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 SoftTalker on Sunday June 15, 2025 @10:06PM (#44286144)

Agree. Few people watch PBS. The readership here is not representative.

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by Brybry on Monday June 16, 2025 @12:16AM (#44286570)

I think a lot of people who were or had kids pre-internet streaming probably watched PBS, at least sometimes.

Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers, Reading Rainbow, Joy of Painting, Arthur, Bill Nye, Barney, Teletubbies, etc.

It's not like there were a lot of TV choices for kids if their parents couldn't afford cable (and some stations like Cartoon Network didn't even exist until 1992+, I think even Disney Channel was a premium channel like HBO).

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by nothrabannosir on Monday June 16, 2025 @12:30AM (#44286628)

Like Sesame Street, Bob Ross was more famous than PBS. I didn’t even know what America was and I knew Bob Ross.

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by JKCalhoun on Monday June 16, 2025 @08:50AM (#44289054)

That's wild.

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by xnyan on Monday June 16, 2025 @04:58PM (#44293333)

In the mid 90s when Bob Ross died, 95% of American preschoolers had seen Sesame Street, at the time a show not available anywhere besides PBS.

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