Bob Ross the avatar, philosopher, mystic & painter is part Mr. Rodgers, part Chauncey Gardener [Being There], part Ram Dass, part hypnotist, part life coach ... &, of course, painter, famous for the Bob Ross Effect or the calming effect of his voice, manner & style, which his televised painting class highlighted. It is rumored this led to the explosion of ASMR on platforms like Youtube. This autonomous sensory meridian response consists of audio/visual stimuli that trigger tingling, goosebumpy feelings in the head-neck-spine area. A new tradition in our household is to annually follow one of his old classes while the 3 of us try to come up with something on our canvases along the lines of his finished painting. Luckily for me he is for very forgiving of mistakes.