Line #5 YMMV/TheJoyOfPainting


1	->'''Bob:''' There are no YMMV articles in painting, just happy perspectives.
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4	* FridgeBrilliance: Bob Ross never actually uses the word "''art''" about his {{paintings}}. This might be handy to remember the next time you catch somebody trash-talking his painting skills.
5	* FriendlyFandoms: With those of ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'', as despite the differing target demographics, both have a soothing and healing tone to them and both feature an AllLovingHero now practically worshipped as a god. The two are so closely associated that it likely spawned the [[PopCultureUrbanLegends urban legend]] of Fred Rogers being a war veteran who wore his famous sweater to cover up his tattoos; Bob Ross ''was'' a drill sergeant prior to becoming a {{painter\|s}}, and openly spoke about his military service on the show.
6	* GatewaySeries: [[IntendedAudienceReaction Intended by Ross]], as it was his goal to encourage viewers to paint.
7	* HarsherInHindsight: Ross dedicated the second season premiere to Bill Alexander, his mentor. Several years later, they fell out, with Alexander accusing Ross of "betraying" him in a 1991 interview.
8	* HilariousInHindsight:
9	** Bob Ross's [[ThrowItIn "no mistakes, only happy accidents" ]] line sounds similar in idea to the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-not-a-defect-its-a-feature "it's not a bug, it's a feature" meme]].
10	** His memetically soothing voice was ASMR decades before the term existed.
11	** In response to critics who said his work was "kitschy," Ross good-naturedly conceded his paintings would "probably not hang at the Smithsonian." Sure enough, some of Ross's paintings have now been acquired by the [[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whatever-happened-all-bob-ross-paintings-180972672/ Smithsonian American History Museum]].
12	* IconicCharacterForgottenTitle: The show is often called simply "Bob Ross".
13	* MemeticBadass:
14	** Bob Ross once painted a portrait of Creator/ChuckNorris. It came to life and beat the original to death.
15	** Titanium White, one of the paints Bob Ross uses is a memetic badass, due to its awesome sounding name.
16	*** Makes sense, [[WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory since Bob's a]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGN5xaQkFk0 bright like Titanium White kind of fellow.]]
17	*** In order to achieve its white pigment, Titanium White ''actually contains titanium'', one of the most durable metals on Earth (don't get too excited; it's also what they use to dye paper white).
18	* MemeticMutation:
19	** Happy little Xs
20	** Bob Ross is very photoshoppable.
21	** PBS streamed ''The Joy of Painting'' on Website/{{Twitch}}. Among other things, the infamously inane Twitch Chat:
22	*** Called for a [[Creator/ValveSoftware VAC ban]] after particularly impressive strokes.
23	*** Went "RUINED" when Bob made any changes to the landscape. Similarly, went "SAVED" right at the time when Bob justified his earlier changes through further modifications.
24	*** Celebrated "COMEBACKS" when Bob worked a "happy accident" to his advantage.
25	*** Went crazy every time Bob dropped his "happy little (cloud/tree)" catchphrase.
26	*** Spamming "GG" (Good Game) at the end of the show, and greeting Bob again at the start of the next show with a spam of "GL HF" (Good Luck, Have Fun)
27	*** Spamming "RIP Devil" every time he beats "the devil" out of his brush and laughs about it being fun or covering the camera crew.
28	*** If Bob's son Steve or another guest takes over for an episode, the chat will spam "#FREEBOB".
29	*** Similarly, the chat loves the various animals he brings on the show, and spammed "#FREEPEEP" and "#FREEHOOT" after the bird he named "Peep" and the owl he named "Hoot" were put to the side for the show to continue.
30	*** Spamming [[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac BibleThump]] (a crying face) and heart emotes when Bob goes dark about certain subjects, such as the bad times in his life.
31	*** Often times the chat cries like this when Bob talks about meetups he had in Central Park, and telling the viewers to come find him at the meetup next year.
32	*** Or when presenting an animal they knew was released into the wild and possibly long dead at time of streaming.
33	*** #[=KeepBob=] and #[=ThankYouBob=] for when the series was coming to an end.
34	*** Spamming "[[Music/OneDirection 1D]]" every time he says "pull [the brush] in [[HilariousInHindsight one direction]]".
35	*** "MAGIC [=PogChamp=]" whenever Bob uses a really simple effect to amazing results, such as using a single brush stroke to make something extremely realistic looking. Similarly, we have "Bob the Wizard [=PogChamp=] /" used in similar context.
36	** Asking for Bob to paint a cabin, even when it would clash with the setting of the painting, has become an incredibly popular thing for chat to say. If Bob is doing a sea painting, expect someone to ask for a cabin boat, or something to that effect.
37	** "bob ross you son of a bitch", taken from a text image circulating, in which the speaker expressed disbelief at a seemingly-out-there color choice (yellow ochre), only for Ross to bring it back and make it work, similar to "SAVED" above.
38	** "I pulled a sneaky on ya." Said by Steve after pulling out another brush after claiming that the ran out of clean ones
39	** "Hwite", derived from Ross's pronunciation of the word "white", which he says at least a few times per episode. This was still a common way to pronounce words beginning with "wh" in the 1980s and 1990s (if slightly antiquated even then), but has become rare in the decades since.
40	** Following along with Bob's techniques in digital art programs, especially primitive ones such as Microsoft Paint, VideoGame/MarioPaint, or VideoGame/KidPix. For artists and non-artists alike, it's a fun exercise in figuring out how the hell to replicate Bob's techniques with, say, Paint's default color palette, and also notorious for somehow ''working'' and managing to produce nice pictures.
41	* PeripheryDemographic: A rare example of a certain audience ''eclipsing'' the one that the show was aiming for. According to the documentary ''The Happy Painter'', the audience that tuned in to learn painting techniques made up a mere ''three percent'' of the show's viewers. The rest tuned in just because they were enchanted by Bob Ross.
42	* PopularityPolynomial: The series saw a major resurgence in popularity after the smash success of its Website/{{Twitch}} marathon in 2015, which prompted a huge NewbieBoom among viewers who weren't even born yet during the show's original run.
43	* SequelDisplacement: There are many, many people who have spent decades watching ''The Joy of Painting,'' yet have no idea that it was based entirely on Bill Alexander's ''The Magic of Oil Painting'', an earlier show that aired from 1974 to 1982. Bill Alexander was Bob Ross's instructor in the wet-on-wet method, and Bob's early episodes are nearly indistinguishable from Bill's show in style and technique.[[note]]Bob ultimately simplified the technique to reach a broader audience, but this didn't come through in his show until after the first season.[[/note]] Bill even first used many of the phrases that have become closely associated with Bob Ross: "Almighty ______" "Happy trees" "You can do it." Bill had given Bob permission to use those techniques, and ''Joy'' is considered to be something of a sequel series to ''Magic'' once Bill decided he didn't want to be on TV anymore. The strongest contrast between the two series is also the aspect of ''The Joy of Painting'' that's most remarked upon: Bob Ross's famously gentle, soft-spoken demeanor, and soothing personality. Alexander's teaching style was more loud and excitable, often shouting instructions at the audience. Sadly, Bill grew unhappy with Bob's growing fame in the 1980s and accused Bob of "betraying" him. Alexander also claimed to have invented wet-on-wet painting, but Dutch painters like Creator/{{Rembrandt\|VanRijn}} [[OlderThanTheyThink were using it in the 17th century]].
44	* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''The Magic of Oil Painting'', another PBS painting instructional show hosted by Bob Ross' mentor, Bill Alexander.
45	* SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel: Bob has such a soft, soothing voice that it's easy to fall asleep watching his show.
46	* ValuesDissonance: Sometimes, when mixing blue and black paints, Ross would joke that "black and blue" is how he looks when he's in trouble at home. It's obviously a joke, but greater awareness of domestic abuse means that this kind of casual joke wouldn't fly more than three decades later.

Context YMMV / TheJoyOfPainting