0_Wizard
Are you familiar with the artist Bob Ross? The famous tv painter and internet sensation.  
Ross went from being a public-television personality in the 1980s and 1990s to being an Internet celebrity in the 21st century, popular with fans on YouTube and many other websites.
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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, popular with fans on YouTube and many other websites. Ross was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, to Jack and Ollie Ross (a carpenter and waitress, respectively), and raised in Orlando, Florida.
Gay Comix
Gay Comix (later Gay Comics) is an underground comics series published from 1980–1998 featuring cartoons by and for gay and lesbian men and women. The comic books had the tagline “Lesbians and Gay Men Put It On Paper!”  Much of the early content was autobiographical, but more diverse themes were explored in later editions. The contents of "Gay Comix" were generally about relationships, personal experiences, and humor, rather than sex. It is generally less sexually explicit than the similarly-themed (and male-focused) "Meatmen" series of graphic novels. Its editors each made a deliberate effort to feature work by both women and men.
The Joy of Painting
The Joy of Painting is an American half-hour instructional television show hosted by painter Bob Ross which ran from January 11, 1983 until May 17, 1994. In each episode, Ross taught techniques for landscape oil painting, completing a painting in each session. The program followed the same format as its predecessor, "The Magic of Oil Painting", hosted by Ross's mentor Bill Alexander. In its running it won three Emmy Awards. Broadcast by non-commercial public television stations, the show's first season was in 1983, and initially produced by WNVC in Falls Church, Virginia, then by WIPB in Muncie, Indiana, from 1984 until the show ended in 1994, and later by Blue Ridge Public Television in Roanoke, Virginia.
Bill Alexander (painter)
William Alexander (2 April 1915 – 24 January 1997; born "Wilhelm Alexander") known as Bill Alexander on his TV show; was a German painter, art instructor, and television host. He was the creator and host of "The Magic of Oil Painting" (1974-1982) television programs that ran on PBS in the United States. He wrote "The Art of Bill Alexander" (1987–1995), a series of books on wet-on-wet oil painting. He also taught the television painter Bob Ross the wet-on-wet technique. Bill Alexander was born in East Prussia, but his family fled to Berlin during World War I. Apprenticed as a carriage maker, Alexander was drafted into the Wehrmacht during World War II.
Autonomous sensory meridian response
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Kingdom Brass
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Bill Finger
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1_Apprentice
Bob Ross is my spirit animal. He is amazing. 
0_Wizard
He was certainly an inspiration to many in this country  His show was also televised in Canada, Latin America and Europe.
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.
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Latin American economy
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Latin America
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Football in South America
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Andy Russell (singer)
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1_Apprentice
I did not know he was known worldwide! I really like his wet on wet oil painting techniques.
0_Wizard
He won three Emmy awards for his work.
In its running it won three Emmy Awards.
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Emmy Award
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Neil Patrick Harris
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Grey's Anatomy
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Betty White
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The Larry Sanders Show
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Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards
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1_Apprentice
That is good! He deserves it for sure. What else do you know about him?
0_Wizard
He was born in Florida and cared very much for animals.  I found his television show to be hypnotic. 
As a child, Ross entertained himself by caring for injured animals, purportedly including an armadillo, snake, and alligator.
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Posthypnotic amnesia
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Hypnosis
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Stage hypnosis
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Milton H. Erickson
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Effects of long-term benzodiazepine use
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1_Apprentice
I remember that there was an episode where he had a squirrel with him! It is very relaxing. Do you enjoy oil painting?
0_Wizard
I only enjoyed watching him paint.  I am not very good.  He dropped out of the 9th grade to work with his father.
Ross dropped out of high school in the 9th grade to work as a carpenter with his father, Jack Ross, where he lost part of his left index finger.
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Ninth grade
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Clint Eastwood
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1_Apprentice
Well I am glad that he was able to bring so much happiness to people despite dropping out.