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The Best Episodes of California's Gold Season 23

Every episode of California's Gold Season 23 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of California's Gold Season 23!

California's Gold is a public television human interest program that explores the natural, cultural, and historical features of California. The series ran for 24 seasons beginning in 1991, and was produced and hosted by Huell

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    California's Gold Season 23 Episode 1 - Green Chiles
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    #1 - Green Chiles

    S23:E1

    Join Huell in this hot episode as he spends a morning in La Puente to hang out with green chile aficionados Ray Martinez and his daughter, Rose Fabian, as they sell fresh, roasted green chiles from Hatch, New Mexico.

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  2. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 2 - Persian Festival of Fire
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    #2 - Persian Festival of Fire

    S23:E2

    Huell attends an event in El Segundo Beach in Southern California connected with the Iranian New Year’s celebration known as Chahar Shanbeh Soori, or the Persian Festival of Fire. This celebration consists of music, dance, food, and jumping over bonfires.

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  3. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 3 - Animal Acres
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    #3 - Animal Acres

    S23:E3

    A visit with actress Shelley Morrison (Rosario, Karen’s maid on “Will & Grace”) to Animal Acres, a facility caring for neglected and abused farm animals, in Acton.

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  4. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 4 - Pen Collectors
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    #4 - Pen Collectors

    S23:E4

    Huell meets a group of fountain pen collectors at their annual meeting.

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  5. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 5 - Watch Convention
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    #5 - Watch Convention

    S23:E5

    Huell attends the timely event (pun intended) of a watch and clock collectors convention held by the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors. The convention hosts collectors, dealers, sellers, and any person interested in watches and clocks.

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  6. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 6 - Bunny Museum
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    #6 - Bunny Museum

    S23:E6

    Join Huell as he hops over to the Pasadena home of Candace Frazee and Steve Lubanski, who have turned their house into a living museum filled with almost everything bunny! Over 21,000 bunny collectibles: most of their furniture, light fixtures, kitchenware, toiletries, books, and games are bunny themed. And lounging around their house, they have seven real bunny pets that do not live in cages, and are litter box trained!

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  7. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 7 - Whistling Champ
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    #7 - Whistling Champ

    S23:E7

    Huell visits with the Whistling Champ Carole Anne Kaufman at her salon, then stops in at her Mom’s store – the Wizard of Bras… it’s a combo you won’t want to miss.

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  8. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 8 - Soundwalk
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    #8 - Soundwalk

    S23:E8

    Huell travels to Long Beach and takes a tour of SoundWalk, an annual art show of indoor and outdoor sound-art installations.

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  9. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 9 - Pig Ears
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    #9 - Pig Ears

    S23:E9

    When Huell’s bartender at Musso & Frank told Huell how much he liked to eat pig ears as a child…. well Huell dove right in and learned a lot more than he expected about different cultures and this culinary treat. To see a Latin spin on how pig ears are prepared, Huell stops by Gaytan Foods and sees the pickled pig ears. Then he meets up with Ruben (from Musso’s) at Durango Restaurant where they cook them just like him Mom used to. Finally, he samples a gelatinous Asian delicacy at the Chung King Restaurant.

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  10. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 10 - Getty Villa
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    #10 - Getty Villa

    S23:E10

    Huell visits the Getty Villa on a sunny day on the Malibu coast in the neighborhood of Pacific Palisades. The Getty Villa is one of the two locations of the J. Paul Getty Museum, the other location being the Getty Center in Los Angeles.

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  11. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 11 - Ablitt House
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    #11 - Ablitt House

    S23:E11

    Huell visits this unique house which was built on a 20 by 20 square foot lot in the heart of Old Town Santa Barbara.

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  12. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 12 - Backdrops
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    #12 - Backdrops

    S23:E12

    Join Huell as he literally gets a look at what is behind the scene when he visits Grosh Backdrops. They have been providing backgrounds to movies, TV shows, theaters and even school plays since 1932.

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  13. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 13 - The Two Anns
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    #13 - The Two Anns

    S23:E13

    Huell takes a trip to The French Garden in downtown Los Angeles, but this time he brings along two very special lunch dates: silver screen legends Ann Rutherford and Anne Jeffreys.

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  14. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 14 - Sauerkraut
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    #14 - Sauerkraut

    S23:E14

    In 1896 the Kruegermann family started making pickles in Germany. The family immigrated to California in 1965 with their secret family recipes for not only pickles but sauerkraut as well. Huell spends the day with this wonderful family at their 25,000-foot facility and learns all about the art of sauerkraut!

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  15. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 15 - Champion Turf
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    #15 - Champion Turf

    S23:E15

    Come along with Huell as he takes a tour of Champion Turf Equipment in Los Angeles California. Huell gets to see first-hand how Champion Turf’s craftspeople hand-craft saddles and other horse equipment.

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  16. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 16 - Lemon Lily Festival
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    #16 - Lemon Lily Festival

    S23:E16

    The Idyllwild Lemon Lily Festival highlights the uniqueness and rarity of one of Idyllwild’s most precious native flowers. This beautiful lily that grows only above 4000 feet is a true gem. Join Huell and the good people of Idyllwild as they spend the day celebrating the Lemon Lily, there’s even a Lemon Lily song!

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  17. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 17 - Big Nugget
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    #17 - Big Nugget

    S23:E17

    Huell attends the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo where a recently-discovered 100-ounce gold nugget is on public display. The “Washington Nugget” is the largest verifiable California gold nugget in existence. We also meet with the colorful dealers and collectors who make this expo so unique.

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  18. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 18 - Outpost
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    #18 - Outpost

    S23:E18

    “Outpost” was once the largest neon sign in the world and stood above Runyon Canyon near Hollywood during the 1920s. The neon sign was a rival at that time to the Hollywoodland sign, and amazingly has been brought out of the past by Huell. Discover this California landmark, as it currently lies covered by weeds and dirt above the modern day Runyon Canyon Hills.

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  19. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 19 - Bassett Hound Picnic
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    #19 - Bassett Hound Picnic

    S23:E19

    Huell goes to the 1997 Basset Hound Picnic, sponsored by the Basset Hound Club of So. Cal. Watch as the hounds are judged on longest ears, best howl, and saddest face.

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  20. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 20 - Camel Dairy
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    #20 - Camel Dairy

    S23:E20

    Huell visits the Oasis Camel Dairy east of San Diego where he gets to milk a camel, plays with baby camels, and learns about camel milk products.

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  21. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 21 - Donuts
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    #21 - Donuts

    S23:E21

    Join Huell as he discovers an obscure part of donut history: the connection between National Donut Day and The Salvation Army.

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  22. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 22 - Tallest Building
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    #22 - Tallest Building

    S23:E22

    This episode has Huell visiting the First Interstate building which is the tallest building west of the Mississippi (73 floors) and goes off the top with the window washers.

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  23. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 23 - Nethercutt Update
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    #23 - Nethercutt Update

    S23:E23

    Join Huell as he looks back to when he first visited the Nethercutt Museum in Sylmar, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, and revisits it to see what has changed and been added to the historic museum.

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  24. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 24 - Tales from the Golden Empire
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    #24 - Tales from the Golden Empire

    S23:E24

    This episode, “Tales from the Golden Empire” has Huell exploring Kern County of California. The first stop on this journey is the gold-mining town of Randsburg. The next stop in the episode is morminging, but this time with Excel Mineral Company’s opal sedimentary clay, also known as cat litter! Fittingly, the third stop in this journey throughout Kern County is the Exotic Feline Breeding Compound in Rosamond. The fourth stop on this trip has Huell continuing to see the care that goes into animals in the county by visiting the Facility for Animal Care and Treatment at California State University, Bakersfield. The fifth and final stop is the Mojave Desert to learn about the long-time tradition of sheep herding by members of the Basque community.

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  25. California's Gold Season 23 Episode 25 - Food Special
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    #25 - Food Special

    S23:E25

    This episode compiles several Videolog segments, all focused around food! In this mouth-watering episode Huell visits the Aloha Market, The Fountain of Youth juice bar, La Fama Bakery, and lastly, Fosselman’s Ice Cream Company.

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Season 23 Ratings Summary

"Green Chiles" is the best rated episode of "California's Gold" season 23. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/1/2012. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Persian Festival of Fire".