{"id":120485,"date":"2021-09-18T17:54:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T21:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/?p=120485"},"modified":"2021-09-18T17:54:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T21:54:27","slug":"muppet-coffee-mayhem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/muppet-coffee-mayhem\/","title":{"rendered":"Muppet Coffee Mayhem"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

\"Muppet<\/a>Jim Henson<\/strong><\/a>, creator of the Muppets<\/strong> got his big break selling coffee<\/strong>. Mr. Henson along with his wife and partner, Jane Newbel<\/a> created coffee ads for Wilkins coffee starting in 1957. The ads starred two proto-muppets known as Wilkins and Wontkins<\/strong>. The pair were featured in 179 10-second television commercial spots for Wilkins Coffee that ran on Washington, D.C., local television from 1957 to 1961.<\/p>\r\n

Wontkins does not like coffee<\/h3>\r\n

\"Wontkins<\/a>The commercials featured Wilkins and Wontkins in Looney Tunes<\/a> like situations. Wilkins, who loved coffee, regularly tortured his protagonist Wontkins, who did not like coffee. Much to the dismay of Wilkins, Wontkins refused to even try a cup. The result is that Wilkins torments Wontkins in any number of ways.<\/p>\r\n

Wotkins finds himself crushed by the Washington Monument, electrocuted, fired out of a cannon, shot, stabbed, and stomped on. His head is crushed in a car hood, he gets thrown out of a plane and is tarred and feathered, much to the delight of the audience<\/a>. In one ad Wilkins exclaimed,\u00a0\u201cPeople who don’t drink Wilkins Coffee just blow up sometimes.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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