We finally lost Bob Newman

[LITTLEBOYBLUE]

One of those guys you figure would be with us forever.
Or maybe it was one of those "women" you thought would be with us forever, if you are immediately drawn to "Gertrude".
But, in any case, Bob left a spot for someone else to step up as the "second meanest man in the world...."

Bob Newman, sidekick to J.P. Patches, dies at age 88

 

[Kelly A]

But, in any case, Bob left a spot for someone else to step up as the "second meanest man in the world...."

Bob Newman, sidekick to J.P. Patches, dies at age 88

I hereby nominate: Steven Miller, from the current administration.

 

[crainbebo]

My dad watched J.P. and Bob in the late '50s/early '60s, along with Captain Puget, Stan Boreson and Brakeman Bill! I think Bob was the last Seattle children's host left (besides M.J. McDermott from Ranger Charlie & Roscoe), unless I'm missing somebody. I think all the hosts have passed up to the heavens now. RIP Bob!

 

[LITTLEBOYBLUE]

My dad watched J.P. and Bob in the late '50s/early '60s, along with Captain Puget, Stan Boreson and Brakeman Bill! I think Bob was the last Seattle children's host left (besides M.J. McDermott from Ranger Charlie & Roscoe), unless I'm missing somebody. I think all the hosts have passed up to the heavens now. RIP Bob!

Ruth Prins (Wunda Wunda) still with us ... just had her 100th birthday. Bill McLain (Brakeman Bill) I believe is also among the holiday shoppers.

 

[Kelly A]

Ruth Prins (Wunda Wunda) still with us ... just had her 100th birthday. Bill McLain (Brakeman Bill) I believe is also among the holiday shoppers.

Yes according to what I can find, Bill is 94 or 95 years old.

 

[KMan]

My dad watched J.P. and Bob in the late '50s/early '60s, along with Captain Puget, Stan Boreson and Brakeman Bill! I think Bob was the last Seattle children's host left (besides M.J. McDermott from Ranger Charlie & Roscoe), unless I'm missing somebody. I think all the hosts have passed up to the heavens now. RIP Bob!

Robin Lee Noll, Ranger Charlie #2, is still alive but living out of the area (actually down here in La La Land with me, somewhere... If I ran into her in the grocery store I'd definitely call her Ranger Charlie). A. Winslow Barger (Roscoe) is still working at KSTW.

I'm of an age that I watched plenty of Ranger Charlie & Roscoe, but pretty much aged out of it by the time it became Roscoe and Ronnie (w/ M.J.).

Heck, I remember when they didn't even have a name for Roscoe ...

As to Gertrude - I was born in the early 80s after they left the air. But for a generation of Seattleites, they grew up with JP and Gertrude. True local celebrities, in a way that will never happen again.