Holy crap Bob Ross is on the TV

[Reverend_Smitty]

I haven't seen his show in years...God bless digital cable


I feel so...calm like a happy little tree!

[scarlet_owl]

1. I miss Bob.

He seemed like such a gentle human being.

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Except when he beat the hell

out of those poor, defenseless brushes. :cry:

[scarlet_owl]

3. I guess that's how he got his frustrations out.

[LynzM]

4. Awww....

He did seem like such a gentle person. His show was so calming, in its own crazy way :)

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. It was

I used to watch it just for that reason. It relaxed me.

And I'd wonder if Ross was Mr. Rogers' hippie brother.

[Reverend_Smitty]

8. A human sedative

[u4ic]

9. I wonder about his wife

he starts to get randy and whispers sweet nothings in her ear...and she falls asleep...:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Gotta wonder if she was hyperactive

She's rearranging furniture like the Mad Woman of Biggleswade or something, and he's just "Whateeeeever you wanna do. It can go there, or it doesn't matter. It's just a happy little sofa."

[quiet.american]

14. He was like meditation for me, too.

Before I discovered meditation, watching him was like going to church for me! :) I also resonated with him because he was former USAF, too. I couldn't believe it when I'd heard he had died in '95.

I ran across a pretty offbeat description of his appeal to adults, and I had to wonder at it, because it references Mr. Rogers, too, which was also one of my favorite shows. What do you think of the following sentiment:

What television neighbor Fred Rogers does for the lonely, alienated child, Bob Ross does for the isolated, emotionally unavailable adult. Or at least a person who considers his own existence to be more of a mistake than a happy accident. He accomplishes in mere minutes what it's taken Dr. Phil, Dr. Laura, and the Deepak Chopracabra a lifetime to fail at.

[Blue_Tires]

17. wow

i thought i was the only one in the world that found ross theraputic...

where did you get that quote from?

[quiet.american]

18. Link

I'm still pondering whether I really like Bob Ross because I'm an "isolated, emotionally unavailable adult," lol.

But here's the whole commentary:

http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/artists/bob-ross/

(One factual error the author makes in this piece though, he seems to think Ross had a "brief" career in the USAF, when Ross served for 20 years.)

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. That little bush is our secret...

and if you tell anyone, I will come to your house and I WILL CUT YOU!

[realisticphish]

27. damn you

i thought i was going to be all clever and post that...

[Rabrrrrrr]

29. Sorry dude! I just happened to be here at the time...

[spacelady]

6. tap tap tap in those happy little trees....oh some clouds would be good

right there.

[lazarus]

11. what channel?

[Reverend_Smitty]

12. It was on a digital cable channel

An all cooking and crafts offshoot channel from WNET New York

[LaraMN]

13. His show's run forever on our local PBS station.

He's very relaxing.

[tuvor]

15. God bless the PBS for Lawrence Welk, too.

That's MY happy place.

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. I love Lawrence Welk...it reminds me of Sunday evenings at my

grandparents..."And here's our own Bobby and Cissy dancing to "the Milwaukee Polka"...sigh...


I watch the Waltons for that reason to...mainly to fall asleep in my secure happy mind space. :)

[tuvor]

20. Ah, yes. The Waltons.

Another family favourite. I hear ya, MrsG.!

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

16. Still crankin' out those ol' McMasterpieces from the beyond?

I wonder if he and Kinkade ever got together?

[Bridget Burke]

24. Bob Ross taught people to paint for the fun of it.

Even if the results were not museum-quality.

Thomas Kinkade pretends to be a great artist & his saccharine dreck is hugely overpriced.

[edbermac]

21. Greatest artist since Michelangelo!

Ole Mick took years to paint the Sistine Chapel, Bob would have knocked it off in half an hour...

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. Yes! Especially since most of it is clouds!

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

23. A video for art fans:

http://www.youtube.com/w/Experience-the-Joy-of-Painting---%28Almost-Live%21%29?v=AgGZkc7wXMk&search=snl

[sasquatch]

25. I thought he was dead

[ghostsofgiants]

28. Man, get this...

I saw something about Hitler on the History Channel not long ago. I could have sworn HE was dead. Weird.

[LynneSin]

26. I love Bob Ross - the man had skills!!

I wish they would put out Series DVDs like they do with all the Sitcoms/Dramas on TV. I'd pay for a few seasons of Bob Ross - it's such a happy time!