watt bulb• Simply get two 100 watt light bulbs and put them in a gooseneck lamp.• If it is much less, try using a 40 watt bulb instead.• Is it a 50 watt bulb that a child's been scribbling on with a black felt tippen?• It was a sixty watt bulb but after the darkness it made everyone blink.• It was as if he'd sat down hard on a thousand watt light bulb.