{"id":138,"date":"2008-01-27T21:39:27","date_gmt":"2008-01-27T21:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/huell-howser-archives\/2007\/08\/12\/the-hollywood-sign-huell-howser\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:36:40","slug":"the-hollywood-sign-huell-howser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/huell-howser-archives\/2008\/01\/27\/the-hollywood-sign-huell-howser\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hollywood Sign &#8211; California&#039;s Gold (132)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Join Huell Howser for this very special one-hour look at the world famous Hollywood Sign. Accompanied by Chris Baumgart and Linda Barth, Huell gets special permission from The Hollywood Sign Trust to actually climb up to and even sit on the sign. While perched on this landmark Huell learns the full history from 1923 till now from the people who work so hard to preserve this icon. 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