Watching Bob Ross paint on television is one of favorite childhood memories
Oh mine too!  I love his happy little accidents on the Joy of Painting!
Do you know how long his show was on the air?
Bob Ross
Robert Norman Ross (October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995) was an American painter, art instructor, and television host. He was the creator and host of "The Joy of Painting", an instructional television program that aired from 1983 to 1994 on PBS in the United States, and also aired in Canada, Latin America, and Europe. Ross went from being a public television personality in the 1980s and 1990s to being an Internet celebrity in the 21st century, becoming popular with fans on
a painting, a landscape, to me it’s the mood conveyed that counts.”
“A friend of mine New York at the Salmagundi Club asked me why I didn’t paint watercolors. I said I don’t know how, and he said all you have to do is keep your board a little slanted so when you wash the color onto the paper it runs downhill. That I was my only lesson in watercolor.”
“It’s hard to say whether I have a favorite place to paint.