# Bob Ross spoof? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ross-spoof/483867 "2009-01-31T15:04:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ross-spoof/483867/1 "2009-01-31T15:04:22Z")
My google-fu is failing me. 🙂 I was talking with DH last night about Bob Ross and his coma-inducing (in a good way!) Joy of Painting. I recall that there was a spoof of Mr. Ross where he was having a flashback to VN, using colors like “agent orange” and “Charlie yellow,” but while I can find references to the spoof, I can’t find anything that leads to a video of it. Some of the sources claim it’s from an SNL skit, but I just don’t think that’s accurate. Anyone know what I’m talking about? I’d love to show it to DH. Thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ross-spoof/483867/2 "2009-01-31T17:46:05Z")
**Almost Live!** , a Seattle-based comedy show, did a number of Bob Ross parodies; could that be what you were thinking of? [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQm9AdvYZ-M&feature=PlayList&p=AF8C0D087AF65928&playnext=1&index=4) appears to be the only one on YouTube. Perhaps it will help your recollection. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ross-spoof/483867/3 "2009-02-01T14:38:36Z")
That was hilarious- not quite what I was looking for, but thanks for the laugh! ---
**Author:** ![socalemc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@socalemc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/socalemc)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ross-spoof/483867/4 "2018-05-01T03:09:14Z")
I recall the same thing and have searched for it a few times. I feel like it was an old Sam Kenison bit or maybe somone like Dana Carvey post SNL. No record of it on YouTube that I can find and it IS NOT the one I see from around 2008 which seems to be a less funny ripoff of the one I am looking for! If you ever found this, it would be great to know! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ross-spoof/483867/5 "2018-05-01T12:42:49Z")
On _ **Mad TV** _ they did a Bob Ross sketch where he’s getting increasingly bitter about his divorce, getting more aggressive and finally totally losing his zen sangfroid. [Aha! Found it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9L_ZZgPMyA)He’s drawing instead of painting but it has that “quiet Bob Ross gets loud and totally loses it” vibe… ETA: Just noticed I’m a zombie. But wouldn’t it be great if this still helped. (I’m picturing **bobkitty** checking this thread twice a day since he started it: “Whyyyyy can no one find that clip? Does it exist? Am I going crazy? Does anyone care? I’ve got to go to bed… I’ll check once more…”) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ross-spoof/483867/6 "2018-05-01T12:47:25Z")
I was going to mention that there was a “Deadpool” trailer a while back that was a Bob Ross spoof, but then I noticed that the OP was from nine years ago, so probably not what he was looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ross-spoof/483867/7 "2018-05-01T13:30:52Z")
> [@socalemc](#): > > I recall the same thing and have searched for it a few times. I feel like it was an old Sam Kenison bit or maybe somone like Dana Carvey post SNL. No record of it on YouTube that I can find and it IS NOT the one I see from around 2008 which seems to be a less funny ripoff of the one I am looking for! > > If you ever found this, it would be great to know! Agree, I seem to remember Sam Kinison doing it. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ross-spoof/483867/8 "2018-05-01T15:57:40Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Agree, I seem to remember Sam Kinison doing it. Check out the parody from post #5. He ends up screaming “Barbara! Why did you betray me?! Barrrrbrra!!!” I can see why someone would remember Kinison doing this. ---
**Author:** ![gman32141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9dc877/32.png) [@gman32141](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gman32141)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ross-spoof/483867/9 "2022-01-21T15:36:25Z")
OK so I was looking for the same thing, and I found this page here. I remembered something about a stand up comic doing it and I found it. It was Joey Kola, and since I found it, I thought I share it with you, hope this is what you’re looking for: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PbCo-qMswwk/hqdefault.jpg "Joey Kola stand-up (1991)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbCo-qMswwk) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ross-spoof/483867/10 "2022-01-21T16:55:05Z")
It may take 13 years, but the SDMB gets its answer! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ross-spoof/483867/11 "2022-01-21T16:59:39Z")
Sounds like something Harold Ramis might have done on _ **SCTV** _. ---
**Author:** ![colostomybagpiper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@colostomybagpiper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colostomybagpiper)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ross-spoof/483867/12 "2023-10-31T15:11:22Z")
unless it is some sort of mandella effect, I definitely remember Sam Kinneson doing this bit. I have been scouring the internet to find anything on it to no avail 14 years later…