A pixieish Gail Price lingered near her good friend Julius Pierpont Patches at the Museum of History and Industry, close enough to listen to his deep calming voice, but not to get in the way of his ...

Seattle Center hosted its official 50th anniversary celebration Saturday, but the people waiting in line – one that grew hundreds larger by the time doors opened at 10:30 – had gone there to celebrate ...

People started flocking to Fremont well before noon, and when local TV icons J.P. Patches and Gertrude arrived shortly after 1 p.m. for the unveiling of a statue in their honor, roughly 1,500 people ...

Hundreds of people expressed their affection for Seattle icon J. P. Patches as he made his final appearance at the Evergreen State Fair over the weekend. I didn’t grow up in the Northwest, but anyone ...

After the beloved J.P. Patches statue was recently vandalized in Fremont, the Seattle community is rallying for repairs. Someone inked out J.P. Patches and his sidekick Gertrude in black paint, ...

Chris Ballew of the Presidents of the United States of America and Caspar Babypants has made a tribute song to our friend J.P. Patches. Dori was part of a memorial service a couple weeks ago at McCaw ...

It took six years to get a Patches Pal plate through the Legislature. It honors the state’s beloved clown, who lived in Edmonds. EDMONDS — Some people say any clown can be a politician, but it took ...

SEATTLE — He was Seattle's favorite clown. J.P. Patches was a fixture on KIRO-TV from 1958 to 1981. And the man behind the makeup, Chris Wedes, continued to make public appearances for decades after ...

EDMONDS — Shelling out big bucks for a license plate has never been so fun. Several bids already top $1,000 in an online auction for 20 of the new Patches Pal specialty car plates with beloved TV ...

J.P. Patches was a clown portrayed by Seattle entertainer Chris Wedes. The J.P. Patches Show was one of the longer-running locally-produced children's television programs in the United States, having ...