Thousands of fans gathered to remember Chris Wedes, best remembered as J.P. Patches to viewers in Seattle. In Minneapolis and St. Paul, Chris was also known as Joe the Cook, sidekick to Casey Jones and host of his own Cartoon Carnival on Ch. 11 in the late 50’s. The entire service is available for viewing […]
Broadcasting legend Chris Wedes has passed away at the age of 84. Twin Cities television viewers best remember him as “Joe the Cook” on the Lunch with Casey show during the early years of the program. In 1955, Wedes took over the character of “J.P. Patches” on WTCN and later moved to Seattle where J.P […]
I had the pleasure of visiting Seattle recently and spent an afternoon with Chris Wedes, the legendary J.P. Patches. Chris was known to viewers in Minneapolis as Joe the Cook on the Casey Jones show. He also portrayed Captain 11 and J.P. Patches on channel 11, before moving to Seattle in 1958. The J.P. Patches […]
Here’s a look at the Minneapolis TV schedule from April 1957. You can see that Casey Jones was a half hour show at noon on channel 11. A couple other things to note… Tel-A-Story was a childrens show at 9am on WTCN. This was directed by Roger Awsumb, as well as Romper Room at 11 […]
Daryl Laub created Skipper Daryl and J.P. Patches at WTCN in 1953. KSTP hired him in 1955, where he became Captain Daryl and T.N.Tatters on back to back afternoon programs. Take a look at this ad for the shows.