my favorite artist is bob ross.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Robert Norman Ross (October 29, 1942 \u2013 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. As a child, Ross entertained himself by caring for injured animals, purportedly including an armadillo, snake, and alligator. One of these animals, a squirrel named Peapod, was featured in a few episodes of his show. He had a half-brother, Jim, whom he mentioned in passing on his show. 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. This, however, did not affect the way he held his palette while painting. In 1961, then 18-year-old Ross enlisted in the United States Air Force and was put into service as a medical records technician.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Have you witnessed how crazy people are on the Internet about Bob Ross recently? He was just a TV personality in the 80s and 90s before and now it seems like he's everywhere!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "yes, twitch tv seems to go crazy over him"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah I've watched him there a few times. I definitely remember seeing his show The Joy of Painting before on PBS here in the states."}, {"role": "user", "content": "same here, growing up, i seen a few of his shows on PBS"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I wonder if that was a nationally operated show or if it just was so popular that each local area wanted to show it."}, {"role": "user", "content": "i do not know, probably local produced and PBS picked it up for national"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "True. It's cool to think that he was shown in other countries also, but I think that goes to show that networks in the US are probably more widley broadcast."}, {"role": "user", "content": "but when i grew up in the 70s and 80s we had few channels so any show was known by all"}]