J.P. Patches

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The J. P. Patches Show debuted on February 10, 1958. Patches introduced himself to his viewers as Mayor of the City Dump, recently retired from the Ding-A-Ling Circus. He showed them around his cluttered, wacky shack. In this more innocent era of television, many parents soon found their kids asking to go to the real landfill at Montlake to look for J.P.’s house of fun. J.P. quickly became a hit. Whether he was falling off his bed of crates in the morning or getting hit with a baseball bat, he did it with charm and aplomb. True, J.P. was always getting into feuds. Buckets of water were thrown. Things tended to explode. Faces got splattered with pie. But in the end J.P. would point out the 10 steps to being a Patches Pal: * Mind Mommy and Daddy * Wash hands, face, neck, and ears * Comb hair * Brush Teeth * Drink your milk * Eat all of your food * Say your prayers * Share your toys * Put toys away * Hang up clothes After 23 years on the air, the show was cancelled. Even though the show was cancelled, J.P. and Gertrude didn't retire. There was still too much fun and goodwill to share around. Some say that the best way to identify a native Northwesterner under the age of 50 is to mention Julius Pierpont, Gertrude, Esmerelda, Ketchikan, Grandpa Tick-Tock, Ggoorrsstt, the Friendly Frpl., or even Boris S. Wort (the second-meanest man in the world). If the listener’s eyes light up, they were probably born and raised as a Patches Pal ..

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