Anybody remember Bob ("Happy Little Trees") Ross?

[spiderpig]

Couldn't sleep, was channel surfing, and came upon The Joy of Painting on PBS.

I'm still awake, but Bob's soothing voice put me in a very mellow state. I read that after all the yelling during his Air Force service, he vowed never to raise his voice again.

He talked about a baby robin he rescued, raised and released when it was ready.

Doesn't matter if you liked his paintings (he gave all of them to PBS), but he had a kind heart for animals.

[bigwillq]

1. Yes

Love him.
He sets off my ASMR .
He is just amazing. So sad he passed on.

[In_The_Wind]

2. I don't remember him but he sounds like a nice man.

Raising any baby wild animal is special.

[spiderpig]

4. The Joy of Painting perfectly described his show

It ran on PBS for 10 years, ending only because Bob was too ill to continue. He died in 1994.

All the time he painted on air he'd talk about how you at home should paint what you wanted for your own personal pleasure and he'd include stories about the birds and animals he'd adopted over the years (including the chickens on his farm when he was young, which he couldn't eat because they were his friends). It was a great show.

[nolabear]

3. Oh yeah, Mister Rogers with paint and a fro.

That voice just brings your blood pressure right down. And though I wouldn't call it high art, it was fun seeing those happy little trees and clouds emerge from that palette knife.

[Loryn]

5. Happy little trees!

I love that they still put his shows. Such a nice man. Always makes the day better when I find him on TV.

[Aristus]

6. Loved him, and his show.

Don't have the slightest interest in oil painting, but I would watch the show whenever it was on.

The guy was centered. He made the world a better place.

I miss him.

[Dr. Strange]

7. I do.

[Loryn]

8. Hey Bob, nice to see your face, but I know that's not your painting.

[jakeXT]

9. I think the family still teaches and sells stuff

like this liquid white, that is need for this technique.

[Xyzse]

10. I wonder if there is a complete set of his show to be bought somewhere.

I know of the guy and thought he was amazing but only saw parts of a few episodes.

[opiate69]

17. There is, actually.. we were looking at getting it for a friend of ours a while back..

well, ok.. not really the "complete" set all in one, because he was on for so long, he did so many different episodes.. but Amazon has a crap-ton of different sets for him...
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_n_format_browse-bi_mrr_0?rh=i%3Advd%2Ck%3ABob+Ross%2Cp_n_format_browse-bin%3A2650304011&keywords=Bob+Ross&ie=UTF8&qid=1366858853&rnid=2650303011

[MrScorpio]

11. He was even featured as a character in and episode of "The Boondocks"

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Absolutely. Faithfully watched him paint and bought his brushes and gesso.

[leftyohiolib]

13. i remember one of his shows he was painting(of course) but he had a little squirrel or chipmonk

in his shirt pocket. a little tiny thing that would occasionally poke his little head out no and then duting the show.

[BarbaRosa]

14. Sure do, a fun show to watch.

I always used to think STOP there, your done with the painting, but as usual he added only what was meant to be there.

IIRC, I may need a little help here, he took over the show format after Bill Alexender's "The Magic World of Oil Painting" and his great mighty paintbrush(?).

[a la izquierda]

15. "There are no mistakes...

only Happy Accidents." I LOVE Bob Ross.

[CBGLuthier]

16. No Bob Ross DIscussion is Complete without this

[flying rabbit]

20. It must be late, and I'm tired...

...but that was hypnotic. Thanx always loved that guy.

[edbermac]

18. He literally would put me to sleep. Could only watch his full show on Saturday afternoons.

He'd be on at 12:30am as I lay on the couch getting ready for bed and after 10 minutes of listening to his soothing voice I'd be off in the land of happy little clouds.

[OriginalGeek]

19. I once took a one-day class

by a "Bob Ross Certified Instructor"

It was fun and I was happy with my painting.

My grandma had dozens of pictures she painted along with Bob. I probably picked up the interest from her.

[TheMightyFavog]

21. Who needs weed when you can watch this guy?

I'm surprised the people running his company haven't put some of his videos on YouTube yet. It would be a great way to get younger people interested in painting.