Bob Ross to the rescue

Posted by cakelly789@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 49 comments

My son has a friend sleeping over who was having trouble sleeping and was having some anxiety about it. We said “ what about a super relaxing show to sleep to? “

Popped on some bob ross for him, and he was out halfway through the first painting. I think Bob Ross would be thrilled to know his work was helping kids through anxiety attacks all these years later.

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lowercasenameofmine@reddit

The clip with Bob Ross feeding PeaPod the baby squirrel 🥹 it reminds me of the good in the world.

https://youtu.be/xpNrn0_97LM?si=-46niY8OVFWlALGv

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dorky2@reddit

Bob Ross's pocket squirrel is the best antidote to despair there is.

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I had to work on some projects, so I turned on Bob Ross from 10:00 p.m. until about 4:00 a.m. Even though I don't need to stop and look very often, I still found myself watching so much of each episode! Then the beginning of one of them, Bob comes out with a helper and four baby squirrels and feeds them on screen. I wish he was here so that I could send him a letter about how much happiness he has brought me in my lifetime 💜🌳🎨

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sueihavelegs@reddit

Thank you!!! That made my day!

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GreenEyedBandit@reddit

Bob Ross is sooooo relaxing..... until you get hit with the brush cleaning jump scare!

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dinosandbees@reddit

Terrified me and woke me right up the first few times! Luckily, it's something you do get used to

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cakelly789@reddit (OP)

Just beat the devil out of it

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ArenSteele@reddit

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mcfetrja@reddit

And smile right at the camera.

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dinosandbees@reddit

Also a favorite go-to when I can't sleep. He's so soothing! Have also put the show on in the background whenever anyone (myself included) needs a calming presence. So great.

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HildeFrankie@reddit

When I was a kid I was not allowed much TV. But come Sunday afternoon if the weather outside was bad, low and behold we were allowed to watch PBS and Bob Ross. 99% of the time my siblings and I ended up asleep on the living room floor.

My parents figured out this nap hack in the mid to late 80's.... happy to see it still works.

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Awkwardpanda75@reddit

I was a pbs kid myself. I loved Bob Ross and Mr Roger’s. I didn’t have a lot of guidance as a kid and I learned so much from Mr Roger’s shows from how to properly shampoo my hair to learning how to crayons are made.

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lalacourtney@reddit

Me too! I feel like my single mom’s choice to make me watch PBS and not get cable helped me become a better person.

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Awkwardpanda75@reddit

💯 agree with you on this. I recently watched the Mr Roger’s remake recently and caught myself feeling some pretty big emotions. Did a deep dive on him and maybe I am being optimistic, but everything about that man was pure kindness.

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TangledUpPuppeteer@reddit

I heard there was that one time he sneezed while talking to someone and blessed himself! How could he???

Yeah, I made that up. He was amazing.

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originalbrowncoat@reddit

I was at a bar a couple weeks ago that had Bob Ross on in the background, the sound wasn’t even on but man it’s mesmerizing to watch those happy little trees take shape

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hyperRed13@reddit

The restaurant my boyfriend manages always has Bob Ross on at least 1 of their bar TVs. He's become their unofficial mascot - they have figurines of him around the bar and everything.

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djseifer@reddit

There used to be a boba tea spot in my city called Happy Little Teas. With a name like that, business should have been booming.

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Shortyl@reddit

Where is this heaven on earth?

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hyperRed13@reddit

Southeastern Virginia

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macklin_sob@reddit

I want to go to there.

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ScreenTricky4257@reddit

I can't tell you how many naps I've been jarred out of by that guitar.

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OasisHomeostasis@reddit

You want to get kids to sleep?\ CSPAN.\ Fucking shits been puttin me to sleep for decades now.

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Mindless-Twist4534@reddit

My teenaged boys just went to a friends to hangout. They put on bob ross in the background and painted together while shooting the shit. They loved it.

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Effin_Kris@reddit

https://www.twitch.tv/bobross I miss these days

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CNBLBT@reddit

My mother thought I was weird for watching Bob Ross as a kid, but this year for my birthday my dad sent me a Bob Ross Secular Saint candle.

My Dad gets me.

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somenemophilist@reddit

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Kiethblacklion@reddit

I don't paint canvases, just small wood projects and every time I clean my brushes I think of Ross and his method of beating "the devil out of it"

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magster823@reddit

For the fans, if you're ever in Muncie, IN you can visit the Bob Ross Experience . I've been a few times and it's really cool.

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Eclectic_Paradox@reddit

Bob Ross helped me through the early days of the pandemic. Really soothing for anxiety.

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thejunkmanadv@reddit

About 10 years ago Bob Ross was popular fodder for YTP'ers. Some of the sentence mixing is great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_e8vgvw4L0

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Munchkin531@reddit

I loved watching Bob Ross with my dad when I was a kid. I was mesmerized watching him create beautiful paintings in an hour!

My husband was on a work trip a few years ago and he got me a Bob Ross stuffie. He's so cute! We had a calendar last year with some of his paintings.

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DetroitsGoingToWin@reddit

Me and the kids have painted to Bob Ross. Guess what, all three of my kids can paint.

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trustme1maDR@reddit

The nest naps of my life were while watching Bob Ross

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distant_diva@reddit

he does have a very soothing, calm voice & demeanor

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lalacourtney@reddit

I recently experienced a very extreme trauma that has rendered my usual favorite background noise, Forensic Files, a little unbearable emotionally. I was frantically flipping thru looking for something else when I saw a channel just showing Bob Ross marathon. Felt like he was coming to gently calm me from beyond.

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Disgruntled_marine@reddit

Asking to watch Bob Ross was how my daughter would let me know she was tired when she was younger.

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Shortyl@reddit

Bob Ross should be bottled and distributed to the stressed masses! I love him and he always calms me down.

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Malicious_Tacos@reddit

I love Bob Ross! I used to watch his show whenever I could as a kid, and my parents used to say it was boring.

I always found him to be peaceful.

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short-term@reddit

My dentist office has televisions on the ceiling that play Bob Ross episodes while you get your teeth cleaned. I think for kids they show Bluey or some such. The sound is off but the captions are on. Makes it a bit harder to learn, but after just seventeen more checkups I should be able to paint a happy tree.

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