Fact is, Bob had naturally straight hair and only got it permed to save money. Rumour has it that he even hated his ‘fro but had to keep it because it had become his trademark.
While Bob made it seem that the paintings he did during the tapings of ‘The Joy of Painting’ were done very spontaneously and full of ‘happy little accidents’.
While there is a story that Bob was once invited to the Oprah Winfrey show that we couldn’t verify, Bob was invited onstage at the Grand Ole Opry in 1987 by country star Hank Snow.
Bob Ross never received a penny for his television show ‘The Joy of Painting’. However, Bob was a smart businessman and used the show as an advertisement for his own line of painting supplies.