claim: The host of The Joy of Painting was Bob Ross.
evidence: Jesco White , also known as the `` Dancing Outlaw '' -LRB- born July 30 , 1956 -RRB- is an American folk dancer and entertainer .. folk dancer. Clogging. He is best known as the subject of three American documentary films that detail his desire to follow in his famous father 's footsteps while dealing with depression , drug addiction , alcoholism , and the poverty that permeates much of rural Appalachia .. depression. depression ( mood ). drug addiction. drug addiction. alcoholism. alcoholism. poverty. poverty. Appalachia. Appalachia