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Bob Ross is for people who want to watch soothing people being soothing, no? The taxonomy could be broadened thus:

Shows that make you go

1. Ooh!

2. Aha!

3. Ugh!

4. Ahh! (Bob Ross)

5. Ree! (politics)

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I commend you for your research and appreciate your explanations. The last reality show I watched was The Galloping Gourmet. I think I was seventeen. I couldn’t keep up with the alcohol intake, so I gave it up.

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Yeah those early cooking show people sure seemed to drink a lot.

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I believe people just like seeing someone who is yet more clumsy and awkward than themselves. What animals are popular in wildlife TV? Koalas, pandas, penguins... (well, penguins are quite elegant when underwater, but we're rarely shown that).

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