Bob Ross had a lot going for him. There was his willingness to poke fun at himself, as in the commercial he did for MTV. (I couldn't find it on YouTube.) There was his friendly, soothing tone, as you describe in your post.
But my bigest memory of Bob Ross, and it's related to what you write about, is that he was all abount empowerment. Again and again, as he sped through, and sped you through, some painting or another, he would tell the viewer, in an aside, that they don't have to do things as he does them. You put the house there or the lake here, or hide them both behind happy little trees, because this is your world, and you have the power.
That, to me, was a powerful good that ought not to be overlooked.
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But my bigest memory of Bob Ross, and it's related to what you write about, is that he was all abount empowerment. Again and again, as he sped through, and sped you through, some painting or another, he would tell the viewer, in an aside, that they don't have to do things as he does them. You put the house there or the lake here, or hide them both behind happy little trees, because this is your world, and you have the power.
That, to me, was a powerful good that ought not to be overlooked.