I forgot I had this, JP Patches' autograph, signed to my son when he was a toddler. As previously stated, JP and his sidekick, Gertrude, came to Port Orchard one day when our kids were little, before I had my youngest so it had to be around 1981 or 1982. They were, of all places, on the west side of Bethel Avenue. I just blogged about Bethel Avenues Hahas. On this particular day, you could say that JP and Gertrude were a couple of Bethel Avenue Hahas. JP Patches was a Seattle icon such as was Stan Boreson. The PJ Patches Show ran from 1958 to 1981, so it spanned from when I was ten years old until my daughter was four and my son was two. JP's full name was Julius Pierpont Patches. He's gone now, but he brought a lot of joy to girls and boys over the years.
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