History YMMV / TheJoyOfPainting

** It has been pointed out that Bob Ross' deep voice is ''very'' pleasing to the ear, from an {{WebVideo/ASMR|Video}} standpoint, there is a PeripheryDemographic of "tingleheads" who watch his videos or play them to help sleep.

* WeirdAlEffect: 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." 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."

** It has been pointed out that Bob Ross' deep voice is ''very'' pleasing to the ear, from an {{WebVideo/ASMR}} standpoint, there is PeripheryDemographic of "tingleheads" who watch his videos or play them to help sleep.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: Bob Ross's voice. There are people who tune in to or watch the series just so they have his soothing and pleasant voice to fall asleep to.

** It has been pointed out that Bob Ross' deep voice is ''very'' pleasing to the ear, from an {{ASMR}} standpoint, there is PeripheryDemographic of "tingleheads" who watch his videos or play them to help sleep.

** It has been pointed out that Bob Ross' deep voice is ''very'' pleasing to the ear, from an [=ASMR=] ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response Autonomous sensory meridian response]]) standpoint.

'''Bob:''' There are no YMMV tropes in painting, just happy perspectives.

** People have written into the show admitting that they like to fall asleep to the sound of his voice, making this literally "Sweet Dreams Fuel". (Bob reportedly was perfectly happy about hearing about this.)

*** Celebrated "COMEBACKS" when Bob worked his happy little accidents to his advantage.
*** Went crazy over Bob painting a happy little tree.

*** "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.

*** Spamming "[[Music/OneDirection 1D]]" every time he says "pull [the brush] in [[HilariousInHindsight one direction]]".*

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: {{Averted}}. All the paintings look like real landscapes, and the point of the show is that anybody who wants to paint can make them.

*** Called for a VAC ban after particularly impressive strokes.

*** Spamming "[[Music/OneDirection 1D]]" every time he says "pull [the brush] in [[HilariousInHindsight one direction]]".
* SweetDreamsFuel: An entire series dedicated to showing that anyone can produce a nice-looking landscape painting in no time at all with very simple techniques, and proving it over and over again.

*** Spamming "GG" (Good Game) at the end of the show, and greeting Bob again at the start of the next show.

*** #KeepBob and #ThankYouBob for when the series was coming to an end.

*** Spamming [[Music/OneDirection 1D]] every time he says "pull [the brush] in [[HilariousInHindsight one direction]]".

*** Spamming 4Head (a laughing/smiling emote) every time he beats "the devil" out of his brush and laughs about it being fun or covering the camera crew.

**** Often times the chat cries like this when Bob talks about meetups he had in Central Park, and [[HarsherInHindsight telling the viewers to come find him at the meetup next year]].

*** Spamming [=BibleThump=] (a crying face) and heart emotes when Bob goes dark about certain subjects, such as the bad times in his life, or when presenting an animal they knew was released into the wild and possibly long dead at time of streaming.

*** Spamming BibleThump (a crying face) and heart emotes when Bob goes dark about certain subjects, such as the bad times in his life, or when presenting an animal they knew was released into the wild and possibly long dead at time of streaming.