One last clap for a business tycoon. Joseph Pedott — the marketing guru behind the Chia Pet plant sensation and its memorable TV jingle "ch-ch-ch-Chia!" — died on June 22 at the age of 91. Pedott is ...

Joseph Pedott, an entrepreneurial advertising executive who turned the Chia Pet and Clapper light switch into retail sensations with jingles -- "Ch-ch-ch-Chia"; "Clap on, clap off!" -- that have ...