found: J.P. Patches, Northwest icon, c2002, surrogate:t.p. (Julius Pierpont Patches) p. 5 (clown played by Chris Wedes)
found: HistoryLink Web site, Jan. 21, 2003(Patches, Julius Pierpont; from 1958 to 1981, Julius Pierpont (J.P.) Patches hosted one of the longest-running children's TV shows in American history on KIRO TV. Portrayed by Chris Wedes (b. 1928))
found: The history of J.P. Patches, via WWW, Jan. 21, 2003:p. 1 (Julius Pierpont Patches) p. 5, etc. (Chris Wedes; before he became Seattle's no. 1 clown, Chris Wedes was an actor, and a D.J.; grew up in Twin Cities area; given name is actually Christ, but to avoid confusion he humbly dropped the "t")
