Let's Paint TV
Shares rank 38 of 48 YouTube channels by recommenders
People recommend it as a funny, low-fi public-access TV show from Los Angeles, good to introduce to friends.
People recommend it as a funny, low-fi public-access TV show from Los Angeles, good to introduce to friends.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Comedy with low-fi glitch-art look
“the performance is pure comedy gold, all the more successful due to its low-fi glitch-art aesthetics”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “What I learned about creativity from a man painting on a treadmill (2024)” Los Angeles public-access television
“If you haven’t had the pleasure of Los Angeles public-access television’s Let’s Paint TV”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “A willingness to look stupid is the most underrated moat in doing creative work” Shown to friends as a recommendation
“after I made her watch some Lets Paint TV”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “What I learned about creativity from a man painting on a treadmill (2024)”
Other YouTube channels people recommend
The four most recommended other YouTube channels, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Blue1Brown | 96 | 4 | 96% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Veritasium | 44 | 12 | 79% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Technology Connections YouTube channel | 40 | 3 | 93% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Asianometry | 24 | 1 | 96% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Let's Paint TVThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“If you haven’t had the pleasure of Los Angeles public-access television’s Let’s Paint TV”
“the performance is pure comedy gold, all the more successful due to its low-fi glitch-art aesthetics”
“after I made her watch some Lets Paint TV”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.