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Joy of Painting, The - Bob Ross's 'Happy Little Trees' Come to DVD
Posted by David Lambert
11/27/2004

How many of you remember Bob Ross and his program, The Joy of Painting? The series ran on PBS from 1983 until Ross passed away in 1995 - on the 4th of July, no less - due to cancer. Up until that sad day, he made millions of us very, very happy. He taught us how to paint, you see, with over a decade of easy-going, soft-voiced instructions that you could follow along with at home. Ross taught us how to make our own private masterpieces, even if you had barely picked up a paintbrush before. He talked about his landscapes with such enthusiasm, describing "happy little trees" and "happy little clouds" and made it all seem so easy...and it was. One of the most memorable things he ever said was, "There are no mistakes, just happy little accidents" (and then he would show you how to turn that accident into a wonderful piece of the artwork being painted). His sweet smile and trademark bushy hairdo made him instantly recognizable around the world.

How cool would it be to have segments of Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting on DVD? Well, you can, and they are for sale at BobRoss.com in a series of releases. There are 31 releases in all, but the first 17 are only available on VHS at this time. Volumes 18-31 are available on DVD, though, and each one has 13 half-hour shows on them, and are accompanied by a free book. Each volume sells for $55.95.

Also available is a 3-hour "workshop" DVD that sells for $39.95, and is just an instructional video featuring Bob Ross covering all the basics in great detail: skies, mountains, trees, water, final details and much more. Then he helps you assemble the various components into a beautiful finished painting, while explaining the "happy accidents" you are likely to encounter and how to correct them. It's playable all regions, uses NTSC video format, has bonus footage ("Meet Bob Ross"), and is multi-language: English, Spanish, German, Dutch (subtitling). You can order it from the link above, or read more at the BobRoss.com news page.

We owe our thanks to Richard K. Madden for writing in to tell us about this. It's taken a while for us to catch up to all of our news tips and get this info posted, but we're sure glad we were able to pass it on. It's a great show, and Bob Ross was a great host and teacher. A remarkable man. We miss our happy little painter, and it sure will be nice to have some of these shows on DVD.

I used to love watching him paint but boy was it surreal...an insane high!!!

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[UtadaBarkley]

yeah i got mad respect for dude. he could turn a blob of nothing into a masterpiece... plus the happ cloud thing was always good for a laugh. good show.

 

[evil ways]

I used to watch the show every day when I got home from school. He was always like "Oh looky here that little fella sure seems lonely, lets give him some friends, maybe a little bush or two, a tree perhaps.......there we go, much better", then he would start making up colors, "you take a bit of this platinum white, then a smidge of blue, not too much though, we want to have a bright, happy looking sky".

 

[belgurdo]

Awesome painter, high ass paints. His estate should be ashamed for hawking paint for $4-5 over standard brands

 

[Ill Saint]

Funny stuff, but his paintings were visual diarrhoea.

 

[Loki]

I loved that show.

 

[DCX]

Funny stuff, but his paintings were visual diarrhoea.

BANDED!!

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[Ill Saint]

The visual equivalent of elevator music / muzak.
BUT, the man himself was quite something... in a positive way.

 

[Orin GA]

I watched that show religiosly. I loved watching him paint, the sounds his instruments made, and him combining colors. Soo sad that PBS no longer airs the episodes.

I swear on a few episodes where it looks like he toatally fucked up the painting, he just brings it all together

 

[DCX]

I watched that show religiosly. I loved watching him paint, the sounds his instruments made, and him combining colors. Soo sad that PBS no longer airs the episodes.

I swear on a few episodes where it looks like he toatally fucked up the painting, he just brings it all together

A true mark of an artist is to make a mistake and turn it into a positive with no one knowing but themselfs...being an " artist " myself, i know this very well.

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[aoi tsuki]

Horrible spelling in this thread.

And yes, Bob rocks. Moreso as a personality who paints than as a painter, but still.

 

[shoplifter]

Pthalo Blue > *

 

[LakeEarth]

"Put our little bush here... and that will just be our little secret. And if you tell ANYONE that that bush is there, I will come over to your house and I will CUT YOU!"

 

[DCX]

"Put our little bush here... and that will just be our little secret. And if you tell ANYONE that that bush is there, I will come over to your house and I will CUT YOU!"

:lol he was "special"

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[Arwen]

I used to watch the show every day when I got home from school. He was always like "Oh looky here that little fella sure seems lonely, lets give him some friends, maybe a little bush or two, a tree perhaps.......there we go, much better", then he would start making up colors, "you take a bit of this platinum white, then a smidge of blue, not too much though, we want to have a bright, happy looking sky".

:lol

It's so true