# Happy Little Clouds on the Google Homepage for Bob Ross's Birthday. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-little-clouds-on-the-google-homepage-for-bob-rosss-birthday/639190 "2012-10-29T05:06:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-little-clouds-on-the-google-homepage-for-bob-rosss-birthday/639190/1 "2012-10-29T05:06:03Z")
You can find it on the [google.com](http://google.com) homepage now or [through this interface later on.](http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2012/All%20doodles) You can also look through the rather large number of past doodles used around the world. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-little-clouds-on-the-google-homepage-for-bob-rosss-birthday/639190/2 "2012-10-29T05:15:51Z")
I love Bob Ross! I miss him, happy birthday Bob! ---
**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-little-clouds-on-the-google-homepage-for-bob-rosss-birthday/639190/3 "2012-10-29T05:37:44Z")
I miss him also. I always thought he had a turpentine high. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-little-clouds-on-the-google-homepage-for-bob-rosss-birthday/639190/4 "2012-10-29T06:18:58Z")
I can’t see the doodle. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-little-clouds-on-the-google-homepage-for-bob-rosss-birthday/639190/5 "2012-10-29T07:26:15Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > I can’t see the doodle. ☹ [Here’s a good picture of it in a blog post about this doodle.](http://searchengineland.com/google-logo-honors-70th-birthday-of-the-joy-of-painting-host-bob-ross-137834) In general, you can find such posts by googling “[topic] google doodle” without the quotes, where [topic] is whatever topic you’re looking for the doodle of. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-little-clouds-on-the-google-homepage-for-bob-rosss-birthday/639190/6 "2012-10-29T07:29:13Z")
[And here is “Happy Little Clouds”, a video remix of Bob Ross’s shows PBS made a little while back.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLO7tCdBVrA) Bob Ross autotuned is strangely catchy. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-little-clouds-on-the-google-homepage-for-bob-rosss-birthday/639190/7 "2012-10-29T07:37:54Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > [Here’s a good picture of it in a blog post about this doodle.](http://searchengineland.com/google-logo-honors-70th-birthday-of-the-joy-of-painting-host-bob-ross-137834) In general, you can find such posts by googling “[topic] google doodle” without the quotes, where [topic] is whatever topic you’re looking for the doodle of. Thanks. Does the doodle do anything? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-little-clouds-on-the-google-homepage-for-bob-rosss-birthday/639190/8 "2012-10-29T07:41:07Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > Thanks. Does the doodle do anything? Not this one, no. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-little-clouds-on-the-google-homepage-for-bob-rosss-birthday/639190/9 "2012-10-29T13:25:02Z")
A local PBS station shows reruns of “The Joy of Painting.” I always have a few on my DVR for those crabby days or days I don’t feel good. Bob’s voice is so soothing and lulls me into my happy place. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-little-clouds-on-the-google-homepage-for-bob-rosss-birthday/639190/10 "2012-10-29T14:43:04Z")
I have fond and also sad memories of Bob Ross, the painter who is honored in the Google doodle today. Yeah, his paintings were totally formulaic, and always featured a “happy little cloud” and a “happy little tree” somewhere. My late husband spent a LOT of time in the hospital during the 1990’s, and we always watched Bob on PBS on Saturdays. Weekends in the hospital are slow which is bad because nothing happens, but also good because nothing happens. Watching Bob’s simple world of big mountains, cabins, and babbling brooks, but no troublesome people, was a respite and escape for both of us. Of course, we made fun of the poor guy and played at predicting exactly when and where the predictable features would appear on the canvas. He was a steady, no-surprises feature in our rocky, scary world. I’m sure he’s painting all the happy trees and clouds in heaven! ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-little-clouds-on-the-google-homepage-for-bob-rosss-birthday/639190/11 "2012-10-29T14:52:55Z")
I always enjoyed watching him. I think my blood pressure actually went down during the show! And I agree with you about weekends in the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-little-clouds-on-the-google-homepage-for-bob-rosss-birthday/639190/12 "2012-10-29T14:56:01Z")
I’m glad they included the squirrel. I’ve actually seen the show (surely there can’t be more than one?) when he had a squirrel in his shirt pocket the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-little-clouds-on-the-google-homepage-for-bob-rosss-birthday/639190/13 "2012-10-29T15:08:08Z")
Merged duplicate threads from multiple forums. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-little-clouds-on-the-google-homepage-for-bob-rosss-birthday/639190/14 "2012-10-30T03:05:44Z")
Bob’s show was great. It made for a good gentle “comedown” after a morning of cartoons and cereal. I did not care at all for the angry (paint) knife-wielding German artist who came on after Bob: “Ze mountains must be STRONG! Put a tree zere! unt zere! unt ZERE! ATTACK ze canvas!” I hoped he never shared the studio with Bob. Of course, Bob was once in the Air Force, so he could probably hold his own.