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The Joy of Painting
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TV Show
First Air Date: January 11, 1983
Last Air Date: May 17, 1994
Genre: Family, Documentary
Seasons: 31
Episodes: 403
Episode Runtime: 30 min
Rating:
Cast: Bob Ross
Created By: Bob Ross
Network: PBS
Overview
The Joy of Painting was an American television show hosted by painter Bob Ross that taught its viewers techniques for landscape oil painting. Although Ross could complete a painting in half an hour, the intent of the show was not to teach viewers "speed painting". Rather, he intended for viewers to learn certain techniques within the time that the show was allotted. The show began on January 11, 1983, and lasted until May 17, 1994, a year before Ross' death.