Let's Paint TV
| Let's Paint TV | |
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| Created by | John Kilduff |
| Developed by | John Kilduff |
| Starring | John Kilduff |
| Country of origin |
 United States
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| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | John Kilduff |
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| Running time | 60 minutes (public access & online) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Public Access TV |
| Original release | 2002 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Let's Paint TV is an American television show hosted by artist John Kilduff.
The show is best noted for its live episodes, which consist of the host painting while he runs on a treadmill; in addition, he sometimes takes calls from viewers, cooks food, plays ping pong, or makes blended drinks. The show's episode titles typically reflect whatever tasks are being undertaken, for example, Let's Paint, Exercise, and Play Ping Pong.
Let's Paint TV was originally broadcast on Los Angeles Public-access television cable TV from 2002 through 2008; after the LA public access studios were shut down in early 2008, the show transitioned to being an online-only program. The program began receiving world-wide attention in 2006 when Kilduff began uploading video clips of his show to YouTube.
Kilduff conceived the idea for Let's Paint TV while working a different comedy Public-access show. He was waiting for a Saddam Hussein impersonator to arrive, and began thinking about his "exercise bike in the storage room, and I thought visually painting on an exercise bike could be interesting." He eventually decided that a treadmill would be more feasible for painting than an exercise bike.
John Kilduff claims his aim with the series is to make people of all skill levels try their hand at painting or other forms of creative self-expression. Kilduff frequently encourages viewers to use very large brushes in order to cover the canvas as quickly as possible before worrying about details, as he feels an empty canvas can be very intimidating to novices.
Although Kilduff says that show is meant to inspire creativity in others, many of the callers he gets tend not to take him seriously. As the show was once on Public-access TV, and is now on the internet, there is little to no censoring. The show also lacks caller screening. Many take advantage of this by expressing prejudice, cursing, accosting members of the show, and making derogatory comments about rival gangs. Despite the overwhelming number of prank callers, John generally continues to take calls.
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