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- Hi I'm certainly glad
you could join me today.
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You ready to do another
fantastic painting with me?
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- You recognize
his iconic image.
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- Who's this?
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This is Bob Ross.
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This is the most famous painter
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in the history of the universe.
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- Signature phrases.
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- A happy little cloud
that floats around it,
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just has fun all day.
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- And soothing voice.
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- Anything that you
want you can build here.
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This is your world.
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- Bob Ross is one of public
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television's most beloved personalities.
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- The Bob you see on the show,
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is the Bob that we all knew
even behind the scenes.
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- I used to watch Bob Ross all the time.
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The thing I remember was his positivity.
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He made you want to do that.
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- He wasn't only a painter, he was
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an entertainer in his own right,
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without any flash, his
paintings spoke for him
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and he kind of took you by the hand and
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led you along the way.
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- I talk to only one
person when I'm filming
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and I'm really crazy about that person.
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- Some watched for his
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easy to learn painting technique.
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- When I watch his method, I go it is,
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wow how does he do that?
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It's amazing and
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he makes it look incredibly easy,
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but the interesting thing is that when
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people actually try to
do it, they have success.
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- Once you have the technique down,
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all you need is a dream in your heart
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and a desire to put it on canvas.
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- And some we're just
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captivated by his calming demeanor.
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- And I think maybe
that's part of the magic.
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I think his voice was
part of it, his presence,
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his manner, his tone.
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I think his sincerity came across,
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and I think people relate to that,
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they still relate to that.
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- Every legend has an intangible
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aura or something and I just imagine
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whenever you're encompass of greatness
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you know people just want to be around it.
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- Bob Ross is public
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television's most recognizable artist.
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- Everybody knows Bob Ross
and especially his hair.
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- This is the
story of a young painter
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with a dream to share the joy
of painting with everyone.
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- My father, he spent most of his time
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when he came home from work,
watching public television.
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He would have us watch Bob Ross,
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where we would learn how to paint
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and learn how to use our imagination.
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- I'm sure the word magic gets used a lot
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but I mean it really is like magic.
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I mean, he'd mix up this color and
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I'm gonna take a little bit of this yellow
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and stick it in this black, and you think
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what, right.
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That's so counterintuitive, and then
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takes like a palette knife
and gets a little thing and
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and there's a tree,
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and it's like how'd you do that?
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- People continually say I
can't draw a straight line,
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I don't have the talent,
Bob, to do what you're doing.
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That's baloney.
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Talent is a pursued interest.
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In other words, anything that you're
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willing to practice, you can do.
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- This is Bob
Ross, the happy painter.
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But before Bob became one of the
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most popular artists on television,
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Robert Norman Ross was just a
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boy from Daytona Beach, Florida.
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He was born on October 29, 1942
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and grew up in the Orlando area.
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Each of Bob's parents helped
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shape his life in critical ways.
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His father Jack was a builder.
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- I used to be
a carpenter years ago.
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My father was a carpenter
and he taught me that trade.
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I tell you what, it isn't that
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easy to make a shed on a barn.
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- He lost a finger helping his father.
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When there's a pallet shot you
can see the missing finger,
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but because it was on his left
hand and not his right hand,
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it didn't affect his
ability to hold the brush.
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- Lender brushes are very very soft.
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My father used to say their
tender as a mother's love
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and in my case that was certainly true.
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I'm very prejudiced but I think I
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had the greatest mother there was.
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- She had the
largest influence on him.
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She's the one who taught
him the love of wildlife.
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Second to painting or maybe
even more than painting,
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Bob loved wildlife.
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- I think when I was a kid I must
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have had every kind of pet imaginable.
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I lived in Florida so I had
access to a lot of creatures,
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but I had a pet snake.
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I mean he got out of the cage and was
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lost in a house for a long time.
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My mother got up and went
to the bathroom one night,
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he was in there and scared her.
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- But Bob's
childhood wasn't all that easy.
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- Bob says that
they were not wealthy
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and really I think he
viewed these wild animals,
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anything he could get his hands on
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as toys and entertainment.
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- His mother and father
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separated when Bob was very young.
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His mother remarried
briefly and had another son,
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Bob's brother Jim.
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- When I was a kid
I used to sit around and
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you know my brother and
I we'd look at clouds
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and we'd pick out all kind of shapes,
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we'd see the mean old which or the
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or the Candy Man or whatever.
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- 20 years later,
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Bob's mom married his dad again,
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but they didn't have long together.
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Bob's father died soon
after they remarried.
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School was also tough for Bob.
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- Do these little X's, see?
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Little X's.
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There, that's just the way the teacher
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used to grade my paper in school.
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She just run across it and go.
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- When he was just 18 years,
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old Bob joined the Air force.
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- I spent half my life in the military
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and I used to come home, take
off my little soldier hat,
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put on my painter's hat.
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- He got married
and had a son, Steven.
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- He has been painting I
think since he was born.
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He was about 12 years old before he
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realized everybody didn't paint.
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- But Bob soon found
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himself raising a son on his own.
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His first marriage didn't last long.
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Bob and his son had a close relationship
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and years later after The Joy
of Painting series took off,
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Steve would occasionally
appear on the program
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and eventually became a certified
Ross instructor, himself.
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- Steve travels all over the country,
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teaching hundreds and hundreds of people
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the joy of painting and I've asked him
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to come in today and show you what
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he can do in just a few minutes.
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So I'm gonna turn it over to Steve
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and I'll be back at the end of the show.
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Steve?
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- Thanks a lot, dad.
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- Steve was incredibly talented.
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Bob said he talks better than I do
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and he paints better than I do,
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but Steve never was
someone we could convince
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to come on and work with the show,
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and I always regretted that because
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I thought he had enormous talent.
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- Bob and
Steve lived in Florida
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for several years until the
military transferred them
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to Alaska when Steve was a young boy.
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- I had been born and raised in Florida,
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and was 21 years old
before I ever saw snow.
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- Bob
remarried and settled down
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near Fairbanks, Alaska
with his new wife, Jane.
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She was a civilian worker
with the Air Force.
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For more than a decade Bob worked mainly
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as a medical records technician
at the air base hospital
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and cultivated his love of painting.
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He was inspired by the snow capped
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mountains that surrounded him,
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and sold his paintings to tourists.
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- He was a part time bartender,
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and he was painting gold pans in Alaska
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and selling them in the bar to make money.
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- One day the tavern's
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television was tuned to a PBS station.
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Bob looked up and saw a painting show
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hosted by a German man,
named Bill Alexander.
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- How long can you hide a dream?
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How long can you have creative power?
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You need that almighty creative power.
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- Alexander
was painting scenery
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that Bob was familiar
with, and he was using a
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centuries old painting
method called alla prima,
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which means direct
painting or all at once.
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The basic premise is that a thin paint
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will stick to a thicker paint.
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Alexander called it the
wet on wet technique.
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- Years ago Bill taught me
this fantastic technique
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and I feel as though he
gave me a precious gift,
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and I'd like to share that gift with you.
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- This method allows
you to layer colors of paint
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on top of one another and
blend them right on the canvas.
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Traditional oil painting requires you to
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wait for each application to
dry before adding a new color,
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but the wet on wet technique
is more user friendly
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because it allows you
to paint very quickly
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and if you make a mistake
you can just blend it away.
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- Because as you know
we don't make mistakes.
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In our world we only have happy accidents
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and very quickly, very
quickly you learn to
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work with anything that
happens on this canvas.
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Anything.
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- This painting style was
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exactly what Bob was looking for.
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- I remember when he was in
the Air Force up in Alaska.
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We went up there and he was excited about
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watching someone on
television and he says,
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"That's what I want.
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"I want to paint before the bubble bursts.
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"I want to get my painting on the canvas
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"before I lose my idea."
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- About 1975 I saw Alexander on television
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and like millions of other
people I fell in love with him,
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and it took me about a year to find him.
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I studied with Bill and when
I retired from the military
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they offered me a position
with his Magic Art Company
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as a traveling art instructor.
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- Bob's wife
Jane and his son Steve
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stayed in Alaska for a couple more years
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until Jane was eligible for retirement.
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- So she allowed Bob to
leave Alaska with $1,000
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and told him to either go out and
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make his fortune or come back home.
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He promised her, "I'll go and do this,
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"if it doesn't work I'll come back home
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"and do domestic stuff and be
a good husband and father."
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And so she stayed in Alaska and waited.
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- Although he
was leaving the land of snow
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covered mountains, they left
an indelible mark on Bob.
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- I lived in Alaska
for about a dozen years
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and it has some of the most beautiful
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mountain scenery there
that I've ever seen.
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Absolutely gorgeous.
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- That breathtaking scenery
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would serve as his inspiration
for the rest of his life
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and would eventually become
Bob's signature subject.
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He took that thousand dollars and set out
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to try and spread the Joy of Painting.
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Bob was teaching Bill Alexander
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classes all over the country.
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He happened to land one in
his native state of Florida
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and that's how he met Annette Kowalski,
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in one of his painting workshops,
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and Bob's life would never be the same.
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- I had just lost a child
and was still in mourning.
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My husband would have done anything
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to pacify me and make me happy.
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So he said, "Okay, I'll
drive you to Florida,
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"which is the only place you can
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"take a Bill Alexander class."
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So I called the Alexander
Company in Oregon
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and they said, "Yes, we have
some classes in February."
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Unfortunately Bill Alexander has retired
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and there's this guy named Bob Ross
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who's teaching his classes
and I was so unhappy.
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- Annette enrolled in a seminar
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that was five full days of painting.
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- During that
five days, I became aware
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of an effect that Bob was
having on these students.
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Very calming effect, very quiet.
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I had never seen anything like
it I was mesmerized by him.
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- She kept insisting that there was some
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something there that had
to be packaged or bottled
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and that's what I was hearing
almost every single night
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as we had dinner and I think
that was the driving force.
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- So the last day that we
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were in Florida on a Friday night,
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we went to a local hamburger joint
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and we invited Bob to
join us, and he agreed.
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I said to Bob, "I sure wish you would come
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"to Washington DC and teach a class."
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So he said, "Okay, okay. I'll do that."
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- So Bob quit working for the
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Alexander Magic Company
and formed a partnership
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with Walt and Annette Kowalski,
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who were living in Northern Virginia.
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Teaching their own painting
classes sounded like a good idea
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but getting people to enroll wasn't easy.
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No one had ever heard of Bob Ross.
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- We tried to get
Bob into a shopping mall
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and demonstrate and in turn
try to recruit students
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for the classes that would
occur maybe three days later.
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- We didn't have much success,
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even though we ran expensive newspaper ads
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and paying all the
salary, and no students.
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- They
thought maybe the classes
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weren't filling up because people
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were working during the day.
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So Bob decided to offer an evening class.
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- One man came to our evening class,
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and I said, "Bob we're not gonna
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"stay here teach this one man."
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And he said, "Yes."
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And at the end of the class the man said,
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"I'm so impressed with you.
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"The idea that Bob would take the time
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"to teach just me to paint,
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"I'd like to make you a proposition.
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"I'm a business man," which was his
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way of saying I have a lot of money.
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"I would like to offer
you a million dollars,"
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and in return he wants 40% of what we do
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for the rest of our lives.
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- They turned down that offer
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and decided to keep pursuing
their dream on their own terms,
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teaching painting classes in
art stores and shopping malls,
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but they had meager attendance
and mounting expenses.
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One of the ways Bob tried to save money
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was by getting his straight hair permed.
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- He thought that
if he got his hair permed
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he wouldn't have to pay for haircuts,
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and he could save the thousand
dollars Jane had given him.
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- He was the best man in our wedding
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and one day a number of years later
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my kids were looking
through our photo album.
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They kept saying who is this
man in these wedding pictures?
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I said, "Well you know who that is."
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I said, "Well that's uncle Robert."
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They said, "Nah."
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And I said, "Yes, it is."
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And they said, "Well he
don't have curly hair here.
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I said, "That came later."
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- Probably one
of the most important
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things Bob said to me was,
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"If you do what you love,
the money will come.
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"Don't think about money,
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"just do what you like."
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- To me the first step
of accomplishing anything
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is to believe that you can do it.
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- But they needed a next move,
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a turn in the right direction.
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So Annette called Bill Alexander
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and asked him to make a commercial
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with Bob promoting his classes.
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I hand over that almighty
brush to our mighty man, Bob.
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- Thank you very much, Bill.
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We've had so many cards requesting
classes in this area that
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we've decided to set one up here and
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we will have a class
going in the near future.
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We'll produce some almighty painters.
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- But the commercial wasn't
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recorded on a standard size tape.
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It needed to be converted to a format
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that television stations could air.
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So they took the commercial to their local
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public television station
in Northern Virginia, WNVC.
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- When they saw Bob painting on this tape,
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they got very excited and they came to us
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and said, "Wow this guy is wonderful.
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"Would you agree to do
a television series?"
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And we said would we ever.
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- They came
up with the idea for a
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show and called it The Joy
of Painting with Bob Ross.
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- Hi, I'm Bob Ross and
for the next 13 weeks
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I'll be your host as we
experience The Joy of Painting.
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- At the beginning of the show,
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Bob would start with a blank canvas
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and finish less than a half hour later
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with a completed oil painting.
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- Bob told me that he
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went through every brush stroke
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in his head when he was in bed at night
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of how he would execute
that painting on TV.
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- Every element
of the show was thought out,
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from Bob's standard long
sleeved dress shirt and jeans
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to the soothing tone of his voice.
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- He said,
"Annette, these television
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"programs could go on for years."
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Little did he know.
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"I want to be sure and wear something
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"on television that looks as good 30 years
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"from now as it does now."
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I think the hair he was
a little sorry about,
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and he couldn't change that because
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we had made a logo out of it.
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- He hated his hair but
it was his trademark
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and he had to do it, and it
really really bothered him.
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- I talked to him about
it a couple of times
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and said you know, "Have you thought
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"about changing your hair?"
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And he said, "No, this is my trademark,"
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and he had decided that's
what he would look like
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and people loved it.
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- What a signature look.
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Yeah, I mean, it's like fantastic.
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- Even the simplicity
of the set was no accident.
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- It was just a black curtain environment.
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Bob and his easel, three cameras.
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I ran the camera that Bob talked to.
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- Richard's been with me
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since the first series
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and as you can see Richard
has finally got smart
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and he now wears a raincoat.
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He got tired of all his
clothes being painted.
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- Bob's original idea was
to have this elaborate set
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that looked like a trapper's
long cabin, whatever,
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and this was the original intent,
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but it finally dawned on Bob that
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he would not create the
intimacy with the viewer
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with all of that in the background.
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- He liked the intimacy of the small space
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and it allowed him to
feel the kind of intimacy
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and to sound intimate and be
intimate with us, the audience.
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- He said he pretends
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like he's talking to one woman in bed.
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- I talk to only one
person when I'm filming,
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and I'm really crazy about that person.
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It's a one on one situation
that I think people realize that
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and they do feel that they know me
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and I feel that I know them.
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- Bob wanted
to publish a how to book
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to go along with The
Joy of Painting program.
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- WNVC said, "I'm sorry
we can't publish the book,
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"if you want a book you're
gonna have to publish it,"
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and it was going to cost
thirty thousand dollars.
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So Walt mortgaged our house
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and we published Bob's first book.
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- The book
had the same step by step
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approach of his television program.
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They would go on to produce a book for
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every series of The Joy of Painting,
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and Bob would dedicate each one to
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someone meaningful in his life.
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- Bob gets all
the credit for these books.
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After he filmed a painting
in front of the cameras,
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we would then go back home and
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he would repaint that painting,
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and I would stand behind Bob with
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my Canon 35 millimeter
camera and he would make me
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take about 50 photographs, the
whole time he was painting,
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and those were the how to photos
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that he wanted in that book.
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- Series one
aired on many public
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television stations on the East Coast
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but the audience was small.
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- And the time you sit
around worrying about it
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and trying to plan a painting you could
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have completed a painting already.
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- And the quality
of the audio and video
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was so poor that the first
series of The Joy of Painting
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was never aired again, and the book that
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goes along with it is a rare find.
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The partnership with WNBC dissolved.
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- I think we'll call that finished
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and I want to thank you very
very much for watching us.
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I hope to see you again
in the near future.
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- Bob would have to look
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for a new home on public television.
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With series one of The Joy
of Painting under his belt,
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Bob forged ahead teaching painting classes
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across the country and looking for a new
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television station to partner with.
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- Our dream was to move
this inland to the Midwest.
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Walt was tracking where Bill Alexander's
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program was popular.
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Those were the cities that we
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wanted to hit with our classes.
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Phil Donahue was very big in those days
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and he was coming out of Chicago.
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We wanted to run commercials
on the Phil Donahue Show,
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but where would we get a commercial?
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- Once again he
turned to public television.
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This time in Muncie, Indiana,
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just across the state line from Chicago.
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- In 1981 funding for Public
Television got really bad
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and a committee was formed in Congress
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called The Temporary Committee
For Alternate Funding,
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we called it TCAF, and
out of that committee
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there became a legislation
that allowed for
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10 public television stations
to actually sell commercials.
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WIPB was one of those stations.
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Well I was sitting in
my office which happened
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to be the upstairs
bedroom of this television
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studio which was an old house,
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I look out the window and this
VW bus pulls in the driveway
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and we're thinking okay and
this bushy haired man gets out
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and this lady with him and they
come walking up to the door.
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He says, "Well hi.
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"My name's Bob Ross and
we're doing a demonstration
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"and some classes at your
mall down the street,
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"and was wondering if you could
give any publicity to us?"
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And I looked at our
production manager and I said,
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"Have we got a deal for you."
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- WIPB be produced a commercial
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promoting Bob's painting classes
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and aired it before and after
Bill Alexandra's program.
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Walt and Annette also bought
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airtime on the Phil Donahue Show.
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All that advertising paid off.
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The class was such a success
that Bob thought about making
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WIPB be the permanent home
of The Joy of Painting,
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so he went to see the general manager.
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- He said, "Well we we'd like to talk
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"to you about an idea we have."
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And I said, "What's that?"
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He said, "Would you would
you go to lunch with me?"
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And I said sure so we took him to lunch.
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He said, "How about
making a painting series?"
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- We did the first one
and he made the painting
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in basically 26 minutes and 46 seconds
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and so we said well my goodness.
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How many of these can you do and
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he says how many you want to do?
515
00:24:49,674 --> 00:24:50,507
I said, "Well you realize we could
516
00:24:50,507 --> 00:24:52,920
"do 13, we'd have a series."
517
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,330
So believe it or not in
like a three day period
518
00:24:55,330 --> 00:24:57,680
we knocked out 13 programs.
519
00:24:59,180 --> 00:25:00,320
- The next step was to get
520
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,800
The Joy of Painting picked
up around the country.
521
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,570
So they submitted the series
to a national distributor
522
00:25:05,570 --> 00:25:07,090
to see if there was enough interest from
523
00:25:07,090 --> 00:25:09,280
other stations to carry the program.
524
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,370
- It went up for a vote and basically
525
00:25:11,370 --> 00:25:13,790
Bob and Annette and I
and a couple of others
526
00:25:13,790 --> 00:25:14,980
were in our office, we were actually
527
00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:17,240
watching this vote tally,
528
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,270
and by golly you know it was a hit.
529
00:25:20,270 --> 00:25:22,020
They said yeah we'll take it.
530
00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:23,640
They designed a marketing campaign
531
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,130
turning over Bill Alexander's technique
532
00:25:26,130 --> 00:25:28,930
and his legacy to Bob Ross.
533
00:25:28,930 --> 00:25:31,520
- I hand over now that almighty brush
534
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,600
to a mighty man and that is Bob Ross.
535
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:35,433
Congratulations.
536
00:25:36,310 --> 00:25:37,300
- Thank you very much, Bill.
537
00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:39,520
We look forward to seeing you
right here on this channel
538
00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:41,220
for The Joy of Painting each week.
539
00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,150
- Now with a national audience,
540
00:25:46,150 --> 00:25:47,610
Bob was on the hook to produce a
541
00:25:47,610 --> 00:25:50,840
new program series every quarter.
542
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,130
The production schedule was grueling.
543
00:25:53,130 --> 00:25:55,450
- We did the whole 13
programs that would be
544
00:25:55,450 --> 00:26:00,450
in a typical quarter, in
one week here at WIPB.
545
00:26:00,580 --> 00:26:02,040
Bob would show up on Sundays,
546
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,420
he'd place the paintings
actually around the studio
547
00:26:04,420 --> 00:26:06,170
in which we're sitting right now,
548
00:26:06,170 --> 00:26:07,490
and he'd pick out the order in which
549
00:26:07,490 --> 00:26:09,390
he was going to produce them,
550
00:26:09,390 --> 00:26:12,880
and we would do the opens
and closes of the shows,
551
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,730
all of them on Monday,
552
00:26:14,730 --> 00:26:18,350
and then we'd do probably two
or three programs on Monday.
553
00:26:18,350 --> 00:26:20,370
Then Tuesday we'd
usually do eight or nine,
554
00:26:20,370 --> 00:26:22,650
and Wednesday we'd do what was left,
555
00:26:22,650 --> 00:26:24,850
and look at them again on Thursday
556
00:26:24,850 --> 00:26:27,080
and if we had two we did retakes.
557
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:31,410
- The show was generally shot
straight through live to tape.
558
00:26:31,410 --> 00:26:33,740
Occasionally if there
was a technical problem
559
00:26:33,740 --> 00:26:36,140
or something like that they would go back
560
00:26:36,140 --> 00:26:39,710
and do an edit but he was
producing those paintings
561
00:26:39,710 --> 00:26:42,210
as you saw it on television.
562
00:26:42,210 --> 00:26:44,470
- He was very proud of that,
563
00:26:44,470 --> 00:26:48,230
that there's no trickery going on.
564
00:26:48,230 --> 00:26:51,160
And I should mention here that those
565
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:54,220
paintings were not all that spontaneous.
566
00:26:54,220 --> 00:26:57,590
There was always a
finished painting hanging
567
00:26:57,590 --> 00:27:00,850
off camera that Bob was referring to.
568
00:27:00,850 --> 00:27:03,010
- Tell you what let's get crazy today.
569
00:27:03,010 --> 00:27:03,843
- And he would say all these
570
00:27:03,843 --> 00:27:05,430
funny things like let's get crazy
571
00:27:06,510 --> 00:27:08,040
but he knew where he was going.
572
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:09,360
He knew where he was
going, but he's taking
573
00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:10,980
you on that ride with him, you know.
574
00:27:10,980 --> 00:27:12,450
He's keeping you entertained and
575
00:27:12,450 --> 00:27:14,430
painting all at the same time.
576
00:27:14,430 --> 00:27:17,270
- But Bob insisted that nobody
577
00:27:17,270 --> 00:27:19,670
ever see the finished painting
578
00:27:19,670 --> 00:27:22,120
because sometimes he
didn't have time to do
579
00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:23,990
everything that was in that painting.
580
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,080
And he would have to leave out a big tree
581
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,050
or a bush or a boat.
582
00:27:30,550 --> 00:27:31,760
- There is one exception
583
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:33,620
to Bob's thoughtful planning,
584
00:27:33,620 --> 00:27:37,140
he did series two completely
off the top of his head.
585
00:27:38,940 --> 00:27:42,760
- One night somebody
broke into our motor home
586
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,750
two days before we were to start taping,
587
00:27:46,950 --> 00:27:51,490
and they stole all 13 of
the reference paintings.
588
00:27:51,490 --> 00:27:56,130
And that was the most spontaneous
series that Bob ever did.
589
00:28:01,420 --> 00:28:02,610
- This new partnership with
590
00:28:02,610 --> 00:28:04,590
the PBS station in Muncie, Indiana
591
00:28:04,590 --> 00:28:06,780
was the right move for Bob.
592
00:28:06,780 --> 00:28:09,680
He would go on to produce
the remaining 30 series
593
00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:11,140
of The Joy of Painting there.
594
00:28:11,140 --> 00:28:13,850
That's almost 400 episodes.
595
00:28:13,850 --> 00:28:15,640
- There's a lot of super people
596
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,510
that put a lot of work
into making this happen.
597
00:28:18,510 --> 00:28:20,640
It's not done just by coming up here
598
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,400
and painting a little picture.
599
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:23,740
There's a lot of people here in the studio
600
00:28:23,740 --> 00:28:28,520
that work very hard to
bring you a nice production.
601
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,506
They really do a good job.
602
00:28:30,506 --> 00:28:32,170
- It was always fun to work with Bob.
603
00:28:32,170 --> 00:28:33,790
It was always a week that I think we
604
00:28:33,790 --> 00:28:35,830
looked forward to when he would come back.
605
00:28:35,830 --> 00:28:38,330
- Bob had a wonderful sense of humor
606
00:28:38,330 --> 00:28:41,560
and so our days were spent more or less
607
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:43,680
telling jokes and goofing off,
608
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,040
and then when it came time to be serious
609
00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,700
and do the show you know then the Bob you
610
00:28:48,700 --> 00:28:51,410
see on the show is the
Bob that we all knew
611
00:28:51,410 --> 00:28:53,360
even behind the scenes.
612
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:54,700
- And when the work was done,
613
00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:57,900
Bob and some of the WIPB team would scour
614
00:28:57,900 --> 00:29:01,320
local antique shops for
forgotten treasures.
615
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,430
By 1984 The Joy of Painting could be
616
00:29:03,430 --> 00:29:05,490
seen in most parts of the country,
617
00:29:05,490 --> 00:29:08,670
but some stations still
weren't carrying the program.
618
00:29:08,670 --> 00:29:11,300
While Bob was teaching
classes in upstate New York,
619
00:29:11,300 --> 00:29:13,570
he gave every one of his students the home
620
00:29:13,570 --> 00:29:16,380
phone number of the
local PBS station manager
621
00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:18,610
to convince him to carry Bob's show.
622
00:29:19,900 --> 00:29:21,968
- Give your station a call.
623
00:29:21,968 --> 00:29:25,820
I don't know, let them
know what you want to see,
624
00:29:25,820 --> 00:29:28,150
and when they need some
help give him a hand.
625
00:29:29,090 --> 00:29:31,210
- Bob's wife
Jane came down from Alaska
626
00:29:31,210 --> 00:29:33,840
to work with Walt on the
business side of things.
627
00:29:34,870 --> 00:29:38,370
- Jane was very much involved.
628
00:29:38,370 --> 00:29:41,860
She did the secretarial
work and the office work.
629
00:29:41,860 --> 00:29:44,130
- We were forever
supplying Bob and Annette
630
00:29:44,130 --> 00:29:46,340
when they were on on the
road teaching classes,
631
00:29:46,340 --> 00:29:49,510
and that's when we were in
the basement of our home.
632
00:29:49,510 --> 00:29:52,390
- I was in college when they started this,
633
00:29:52,390 --> 00:29:55,100
you know crazy thing and
634
00:29:55,940 --> 00:29:58,830
came home one day for
Thanksgiving or something
635
00:29:58,830 --> 00:30:02,510
and the house was just
transformed it was no longer home.
636
00:30:02,510 --> 00:30:05,790
It was like a warehouse
and a shipping dock.
637
00:30:05,790 --> 00:30:07,280
- At this point Bob and Annette
638
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:11,390
were on the road teaching
painting classes nearly non stop.
639
00:30:11,390 --> 00:30:14,030
- As Annette and I have
traveled around the country
640
00:30:14,030 --> 00:30:17,630
teaching people we have made
so many fantastic friends
641
00:30:17,630 --> 00:30:19,580
that have been with us for so long now,
642
00:30:21,136 --> 00:30:23,170
and that might truly
be The Joy of Painting
643
00:30:23,170 --> 00:30:25,750
is the friends that you make doing it.
644
00:30:25,750 --> 00:30:27,700
- But all
that travel was necessary
645
00:30:27,700 --> 00:30:29,630
for the sake of the business,
646
00:30:29,630 --> 00:30:31,160
because teaching painting classes
647
00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,540
was at the core of what they did.
648
00:30:33,540 --> 00:30:36,673
- I think we all
had a good relationship
649
00:30:36,673 --> 00:30:39,280
with our spouses, all of us did,
650
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:41,230
but Jane allowed Bob to go out
651
00:30:41,230 --> 00:30:43,900
and do what he wanted to do.
652
00:30:43,900 --> 00:30:46,720
- My wife Jane, she's stood behind us
653
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,590
and kept this thing going,
654
00:30:50,010 --> 00:30:52,990
and it takes a special lady
to live with a crazy man.
655
00:30:52,990 --> 00:30:55,070
- It wasn't fun for them,
656
00:30:55,070 --> 00:30:56,810
it wasn't necessarily a lot of fun for us,
657
00:30:56,810 --> 00:31:01,570
but the encouragement was there from Jane
658
00:31:01,570 --> 00:31:05,040
and certainly I was
going to all lengths to
659
00:31:06,290 --> 00:31:08,200
satisfy my wife as well.
660
00:31:10,010 --> 00:31:12,910
- The Oprah Winfrey Show called
661
00:31:12,910 --> 00:31:15,880
and asked if Bob would agree to appear
662
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,090
and I said, "Yes.
663
00:31:19,090 --> 00:31:22,940
"Should I bring the easel
and the canvases and paint?"
664
00:31:22,940 --> 00:31:24,570
They said, "Paint?
665
00:31:24,570 --> 00:31:26,910
"No, we're just looking
for couples that are
666
00:31:26,910 --> 00:31:30,270
"in business together
but don't live together."
667
00:31:30,270 --> 00:31:32,410
- Without
the opportunity to paint
668
00:31:32,410 --> 00:31:34,450
Bob turned down the guest appearance
669
00:31:34,450 --> 00:31:36,360
on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
670
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:38,160
- To Bob it
was all about painting.
671
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,680
It's always been about painting with Bob.
672
00:31:41,550 --> 00:31:43,100
- But the
stress of turning this
673
00:31:43,100 --> 00:31:45,960
dream into a reality wore on them,
674
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:48,190
and many times Annette, Walt, or Jane
675
00:31:48,190 --> 00:31:50,620
talked about throwing in the towel.
676
00:31:50,620 --> 00:31:52,815
- Fortunately there was never a consensus.
677
00:31:52,815 --> 00:31:55,920
Not all four of us
agreed at the same time,
678
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,550
so it just sort of, we were on a shift.
679
00:31:58,550 --> 00:32:01,410
Those who objected or wanted
to quit were in favor,
680
00:32:01,410 --> 00:32:02,650
and then the others would switch over
681
00:32:02,650 --> 00:32:04,890
and decided let's cash it in.
682
00:32:04,890 --> 00:32:07,740
- But Bob's
persistence kept them all going.
683
00:32:07,740 --> 00:32:09,780
- Well he never wanted to quit.
684
00:32:09,780 --> 00:32:11,425
- No, he was probably one of the--
685
00:32:11,425 --> 00:32:13,910
- And I was the one who most wanted out.
686
00:32:20,410 --> 00:32:22,380
- His complete
dedication to painting
687
00:32:22,380 --> 00:32:26,220
and teaching others to
paint was the driving force.
688
00:32:26,220 --> 00:32:29,410
What ultimately led to
Bob's unprecedented success
689
00:32:29,410 --> 00:32:33,460
hosting a painting program,
was his unwavering belief
690
00:32:33,460 --> 00:32:35,900
that anyone could learn to paint.
691
00:32:35,900 --> 00:32:38,470
- You often hear that to be an artist
692
00:32:38,470 --> 00:32:41,290
you have to be blessed
with your own talent.
693
00:32:41,290 --> 00:32:43,790
I think Bob's really reversed that notion,
694
00:32:43,790 --> 00:32:45,300
anybody can paint.
695
00:32:45,300 --> 00:32:46,780
He said just a little bit of practice
696
00:32:46,780 --> 00:32:48,020
and anybody can paint.
697
00:32:48,020 --> 00:32:49,020
- You know just recently I was
698
00:32:49,020 --> 00:32:50,960
doing a demonstration in a mall,
699
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:52,890
and I had a man come to me and he said,
700
00:32:52,890 --> 00:32:56,060
"Bob I could never paint
because I'm color blind,
701
00:32:56,060 --> 00:32:58,320
"all I can see is gray tones."
702
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,160
So I thought today we'd
do a picture in gray
703
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,500
just to show you that anyone can paint.
704
00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:04,710
- That's the miracle of Bob Ross.
705
00:33:04,710 --> 00:33:07,870
He starts very simply and it just
706
00:33:07,870 --> 00:33:11,970
layer and layer and he
builds, and anyone can do it.
707
00:33:12,810 --> 00:33:14,580
- That was part of the magic,
708
00:33:14,580 --> 00:33:17,330
Bob's unyielding encouragement.
709
00:33:17,330 --> 00:33:22,030
He said all you need is a
desire to take that first step.
710
00:33:22,030 --> 00:33:23,510
- I remember putting my knife out for
711
00:33:23,510 --> 00:33:26,190
the first time and just shaking.
712
00:33:27,250 --> 00:33:31,910
From where I came from with
absolutely no background in art,
713
00:33:31,910 --> 00:33:35,500
not knowing anything about
brushes, paints, canvases,
714
00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:38,410
I didn't know anything
and I actually sat down in
715
00:33:38,410 --> 00:33:41,120
front of the canvas and did something.
716
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:45,170
I was amazed that what I could do.
717
00:33:45,170 --> 00:33:49,100
- It's brought painting
to the, or the ability
718
00:33:49,100 --> 00:33:52,480
to create something to the average person,
719
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:54,970
and you know they know they're never
720
00:33:54,970 --> 00:33:58,920
gonna be a famous artist, I
think, maybe they will be.
721
00:33:59,910 --> 00:34:03,360
But when they sit down they just
722
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:07,700
get into their own world and
it's a nice place to get.
723
00:34:08,740 --> 00:34:10,450
- Bob nurtured
the confidence of his
724
00:34:10,450 --> 00:34:12,530
viewers and for many people painting
725
00:34:12,530 --> 00:34:14,980
gives them a feeling of accomplishment
726
00:34:14,980 --> 00:34:18,440
and that's part of the joy
that Bob was trying to spread.
727
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,630
- There is joy in that in painting
728
00:34:20,630 --> 00:34:23,830
and creating something
and being proud of it,
729
00:34:23,830 --> 00:34:25,570
and you can see the
looks on people's faces
730
00:34:25,570 --> 00:34:26,540
when they're proud of their painting.
731
00:34:26,540 --> 00:34:28,430
It's like they just can't
believe they did that.
732
00:34:28,430 --> 00:34:30,890
- You feel so important
when you're doing that.
733
00:34:30,890 --> 00:34:32,700
You know when you're putting
that paint on that canvas,
734
00:34:32,700 --> 00:34:35,200
you are doing something
that up until that moment
735
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:39,690
was in a couple of tubes and
a blank canvas sitting there.
736
00:34:39,690 --> 00:34:42,690
I mean it wasn't doing
anything for anyone,
737
00:34:42,690 --> 00:34:44,450
and you're taking those same exact things
738
00:34:44,450 --> 00:34:46,350
and with just a little bit of energy
739
00:34:46,350 --> 00:34:49,020
you've taken this and
made it into a creative
740
00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:50,260
and a wonderful thing.
741
00:34:54,820 --> 00:34:56,550
- But the fact
that a first timer can
742
00:34:56,550 --> 00:35:00,290
achieve immediate success
using the wet on wet technique
743
00:35:00,290 --> 00:35:02,300
is part of the criticism.
744
00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:04,320
Traditional artists chastise the method
745
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:05,670
as being overly simplistic.
746
00:35:08,490 --> 00:35:10,450
And some say his landscapes use color
747
00:35:10,450 --> 00:35:12,870
combinations not found
in the natural world.
748
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,900
- Most people think that art is something
749
00:35:16,900 --> 00:35:18,870
that's very complicated that
you have to go to school
750
00:35:18,870 --> 00:35:21,050
for a hundred years to learn,
751
00:35:21,050 --> 00:35:24,730
and we try to teach them that
752
00:35:24,730 --> 00:35:27,140
that you can do a very good painting
753
00:35:27,990 --> 00:35:29,980
with very little instruction,
754
00:35:31,210 --> 00:35:32,320
a lot of happiness,
755
00:35:33,950 --> 00:35:35,530
and teach them how to create.
756
00:35:35,530 --> 00:35:38,920
- People don't believe that
he had any real talent,
757
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,250
that he just put paint on a canvas.
758
00:35:41,250 --> 00:35:44,690
In actuality, he does everything that
759
00:35:44,690 --> 00:35:46,440
traditional artists do.
760
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:47,940
He just doesn't talk about it.
761
00:35:48,830 --> 00:35:50,450
He just doesn't talk about it.
762
00:35:50,450 --> 00:35:53,200
He doesn't say, he doesn't
use the word perspective,
763
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,820
he'll say make the color
light in the distance.
764
00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:59,440
- I think the hardest
part with painting is
765
00:36:02,020 --> 00:36:03,370
is knowing the balance you know,
766
00:36:03,370 --> 00:36:05,700
where the foreground and the background
767
00:36:05,700 --> 00:36:07,000
and not putting things in the middle
768
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,460
and of course when you watch what he does
769
00:36:09,460 --> 00:36:11,750
as a professional, you realize that
770
00:36:11,750 --> 00:36:13,950
he does all of that for you,
771
00:36:13,950 --> 00:36:15,640
but he's not telling you
okay these are the rules,
772
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:17,350
you don't do this and you don't do that.
773
00:36:17,350 --> 00:36:20,130
He just automatically does it.
774
00:36:20,130 --> 00:36:22,390
- But Bob never
let the critics get to him,
775
00:36:22,390 --> 00:36:26,020
because it was not his goal to
be regarded as a great artist
776
00:36:26,020 --> 00:36:27,920
or even to teach others to be.
777
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:31,916
- You say out loud your work
will never hang in a museum.
778
00:36:31,916 --> 00:36:33,110
Bob!
779
00:36:33,110 --> 00:36:35,410
- Well maybe it will but
probably not this morning.
780
00:36:35,410 --> 00:36:37,540
- Because why, Bob? What's the deal here?
781
00:36:37,540 --> 00:36:38,373
What are you telling us?
782
00:36:38,373 --> 00:36:39,730
- Well I'm trying to teach people
783
00:36:39,730 --> 00:36:41,710
a form of art that anybody can do.
784
00:36:41,710 --> 00:36:43,260
This is art for anyone who's ever
785
00:36:43,260 --> 00:36:45,150
wanted to put a dream on canvas.
786
00:36:45,150 --> 00:36:47,210
It's not something, it's
not traditional art,
787
00:36:47,210 --> 00:36:50,560
it's not fine art, and I don't
try to tell anybody it is.
788
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:51,910
- His goal was to get people
789
00:36:51,910 --> 00:36:55,020
to experience the joy of painting,
790
00:36:55,020 --> 00:36:58,020
and he did that by removing
the fear of failure.
791
00:36:58,870 --> 00:37:01,165
- I think that's
probably the main ingredient
792
00:37:01,165 --> 00:37:04,895
of Bob's technique, that he dismissed that
793
00:37:04,895 --> 00:37:08,472
sort of fear of beginning.
794
00:37:08,472 --> 00:37:10,940
- I think that you have
to believe in yourself
795
00:37:10,940 --> 00:37:14,550
and you need the confidence
belief to carry on.
796
00:37:14,550 --> 00:37:17,730
- I'd probably say he's done more for art
797
00:37:17,730 --> 00:37:19,180
than anyone in the history of art.
798
00:37:19,180 --> 00:37:23,510
He's got more people involved
just because of his nature
799
00:37:23,510 --> 00:37:25,970
and he told them they
could do it and they can.
800
00:37:25,970 --> 00:37:28,090
- Bob even
acknowledged those criticisms
801
00:37:28,090 --> 00:37:32,220
in a spoof he did as an HBO
filler to run between movies.
802
00:37:33,850 --> 00:37:35,820
Bob interrupts a formal art class
803
00:37:35,820 --> 00:37:37,510
when he comes to paint the house.
804
00:37:40,610 --> 00:37:42,060
When the class takes a break,
805
00:37:43,350 --> 00:37:46,790
Bob gives it a try using his own tools.
806
00:38:02,260 --> 00:38:04,050
With each series of The Joy of Painting
807
00:38:04,050 --> 00:38:06,840
Bob's familiar image and soothing voice
808
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,550
filled more and more
homes across the country.
809
00:38:09,550 --> 00:38:11,780
- I think our first series we managed
810
00:38:11,780 --> 00:38:14,800
fifty stations around the country,
811
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:16,970
and probably for the
next two or three years
812
00:38:16,970 --> 00:38:19,390
we didn't rise much beyond seventy five
813
00:38:19,390 --> 00:38:22,120
of the public channels and then sort
814
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:25,200
of exponentially we went to 300.
815
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,900
- It's on almost every
station in the country still.
816
00:38:28,900 --> 00:38:33,540
It's like 95% of stations
which is the highest
817
00:38:33,540 --> 00:38:36,430
of any of the art programs.
818
00:38:36,430 --> 00:38:39,050
- But most people
who watch The Joy of Painting
819
00:38:39,050 --> 00:38:42,160
are just watching, the Bob Ross Company
820
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,520
estimates that only around
3% of the show's audience
821
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:47,840
actually paints along with him.
822
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:51,040
Millions and millions of people
watch him all over the world
823
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:54,130
and only a small
percentage actually paint.
824
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,750
They watch him because
they just enjoy him.
825
00:38:57,750 --> 00:39:00,540
- I hear people to this day say you know I
826
00:39:00,540 --> 00:39:03,660
watched that just so that
I can hear his voice.
827
00:39:03,660 --> 00:39:06,660
- My method of viewing
Bob Ross was definitely
828
00:39:06,660 --> 00:39:11,660
turn on the TV and watch and
listen and just be captivated.
829
00:39:12,350 --> 00:39:15,310
I couldn't possibly lift
a brush while Bob Ross
830
00:39:15,310 --> 00:39:16,820
was talking and working because
831
00:39:16,820 --> 00:39:18,920
you just get so sucked
into what he's doing.
832
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:21,760
It was amazing because his subject
833
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:26,760
matter didn't vary too
much, but it never got old.
834
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,980
It never cease to amaze me.
835
00:39:30,410 --> 00:39:33,530
- Every day I just come
home from school and I
836
00:39:33,530 --> 00:39:35,900
like I really unwind
when I watch his show.
837
00:39:35,900 --> 00:39:37,930
He's just like semi enchanting.
838
00:39:39,410 --> 00:39:42,580
He really puts like a good
feeling into my heart.
839
00:39:42,580 --> 00:39:43,890
It's fantastic.
840
00:39:43,890 --> 00:39:48,230
- The secret to
Bob's success was Bob himself.
841
00:39:48,230 --> 00:39:50,960
His warmth and gentleness were sincere
842
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:52,940
but once he got in front of the camera
843
00:39:52,940 --> 00:39:57,390
he was well aware that his
personality was part of the show.
844
00:39:57,390 --> 00:40:00,770
- His manner, he just seemed like
845
00:40:00,770 --> 00:40:03,230
the happiest guy in the world.
846
00:40:03,230 --> 00:40:04,840
I think that for me was
847
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:07,420
very powerful seeing
him and his happiness.
848
00:40:07,420 --> 00:40:09,130
The things that he used to say
849
00:40:09,130 --> 00:40:11,800
and the ways that he
would always talk about
850
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,740
the world and you can see
the way he saw the world.
851
00:40:14,740 --> 00:40:18,710
- You just get swept off
into this magical world
852
00:40:18,710 --> 00:40:21,020
where you're taken out
of the present moment
853
00:40:21,020 --> 00:40:24,930
and you're taken into a fantasy reality,
854
00:40:24,930 --> 00:40:28,330
and yes it's his but
it can become your own.
855
00:40:28,330 --> 00:40:29,930
- You can make up stories,
856
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:33,820
because this is your
world and in your world
857
00:40:33,820 --> 00:40:36,610
you can have any fantasy that you want.
858
00:40:36,610 --> 00:40:38,770
- Bob cultivated
a relationship with his
859
00:40:38,770 --> 00:40:42,130
viewers by engaging them in
a one sided conversation.
860
00:40:42,130 --> 00:40:47,130
- If you think about
what Joy of Painting was,
861
00:40:47,310 --> 00:40:49,940
it's TV death, right?
862
00:40:49,940 --> 00:40:50,970
It's a dude
863
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,130
speaking softly
864
00:40:54,130 --> 00:40:55,870
and painting a picture,
865
00:40:55,870 --> 00:40:59,010
but it's one of the
most beloved shows ever.
866
00:40:59,010 --> 00:41:00,510
- The instinct when you go on television,
867
00:41:00,510 --> 00:41:01,790
you see that red light go on,
868
00:41:01,790 --> 00:41:04,580
you know it's ,
entertain the people.
869
00:41:04,580 --> 00:41:07,480
The worst thing could happen
to me was a moment of silence
870
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:12,170
and all of a sudden comes along Bob Ross.
871
00:41:13,580 --> 00:41:16,060
Who's gonna put in a
white cloud here you know,
872
00:41:16,060 --> 00:41:19,730
I remember thinking how'd
this guy get a show?
873
00:41:21,230 --> 00:41:24,450
- And although Bob
was speaking slowly and calmly
874
00:41:24,450 --> 00:41:26,240
he was painting rapidly.
875
00:41:34,030 --> 00:41:37,250
- Bob Ross for as mild as he was
876
00:41:37,250 --> 00:41:39,380
he painted like a bulldog.
877
00:41:39,380 --> 00:41:41,220
I mean he really like
got in there was just,
878
00:41:41,220 --> 00:41:44,030
I mean he worked that canvas,
he worked that painting,
879
00:41:44,030 --> 00:41:47,610
he expected a lot out of
his materials and he got it.
880
00:41:48,550 --> 00:41:49,810
- There's things you pick up watching him
881
00:41:49,810 --> 00:41:52,120
like the way to do a pine
tree with the fan brush
882
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:55,310
where you just you know go
straight up, get the little
883
00:41:55,310 --> 00:41:57,160
trunk and then you do little pieces
884
00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:58,690
all the way down with the fan brush
885
00:41:58,690 --> 00:42:01,020
and it's so fast and the
next thing you know he
886
00:42:01,020 --> 00:42:03,790
takes a brush and he does a couple of
887
00:42:03,790 --> 00:42:08,050
swirls with gray and black
and white and they're rocks.
888
00:42:08,050 --> 00:42:11,500
It was like so quick what he was doing and
889
00:42:12,500 --> 00:42:14,010
it's fascinating to watch.
890
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:20,300
- Bob had a passion for life.
891
00:42:20,300 --> 00:42:22,350
- And of course he had a Corvette
892
00:42:22,350 --> 00:42:24,220
and he loved that Corvette.
893
00:42:24,220 --> 00:42:26,330
- And a passion for wildlife.
894
00:42:26,330 --> 00:42:28,310
He was known for having small animals
895
00:42:28,310 --> 00:42:31,160
or critters as he liked
to call them on his show.
896
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:32,770
- This was not
something we were happy with
897
00:42:32,770 --> 00:42:35,500
or encouraged but we allowed him to do it
898
00:42:35,500 --> 00:42:37,150
because Bob was Bob.
899
00:42:37,150 --> 00:42:39,850
- We had lots of creatures on the show,
900
00:42:39,850 --> 00:42:42,150
and squirrels of course
became his trademark.
901
00:42:42,150 --> 00:42:45,340
He really loved squirrels
and he had Peapod.
902
00:42:45,340 --> 00:42:48,340
- That's the one that just became famous
903
00:42:48,340 --> 00:42:53,340
and Peapod lived in his house
with him for about two years
904
00:42:54,170 --> 00:42:57,090
and finally he said you know he really
905
00:42:57,090 --> 00:43:01,120
needs to be out in the wild
and so he released him.
906
00:43:01,970 --> 00:43:02,840
- Bob was committed to
907
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,570
rehabilitating injured
or orphaned animals,
908
00:43:05,570 --> 00:43:08,270
and he would build
elaborate cages for them.
909
00:43:08,270 --> 00:43:11,070
- Actually I lived a
couple blocks from him
910
00:43:11,070 --> 00:43:12,530
and every now and then he'd say,
911
00:43:12,530 --> 00:43:14,990
"I made you a cage today."
912
00:43:14,990 --> 00:43:18,140
And he would have made
me one of these enormous
913
00:43:18,140 --> 00:43:21,930
wire cages and they were lifesavers.
914
00:43:21,930 --> 00:43:24,510
They helped me so much.
915
00:43:24,510 --> 00:43:26,140
- Bob rented
an apartment in Muncie,
916
00:43:26,140 --> 00:43:27,820
near the television studio.
917
00:43:27,820 --> 00:43:30,730
It had a lake right out the
backdoor filled with fish
918
00:43:30,730 --> 00:43:32,880
and Bob would feed them every day.
919
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:36,190
- Well Bob had a heart attack
while we were in Muncie.
920
00:43:39,790 --> 00:43:44,790
And he was bedridden for quite some time,
921
00:43:46,422 --> 00:43:48,010
and he worried about those fish.
922
00:43:48,010 --> 00:43:51,330
I stayed in Muncie with
him while he was sick.
923
00:43:51,330 --> 00:43:54,130
So he said, "Annette, you have to go buy
924
00:43:54,130 --> 00:43:56,450
"the bread and feed the fish."
925
00:43:56,450 --> 00:43:58,210
- But even when
he wasn't feeling well
926
00:43:58,210 --> 00:44:00,520
Bob always tried to stay positive.
927
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:03,990
- He was always up, I
mean he was a person that
928
00:44:05,590 --> 00:44:07,010
and I know he had bad days,
929
00:44:07,010 --> 00:44:09,490
he used to have terrible headaches,
930
00:44:09,490 --> 00:44:12,480
and I know that he'd have bad days but
931
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:17,100
you would not know it if
you didn't know Bob Ross.
932
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:19,840
- He rose to stardom
933
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:21,920
on the wings of public television
934
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:23,420
and he wanted to give back to the
935
00:44:23,420 --> 00:44:25,790
system that had given him so much.
936
00:44:27,270 --> 00:44:28,530
- Most of these paintings are donated
937
00:44:28,530 --> 00:44:31,320
to PBS stations across the country.
938
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:32,580
They auction them often,
939
00:44:32,580 --> 00:44:34,610
they make a happy buck for them.
940
00:44:34,610 --> 00:44:35,910
So if you'd like to have one you know
941
00:44:35,910 --> 00:44:38,300
get touch with your PBS station.
942
00:44:38,300 --> 00:44:41,080
You know NBC or ABC gets
a thousand phone calls
943
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:46,080
about a program and they say
okay, we'll note that.
944
00:44:46,150 --> 00:44:48,410
PBS gets a half a dozen
phone calls from you
945
00:44:48,410 --> 00:44:51,759
with a pledge especially they
shut down and have a party.
946
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:56,600
- I'll never forget at an
auction one time we were,
947
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,440
he was painting a painting
live and we sold it
948
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:01,970
and the person that bought it said,
949
00:45:01,970 --> 00:45:05,830
"I'm coming in will you wait
for me so I can meet you?"
950
00:45:05,830 --> 00:45:08,690
And the woman walked in with her walker
951
00:45:08,690 --> 00:45:10,620
about 11:30 at night and had driven
952
00:45:10,620 --> 00:45:12,870
for about an hour to get here,
953
00:45:12,870 --> 00:45:14,160
and she started crying,
954
00:45:15,100 --> 00:45:19,200
and she said, "I don't have
too many good days anymore,
955
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:22,480
"but when I watch your show
it's the best part of that day.
956
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:23,730
"I just want to thank you for that,
957
00:45:23,730 --> 00:45:25,780
"that's why I had to have your painting."
958
00:45:26,626 --> 00:45:29,200
And Bob thanked her and gave her a hug
959
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:32,740
and he said, "That's why I do this."
960
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:37,670
- But at this point the
961
00:45:37,670 --> 00:45:40,270
main source of income for Bob's business
962
00:45:40,270 --> 00:45:42,360
came from teaching painting classes
963
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:44,610
and selling instruction books,
964
00:45:44,610 --> 00:45:47,030
and then a happy accident.
965
00:45:47,030 --> 00:45:48,790
The Alexander Company called and said
966
00:45:48,790 --> 00:45:50,450
they couldn't produce enough paint to
967
00:45:50,450 --> 00:45:52,690
keep up with the growing demand and
968
00:45:52,690 --> 00:45:56,000
suggested that Bob start
his own line of products.
969
00:45:56,990 --> 00:46:00,090
- Bob also took that opportunity
970
00:46:00,090 --> 00:46:04,820
to refine the product that
Alexander had been using.
971
00:46:04,820 --> 00:46:07,170
- He reduced the size of
the largest brush that
972
00:46:07,170 --> 00:46:10,330
Alexander was using, from
two and a half inches down
973
00:46:10,330 --> 00:46:14,360
to two inches, and he adjusted
the formula of the paint.
974
00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:17,390
- Bob was very adamant
about what he wanted.
975
00:46:17,390 --> 00:46:19,230
He was kind of a perfectionist,
976
00:46:19,230 --> 00:46:22,120
because he knew the system
that he developed would
977
00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:25,520
work for a beginner if it
was formulated a certain way.
978
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:28,280
- More than the colors being specific,
979
00:46:29,791 --> 00:46:31,470
is the consistency of the paint.
980
00:46:31,470 --> 00:46:34,370
It's very specific to the technique.
981
00:46:34,370 --> 00:46:36,320
They're very very firm.
982
00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:37,610
- Here's what it takes to make
983
00:46:37,610 --> 00:46:39,760
the Bob Ross landscape oil colors.
984
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:41,890
- You measure, you put
it in, you let it mix,
985
00:46:41,890 --> 00:46:45,620
and then thicker products
go over a three roll mill,
986
00:46:45,620 --> 00:46:50,115
then the lab chemist
comes and does a job on it
987
00:46:50,115 --> 00:46:51,590
and then if he approves it then it goes
988
00:46:51,590 --> 00:46:53,500
through to filling equipment.
989
00:46:53,500 --> 00:46:54,670
- Each tube of paint was
990
00:46:54,670 --> 00:46:57,110
printed with Bob's smiling face.
991
00:46:57,110 --> 00:47:00,920
As his products hit commercial
shelves so did his image
992
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:04,030
establishing his brand in
the commercial art world.
993
00:47:04,030 --> 00:47:07,020
Now Bob could focus on
growing his business
994
00:47:07,020 --> 00:47:09,770
and that meant training
some instructors to go out
995
00:47:09,770 --> 00:47:13,500
and teach the method and the
message of The Joy of Painting.
996
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:21,320
As the demand for more television episodes
997
00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:25,320
plus more painting classes,
both steadily increased
998
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:27,260
Bob began to realize that he wouldn't have
999
00:47:27,260 --> 00:47:29,620
enough time to devote to both.
1000
00:47:29,620 --> 00:47:34,430
In 1987 he created the first
team of Bob Ross instructors.
1001
00:47:34,430 --> 00:47:37,610
These students would go out
and teach in Bob's place.
1002
00:47:37,610 --> 00:47:39,650
- One of the things that
we're trying to do is we
1003
00:47:39,650 --> 00:47:42,140
travel around and teach
this almighty method
1004
00:47:42,140 --> 00:47:45,730
is we're trying to gather
up an army of teachers
1005
00:47:45,730 --> 00:47:48,090
and soon we'll have teachers that travel
1006
00:47:48,090 --> 00:47:50,850
this entire beautiful
country teaching this
1007
00:47:50,850 --> 00:47:52,660
fantastic method of painting.
1008
00:47:52,660 --> 00:47:54,830
- Seminars and
demonstrations gave way
1009
00:47:54,830 --> 00:47:57,530
to guest appearances in big cities.
1010
00:47:57,530 --> 00:48:00,870
When he released his first
hardcover book in 1989,
1011
00:48:00,870 --> 00:48:02,480
Bob hit the talk-show circuit.
1012
00:48:03,650 --> 00:48:06,050
- My next guest has
been creating his magic
1013
00:48:06,050 --> 00:48:07,960
for the past 10 years on his own show,
1014
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:10,420
The Joy of Painting which
I watch all the time.
1015
00:48:10,420 --> 00:48:12,670
He is the author of several
books on the subject,
1016
00:48:12,670 --> 00:48:15,410
his latest is called The
Best of The Joy of Painting.
1017
00:48:15,410 --> 00:48:18,849
Please welcome America's favorite
art instructor, Bob Ross.
1018
00:48:19,682 --> 00:48:21,015
Nice to have you on.
1019
00:48:21,015 --> 00:48:23,348
- Thank you, very very much.
1020
00:48:24,957 --> 00:48:26,960
- Why are you so popular?
1021
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:30,180
Most people can't paint, yet
I find myself fascinated.
1022
00:48:30,180 --> 00:48:32,032
I sit and watch you paint.
1023
00:48:32,032 --> 00:48:33,730
- I think it's because that magic really
1024
00:48:33,730 --> 00:48:34,970
does happen in 30 minutes and
1025
00:48:34,970 --> 00:48:36,320
there's no editing to these shows.
1026
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:37,980
What happens really happens.
1027
00:48:37,980 --> 00:48:39,440
- What is the easiest thing to paint,
1028
00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:40,630
if somebody wants to start out,
1029
00:48:40,630 --> 00:48:42,030
somebody in the audience or me,
1030
00:48:42,030 --> 00:48:44,000
what would be the first thing
you would say to somebody?
1031
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:45,500
- Probably just a little landscape because
1032
00:48:45,500 --> 00:48:47,070
nobody knows if a tree is incorrect.
1033
00:48:47,070 --> 00:48:49,730
If you put three eyes on
there either you're Picasso
1034
00:48:49,730 --> 00:48:50,970
or something's wrong.
1035
00:48:50,970 --> 00:48:52,050
- Show me, show me.
1036
00:48:52,050 --> 00:48:54,430
- You know it's very funny you think
1037
00:48:54,430 --> 00:48:57,020
that Bob would pull up
in some big limousine
1038
00:48:57,020 --> 00:48:59,010
and he would jump out and the paparazzi
1039
00:48:59,010 --> 00:49:01,050
would be clipping and clip, clip, clip,
1040
00:49:01,050 --> 00:49:04,160
but in fact we were like dragging easels
1041
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:08,760
and we were just a bunch of country folk
1042
00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:10,550
just in the big city.
1043
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:16,350
- He was also invited to be a
1044
00:49:16,350 --> 00:49:18,870
celebrity guest at the Grand Old Opry.
1045
00:49:18,870 --> 00:49:21,010
Bob was a big fan of country music
1046
00:49:21,010 --> 00:49:24,280
and his friend Hank Snow
brought him up on stage.
1047
00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:27,690
- And when they introduced
him the crowd just went nuts.
1048
00:49:27,690 --> 00:49:29,160
And he went up there and
he was a little nervous
1049
00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:31,120
at first and cracked a
joke and everybody laughed
1050
00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:32,930
and they cheered and he was on his way
1051
00:49:32,930 --> 00:49:34,610
and they had a great interview.
1052
00:49:34,610 --> 00:49:36,610
It was just a really cool
thing to walk in there
1053
00:49:36,610 --> 00:49:38,160
and have all these country music stars
1054
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:39,980
come up the Bob and say
you're my favorite,
1055
00:49:39,980 --> 00:49:42,340
I watch you all the
time, I paint with you.
1056
00:49:42,340 --> 00:49:44,310
- Annette Kowalski and
I had a private class
1057
00:49:44,310 --> 00:49:48,010
for one of country western's
living legends Mr. Hanks Snow.
1058
00:49:48,010 --> 00:49:49,600
- I've learned more in
the last couple of days
1059
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:51,070
that I could learn in a year really.
1060
00:49:51,070 --> 00:49:51,903
- Well thank you.
1061
00:49:51,903 --> 00:49:54,690
You're doing almighty things there.
1062
00:49:54,690 --> 00:49:57,520
- By the early
90s nearly 300 episodes
1063
00:49:57,520 --> 00:49:59,000
of The Joy of Painting were on the air
1064
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:01,760
in the US and then Canada.
1065
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:05,200
Soon translation started
cropping up in Mexico,
1066
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:09,480
Costa Rica, Colombia, the United Kingdom,
1067
00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:12,610
the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland,
1068
00:50:12,610 --> 00:50:17,610
Austria, Turkey, Iran,
South Korea, and Japan.
1069
00:50:22,910 --> 00:50:25,440
- It was on in Japan they said no take
1070
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:28,140
the soundtrack back up
we've got to hear his voice.
1071
00:50:29,130 --> 00:50:30,970
I think his sincerity came across even
1072
00:50:30,970 --> 00:50:32,720
if you didn't understand the words.
1073
00:50:34,380 --> 00:50:36,540
- By now
Bob was arguably one of
1074
00:50:36,540 --> 00:50:39,860
the biggest stars in the
history of Public Television
1075
00:50:39,860 --> 00:50:43,070
and host of the most popular
art show of all time.
1076
00:50:43,070 --> 00:50:44,840
- It's just wow.
1077
00:50:45,690 --> 00:50:49,080
This guy has got it and that's
1078
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:50,330
kind of what it was,
1079
00:50:51,230 --> 00:50:53,890
but he didn't let it go
to his head, not at all.
1080
00:50:53,890 --> 00:50:55,350
- I mean you would never know
1081
00:50:56,680 --> 00:50:59,410
that he had this program that clearly had
1082
00:50:59,410 --> 00:51:02,880
the attention nationally
of people because he was
1083
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:04,920
just kind of under the radar.
1084
00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:07,220
- When his second
hardcover book came out
1085
00:51:07,220 --> 00:51:10,030
Bob was once again called
up to the networks.
1086
00:51:10,030 --> 00:51:11,967
- Bob was looking at us and
he's painting a mountain.
1087
00:51:11,967 --> 00:51:13,110
I don't know.
1088
00:51:13,110 --> 00:51:14,770
- Because he's famous for his landscapes.
1089
00:51:14,770 --> 00:51:16,080
He says millions of people harbor a
1090
00:51:16,080 --> 00:51:18,330
desire to paint and I think he's right.
1091
00:51:18,330 --> 00:51:19,163
Wouldn't you love to be able to?
1092
00:51:19,163 --> 00:51:20,220
- Well you know we've talked about this
1093
00:51:20,220 --> 00:51:22,260
before I frankly have
no, there's his book,
1094
00:51:22,260 --> 00:51:24,140
I have no...
1095
00:51:24,140 --> 00:51:24,973
- Artistic talent at all?
1096
00:51:24,973 --> 00:51:26,492
- Absolutely not.
1097
00:51:26,492 --> 00:51:27,680
None.
1098
00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:30,050
- Tell you what if I can get
you to pick up your palettes,
1099
00:51:30,050 --> 00:51:31,290
we have a palette
prepared for each of them.
1100
00:51:31,290 --> 00:51:32,907
- That's this part, Reg.
1101
00:51:32,907 --> 00:51:34,030
- And just sort of put your thumb
1102
00:51:34,030 --> 00:51:36,550
right through the hole
there, there you go.
1103
00:51:36,550 --> 00:51:37,960
Hold it like, you look good.
1104
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:38,793
- Okay.
1105
00:51:39,860 --> 00:51:41,790
- This is the fun part of all this.
1106
00:51:41,790 --> 00:51:44,458
We're just gonna paint
a happy tree right here.
1107
00:51:44,458 --> 00:51:45,540
- Look, what I'm doing here.
1108
00:51:45,540 --> 00:51:46,759
I'm painting.
1109
00:51:49,210 --> 00:51:50,750
- Bob rose to the status of
1110
00:51:50,750 --> 00:51:55,750
pop culture icon with a series
of promotional spots for MTV.
1111
00:51:55,909 --> 00:51:57,680
- I do love to paint trees,
1112
00:51:57,680 --> 00:51:59,549
you can make it wiggly.
1113
00:51:59,549 --> 00:52:00,730
That's how I always do it.
1114
00:52:00,730 --> 00:52:03,290
MTV, it's all just fluffy white clouds.
1115
00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:05,770
- And a tongue in cheek
1116
00:52:05,770 --> 00:52:07,740
commercial for hair care products.
1117
00:52:07,740 --> 00:52:08,580
- Subtle color.
1118
00:52:08,580 --> 00:52:10,490
- A little bit of color.
1119
00:52:10,490 --> 00:52:12,010
- There's no ammonia or peroxide.
1120
00:52:12,010 --> 00:52:13,770
Even conditions your hair.
1121
00:52:13,770 --> 00:52:14,830
- You know people have done spoofs
1122
00:52:14,830 --> 00:52:17,502
on Saturday Night Live, they've
done all sorts of things
1123
00:52:17,502 --> 00:52:20,151
and you know what can I say
if you reach that stature,
1124
00:52:20,151 --> 00:52:22,850
it means something in
life, whether you actually
1125
00:52:22,850 --> 00:52:24,750
like what they're doing or not,
1126
00:52:24,750 --> 00:52:27,620
the point is that they know who you are,
1127
00:52:27,620 --> 00:52:29,960
and he certainly had made a reputation
1128
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:32,060
of being a visible icon.
1129
00:52:32,060 --> 00:52:34,410
- But Bob learned
just how popular he was
1130
00:52:34,410 --> 00:52:37,060
while demonstrating his products on QVC.
1131
00:52:37,060 --> 00:52:39,900
When he got off the air a
producer walked up to Bob
1132
00:52:39,900 --> 00:52:41,250
and handed him a phone.
1133
00:52:41,250 --> 00:52:42,620
He said, "Bob I got somebody on the phone
1134
00:52:42,620 --> 00:52:43,520
"who wants to talk to you,"
1135
00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:44,353
and Bob said, "Who's that?"
1136
00:52:44,353 --> 00:52:45,340
He said, "Marlon Brando's on the
1137
00:52:45,340 --> 00:52:47,730
"phone and wants to talk to you."
1138
00:52:47,730 --> 00:52:51,230
Bob, who was very humble, he
was like, his jaw dropped.
1139
00:52:51,230 --> 00:52:54,190
He just like, Marlon
Brando wants to talk to me?
1140
00:52:55,100 --> 00:52:56,890
It was phenomenal.
1141
00:52:57,880 --> 00:53:01,140
That's the kind of magnet Bob was.
1142
00:53:06,660 --> 00:53:09,510
- Although his
career was at its pinnacle
1143
00:53:09,510 --> 00:53:12,240
his personal life was
starting to come apart.
1144
00:53:13,210 --> 00:53:16,810
In 1992, he lost his wife Jane to cancer.
1145
00:53:18,710 --> 00:53:22,040
And his own health was
starting to fail as well.
1146
00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:24,710
He was fighting his
second bout of lymphoma.
1147
00:53:24,710 --> 00:53:26,900
He'd had surgery for
the original diagnosis
1148
00:53:26,900 --> 00:53:29,130
long before The Joy of Painting started,
1149
00:53:29,130 --> 00:53:31,610
and had been in remission for years,
1150
00:53:31,610 --> 00:53:35,900
all of which was kept secret
except to his closest friends.
1151
00:53:35,900 --> 00:53:39,260
- He really got tired easily and that
1152
00:53:39,260 --> 00:53:42,580
probably was a precursor
to what was coming.
1153
00:53:42,580 --> 00:53:45,230
- But when Bob
knew he was losing the fight,
1154
00:53:45,230 --> 00:53:48,400
he began making plans to
carry on The Joy of Painting.
1155
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:53,400
- We had a couple of years warning
1156
00:53:54,370 --> 00:53:56,260
that we were going to lose Bob.
1157
00:53:57,140 --> 00:54:02,140
He worried that when he was
gone the landscapes would go too
1158
00:54:03,670 --> 00:54:08,670
and so he said, "Annette,
I think you need to go
1159
00:54:08,700 --> 00:54:13,200
"public with the florals
that you're painting."
1160
00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:15,590
- You know over the
years I've got literally
1161
00:54:15,590 --> 00:54:17,270
hundreds of letters from people saying
1162
00:54:17,270 --> 00:54:18,770
teach us how to paint florals.
1163
00:54:18,770 --> 00:54:20,760
Well, I'm not really a floral painter,
1164
00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:23,420
I'm really a tree and
mountain type person,
1165
00:54:23,420 --> 00:54:25,770
so I've asked a very dear
friend to come in today
1166
00:54:25,770 --> 00:54:27,900
and help us with a little floral painting.
1167
00:54:27,900 --> 00:54:29,890
I'd like to introduce you to my partner
1168
00:54:29,890 --> 00:54:31,980
and longtime friend Annette Kowalski.
1169
00:54:31,980 --> 00:54:33,320
Annette welcome to the show.
1170
00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:34,470
- Thanks, Bob.
1171
00:54:34,470 --> 00:54:35,620
- Around that same time
1172
00:54:35,620 --> 00:54:37,300
they opened the Bob Ross workshop
1173
00:54:37,300 --> 00:54:39,930
in New Smyrna Beach Florida to train the
1174
00:54:39,930 --> 00:54:43,090
army of new instructors
to carry on Bob's legacy.
1175
00:54:43,090 --> 00:54:44,070
- It's viral.
1176
00:54:45,541 --> 00:54:47,840
You teach five people
to do it and they go out
1177
00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:49,520
and they teach ten people to do it
1178
00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:51,580
and then they teach 20 people to do it
1179
00:54:51,580 --> 00:54:54,530
and it just keeps rolling.
1180
00:54:54,530 --> 00:54:57,470
- That's what he wanted to happen is that
1181
00:54:57,470 --> 00:55:01,700
everybody would still pass
that joy on to the next person.
1182
00:55:01,700 --> 00:55:03,870
- Then in 1994 about a year
1183
00:55:03,870 --> 00:55:05,990
before he died, Bob was invited to
1184
00:55:05,990 --> 00:55:08,300
be a guest on the Phil Donahue Show.
1185
00:55:08,300 --> 00:55:09,670
- I recall thinking,
1186
00:55:11,082 --> 00:55:13,990
you know when people watch
the Donahue Show, you know,
1187
00:55:13,990 --> 00:55:15,790
we hope we're interesting
and then you know
1188
00:55:15,790 --> 00:55:18,730
people will watch it and enjoy it.
1189
00:55:20,270 --> 00:55:22,700
When they watch Bob Ross
1190
00:55:24,430 --> 00:55:25,960
they went like this.
1191
00:55:28,300 --> 00:55:33,040
You were mesmerized by what he was doing.
1192
00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:37,510
I remember just leaning forward
towards the television set.
1193
00:55:37,510 --> 00:55:38,960
I couldn't get over this guy.
1194
00:55:40,720 --> 00:55:43,090
I was crazy about the guy so,
1195
00:55:43,090 --> 00:55:44,370
what do you do when you're impressed
1196
00:55:44,370 --> 00:55:47,660
you invite him on your
show which is what I did.
1197
00:55:47,660 --> 00:55:50,080
You know you don't necessarily
jump out of a cake,
1198
00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:51,920
I mean you never were that kind of guy,
1199
00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:53,370
put a lampshade on your head.
1200
00:55:53,370 --> 00:55:54,440
- No.
1201
00:55:54,440 --> 00:55:56,100
- You know you are so cool,
1202
00:55:56,100 --> 00:55:59,150
you are so calm, you are yourself
1203
00:55:59,150 --> 00:56:00,560
and you put together some of the most
1204
00:56:00,560 --> 00:56:02,970
beautiful work I've ever seen.
1205
00:56:02,970 --> 00:56:05,700
Look at the light shining
in, I mean this is wonderful
1206
00:56:05,700 --> 00:56:08,520
and so who's stupid to put his
1207
00:56:08,520 --> 00:56:11,970
painting up after Bob Ross, the pro.
1208
00:56:11,970 --> 00:56:13,890
All right, here I am,
1209
00:56:13,890 --> 00:56:18,010
I'm about to embarrass the
whole Donahue family here.
1210
00:56:18,010 --> 00:56:19,140
All right?
1211
00:56:19,140 --> 00:56:21,720
This is what you can do
if you apply yourself
1212
00:56:21,720 --> 00:56:24,120
and have more talent than I do.
1213
00:56:24,120 --> 00:56:25,191
There you go.
1214
00:56:30,420 --> 00:56:33,430
The audience was just totally into this
1215
00:56:34,350 --> 00:56:37,290
and you know when you're
29 years on the air
1216
00:56:37,290 --> 00:56:38,790
with an audience every day,
1217
00:56:39,670 --> 00:56:41,670
you get pretty good at reading audiences
1218
00:56:42,740 --> 00:56:46,760
and this audience at the
time that he did our show
1219
00:56:47,700 --> 00:56:50,960
was totally wrapped.
1220
00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:52,150
Sir, you wanted to ask.
1221
00:56:52,150 --> 00:56:54,010
- My mom
watches him all the time.
1222
00:56:54,010 --> 00:56:54,975
- Yeah.
1223
00:56:54,975 --> 00:56:56,560
- I go over there's she's
always watching this guy paint,
1224
00:56:56,560 --> 00:56:59,140
and she says he looks so good
1225
00:56:59,140 --> 00:57:00,370
I wonder how they look in person
1226
00:57:00,370 --> 00:57:02,886
and they look terrific, mom,
in person, they look great.
1227
00:57:02,886 --> 00:57:05,136
- Bob, thank you.
1228
00:57:12,270 --> 00:57:14,780
- By the end
of 94 Bob became too weak
1229
00:57:14,780 --> 00:57:18,180
to continue to travel to Indiana
from his home in Florida.
1230
00:57:18,180 --> 00:57:20,230
- It was pretty clear as he started
1231
00:57:20,230 --> 00:57:22,120
dealing with those issues that doing
1232
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:25,270
four or five shows in a
matter of three or four hours
1233
00:57:25,270 --> 00:57:26,720
was just getting be too much,
1234
00:57:27,714 --> 00:57:29,040
and that's when we really just
1235
00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:32,580
started saying we need to stop.
1236
00:57:32,580 --> 00:57:35,200
- The the worst part of
all for him was his hair,
1237
00:57:36,243 --> 00:57:39,110
he was so upset because
his hair, you know,
1238
00:57:39,110 --> 00:57:42,570
he did go through a certain
amount of radiation and chemo
1239
00:57:42,570 --> 00:57:44,480
and his hair was falling out.
1240
00:57:45,365 --> 00:57:48,030
Of course he had a wig
at the end there but,
1241
00:57:49,580 --> 00:57:52,290
you know, he had an image to keep
1242
00:57:52,290 --> 00:57:54,840
and that was very important to him.
1243
00:57:54,840 --> 00:57:56,040
- He had produced over
1244
00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:58,940
400 episodes of The Joy of Painting.
1245
00:57:58,940 --> 00:58:01,450
The last series was number 31.
1246
00:58:01,450 --> 00:58:06,120
- Bob was unable to complete series 32.
1247
00:58:08,530 --> 00:58:12,980
I think he prepared ten or
twelve of the paintings,
1248
00:58:16,030 --> 00:58:19,520
and then he couldn't paint anymore and so
1249
00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:24,520
we were never able to film
or tape those programs
1250
00:58:25,790 --> 00:58:28,380
but we do still have the paintings.
1251
00:58:28,380 --> 00:58:30,800
- After he stopped
recording The Joy of Painting,
1252
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:32,670
Bob went home to Florida
1253
00:58:32,670 --> 00:58:35,220
and remained very private
in his final months.
1254
00:58:37,010 --> 00:58:38,960
Bob's life had always been about sharing
1255
00:58:38,960 --> 00:58:41,330
the joy of painting with others.
1256
00:58:41,330 --> 00:58:43,920
And even as his life was coming to an end,
1257
00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:46,060
he wanted to find a way
to share his love of
1258
00:58:46,060 --> 00:58:49,150
painting and wildlife with children,
1259
00:58:49,150 --> 00:58:51,300
and so he teamed up
with a crew from Muncie
1260
00:58:51,300 --> 00:58:53,700
to produce a children's program called
1261
00:58:53,700 --> 00:58:56,490
The Adventures of Elmer and friends,
1262
00:58:56,490 --> 00:59:00,230
but he was too ill to travel
to Indiana to shoot the pilot.
1263
00:59:00,230 --> 00:59:01,820
So the crew came to Florida and
1264
00:59:01,820 --> 00:59:04,540
recorded Bob's parts from his home.
1265
00:59:04,540 --> 00:59:06,430
- I'll bet the trees and animals knew all
1266
00:59:06,430 --> 00:59:09,200
about old Walters treasure like it says.
1267
00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:11,740
- But how does that help us?
1268
00:59:11,740 --> 00:59:13,450
- I think you should talk to a tree.
1269
00:59:13,450 --> 00:59:15,200
- Talk to a tree?
1270
00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:17,160
We don't know any trees.
1271
00:59:17,160 --> 00:59:19,570
- Yes we do. How about
the happy little tree?
1272
00:59:19,570 --> 00:59:20,770
- The happy little tree?
1273
00:59:20,770 --> 00:59:23,170
You mean the one Bob always paints?
1274
00:59:23,170 --> 00:59:24,800
- Yeah that's a great idea,
1275
00:59:24,800 --> 00:59:26,750
we can ask him about the diamonds.
1276
00:59:26,750 --> 00:59:27,940
- But where is he?
1277
00:59:27,940 --> 00:59:30,600
- He's in your imagination but there might
1278
00:59:30,600 --> 00:59:33,140
be a picture of him in this book.
1279
00:59:33,140 --> 00:59:37,830
- It was really heartbreaking
when we walked in
1280
00:59:37,830 --> 00:59:41,950
and saw Bob because we
hadn't seen Bob in so long.
1281
00:59:41,950 --> 00:59:45,490
He lost a lot of weight,
he'd lost a lot of hair.
1282
00:59:45,490 --> 00:59:47,310
Just not the Bob Ross that we knew
1283
00:59:48,170 --> 00:59:51,100
and God bless Bob he had the spirit
1284
00:59:51,100 --> 00:59:53,380
and he had the willingness to do it,
1285
00:59:53,380 --> 00:59:56,260
whether or not he had the
energy was irrelevant.
1286
00:59:56,260 --> 00:59:57,860
- In the end Bob was only able
1287
00:59:57,860 --> 01:00:00,540
to participate in the pilot episode.
1288
01:00:00,540 --> 01:00:05,150
On July 4th 1995, Bob
Ross died of lymphoma.
1289
01:00:05,150 --> 01:00:06,910
He was 52 years old.
1290
01:00:06,910 --> 01:00:08,860
- He really touched a lot of people and
1291
01:00:11,810 --> 01:00:12,980
made a difference in their lives
1292
01:00:12,980 --> 01:00:14,810
and I think the painting made a difference
1293
01:00:14,810 --> 01:00:16,560
but what he said made a difference.
1294
01:00:16,560 --> 01:00:19,390
I think we're all looking
for hope in life, even today
1295
01:00:20,419 --> 01:00:23,730
and will always be and I
think he was selling hope
1296
01:00:23,730 --> 01:00:26,040
as much as he was selling painting.
1297
01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:28,140
- He was just a wonderful wonderful man
1298
01:00:28,140 --> 01:00:30,620
and we were so lucky to have him come
1299
01:00:30,620 --> 01:00:32,870
and spend the time that he did with us.
1300
01:00:32,870 --> 01:00:34,020
He was our friend.
1301
01:00:35,130 --> 01:00:36,320
He was our best friend.
1302
01:00:37,160 --> 01:00:38,410
- Bob's legacy lives on
1303
01:00:38,410 --> 01:00:42,000
through the thousands of
instructors who teach his method.
1304
01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:44,020
- When I'm painting I feel like
1305
01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:47,490
he's there with me, guiding me.
1306
01:00:53,284 --> 01:00:55,260
It's so funny, it's an emotional thing.
1307
01:00:55,260 --> 01:00:58,710
I can't describe how emotional painting
1308
01:00:58,710 --> 01:01:00,680
can be for people and for me.
1309
01:01:00,680 --> 01:01:03,030
- We continue to certify teachers at
1310
01:01:03,030 --> 01:01:05,900
the same rate as when he was alive.
1311
01:01:05,900 --> 01:01:08,670
There's probably 2,000 of them now
1312
01:01:08,670 --> 01:01:10,480
and they're all over the world.
1313
01:01:10,480 --> 01:01:12,760
- And Bob himself
still lives on through his
1314
01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:15,740
TV series The Best of The Joy of Painting.
1315
01:01:15,740 --> 01:01:17,580
Blue Ridge PBS in Roanoke, Virginia
1316
01:01:17,580 --> 01:01:20,760
presents the program to America's
public television stations
1317
01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:22,470
where more than 90% of the country
1318
01:01:22,470 --> 01:01:25,710
can still watch bob paint
happy little trees each week.
1319
01:01:25,710 --> 01:01:28,850
- Who knew that like
30 some odd years later
1320
01:01:28,850 --> 01:01:31,170
the shows are still running on TV.
1321
01:01:31,170 --> 01:01:32,930
That's just fantastic.
1322
01:01:32,930 --> 01:01:37,430
- There was a lot of pressure
on us right after we lost Bob
1323
01:01:37,430 --> 01:01:41,760
to replace him with another
painter and we talked about it.
1324
01:01:41,760 --> 01:01:45,200
I think the smartest decision we ever made
1325
01:01:45,200 --> 01:01:48,710
was not to replace Bob with anybody else.
1326
01:01:48,710 --> 01:01:50,580
He just will live forever.
1327
01:01:52,200 --> 01:01:55,070
- This is 28 years later
now and I can tell you
1328
01:01:55,070 --> 01:01:56,770
the phone calls that we get today
1329
01:01:57,660 --> 01:02:00,610
are identical to the calls
we were getting 28 years ago,
1330
01:02:00,610 --> 01:02:03,200
this is a new generation of viewers now.
1331
01:02:03,200 --> 01:02:04,750
I don't think a lot of people
1332
01:02:04,750 --> 01:02:08,950
understand the age range
and the lives he's touched.
1333
01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:12,900
College students, young kids, old,
1334
01:02:14,560 --> 01:02:17,100
middle of the road, it's incredible,
1335
01:02:17,940 --> 01:02:19,890
but yet the one thing is that man's legacy
1336
01:02:19,890 --> 01:02:23,110
does not go away, nor should it.
1337
01:02:23,110 --> 01:02:26,950
What he's given many people
have imitated, never duplicated,
1338
01:02:28,190 --> 01:02:30,340
but what a ride it was.
1339
01:02:30,340 --> 01:02:35,270
- I miss him and I'm sure his
millions of fans do as well.
1340
01:02:35,270 --> 01:02:38,680
- Until next time, on behalf
of all the personnel here,
1341
01:02:38,680 --> 01:02:40,520
my partner's Walt and Annette Kowalski,
1342
01:02:40,520 --> 01:02:42,600
I'd like to wish you happy painting.
1343
01:02:43,560 --> 01:02:44,670
God bless my friend.
1344
01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:19,920
- The thing I love the
most about it is he'll go,
1345
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:22,730
and then we'll put a little tree in here,
1346
01:03:22,730 --> 01:03:25,700
dip dip dip do do,
maybe it needs a friend,
1347
01:03:25,700 --> 01:03:27,570
and maybe another friend.
1348
01:03:27,570 --> 01:03:28,710
I just love that.
1349
01:03:28,710 --> 01:03:30,710
- And you'd see like there'd
be a part of the canvas
1350
01:03:30,710 --> 01:03:34,140
that's done and he would be
like I'm gonna put this here.
1351
01:03:34,140 --> 01:03:36,530
All of a sudden there's a cottage.
1352
01:03:36,530 --> 01:03:37,990
Where'd that come from?
1353
01:03:39,410 --> 01:03:41,470
- I don't know if I agree with Bob on that
1354
01:03:41,470 --> 01:03:42,730
that anyone can paint.
1355
01:03:42,730 --> 01:03:45,690
I think anyone can do
it anyone can enjoy it,
1356
01:03:45,690 --> 01:03:47,390
so in that sense everybody should.
1357
01:03:49,910 --> 01:03:53,490
I've seen some paintings
that shouldn't have happened.106883
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