Okay, who remembers Bob Ross????

acoustic guy
acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
edited February 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
He was the white guy in the 80's with the afro who would paint on TV.

" I think I 'll paint a happy tree right here. Ah yes right next to the babbling brook" (In a soft voice)

Haha, he was mesmerizing. He was on tv before my pot smoking years, but I would love to tok up and watch him ;)
So peaceful.
Get em a Body Bag Yeeeeeaaaaa!
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  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    i loved him, great way to zone out on a saturday morning/afternoon when he was on. i love watching the process of creating a beautiful painting, wish i knew how to paint like that :) never got into paints, more ink/colored pencils
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    OMG! I LOOOOOOOOOVED him!! He was on PBS, right?? I used to watch him when I was REALLY little...like 4 or 5...I loved his happy little trees and how he gave them friends. :)
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    What a great guy. Sometimes his show will pop up on PBS still and I will watch it and still be amazed at how he could do that.

    Painting w/ a blade? What a great idea.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    i loved him, great way to zone out on a saturday morning/afternoon when he was on. i love watching the process of creating a beautiful painting, wish i knew how to paint like that :) never got into paints, more ink/colored pencils


    best way to get over a hangover.....:)


    rip bob
  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    Hmmm...that's weird, I remember a Chinese Bob Ross, with a crew cut, and he sculpted on the radio.
  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    cutback wrote:
    best way to get over a hangover.....:)


    rip bob
    without a doubt. my roomates and I had an autographed 8x10 photo framed over the couch in college.
  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    I keep trying to put up a clip from you tube, they are all fake! hahaha.
    I just found my new halloween costume for next year, :D
    Get em a Body Bag Yeeeeeaaaaa!
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  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    I adored that guy! He was totally inside the painting walking around looking for the next spot to pop a tree or flower up. Causally strolling through the mental landscape of creation.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    transplant wrote:
    without a doubt. my roomates and I had an autographed 8x10 photo framed over the couch in college.


    that's pretty funny....cool....:D:D
  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    We don't make mistakes, we make happy little accidents.

    I loved Bob Ross!!
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  • Flannel Shirt
    Flannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    I do. I am not shitting you, and I am sure there are millions like me, but when I was in my youth, I would smoke a doob on the way home from school, grab a bag of cheetos and watch Bob bust out one of the greatest paintings using a fucking RAZOR that I ever saw.

    The happy little trees and flowers, and animals and shit. It was great. His voice was so calming.
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  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    No Way!!!!

    http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1527820/20060404/id_0.jhtml
    Get em a Body Bag Yeeeeeaaaaa!
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    acoustic guy wrote:
    No Way!!!!

    http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1527820/20060404/id_0.jhtml

    I'm pretty sure that project has been dropped. That's a damn shame too.
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  • QuarterToTen
    QuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,651
    such a peaceful soul.

    http://gardenofstone.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10006/thumb_happyaliveguy.jpg
    Nice shirt.
  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    such a peaceful soul.

    http://gardenofstone.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10006/thumb_happyaliveguy.jpg

    Where did you find that?
    Freakin great!!!!
    Get em a Body Bag Yeeeeeaaaaa!
    Sweep the Leg Johnny.
  • QuarterToTen
    QuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,651
    acoustic guy wrote:
    Where did you find that?
    Freakin great!!!!

    i googled.

    wish it was bigger.
    Nice shirt.
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    ok i just said last night that if you ever watch 'This Old House' or 'Yankee Workshop', that dude Norm is cut from the same cloth as Bob Ross. he is mezmorizing ala bob. check it out.
    I love to turn you on
  • Be Sound
    Be Sound Posts: 199
    I used to watch him all the time!
    Don't it make you smile
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    I saw some other guy last week that was pretty close to Bob. He can't ever be replaced, but this guy was just like him. It was also on PBS too. :confused:
    NERDS!
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    The Joy of Painting

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