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Huell Howser is an American host of the PBS travel series, California's Gold. The show is mainly a tour of several historical and cultural sites in California as Howser conducts informal interviews with local residents and business owners, tour guides and docents, curators, experts, and so on, walking along with them and the cameraman (whom he usually refers to by name). The production of the series is generally low-key but because of Howser's affable on-air personality and his Southern drawl, it is still enjoyable to many public station viewers. Howser is popularly known by his trademark exclaim "Oh My Gawd!"
Also memorable is his closing line "It is a fine example of California's Gold, s'long everybody!"
Howser hosts other similar programs such as Visiting, in which he visits several neighborhoods (mainly unique business establishments and ethnic communities) throughout the city of Los Angeles. Road Trip is a similar premise to California's Gold where he visits mainly small towns throughout the state of California.
Each program has its own underwriter (i.e., a public television term for a "sponsor"). For example, California's Gold is underwritten by Sempra Energy, Road Trip by the American Automobile Association, and California's Green (a nature-themed program) by the Toyota motor company.
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