....when there was no Elmo.
The Bozo Show, Chicago's version, ran for 40 years.no one responded to the "JP Patches" tag, so I Wiki'd it-
come to find out, it was a local show on a Seattle TV station, which is why no one else in the world has heard of it.
http://en.wikipedia....i/J._P._Patches
It ran for 23 years on Washington TV station KIRO, 2nd longest running children's show on TV (longest running show- Sesame Street)