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 ysavir on Sunday June 15, 2025 @09:15PM (#44286012)

There's a lot of TV shows out there, even in the 80s and 90s, and plenty of ways for celebrities to have their image and reputation bolstered. Ratings aren't reliable in trying to measure someone's notoriety.

Growing up in the late 80s/90s, and mostly outside of the US, I can't remember a time when I didn't know who Bob Ross was.

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by mixmastamyk on Monday June 16, 2025 @02:13AM (#44287035)

Inside the US, never heard of him until later 2000s or so as well. And watched PBS at times.

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by fingerlocks on Monday June 16, 2025 @02:44AM (#44287153)

Did you grow up wealthy in the 80s? Most people didn’t have cable television back then, it was comparatively expensive and not available outside major metropolitan areas. Most people only had a half dozen TV channels or so, and sometimes Bob Ross was the only thing on TV worth watching. Everyone knew who he was.

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by mixmastamyk on Monday June 16, 2025 @12:21PM (#44290999)

We were not rich but had basic cable since 1979 or so. Maybe California was ahead on that front. My memory is that it only cost perhaps $10 a month in the 80s.

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by tanseydavid on Monday June 16, 2025 @09:02AM (#44289127)

My experience was that accidentally tuning into Joy of Painting for about 45 seconds was enough to completely hook me (although I was not fully aware of this at the time).

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