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Reprinted "Rock Star Fantasy Camp T-shirt" from Almost Live!
Music writer and promoter Jeff Gilbert appeared in almost every rock-related sketch on the Seattle television comedy show Almost Live! The show aired from 1984 to 1999 on KING 5 in Seattle. Gilbert was connected to the show through host John Keister, who he had worked with at the music and entertainment newspaper The Rocket. “Rock Star Fantasy Camp” aired…
ID Number:2024.17.Ref
Date:2024
Outfit for "Billy Quan" sketch on Almost Live!, ca. 1988
Seattle television comedy show Almost Live! aired from 1984 to 1999 on KING5 in Seattle. In its earliest years, the show was like a local version of the Tonight Show, but in 1989 the format changed to be a 30-minute sketch comedy show. Recurring sketch “Mind your Manners with Billy Quan” was inspired by Japanese and Chinese action movies. Sketch…
ID Number:2024.22.1
Date:1988-1990
Novelty floaty pen from Archie McPhee retail store, ca. 2010
Mark Pahlow opened the first Archie McPhee novelty store in 1983 in the Fremont neighborhood. The store soon became famous for selling toys and gag gifts, like the rubber chicken floating in this pen, and other novelties often related to local iconic characters or features such as action figures of Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl and J.P. Patches.
ID Number:2024.29.1
Date:Circa 2010
"Up Down" switch from "Jet Guy" on Almost Live! 1990
This “Up Down” switch was a prop from the Jet Guy sketch on the Seattle comedy show Almost Live! The show aired from 1984 to 1999 on KING5 television in Seattle. In its earliest years, Almost Live! was like a local version of the Tonight Show, but in 1989 the format changed to be a 30-minute sketch comedy show. Jet…
ID Number:2024.35.1
Date:1990
Tricycle from the J.P. Patches television show, ca. 1960
Chris Wedes' playful clown character J.P. Patches, affectionately known as the "Mayor of the Dump," hosted one of America's longest-running local children's television programs. The show aired on KIRO-TV in Seattle from 1958-1981 and broadcast over 10,000 episodes in its 23-year run. J.P. Patches often rode this tricycle around the set, comically banging into props and tumbling to the ground.
ID Number:2024.38.1
Date:Circa 1950-1960
Trash can from the J.P. Patches television show, ca. 1960
Chris Wedes' playful clown character J.P. Patches, affectionately known as the "Mayor of the Dump," hosted one of America's longest-running local children's television programs. The show aired on KIRO-TV in Seattle from 1958-1981 and broadcast over 10,000 episodes in its 23-year run. This trash can was a prominent and appropriate prop for the "Mayor of the Dump" who would often…
ID Number:2024.38.2
Date:Circa 1950-1960
Sturdley the bookworm puppet from the J.P. Patches television show, ca. 1960
The J.P. Patches Show aired on KIRO-TV in Seattle from 1958-1981 and broadcast over 10,000 episodes in its 23-year run. Sturdley the Bookworm was a reccurring character played by Jack Armstrong and Bob Newman. Sturdley had an appetite for paper and would eat any book placed on his bookshelf.
ID Number:2024.38.3
Date:Circa 1960
J.P. Patches outfit, ca. 1990-2010
The J.P. Patches Show aired on KIRO-TV in Seattle from 1958-1981 and broadcast over 10,000 episodes in its 23-year run. Chris Wedes (1928-2012) portrayed the clown J. P. Patches (Julius Pierpont Patches) who was Mayor of the city dump. Bob Newman (1932-2020) played a variety of characters including Gertrude, J.P.'s girlfriend. Even after the show was off the air, Wedes…
ID Number:2024.38.46ONLINE
Date:Circa 1990-2010
Gertrude outfit from J.P. Patches show, ca. 1970-2000
The J.P. Patches Show aired on KIRO-TV in Seattle from 1958-1981 and broadcast over 10,000 episodes in its 23-year run. Chris Wedes (1928-2012) portrayed the clown J. P. Patches (Julius Pierpont Patches) who was Mayor of the city dump. Bob Newman (1932-2020) played a variety of characters including Gertrude, J.P.'s girlfriend. Gertrude’s outfits usually included a robe, a colorful dress,…
ID Number:2024.38.79ONLINE
Date:Circa 1970-2000
Wig and crown worn by Gertrude on J.P. Patches show, ca. 1970-2000
J. P. Patches (Julius Pierpont Patches) was a clown portrayed by Seattle entertainer Chris John Wedes (1928-2012) in "The J.P. Patches Show" on KIRO-TV from 1958 to 1981. Bob Newman (1932-2020) played Gertrude, J.P.'s girlfriend, on the show. Gertrude was known for her colorful dresses, red wig made from a mop, and numerous hand-made crowns.
ID Number:2024.38.9ONLINE
Date:1970-2000