Daryl Laub

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Daryl Laub is a noted television and radio personality who worked for stations in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota from the 1950s until his retirement in 1993. He worked in a variety of different roles and created some memorable children's show characters. The most notable of these are J. P. Patches (later modified to become T. N. Tatters on another station) and Skipper Daryl (who later morphed into the character Captain Daryl). He went on to spend the rest of his career in radio. The Pavek Museum of Broadcasting honored Laub's contribution to the region by entering him into their Hall of Fame in 2003.

In 1953, Laub joined WTCN channel 11 (now KARE) where he first created his Skipper Daryl character. Later that year, the clown J. P. Patches was born who he played for two years until crosstown rival KSTP-TV channel 5 hired him away. Chris Wedes took up the Patches character when Laub left and eventually carried him to KIRO in Seattle, Washington by 1957. J. P. Patches is considered to be one of Matt Groening's influences in creating the Simpsons character Krusty the Clown (principally along with Portland, Oregon's Rusty Nails).

Meanwhile, at KSTP, Laub changed his clown to become T. N. Tatters and promoted his nautical character to Captain Daryl. Both of his shows were scheduled back-to-back, so he had to do a quick makeup change in order to play both of them each day. These programs were among the first in the area to be broadcast in color.

After his stint on television, he went on to work in KSTP's radio division, then spent nearly thirty years at KQRS where he worked in sales and eventually became the station manager. It appears that Laub spends his retirement doing community activities such as teaching area residents how to paint with watercolors.

[edit] References

• Julian West. Twin Cities Local Kid Shows. TVparty.com.
• Daryl Laub. Pavek Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

Interesting related note: Daryl Laub's son Ethan Laub Adam a professional actor has appeared in soaps such as Young & The Restless, Bold & The Beautiful (CBS)and General Hospital (ABC) and has guest starred on such shows as the New Adam 12 (Fox) in the early 1990's along with a great deal of theatre credit both in Minneapolis and Los Angeles. Ethan continues to do free-lance radio and television commercials and currently works for CBS Radio in Minneapolis. Ethan got his childhood acting start appearing often on the last T.N.Tatters show in the late 1960's what was called "The Red Barn Show With T.N.Tatters". Ethan Adam lives in Minnetonka, Minnesota near his father Daryl.