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19 March 2011

I just discovered that "The Joy of Painting" is still being rerun on PBS. This is rather amazing to me. That is all.

post by: Melismata at: 21:16 | 11 comments

My grandmother was a huge fan of Bob Ross, and painted many happy trees.

posted by jeoc 19 March | 21:48

I saw Bob Ross today as I walked to the barber shop. He lives about 2 blocks from me. Or at least a young doppelgänger Bob does. I was wondering if the show was still around.

posted by arse_hat 19 March | 23:54

The Joy of Painting is what I watch when I need to cool down, because there's no way you can stay mad through a whole Joy of Painting. Bob is so soothing.

posted by gc 20 March | 03:02

I catch this every now and again when I'm working from home. I find it very restful to have on in the background while I'm working on something difficult.

posted by Senyar 20 March | 08:40

arse_hat, I'm not sure if you are being serious but hasn't Bob Ross been dead for like, 10 or 15 years?

posted by gaspode 20 March | 12:50

Oh, he's dead all right. Or . . . is he??

posted by JanetLand 20 March | 13:40

Yes, he's been dead for 15 years. Which is part of the reason why I'm a little bewildered that it's still being shown on TV. (The haircut is part of the reason, too.)

posted by Melismata 20 March | 17:40

It's still being shown on tv because it doesn't cost very much to show it. The same reason my PBS station shows a "classic film" every Saturday night, all of them, interestingly, out of copyright.

posted by JanetLand 20 March | 18:57

The same reason my PBS station shows a "classic film" every Saturday night

Yeah, this isn't unusual. PBS often shows old shows, many their own.

posted by justgary 20 March | 22:58

That IS amazing. I understand it's cheap to show, but wow, of all the things in the archive, that is a surprising choice. How about some Rick Steves or something instead?

posted by Miko 20 March | 23:36

gaspode, I am serious. A guy who looks like a late 20 something Bob lives about 3 blocks from me.

posted by arse_hat 21 March | 00:12

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