I must say, I know nothing about Bob Ross. He's iconic and recognizable, like the Ginsu, but that's been the extent of my acquaintance with him...until now! I will be watching whatever youtube has to offer. How did J's presentation go?
OK, I just watched the "remix" episode with the song "I Believe Every Day's a Good Day When You Paint". Very hypnotic. I can see how someone would be fascinated by him. He has a very steady hand and he's just so confident.
You totally crack me up! The drawing and the whole card so captures him. I will have to watch more videos to get the full picture, so to speak, of this Bob Ross. You have captivated my imagination.
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You know what's funny? Yesterday, 10/30, was his birthday and Google featured him on their search page. I didn't know. Just a timely arrival of mail.
It's really hard to watch Bob Ross on the Internet. His estate must have a strong law-arm. A guy on Vimeo had a bunch of his shows up but it looks like they were all taken down two days ago.
Here's a French site with a show:
http://www.wat.tv/video/bob-ross-the-joy-of-painting-467nd_2hjnj_.html
That song was created by someone at PBS using computers, of course. Jackson embedded it in his presentation so we got to listen to it for a long time last week. His show was on in Vancouver when we lived there so that's where Jackson discovered him. Bob Ross every morning, then kindergarten--good set-up.
He's almost more of a magician than painter. Most could not do what he does, especially in such a limited amount of time. Critics are not impressed, but Bob Ross encouraged Jackson to paint on a daily basis. And he was so soooothing.
I just noticed a couple of things on your card! I can be so obtuse sometimes. I see the stamp is like a "happy little tree" and our addresses are inside of "happy little clouds"!
I also remember seeing that google thingy and it didn't even register when I saw it. Adam and I went back to see if we could re-capture it and if my memory is working properly, I don't think the picture looked very much like him.
We watch the video again of the PBS song and were hypnotized all over again!
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