Before he became Seattles' number one clown, Chris Wedes was an actor, a D.J. and the most popular cook in Minnesota (amongst
juvenile television viewers, anyway - read on..).
The son of Greek immigrants,Chris grew up in the twin cities area of Minnesota. His given name is actually "Christ", but to avoid confusion he humbly dropped the "T". His father, John, owned a downtown St. Paul diner where Chris worked for a short time while completing college. His mother, Kleto, to whom he attributes much of his sense of humor, used to call him "Tikey"1
Chris and Bob discuss how to pronounce Wedes ("WeeDus").
1 Remember "Tikey Turkey", J.P.s friendly fowl, who looked suspiciously like a rubber chicken? He was originally called "Kevin Turkey" until the mothers of some Patches Pals named "Kevin", called to complain that their kids were being picked on for sharing the name.
"Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into a metalline form, rugged with excrescences, and clouded with impurities, would have imagined, that in this shapeless mass would turn into smething useful like a glass? Neat huh? I mean without glasses we couldn't see or have anything to put Kool-Aid in!
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