Bob Ross: Glückliche Unfälle, Betrug und Gier

Sometimes, there are documentaries that just get about everything right. The research on this one is so well done and the situations that are talked about in the documentary are happening as we watch it, so much that you can't deny there is something fishy going on. I loved watching the 'Joy of Painting with Bob Ross'-shows as much as anyone else, but I never fully understood the current operations by 'Bob Ross Inc', and all the irrelevant or subpar 'crap' they are selling nowadays with the Bob Ross-name slapped on it. Watch this documentary and find out how one couple called the Kowalski's succeeded in actually robbing a man's name while on his deathbed. It's sad, really. They did Steve dirty.

This documentary will make you smile, cry, MAD and even love Bob Ross more than you already did. It was especially painful to watch the injustice that has been done to Bob Ross and his son Steve Ross by Walt and Annette Kowalski. It will infuriate you when you know the details. I really hope justice will take place and they will be punished!

(And the 2 negative reviews are obviously from evil team Kowalski).

Incredible documentary. I would watch Bob Ross all the time when I was a young man, and eventually as an adult I'd tune in at night to help me fall asleep. He was so soft-spoken and kind, you couldn't help but be pulled into his show and comforted.

Though delving into interesting people's lives occasionally becomes quite the obsession for me (I love reading and watching biographies), I'd somehow never looked into Ross's life. All I knew for years and years was that he was an ex-military man who somehow ended up painting on television. I never felt like I needed to know more. We all have our trials and tribulations through life, absolutely, but Ross radiated this palpable sense of peace. It was even infectious. I think a lot of us just naively assumed that this guy's life was perfect; he had a true passion for something, and excelled in its field to a near-envious degree.

You'll feel just about every emotional reaction under the sun when watching this. You'll revel in his success and generosity, cry when things go wrong, and become furious when the "Betrayal & Greed" from the title make themselves known.

I hope the Kowalski's get their comeuppance one day. And I'm glad Steve, Bob's son, was able to find peace in the canvas.

This is a classic study of how awful human greed can get. To betray, take advantage and twist the good naturedness of one man and turn it into pure corporate avarice is beyond reproach. The Kowalskis have turned Bobs legacy into such a sad and disturbing reflection of the worst of human nature.

A great documentary that brings to light the evil that stood behind the camera in that Bob Ross studio.

I really feel for Bob and his son Steve, the greed of man really meets no end; there are slimey little money grabbers everywhere you look, even in the proverbial sanctuary where Bob created many of his beautiful works of art.

Bob Ross Inc needs to be boycotted with immediate effect, this has been going on for far too long, it's just a shame the world didn't know sooner.