I liked watching Bob Ross as a kid. He was a very talented painter, art instructor, and television host. Are you familiar with him?
I am a little bit, yeah! But I don't know a lot about his history or profile. What could you tell me about him?
He created and hosted "The Joy of Painting" from 1983 to 1994 
Ah, a whole 11 years, huh? What could you tell me about him that would really make me like him?
YouTube, Twitch, and many other websites many years after his death.
Early life.
Ross was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, to Jack and Ollie Ross (a Cherokee carpenter and a waitress, respectively), and raised in Orlando, Florida. As a child, Ross entertained himself by caring for injured animals, purportedly including an armadillo, snake, and alligator. One of these animals, a squirrel named Peapod (full nickname "Peapod The Pocket Squirrel"), was featured most prominently in a
recalls he was offered the job, he "read the script, and I liked it a lot, but I had reservations. And I thought, "Do I tell him [the producer] about my reservations? Or do I pretend I really just love it? I don't want to lose the job," you know. And finally I went about it honestly and just told them just what my feelings were. And he said, "Those are my feelings, and I'm doing a rewrite, just