Does anyone remember the cable TV show with Bob Ross, the painter? I am listening to a radio program that brought him up, and remember being awed, amused, soothed, and skeptical of him all at the same time. Does anyone else remember him?
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He was the farming correspondant on the first paper I worked on. Nice old guy, stank of hay and belly button fluff.

Number23 said:

You obviously missed the charms of the talented and soothing Mr Ross.

oldmanjohnson said:

I was too busy being violently bummed by my stepfather while you were being soothed by Bob Ross.

I remember watching him when I was little. He was very talented.

And I also remember they did him on Family Guy.

Number23 said:

I was usually soothed by him while in an altered state.

oldmanjohnson said:

I was using 'violently bummed by stepfather' as a euphamism for smoking marijuana too. It's the new hipster jive in Scotland.

I used to watch his every weekend. His show was very nice. He had a very pleasant voice. "And we're gonna put a litte happy cloud here with some titanium white and little prussian blue and.. "

i remember Bob!! always thought it was such a shame how he auditioned for the Supremes but his own sister kicked him off the band

alwayslate said:

"and maybe a sturdy birch tree over here with a bird's nest...".

XxAxX said:

He definitely had the hair style for a Supreme.

oldmanjohnson said:

He's on PBS too. He is on every weekend (in reruns) on PBS in the SF Bay Area.


Very talented and cool guy.

Sowhat said:

The rumor was that he and the Mr (Fred) Rogers were both snipers in the Viet Nam war.

lil' happy fuckin' trees...

oldmanjohnson said:

i believe it. yep. i do

I just posted a picture of him on another thread about a week ago. I can't remember why. But yes, I used to watch that show all the time when I was little.

happy little trees...

minneapolisgenius said:

He looks cool, like an American Rolf Harris. I'm regret making paedophilia jokes on this thread.

Number23 said:

Don't worry about, Bob wouldn't.

oldmanjohnson said:

i love bob ross

Number23 said:

That's more like it.

"crimson red", "pthalo blue", "happy trees"... LOL.

Number23 said:

i wouldn't go so far as to say i love bob ross, but i forgive him. and mr rogers too, even if they did go around shooting at charlie in vietnam. war makes tough times for people everywhere. i always suspected mr rogers had a secret or two under that cardigan of his.

Every artist should have one.

it occurs to me that bob ross would make a nice chia pet

DanceWme said:

"All right, we are going to use a fan brush here and uh why don't you take some hunter green and we are going to put a happy little bush right down over here in the corner there and that'll just be our little secret and if you tell anyone that that bush is there I will come to your house and I will cut you."

XxAxX said:

Supposedly, the secrets under his cardigans were tattoos!

oldmanjohnson said:

Big, big fan of Bob Ross. I used to watch him on public TV during college in amazement...


OK, he did put me to sleep, half the time. But still...

i remember that boondocks episode with a guy who was very similar to Bob Ross.


i liked the way they used the song 'Today' in that episode.

mcmeekle said:

yesssss