Huell found the most upbeat aspect of everything he encountered. I suspect the proprietors of some of these enterprises didn't realize what they had till he told them.
We sold this to a man in NYC after working it ten years. Look on RU-vid for what he did to it. He never worked it after sinking a large amount of money into it. He listed it on eBay for $150k which is about what he put into it for making his own changes to it. It sold to a large corporation in Little Rock, Arkansas this year, 2021.
It was first aired in 2009 or 2010. Mr. Howser passed away a few years ago. He was a joy to be with and we had watched his program in KCET for years before we owned this. We moved out if California to NTW GA two years ago. We're 25 minutes from Tennessee where Mr. Howser was born..