless
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!
Some of us goof on Huell, others love him.
His programs are unique and varied in promoting
the Golden State.
So let’s twist this game 180°.
Each time Huell says “That’s amazing”,
or any other of his patented catch phrases,
put a dollar in your savings account.
Gee Jim – I’ll be a millionaire!!!
Everytime Huell says “What’s going on over here…” or whenever he wanders away from the person he’s speaking to…DRINK!
Ahh, the good old drinking game, gotta love em.
When that good ole boy addresses someone, it’s “hotty” (howdy) then “ah-ite” (alright)…[drink]
Doncha love it when he repeats for the audience what someone says slowly as if it’s the first time he’s heard it? [drink]
…and he speaks as though he is reading to a group of first graders.
But seriously, where can I send some socks to go along with those leather loafers?
I’m waiting for someone to smack him for grabbing their food to hold it up for the camera.
My fav is “Well I think this is the most beautiful place I’ve evvvverr seen!”
Met Huell during his show at UC San Diego’s Geisel Library and he was a sweetheart.
Paul Harris
Author, “Diary From the Dome, Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina”
I love Huell Howser. What an awesome guy!
” You mean to tell me ….” Drink
drink when he says “oh my gosh”
Here’s a new twist to the game for y’all.
When you realize Huell is a “personality” and gets paid to be “himself”…. and that he has a lot more money than y’all…..Drink.
Sure he’s goofy…as if no one else in L.A. is.
Y’all are a bit persnickety.
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