The soft-spoken painter with the 80's 'fro would have celebrated his 73rd birthday on Thursday. However, in 1995, Bob Ross passed away from lymphoma but left behind his legacy of 403 episodes of his painting how-to show, The Joy of Painting.
In honor of the beloved artist's birthday, Twitch began streaming every single episode of the PBS show on Thursday at 5 p.m. EST on their newly unveiled channel Twitch Creative.
Recently, Bob Ross' official YouTube Channel has also made the entire first season of The Joy of Painting available to view online for free.
The Twitch live stream of the show will run for 8.5 days straight and was made possible with the blessing of Janson Media and Bob Ross Inc.
Viewers on Twitter are live-tweeting the heartfelt emotions they feel while re-watching the old episodes and share their memories online of the man who inspired a whole generation to pick up some brushes and paint "happy little trees."
The fact that over 50,000 people are watching Bob Ross paint on Twitch right now makes me very happy :D
— jacksepticeye (@Jack_Septic_Eye) October 30, 2015
If you're not watching the @BobRoss stream on @Twitch right now I feel sorry for you https://t.co/6cVIj9beRq #AlmightyTree — Chris Hardwick (@hardwick) October 30, 2015
Bob Ross dog...you're welcome. pic.twitter.com/69djwWghQl
— Lisa Vikingstad (@LisaVikingstad) October 30, 2015
After yelling at US soldiers for 20 years as a Master Sergeant, Bob Ross became the soft spoken painter we know. — Ferrari Sheppard (@stopbeingfamous) October 30, 2015
Even the U.S. Air Force sent out a salute on the birthday of one of their former sergeants turned TV painters:
The #AirForce would like to wish MSgt. Bob Ross, happy birthday! He would be 73 today. @AirmanMagazine pic.twitter.com/wLGoyy45uf
— U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) October 29, 2015
And finally, we share the sentiments of this Twitter user.
Bob Ross on Twitch is the best thing ever. — MonteCristo (@RNGMonteCristo) October 29, 2015
If you aren't there already, go ahead and watch along with the hundreds of other viewers wishing Bob in the sky a happy 73rd birthday while watching The Joy of Painting on Twitch.
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