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I have just watched an episode of The Joy Of Painting called "Nature's Splendor in which Bob Ross said, "Shoot if you want violence, turn the news on!" Here on Wikipedia, the line is "Shoot, if you want the bad stuff, watch the news." I believe the earlier line is more correct. 97.84.184.49 (talk) 01:34, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
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Ross was well known for phrases he tended to repeat while painting, such as "let's add some happy little trees".[25]
[25] Pegley, Kip (2008). Coming to wherever you are: MuchMusic, MTV, and youth identities. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-8195-6870-0.
Alexander refers here to the fact that Bob Ross used some of his individual patter like "happy little trees" and borrowed some of his unique peculiarities. [citation]
[citation] Stanley, A. (22 December 1991). "Bob Ross, the Frugal Gourmet of Painting". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 December 2015. 75.172.52.135 (talk) 14:20, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
In the British TV series Peep Show - Peep Show (British TV series) - the main characters make decisions via reference to what Bob Ross, whom they call 'God', is doing on that day's show: 'Mark and Jeremy refer to Bob Ross as God ("What's God up to?", "If's God's doing mountains or sky or water I'll call"' - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0672476/movieconnections/ 203.220.28.164 (talk) 11:46, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
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104.245.135.177 (talk) 00:42, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
Bob was a cardentor before he was a painter.