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Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Bob Ross brought joy to millions as the world's most famous art instructor. But a battle for his business empire cast a shadow over his happy trees.

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Self - Host, The Joy Of Painting

Bob loved the forest,
the animals, the trees. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Bob loved the forest, the animals, the trees.

I look at a lot of nature. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

I look at a lot of nature.

Yeah, we're gonna use
this tiny two-inch brush - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Yeah, we're gonna use this tiny two-inch brush

A lot of people spend
an awful lot to get hair like that, and... - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

A lot of people spend an awful lot to get hair like that, an...

He loved messing around
with different hairstyles, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

He loved messing around with different hairstyles,

It was... a perm... a perm,
and Bob liked to call that - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

It was... a perm... a perm, and Bob liked to call that

Every day, I would just have
my jaw dropping open, you know, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Every day, I would just have my jaw dropping open, you know,

Hi. Um... Do you wanna...
Let's... let's start in the back. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Hi. Um... Do you wanna... Let's... let's start in ...

We'll go see where the joy really began. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

We'll go see where the joy really began.

My first meeting of Bob
was 42 years ago. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

My first meeting of Bob was 42 years ago.

He decided
to take a painting class from me. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

He decided to take a painting class from me.

For the first assignment, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

For the first assignment,

Instantly, I knew
he was an accomplished painter. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Instantly, I knew he was an accomplished painter.

So, one thing
that I definitely don't want to do - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

So, one thing that I definitely don't want to do

Many of the class
would lay down their brushes - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Many of the class would lay down their brushes

My dad started off
with traditional-style painting, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

My dad started off with traditional-style painting,

My father was the type of man that,
he would be on one project, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

My father was the type of man that, he would be on one proje...

He had so many different plans - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

He had so many different plans

We were livin'
in Spokane, Washington, at that time. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

We were livin' in Spokane, Washington, at that time.

She had been base commander's secretary - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

She had been base commander's secretary

She was just head over heels
for my father. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

She was just head over heels for my father.

But my father was always thinking
about the next painting. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

But my father was always thinking about the next painting.

I have to put myself
in that almighty bubble. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

I have to put myself in that almighty bubble.

Bob saw a video
done by William Alexander, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Bob saw a video done by William Alexander,

It almost made me angry
the first time I saw Alexander on TV, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

It almost made me angry the first time I saw Alexander on TV...

People what don't paint, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

People what don't paint,

An oil painting can take days,
months, even years to paint. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

An oil painting can take days, months, even years to paint.

Bill Alexander accelerates everything
with this wet-on-wet technique. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Bill Alexander accelerates everything with this wet-on-wet t...

He'll usually pre-prime a canvas
with gesso, white, gray, or black. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

He'll usually pre-prime a canvas with gesso, white, gra...

The proper name for it is
"alla prima," the first attempt. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

The proper name for it is "alla prima," the first ...

It allows for certain things
that you cannot achieve with dry paint. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

It allows for certain things that you cannot achieve with dr...

In the mid-15th century, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

In the mid-15th century,

The most famous instance,
perhaps, of alla prima is Impressionism. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

The most famous instance, perhaps, of alla prima is Impressi...

So, alla prima is
a very, very, very old invention. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

So, alla prima is a very, very, very old invention.

Bob said,
"I really would like to meet this man." - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Bob said, "I really would like to meet this man."

I knew a woman
that would invite William Alexander - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

I knew a woman that would invite William Alexander

Bob and William hit it off nicely. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Bob and William hit it off nicely.

I saw Alexander on television, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

I saw Alexander on television,

I studied with Bill,
and when I retired from the military, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

I studied with Bill, and when I retired from the military,

He was teaching classes
up and down the East Coast, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

He was teaching classes up and down the East Coast,

I met Bob Ross at the Muncie Mall in 1982, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

I met Bob Ross at the Muncie Mall in 1982,

We had so much in common
that... we just became friends. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

We had so much in common that... we just became friends.

Later, I found out
that that was Annette Kowalski. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Later, I found out that that was Annette Kowalski.

I'd like to introduce you to my partner
and longtime friend, Annette Kowalski. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

I'd like to introduce you to my partner and longtime fr...

My father met the Kowalskis
through Annette, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

My father met the Kowalskis through Annette,

There was no classes available from him, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

There was no classes available from him,

She was... looking for something, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

She was... looking for something,

And it wasn't just the painting.
It was something bigger than that. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

And it wasn't just the painting. It was something bigge...

She felt renewed, inspired by Bob. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

She felt renewed, inspired by Bob.

I had lost a son,
and I was desperately grieving. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

I had lost a son, and I was desperately grieving.

I was so devastated, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

I was so devastated,

She was changed forever,
I think, by the death of her son. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

She was changed forever, I think, by the death of her son.

Annette needed something
to work her out of her depression. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Annette needed something to work her out of her depression.

I called Bob, and I said,
"I don't know what you've got, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

I called Bob, and I said, "I don't know what you&#...

The Kowalskis encouraged Bob
to go out on his own - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

The Kowalskis encouraged Bob to go out on his own

They'd say, "Who's Bob Ross?" - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

They'd say, "Who's Bob Ross?"

To save money
and to keep the business all in one place, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

To save money and to keep the business all in one place,

Walt and Jane,
they handled all the administrative work. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Walt and Jane, they handled all the administrative work.

It's two married couples, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

It's two married couples,

We got to know them more and more. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

We got to know them more and more.

If there was something
to be said within the family, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

If there was something to be said within the family,

Walter, at that time,
had just retired from the CIA. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Walter, at that time, had just retired from the CIA.

Like a lot of people
who retire from the government, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Like a lot of people who retire from the government,

The Kowalskis always
recorded their business phone calls - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

The Kowalskis always recorded their business phone calls

Which I always thought was pretty weird. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Which I always thought was pretty weird.

I just wonder sometimes
how things would've worked out - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

I just wonder sometimes how things would've worked out

It's... it's one of those
unanswered questions. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

It's... it's one of those unanswered questions.

At the tone, please record your message. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

At the tone, please record your message.

A lot of people are backin' out
that agreed to do an interview for this - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

A lot of people are backin' out that agreed to do an in...

The Kowalskis
are really known for suing people, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

The Kowalskis are really known for suing people,

I hand over that almighty brush
to our mighty man, Bob. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

I hand over that almighty brush to our mighty man, Bob.

We've had so many cards
requesting classes in this area - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

We've had so many cards requesting classes in this area

My parents decided to do a little ad spot. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

My parents decided to do a little ad spot.

It was a very humble beginning,
one that was not economically sustainable, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

It was a very humble beginning, one that was not economicall...

That's the reason there's a black curtain,
Because we were covering up the fireplace. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

That's the reason there's a black curtain, Because...

We start with a vision in our heart,
and we put it on canvas, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

We start with a vision in our heart, and we put it on canvas...

So, let's do it.
Let's paint a picture, right here. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

So, let's do it. Let's paint a picture, right here...

He filmed three shows in one day, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

He filmed three shows in one day,

Painting in 28 minutes - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Painting in 28 minutes

It was all the,
"Turn the palette this direction," - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

It was all the, "Turn the palette this direction,"

This might be the very first place
they filmed, and, uh, the place I was at - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

This might be the very first place they filmed, and, uh, the...

Yep. They got all kinds
of Bob Ross stuff right here. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Yep. They got all kinds of Bob Ross stuff right here.

Um, so, over here,
we've got our X on the floor - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Um, so, over here, we've got our X on the floor

Uh, we know it moved back and forth
different times throughout the room. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Uh, we know it moved back and forth different times througho...

People continually say,
"I can't draw a straight line." - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

People continually say, "I can't draw a straight l...

I don't have the talent Bob to do what you're doing - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

I don't have the talent Bob to do what you're...

By the second series,
he got rid of the glasses, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

By the second series, he got rid of the glasses,

I thought,
"Wow. This is gonna be so much fun," - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

I thought, "Wow. This is gonna be so much fun,"

At first,
he'd have a painting off to the side, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

At first, he'd have a painting off to the side,

But eventually, he kinda just did away
with that and had it in his head. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

But eventually, he kinda just did away with that and had it ...

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Bob Ross brought joy to millions as the world's most famous art instructor. But a battle for his business empire cast a shadow over his happy trees.

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Director: Joshua Rofé

Writer: Mark Jonathan Harris

Production: N/A

Genre: Documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 55/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 25 Aug 2021

Awards: 1 nomination total

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