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Bob Ross brought joy to millions as the world's most famous art instructor. But a battle for his business empire cast a shadow over his happy trees.Bob Ross brought joy to millions as the world's most famous art instructor. But a battle for his business empire cast a shadow over his happy trees.Bob Ross brought joy to millions as the world's most famous art instructor. But a battle for his business empire cast a shadow over his happy trees.
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Bob Ross
- Self - Host, The Joy of Painting
- (archive footage)
Kathwren Jenkins
- Self - Floral Painter
- (as Cathwren Jenkins)
William Alexander
- Self - Host, The Magic of Oil Painting III
- (archive footage)
Saraa Barhoum
- Extra #5
- (archive footage)
Jimmie Cox
- Self - Bob's Half Brother
- (archive footage)
Phil Donahue
- Self - Host, Donahue
- (archive footage)
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- TriviaBob first got the idea of painting on television from William Alexander by watching he paint. William would do paintings that could take quite a while. Bob made it more commercial by limiting the time to paint to half an hour. William spoke relatively harshly while Bob softened his tone. This began with Bob doing painting workshops.
- Quotes
Self - Host, The Joy of Painting: "I don't have the talent, Bob, to do what you're doing." That's baloney. Talent is a pursued interest. In other words, anything you're willing to practice, you can do. And this is no exception.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Joy of Painting (1983)
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Money always ruins everything
Growing up without cable television, the people I gravitated to were Bob Ross, Mr. Rogers, Levar Burton, Mr. Wizard and Alex Trebek. I don't regret not growing up with the wild variety of cable networks, for I can consider myself an OG when it comes to the media that so many people only wish they had been able to follow. The Mr. Rogers memes are especially hilarious to me considering I avidly watched his show.
Either way, Bob Ross was the unusual noise in the background who somehow made cool paintings in less than half an hour. I have never been much of an artist so I always loved how he was capable of such things so quickly. I have fond remembrance of the man, and for the longest time I just wanted it to stay that way.
Of course, the modern era with its thousands of channels and shows eventually had to come around and talk about the world of Bob Ross. I mean, we already broke down all of the other stalwarts of my youth, so now it was his turn. I was expecting the worst, but thankfully his only real vice was he seemed to like the ladies too much, which in all honesty is forgivable as long as he isn't outright assaulting them. However, the real tragedy is the story is the twisted and painful aftermath of his death.
Turns out the likeness of Bob Ross was a fierce and ugly battle. One thing the modern era has taught us is with the commodification of everything is that if we are not careful, we may not even own the intellectual rights to our own name!! Now this sounds utterly ridiculous, but this is what happened to Ross' family when a scrupulous family member signed a very unfriendly contract that pretty much gave the likeness of Ross away to a third party. This basically means all of the board games, t-shirts and even coffee mugs are not even being licensed by the family. Heck, the paints that bear his name on them are not even being made by the company Bob originally picked to distribute.
The result is a sad tale of making sure you have all your ducks in a row after death. While it was completely one sided affair, judging by the amount of products and fear that many people displayed in the making of this documentary, its pretty clear this was a highway robbery. Without the other side participating, we can't get a full picture of the story. But its pretty clear who is the wrong side. Either way, watch the film and enjoy the funny old photos of Bob, and then prepare to be sad. That seems to come in spades these days.
Either way, Bob Ross was the unusual noise in the background who somehow made cool paintings in less than half an hour. I have never been much of an artist so I always loved how he was capable of such things so quickly. I have fond remembrance of the man, and for the longest time I just wanted it to stay that way.
Of course, the modern era with its thousands of channels and shows eventually had to come around and talk about the world of Bob Ross. I mean, we already broke down all of the other stalwarts of my youth, so now it was his turn. I was expecting the worst, but thankfully his only real vice was he seemed to like the ladies too much, which in all honesty is forgivable as long as he isn't outright assaulting them. However, the real tragedy is the story is the twisted and painful aftermath of his death.
Turns out the likeness of Bob Ross was a fierce and ugly battle. One thing the modern era has taught us is with the commodification of everything is that if we are not careful, we may not even own the intellectual rights to our own name!! Now this sounds utterly ridiculous, but this is what happened to Ross' family when a scrupulous family member signed a very unfriendly contract that pretty much gave the likeness of Ross away to a third party. This basically means all of the board games, t-shirts and even coffee mugs are not even being licensed by the family. Heck, the paints that bear his name on them are not even being made by the company Bob originally picked to distribute.
The result is a sad tale of making sure you have all your ducks in a row after death. While it was completely one sided affair, judging by the amount of products and fear that many people displayed in the making of this documentary, its pretty clear this was a highway robbery. Without the other side participating, we can't get a full picture of the story. But its pretty clear who is the wrong side. Either way, watch the film and enjoy the funny old photos of Bob, and then prepare to be sad. That seems to come in spades these days.
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- Agent10
- Oct 5, 2021
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- Bob Ross: Küçük Mutlu Ağaçların Arasında Gizlenen İhanet ve Hırs
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