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

Joseph Pedott, the entrepreneur behind the Chia Pet plant and light-switch gizmo The Clapper, died on June 22 at the age of 91. Remembered by longtime colleague Michael Hirsch as a businessman who ...

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Joseph Pedott, an entrepreneur who was the mastermind behind the 1980s products Chia Pet and the Clapper light switch, died June 22. He was 91.

For years, Pedott ran Joseph Enterprises Inc., where he not only turned the Chia Pet into a household name, but The Clapper light switch as well — a design first sold in 1985 and made memorable ...