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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2015, @03:38PM
I don't know what this twitch thing is, or who bob ross is, and that's ok, but reading TFS still doesn't give any clue about them.
Another CRAP post. Maybe there is a reason why SN attracts so few comments.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2015, @04:04PM
Having to explain what Twitch is in a tech news post, is close to having to explain what YouTube is.
Sometimes you're just missing some otherwise common knowledge and you should shut up and wiki it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2015, @04:14PM
What is YouTube? Is it somehow related to the London Underground?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2015, @04:42PM
"Having to explain Twitch" and "tech post" are mutually exclusive. Being on a "tech forum" doesn't also mean you jump from one "next big thing" to another.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2015, @09:22PM
But it does typically mean you know what "next big thing" is.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday November 11 2015, @04:05PM
This is the eleventh twitch article on SN, at some point you can't pretend to be all "what is this linux thing I am hearing about". As much as it pains me to write this: Its current year, I can't even.
Bob Ross is a fair complaint because you have to be of a certain age who watched PBS for fun several decades ago, or I'm told he's popular today with hipsters. He's kind of an original hippie who became an expert painting instructor in the 70s with blood of liquid nitrogen and legendarily smooth delivery. His training technique (abstracted from painting) is basically flawless and timeless.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday November 11 2015, @06:39PM
My dad used to watch Bob all the time, and turned out some pretty good paintings (has even sold some). I like Bob 'cause he's like watching a girl stripping in slooooooow motion (or for the old people, viewing porn over slow dialup): at first there's nothing much to see, but eventually: OMG!
And how can you hate on a happy little tree?!? :)
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2015, @06:48PM
Having 11 posts on SN makes some bullshit social crap (among the billion such idiocies) notable? GFO.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2015, @06:09PM
He was a kitschy TV personality from the '70s. Taught painting lessons using a technique called wet-on-wet, where the surface of the canvas is wetted down beforehand.
To keep everyone's spirits up, he continually said things like "Let's have a happy cloud over here."