12 Ways Bob Ross Improved Your Childhood

Little known fact: TV painter Bob Ross was actually an undercover agent specializing in management of childhood anxiety. The man was a genius.

If you were a child in the mid-'80s or early '90s, chances are you spent several afternoons with Bob Ross and his PBS show, The Joy of Painting. This show was amazing and had the uncanny ability to calm even the most ADD child. The man was basically an undercover babysitter who was responsible for managing most of your childhood anxiety. How, you ask?

Dude spoke in silk whispers.

Dude spoke in silk whispers.

The world is so simple and beautiful.

The world is so simple and beautiful.

Trees = pretty + little.

Trees = pretty + little.


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