Huell Howser: Good as gold

Huell Howser was the host of several California travel shows on PBS over the years. Though his sense of wonder and aw-shucks charisma make each outing a gem, we've rounded up a list of episodes that focused on our corner of the state. All are on DVD

Huell Howser, whose down-home style on public television's long-running staple series California's Gold made him an iconic local and national media figure.

As was often the case, television personality Huell Howser captured the Coachella scene perfectly. Howser, who died Sunday at age 67, traveled throughout Southern California during a career highlighting its myriad cultural offerings. As such, he

Howser took his camera where no other broadcast television show dared to go and allowed many Californians to see fair representations of themselves on television for the first time.

Actor and comedian Thomas Lennon shares how he took the news of Huell Howser's passing and why we'll never get another one like him.