Comment by arp242

Comment by arp242 2 days ago

They put him in a Mountain Dew ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q51bomzSQ_s

The Kowalskis sued to exclude Bob Ross from the company bearing his name in the final days of his life, when he was struggling with cancer.

So let me carefully suggest that Bob Ross Inc. is not as benevolently looking out to preserve the heritage and legacy of Bob Ross as you might think.

FireBeyond 2 days ago

And had threatened legal action towards his son for using his family name as a painter.

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tylrprtr 2 days ago

Came here to make sure this point was made. Bob Ross Inc's only mission is to make money off a dead man and to ensure his family doesn't receive any of the proceeds.

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joquarky a day ago

Thank you for posting this.
Many people assume it's his family that are the cut throats and don't know the fully story of how the company went to another family.

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