It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painting (2021)

Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by lurk2 on Sunday June 15, 2025 @05:23PM (#44285065)

> He was reasonably popular at that time, sure, but Bob Ross as we know him only blew up in the 2010s in the internet/YouTube/streaming age.

He remained popular after his death. I can remember seeing memes of Bob Ross as early as 2008.

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by derektank on Sunday June 15, 2025 @05:42PM (#44285164)

Yeah, I grew up watching reruns of his show on PBS in the early 00's. It was much more fun to watch when home sick than Antiques Roadshow.

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by mcphage on Sunday June 15, 2025 @07:27PM (#44285618)

What, The Price Is right not good enough for you?!

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by JKCalhoun on Sunday June 15, 2025 @09:19PM (#44286019)

When the price of cars became more than four digits (and the first digit was not a "3") I bailed on "Price is Right". Too hard.

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by mcphage on Monday June 16, 2025 @10:18PM (#44295204)

lol, that’s fair :-)

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by Modified3019 on Sunday June 15, 2025 @05:30PM (#44285109)

Going back further, from what I saw he had notoriety even back in 2003/2004 on 4chan.

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by Rendello on Sunday June 15, 2025 @05:47PM (#44285185)

Peep Show was calling him "God" in 2003:

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by mcphage on Sunday June 15, 2025 @07:26PM (#44285613)

Yeah. He’s being rediscovered, but at his death, he’d already spent 20 years being discovered in the first place.

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