J.P. Patches – KIRO-TV

J. P. Patches (Julius Pierpont Patches) was a clown and the star of The J. P. Patches Show, an Emmy Award-winning local children’s television show premiered on Seattle station KIRO-TV February 10, 1958, and was produced from 1958 to 1981. The character and show were created by Seattle children’s entertainer Chris Wedes (1928–2012). When it left the air in 1981, The J. P. Patches Show was one of the longest-running locally produced children’s television programs in the United States.

During the golden age of television it was common to have an adult host a children’s show filled with cartoons, puppets, games, prizes as a main part of local programming. Many oif these shows were never seen outside of their broadcasting area.