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Off-Ramp

Kevin Roderick on Huell Howser's retirement

Vahan, Ara, and Khechig Manoogian with Huell Howser, c1990.
Vahan, Ara, and Khechig Manoogian with Huell Howser, c1990.
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Kevin Roderick on Huell Howser's retirement

Kevin Roderick, of LA Observed, remembers back more than twenty years, when Huell Howser came West as a general assignment reporter for Channel 2, and then found his niche on KCET doing the long-form visits he became famous for.