Hi everyone!
I actually had the chance to meet with JP Patches the day before the revealing and had my picture taken with him as T. Tator Tot. (I also spent a lot of money for autograph posters and shirts hehe) JP's family flew in from Minnesota for the revealing of the statue! When I came into the room he said "Now there's the "REAL" clown! he doesnt consider himself a "real" clown. So that was a compliment too!
There was also a huge write up in the Everett Herald (heraldnet.com) back in February 10th about him and they asked patches pals to send in their own stories and that write up was on February 25th 2008 so of course I did and mines in the paper with him along with a picture of me as a clown too!