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> 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 popula

by lurk2 1y ago

> 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.

Modified3019 1y ago
Going back further, from what I saw he had notoriety even back in 2003/2004 on 4chan.
- deleted 1y ago
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- Rendello 1y ago
  Peep Show was calling him "God" in 2003: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74sDcT7Z3M0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74sDcT7Z3M0
derektank 1y ago
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.
- mcphage 1y ago
  What, The Price Is right not good enough for you?!
  - JKCalhoun 1y ago
    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.
    - mcphage 1y ago
      lol, that’s fair :-)
mcphage 1y ago
Yeah. He’s being rediscovered, but at his death, he’d already spent 20 years being discovered in the first place.