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Wilkins Trainload.jpeg|Wilkins Coffee - "Trainload" | Wilkins Trainload.jpeg|Wilkins Coffee - "Trainload" (Partially Found) | ||
Wilkins Brand X color.jpeg|Unknown remake of Brand X ad. | Wilkins Brand X color.jpeg|Unknown remake of Brand X ad. | ||
Red Diamond Cannon.jpeg|Red Diamond - "Cannon" | Red Diamond Cannon.jpeg|Red Diamond - "Cannon" (Storyboard found) | ||
Community Coffee Army.jpeg|Community Coffee - "Army" | Community Coffee Army.jpeg|Community Coffee - "Army" (Clip found from La Choy presentation) | ||
Unknown Faygo Ad.jpeg| | Unknown Faygo Ad.jpeg|Faygo "Jailhouse" ad? | ||
Frank’s Beverages Ship.jpeg|Frank's Beverages - "Ship" | Frank’s Beverages Ship.jpeg|Frank's Beverages - "Ship" (Almost completely found) | ||
Merita Bread Cannon.jpeg|Merita Bread - "Cannon" | Merita Bread Cannon.jpeg|Merita Bread - "Cannon" | ||
Tastee Bread Machine.png|Taystee Bread - "Machine" | Tastee Bread Machine.png|Taystee Bread - "Machine" (Almost completely found) | ||
Wilkin’s Tea Grocery Store.png| | Wilkin’s Tea Grocery Store.png|Wilkins Tea - Grocery Store (Clip found from Jim Henson documentary) | ||
Calso Water Cannon.jpeg|Calso Water - "Cannon" | Calso Water Cannon.jpeg|Calso Water - "Cannon" (Clip found from La Choy presentation) | ||
Community Coffee Cigar.jpeg|Community Coffee - "Cigar" | Community Coffee Cigar.jpeg|Community Coffee - "Cigar" (Clip found from La Choy presentation) | ||
Community Coffee Rocket Storyboard 1.jpeg|Community Coffee - "Rocket" (pt. 1) | Community Coffee Rocket Storyboard 1.jpeg|Community Coffee - "Rocket" (pt. 1) | ||
Community Coffee Rocket Storyboard 2.jpeg|Community Coffee - "Rocket" (pt. 2) | Community Coffee Rocket Storyboard 2.jpeg|Community Coffee - "Rocket" (pt. 2) | ||
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Community Coffee Cannon Storyboard 3.jpeg|Community Coffee - "Cannon" (pt. 3) | Community Coffee Cannon Storyboard 3.jpeg|Community Coffee - "Cannon" (pt. 3) | ||
Community Coffee Cannon Storyboard 4.jpeg|Community Coffee - "Cannon" (pt. 4) | Community Coffee Cannon Storyboard 4.jpeg|Community Coffee - "Cannon" (pt. 4) | ||
Merita Bread Brand X.jpg|Merita Bread - "Brand X" | Merita Bread Brand X.jpg|Merita Bread - "Brand X" (Found, no audio) | ||
Taystee Bread Monster.jpg|Taystee Bread - "Monster" | Taystee Bread Monster.jpg|Taystee Bread - "Monster" | ||
Unknown Community Coffee Storyboard.jpeg|Partial storyboard for | Unknown Community Coffee Storyboard.jpeg|Partial storyboard for Community Coffee ad, "Everybody Likes Community Coffee". | ||
Red Diamond Cheap.jpeg|Red Diamond - “Cheap Coffee” | Red Diamond Cheap.jpeg|Red Diamond - “Cheap Coffee” | ||
Tumblr padslhBAaM1wa7o90o1 500.jpg|Community Coffee - "TV Set" | Tumblr padslhBAaM1wa7o90o1 500.jpg|Community Coffee - "TV Set" |
Revision as of 13:55, 3 February 2019
In 1957, puppeteer Jim Henson was asked by a Washington D.C. coffee company, Wilkins Coffee, to make commercials for their company. The company only had 10 seconds of screen time, so the ads had to be lightning-speed fast. From 1957 to 1961, Jim Henson created 179 ads for Wilkins Coffee, all of which revolve around the titular characters of Wilkins and Wontkins. In each commercial, Wilkins attempts to promote Wilkins Coffee to Wontkins, who states his distaste for the product before experiencing various slapstick misfortunes-- more often than not by Wilkins's hand-- for his opinion. The popularity of these ads sparked Wilkins and Wontkins to appear in commercials for various companies (Community Coffee, Red Diamond Coffee, Faygo, etc.). The various Wilkins and Wontkins commercials were initially produced in black and white before shifting to color in 1966. The last known Wilkins and Wontkins commercials made were for Community Coffee, made around 1969.
Companies
Companies that Wilkins and Wontkins promoted.
# | Company | Runtime | # of ads made | Status |
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1 | Wilkins Coffee | 1957-1961 | 179 | Partially Found |
2 | Community Coffee | 1959-1969 | 37 | Partially Found |
3 | Donovan Coffee Company | 1961-1966 | 13 | Partially Found |
4 | Nash's Coffee | 1958-1961 | 20 | Partially Found |
5 | La Touraine Coffee | 1958-1962 | 15 | Partially Found |
6 | Martinson Coffee | 1959 | 15 | Lost |
7 | Faygo | 1958-1959 | 10 | Partially Found |
8 | Calso Water | 1961 | 8 | Partially Found |
9 | Frank's Beverages | 1961-1963 | 7 | Partially Found |
10 | Kraml Dairy | 1962 | 18 | Partially Found |
11 | Merita Bread | 1963 | 6 | Partially Found |
12 | Taystee Bread | 1967 | 9 | Partially Found |
13 | Dugan's Bread | 1962-1963 | 3 | Partially Found |
14 | Standard Oil of Ohio (Sohio) | 1960 | Unknown | Partially Found |
Availability
Out of the 179 Wilkins Coffee commercials, only 100 have been released on the internet. It is unknown how many of these commercials Jim Henson made, let alone how many ads The Jim Henson Company has stored in their archives.
Videos
Lost Commercials
Wilkins and Wontkins commercials that can only be found in images.
Also See
The Muppets' early ads (partially lost series of commercials; 1962-1969)
External Links
- Compilation featuring a newly discovered Wilkins Coffee commercial.
- A MEGA folder containing all known commercials (as of July 2018).
Sources
- http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Wilkins_Coffee
- http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Wilkins_and_Wontkins
- http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Muppet_commercials
- https://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2013/11/111957/
- https://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2012/03/313-141969/
- https://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2011/12/1213-151966/
- https://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2013/08/8-1967-2/