Anyone remember the German guy who had a painting show on PBS?

[redqueen]

He'd say stuff like "Unt here we have zee almighty tree!" and "Fire it in!"

Anyone?

I love that guy.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Ja, Ja, Vee vill put za little tree here.

[Deep13]

2. yeah I remember

[Kraklen]

3. Bob Ross.

That guy was totally an escaped nazi living under cover.

[redqueen]

12. Noooooo...

not Bob Ross... he talked like he was on downers or something...

"Little bit of black, a little bit of blue.. some criss-cross strokes, or little x's, whatever you want to call them. Whatever. There you go."

I'm talking about the old German guy...

[youthere]

18. "...and some happy litttle trees that live right in here." Uck.

[zbird]

4. He was amazing. The happy little sun...

He could do a beautiful painting in 20 minutes (at least nice enough to hang in my house).

[redqueen]

13. Nope.. "happy little" anything is Ross.

That guy was on drugs, I just know it.

[HereSince1628]

5. Jah. Excellent introduction to how to paint like a starving artist

Put da mountain, da almighty mountain wherever you vant. You have the power.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. The anti-Bob Ross? William Alexander.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3787503#3787634

[redqueen]

14. YES!

:yourock:

[Aristus]

7. "Unt now vee use zee fan prush. Virst, dip it in zee t'inner, blot it

unt zen rub it unter your chin to make chure it is chry."

Yeah, I remember him. his accent was amusing, but he couldn't hold Bob Ross's pallet.

[redqueen]

15. I'm not judging based on quality of 15-minute paintings...

I'm going by entertainment factor. Bob Ross was like visual valium... this guy kept me entertained. :D

[Aristus]

16. Yeah, I was speaking strictly about personality.

His paintings were indistinguishable from Bob Ross's. But Bob Ross was the one I looked forward to watching.

[Lilyhoney]

8. I remember him.

He said "happy tree" and "happy clouds" alot as well. I think I used to watch him on sundays.

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. Und jetzt, ein Link! Und Sie mussen dass CLICKEN! Jetzt! JETZT!!!

SCHNELL!!!

http://www.alexanderart.com/bill.asp

[AngryAmish]

10. That dude was the best for nap time

[emulatorloo]

11. his home on the web is http://www.alexanderart.com/

go visit him. . .he accepts Paypal!!!!

http://www.alexanderart.com/

[FuzzySlippers]

17. I loved the show where he demonstrated

how to change the color scheme of a painting to match your living room decor.

:rofl:

[Democracy White]

19. You mean this guy?

I liked watching him but what was really amusing was how my stepdad got obsessed with him and even bought a Bob Ross oil paint set and some acrylic paints so that he could learn to become a painter like him.

My stepdad is a musician and has very little talent in art.

BTW, the oil set was never used and is now sitting in my mom's barn.

Dee