Turns out the goofball we made fun of was the guy we really loved ... and we hope he knew it.
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'When I first marched, I said, "There must be other people, I'm not the only one." But I bet each parent thinks he or she is the only person.'
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• 20:59
Here's the full tribute to him from this week's episode, including thoughts from John Rabe, Kevin Ferguson, Queena Kim, Phil Noyes, Christopher Peake, Tom Labonge, and the President and Vice-President of Chapman University. Not to mention Huell himself ... and a certain pet pig.
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• 3:46
"California always has been and always will be made up of people who come here from all over the world with all sorts of accents in search of the California dream." —Huell Howser.
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• 4:44
Just last month, TV host Huell Howser announced his retirement. Matt Groening — the creator of the Simpsons — proudly admits he's one of Huell's biggest fans.
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• 5:17
These animation shorts aren't superior to features from Pixar, Disney, DreamWorks, or Sony, any more than a solo piano recital is better or worse than an orchestral performance. They're just different.
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• 6:53
Larry Davis's story proves F. Scott Fitzgerald was drunk when he said, "There are no second acts in American lives." Davis recorded his first album after he retired; he's working on the second.
Meet Chris Rivera, the winner of KPCC + IGLA's Instagram challenge "Double Exposed." Rivera makes surreal portraits that delight his 7,600 followers.
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This weekend is your last chance to see Huntington Library's Civil War exhibit based solely on imagery of the war. KPCC's Patt Morrison spoke with curator Jennifer Watts.