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14 Episodes 2003 - 2004
Episode 1
Wed, Jan 15, 200328 mins
Located in Pacific Palisades, 141-acre Temescal Gateway Park was a major center of the Chautauqua Movement in the 1920s and '30s. It offered programs of lectures, music, literature, science, and discussion of public issues. Huell learns about the history of the park from rangers, local residents, and the daughter of Rev. Charles H. Scott, the founder of the Chautauqua camp. Early history includes when the canyon was a meeting place for neighboring Native American tribes. In addition to being the location of Scott's independent Chautauqua, the town of Pacific Palisades was founded there in 1922. The area became a public park in 1994 thanks to the state's Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
Episode 3
Fri, May 2, 200324 mins
Huell visits with the Los Angeles Wheelmen club and other bicyclists as they attend an annual event to climb Fargo Street in the Echo Park neighborhood. It's only one block long, but with a 33% grade, it's the steepest street in L.A.
Episode 4
Thu, Jun 12, 200327 mins
Huell returns to visit the students at Gauldin Elementary School, whose mascot is the dolphin, and treats them to a day filled with real live dolphins at Sea World.
Episode 5
Tue, Jul 29, 200329 mins
Huell visits Porto's Bakery and Cafe in Glendale, a multi-generational family business with roots in Cuba. He tours the very busy, large kitchen where they specialize in decadent cakes, baked goods, pastries, plus sandwiches and meat pies.
Episode 6
Tue, Sep 30, 200324 mins
Huell visits five historically significant locations in Chatsworth including Olive Trees, a Pioneer Church, Stoney Point, and a barn that was home to TV's Mr. Ed. He ends at Homestead Acre, home to the Chatsworth Historical Society.
Episode 8
Tue, Dec 23, 200329 mins
Episode 10
Mon, Dec 1, 200327 mins
Huell attends the 28th annual Christmas concert of traditional songs performed by hundreds of tuba players at Glendale's Alex Theatre. Before the show, he learns all about tubas and the event from several players and conductor Jim Self.
Episode 11
Thu, Dec 11, 200325 mins
Huell learns about a Christmas star that shone for the holidays for decades on a San Antonio Heights home in the San Gabriel foothills. An October 2003 fire destroyed the house and star, but the community rebuilt the star before Christmas.
Episode 12
Fri, Dec 19, 200328 mins
Episode 13
Fri, Sep 17, 200428 mins
Huell visits Smith-Emery Co. in Downtown LA, the largest commercial independent testing laboratory in the US. Founded in San Francisco in 1904, their inspectors and engineers put construction materials through rigorous tests to meet specs.
Episode 15
Tue, Jan 27, 200428 mins
Huell goes to LA County's South Bay region to visit Alondra Park. Created in the 1950s and revitalized in 1998, it's a great bird watching spot and has a native plant garden that provides an outdoor classroom for nearby El Camino College.
Episode 16
Thu, Aug 21, 200326 mins
Huell rides out to Santa Anita Park and visits with trainers, jockeys, and fans at Clockers' Corner. It's a great spot for breakfast and an up-close view of racehorses going through their morning workouts.
Episode 18
Fri, Jul 30, 200427 mins
Huell returns to Fosselman's Ice Cream in Alhambra, a family-owned business he profiled on Videolog in 1990. Started in 1919, the founder's grandsons continue the tradition of delicious hand-made ice cream using original family recipes.
Episode 19
Sat, Nov 15, 2003