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Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

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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.
Director
Joshua Rofé
Year
2021
Genre
documentary
Box Office
N/A
Production
Number 19,On the Day
Awards
1 nomination
Homepage
https://www.netflix.com/title/81155081
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Bob loved the forest, the animals, the trees. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:05
Bob loved the forest, the animals, the trees.
I look at a lot of nature. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:17
I look at a lot of nature.
Yeah, we're gonna use this tiny two-inch brush - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:05
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 00:04
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 00:08
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 00:07
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 00:09
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 00:04
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 00:04
We'll go see where the joy really began.
My first meeting of Bob was 42 years ago. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:06
My first meeting of Bob was 42 years ago.
He decided to take a painting class from me. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:04
He decided to take a painting class from me.
For the first assignment, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:10
For the first assignment,
Instantly, I knew he was an accomplished painter. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:05
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 00:10
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 00:08
Many of the class would lay down their brushes
My dad started off with traditional-style painting, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:06
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 00:11
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 00:11
He had so many different plans
We were livin' in Spokane, Washington, at that time. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:04
We were livin' in Spokane, Washington, at that time.
She had been base commander's secretary - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:06
She had been base commander's secretary
She was just head over heels for my father. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:04
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 00:05
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 00:04
I have to put myself in that almighty bubble.
Bob saw a video done by William Alexander, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:11
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 00:14
It almost made me angry the first time I saw Alexander on TV...
People what don't paint, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:05
People what don't paint,
An oil painting can take days, months, even years to paint. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:05
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 00:05
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 00:05
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 00:04
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 00:06
It allows for certain things that you cannot achieve with dr...
In the mid-15th century, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:11
In the mid-15th century,
The most famous instance, perhaps, of alla prima is Impressionism. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:06
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 00:05
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 00:08
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 00:08
I knew a woman that would invite William Alexander
Bob and William hit it off nicely. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:05
Bob and William hit it off nicely.
I saw Alexander on television, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:05
I saw Alexander on television,
I studied with Bill, and when I retired from the military, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:09
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 00:13
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 00:09
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 00:04
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 00:04
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 00:05
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 00:08
My father met the Kowalskis through Annette,
There was no classes available from him, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:09
There was no classes available from him,
She was... looking for something, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:07
She was... looking for something,
And it wasn't just the painting. It was something bigger than that. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:04
And it wasn't just the painting. It was something bigge...
She felt renewed, inspired by Bob. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:05
She felt renewed, inspired by Bob.
I had lost a son, and I was desperately grieving. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:06
I had lost a son, and I was desperately grieving.
I was so devastated, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:09
I was so devastated,
She was changed forever, I think, by the death of her son. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:05
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 00:06
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 00:24
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 00:13
The Kowalskis encouraged Bob to go out on his own
They'd say, "Who's Bob Ross?" - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:14
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 00:12
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 00:05
Walt and Jane, they handled all the administrative work.
It's two married couples, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:07
It's two married couples,
We got to know them more and more. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:04
We got to know them more and more.
If there was something to be said within the family, - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:10
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 00:06
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 00:10
Like a lot of people who retire from the government,
The Kowalskis always recorded their business phone calls - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:09
The Kowalskis always recorded their business phone calls
Which I always thought was pretty weird. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:04
Which I always thought was pretty weird.
I just wonder sometimes how things would've worked out - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:11
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 00:06
It's... it's one of those unanswered questions.
At the tone, please record your message. - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:08
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 00:07
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 00:05
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 00:05
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 00:08
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 00:30
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 00:09
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 00:05
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 00:08
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 00:04
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 00:07
He filmed three shows in one day,
Painting in 28 minutes - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:09
Painting in 28 minutes
It was all the, "Turn the palette this direction," - Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed 00:18
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 00:07
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 00:04
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 00:05
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 00:04
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 00:08
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 00:14
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 00:10
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 00:06
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 00:06
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 00:04
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: N/A
Production: Number 19,On the Day
Genre: documentary
Year: 2021
MetaScore: 55/100
ImdbRating: 6.9
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 25 Aug 2021
Awards: 1 nomination
Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81155081
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