Google celebrates Bob Ross's 70th birthday!

Google | October 29, 2012

[Charles Henrickson]

Google is celebrating what would be the late Bob Ross's 70th birthday, Monday, October 29, with a special doodle!

Bob Ross was so mellow, he could lower the blood pressure of Chris Matthews at a Romney-Ryan victory party. Watching Bob Ross would transport your brainwaves to a peaceful landscape of little trees wherever you want them to be. The Bobness would take you to a place where there are no mistakes, only happy accidents. Bob Ross was so laid back, that when he died, people asked, "How could they tell?"

[Charles Henrickson]

I know my FReeper buddies martin_fierro and mikrofon will get a special kick out of this Bobfest!

Now besides being Bob Ross's birthday, October 29 is also my daughter Anna's birthday! She's 17!

[mylife]

Happy g’s

[Charles Henrickson]

I know my FReeper buddies martin_fierro and mikrofon will get a special kick out of this Bobfest!

Ars gratia Bobis: Art, for Bob's sake!

[onona]

Sumbitch still owes me twenty bucks.

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I had a squirrel that would do that...

[Huntress]

Back in the days when MTV was worth watching, Bob Ross did a couple of great ads:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuGaV-BvPlE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7G3m4OpnV4

[ObozoMustGo2012]

“maybe a happy little tree lives right over here...”

I love Bob Ross. He makes painting look so easy. I later learned that it apparently is not the case after signing up for painting class in college.

[Charles Henrickson]

Bob will put you under his spell!

[Charles Henrickson]

[Lancey Howard]

Yep, I, too, loved Bob’s show. In a half-hour he would come up with a terrific landscape of woods and trees and stream and clouds and sky that was amazing. He did make it look easy.

[dadfly]

lovely. but hey, he never had a squirrel on his shoulder. just what are they insinuating.

thanks for the post. i try to avoid google. and would have missed it. my wife and i just love to watch bob ross.

[Lancey Howard]

As Bob might smile and say, “The election of the African communist Ubama was just an unhappy mistake.”

[a fool in paradise]

[a fool in paradise]

[EverOnward]

Loved to watch Bob Ross paint happy clouds. Mr. Henrickson, does your wife paint? If so, I’m wondering if I took some classes from her or some very nice beautiful lady whose last name was similar to yours.

[Slings and Arrows]

[JoeProBono]

[mylife]

Bob Ross was entertaining but this is how painting is done

It takes keen observation.

[catfish1957]

As an art collector, I am not that big a fan of his. Still, considering his iconic and lasting legacy, the $5K- $10K range of the value of his art is a pretty good bargain.

[RedMonqey]

William “Bill” the “BamBam Man” Alexander was more fun to watch.

Fire the color in!!!