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Bob Ross Is Dead,
But He Still Paints
Happy Little Clouds
The Wall Street Journal ^
| Friday, April 2, 2004
| CHRISTOPHER RHOADS
Posted on 04/02/2004 7:16:21 AM PST by presidio9
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:51:25 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: art; bobross; joyofpainting; ross
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To: The G Man
I went to art school. You had to watch "The Joy of Painting" stoned.
To: presidio9
My wife paints, and she'd always talk about the "Happy Trees" guy. I had no clue who she was talking about.
I had hair like that in the 70s...
To: sharktrager
No, that was The Frugal Gourmet. A shame too, he taught me to cook.
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posted on
04/02/2004 7:43:23 AM PST
by
waverna
(I shall do neither. I have killed my captain...and my friend.)
To: sharktrager
I believe you're mistaking him for the "Frugal Gourmet" guy who had a show on PBS as well.
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posted on
04/02/2004 7:44:03 AM PST
by
joan
To: Charles Henrickson; Constitution Day; Tijeras_Slim
Getten sie über hier!
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posted on
04/02/2004 7:44:39 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Herein endeth the lesson)
To: presidio9
tap-tap-tap-tap...happy little clouds bump
(My husband used to have me tape Bob Ross for him as "relaxation therapy" to help him unwind after a hard day at the office. Does wonders for the blood pressure.)
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posted on
04/02/2004 7:46:11 AM PST
by
shezza
(The road to totalitarianism is paved with good intentions.)
To: presidio9; All
He inspired me to paint! I watched him every day and painted mountains and happy clouds and happy trees!
I hated my final product, never did paint a landscape I wanted to keep, but it was a lot of fun.... and the joy of oils is when I was done, the paint was still wet and I could scrape it off and try again tomorrow on the same canvas...
Here is my only painting that survived..... Not a very happy sky, but trees in the background very much inspired by Mr. Ross...
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posted on
04/02/2004 7:46:29 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(Free pints in the Hobbit Hole for all monthly donors during the 'thon!)
To: rageaholic
Great thing about this country, you can wake up with an idea one morning, quit your job, reinvent yourself, and become a success. As Bob himself says:
"There are no mistakes -- only Happy Accidents."
<|:)~
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posted on
04/02/2004 7:49:40 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
("It's your world. Do what 'chu wan'")
To: Teacher317
And I thought I was the only one that did that! When his show was on here on Saturday afternoon it was naptime for me. What a soothing voice.
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posted on
04/02/2004 7:52:40 AM PST
by
babaloo
To: martin_fierro
New Tagline!
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posted on
04/02/2004 7:53:57 AM PST
by
presidio9
("There are no mistakes -- only Happy Accidents." -Bob Ross)
To: presidio9
Bob Ross helped me through many a Saturday babysitting my infant son - he came on right about at the kid's naptime & the effect of all the 'happy trees' & 'indications of sticks & twigs' was narcotic.
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posted on
04/02/2004 7:55:37 AM PST
by
skeeter
To: martin_fierro
I've been wondering what a Bob Ross original goes for these days. Prices always go up when the artist dies, and that's a pretty nice conversation piece to have in the hallway.
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posted on
04/02/2004 7:57:01 AM PST
by
vikk
To: presidio9
The series, called "The Joy of Painting," was taped for 11 years, until 1993. It continues to run on more than 200 PBS stations in the U.S.Sounds like a free infomercial -- thanks to the US Taxpayer -- for a multimillion dollar corporation. Only in America.
To: martin_fierro
"You take ze
MIGHTy brosh... Some
OCHer ... Leetle
PROSSian blue..."
I used to watch Bill Alexander just to listen to him talk, never mind how he painted.
To: HairOfTheDog
I like it.
To: martin_fierro
Ah, Bob Ross.
I have fond memories of watching him with my college roommate while partaking of certain proscribed substances.
Now his voice is still just as relaxing.
Whenever I see him on, I simply must stop and watch.
BTW, my daughter thinks his hair is a riot.
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posted on
04/02/2004 8:03:14 AM PST
by
Constitution Day
(Over 140,000 FReepers, and just about all of us will be going pro in something other than politics.)
To: vikk
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posted on
04/02/2004 8:03:20 AM PST
by
Sloth
(We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
To: presidio9; Mamzelle; The G Man; Trust but Verify; kenth; Teacher317; Richard Kimball
You always know when Bob is (was) vamping to fill time on his show when:
- He'd bring on the latest baby squirrel that he'd saved from starvation; or
- He'd throw in one of those God-awful cabin/outhouse things.
<|:)~
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posted on
04/02/2004 8:05:32 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
("It's your world. Do what 'chu wan'")
To: HairOfTheDog
I started out with Bob. I loved that man. I never see his show anymore, but have taped most of his shows and still love his fun style.
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posted on
04/02/2004 8:09:00 AM PST
by
grannie9
(Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865))
To: presidio9
There are Bob Ross videos on ebay.
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