Life is full of happy accidents. When we first discussed the idea of running an all-episodes marathon of “The Joy of Painting” with the Bob Ross folks, we weren't entirely sure what would happen. We knew it would bring attention to Twitch Creative and give the internet some enjoyment and inspiration for a few days.
[...] Well, all good things come to an end eventually. #RUINED! We've been as sad as you have, knowing the end of our marathon was approaching. Bob's voice sends many of us to sleep at night, and calms and inspires us throughout the day. Bob has reminded us of what's important in life, reminded us of our childhoods, time with family, and the days we've spent creating something. WE DIDN'T WANT THE END TO BE REAL.
So, we pulled out all the stops and came up with a new plan. #KEEPBOB. From now on, Monday night is Bob Ross night. Every Monday, we will be running one season of The Joy of Painting on /bobross starting at 3pm PST and ending at 9:30pm PST. There are 31 seasons, so repeats will happen only once every seven months. Whether you've had a great Monday and want to celebrate with a familiar crowd, or your day has plain sucked and you want to be calmed by his soothing tones, Bob will always be there for you every Monday night without fail.
The great people at Janson Media and Bob Ross Inc have been incredibly supportive. They're as excited as we are to see Bob getting the recognition and attention he deserves. So, as a thanks, they are allowing Twitch broadcasters to re-stream these mini-marathons. You can paint right along with Bob, add commentary, and broadcast the result to your own channel. Time to add your own favorite color.
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(Score: 2) by WillR on Wednesday November 11 2015, @03:26PM
(Score: 4, Informative) by VLM on Wednesday November 11 2015, @03:46PM
doing all the un-sexy
Hmm yeah well whatever, Giada could do nothing but grate Parmesan cheese for thirty minutes and most of her male viewers would find that highly satisfying.
Someone ruined Giada for me by pointing out she dresses super hot so everyone notices the hotness, because she's quite aware that she's kind of odd looking once you get past all the goods being so well displayed.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2015, @04:20PM
That type of cooking is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_place [wikipedia.org]
I use it all the time. Yeah cooking is actually the *smallest* part of cooking. You are usually done in 5-10 mins tops with actual cooking. Most of cooking is prep. 1-2 hours prep 10 mins of cooking. Much like sex ;)
I like dishes where you can prep and cook at the same time.
Doing mise en place is also pretty awesome for clean up as you can clean as you go very quickly as you end up with a nice assembly line sort of style.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday November 11 2015, @07:27PM
Mise en place helps but TV magic is necessary to fit an hour of baking into a 22 minute show.
(Score: 2) by goodie on Wednesday November 11 2015, @07:00PM
This is how restaurants work, or should work at least. Prep the food so that when the "coup de feu" comes, everything is ready and things can come out quick. Of course it requires very good skills and discipline to ensure the food stays safe. and this is why if your sushi is too quick to get to your table, you should worry ;).
More to the point, I've been pondering a variant of Iron Chef when I was watching it the other day: "Iron Chef cleans up their mess after cooking and we measure the amount of waste you create". I'd watch that and laugh at those guys scrubbing the pan they messed up 20 minutes before ;). Imagine: giving back a clean kitchen instead of the usual mess they hide when they show dishes :D
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2015, @08:44PM
I wouldn't eat anything from those sweaty foreheads dripping into the food.