Comment by lurk2

Comment by lurk2 2 days 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.

derektank 2 days 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.

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

mcphage 2 days ago

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