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PM_ME_FUNFAX t1_j5gc92s wrote

Reply to comment by Pac_Eddy in TIL that Bob Ross worked as a carpenter to support himself, during which time he lost his left index finger in an accident, an injury he later hid from viewers most of the time with his paint palette. by FracasPocus

Just speculation but given the calming atmosphere he was trying to create on the show, he probably intentionally hid it as to not upset the viewers

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fondledbydolphins t1_j5glhfg wrote

I guess it wasn't a happy little accident to him.

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zomangel t1_j5isseu wrote

Nah that's when he started painting. "Now this happy little accident has given us some nice red ochre" he says, as he picks up his finger and starts brushing it on a canvas

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danteheehaw t1_j5jfw5n wrote

A neighbor of mine lost his thumb saving a dude at work. Ended up being a very happy accident because he was the type to never visit a doctor. Turns out his thumb had a skin cancer, that he was just going to ignore. Problem solved and he got a free beer from the dude he saved.

Said neighbor had a great sense of humor though.

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pitbulls-rule t1_j5juy95 wrote

Takes a special paramedic to see a thumb lying on the floor, say "hey, that looks like cancer on it," and drop it off at Dermatology on the way out.

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danteheehaw t1_j5jxqin wrote

Or you know, it was brought in for re attachment, which spare body parts goto pathology. Where the doctors who actually look at the cancerous cells during a biopsy work.

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Boogiemann53 t1_j5k5xei wrote

Maybe it forced him to double down on being a legendary artist? Could be seen as a "happy accident" in that sense.

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ChainOut t1_j5k5mz1 wrote

He hid that gnarly cocaine shovel on his pinky too, at least on PBS. It's right there on the VHS instructionals.

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