At first I thought Wilkins crossed eyes signaled that in this particular sketch he would not commit war crimes against Wontkins, or something bad makes him accept before Wilkins shows he can do worse
istg wilkins' eyes on the testcard sometimes look up, look at wontkins, or even look at the number sign, and even worse. wilkins' eyes are looking up and down on their respective eyelids as seen in #71 "Soggy Romance" to #76 "Why Not?", sometimes it's minimum like in, #1A "Coffee Break", sometimes it's normal as seen in #42 "Stagecoach" to #58 "Let's Everybody Sleep" (in the video)
These commercials are what helped Jim and company stay afloat while trying to get other projects off the ground. Eight second skits and two seconds product shot. Ten second commercials. Imagine that today.
Mr. Wilkins: "You there, young fella who just finished college. Want a job making commercials for my coffee company?" Jim Henson: "Sure." Wilkins: "Oh by the way, they have to be 8 seconds or less." JH: "What?! The only commercial that short would have to be 'BUY OUR PRODUCT OR WE'LL KILL YOU.'" Wilkins: "When can you start?"
Actually, odds are good Jim wasn't even out of college. He would have been just 21 (or 20, depending on how far into 1957 this campaign started) when he started making these.
They’re from the actual film scans of each ad more specifically. They may have been in the demo reel but each of the commercials had one of these title cards on their individual films. These weren’t ALL of them. There are many to this very day still lost to time, probably more still lost than there has been ones found. Wilkins became a genuinely popular coffee in the 50’s and 60’s due to these commercials so they made actual craploads of them. We may not even have MOST of these commercials yet. Ok edit we do have most of them but we’re missing around 30 or more
Wilkins: Wilkins Coffee is like music to my ears. Wontkins: What are the cymbals for? *Wilkins strikes the cymbals on both sides of Wontkins* Wilkins: This is a very symbolic commercial. [Wilkins Coffee: Rich... Rich... Double Rich]
According to what I’ve read of people’s actual recollections of Wilkins coffee it was ACTUALLY a really good cheap coffee brand and is remembered fondly by those who drank it
Wontkins: What’s a young kid like you doing with the cup of Wilkins Tea? Wilkins (dressed as a baby): I’m on the wagon, pop! (Zooms away on a wagon) Wontkins: Fresh kid.
Wilkins: knock knock Wonkins: who’s there Wilkins:Wilkins. Wonkins: Wilkins who? Wilkins: Wilkins coffee Wonkins: I don’t get it Wilkins: *slaps wonkins* you should Wilkins makes the best coffee
Wilkins: Why don’t you drink Wilkins Wontkins: I do not Approve the Violence In their television commercials Animal Roars Won’t screams Wilkins: violence what violence
3:47 If you look in the background you can see the USA capital, which explains the joke referring to the American fifth amendment, aka, the right to be dormant in interview or capture.
Wotkins: it's so cold in here Wilkins: how about a nice Warm cup of Wilkins coffee Wotkins: no! *locks up wotkins in a fridge* Wilkins: people who don't drink Wilkins just freeze to death
Wontkins: Officer! help! I told some crazy guy that I don't drink Wilkins, and now he's trying to shoot me! *BANG!* Officer Wilkins: well it's your own fault for not drinking Wilkins coffee!
And to think this is Kermit's origin story. Before he became the green frog that hosted one of the most famous puppet shows of all time, Kermit advertised coffee and tortured his friend in the process.
*Wilkins is dressed up like Jigsaw, Wontkins is chained up.* "I would like to play a game, buddy!" "What are we playing?" "A quiz! Do you drink Wilkins Coffee?" "No" "Aww, too bad" *He presses a switch and a giant hammer flies toward Wontkins*
Wilkins: You won’t find anyone who doesn’t go to the National City Bank! Wontkins: I’ll look high and (Falls into a sewer) lowwww! (Falls on the ground) Wilkins: How low can you get!
Fink: What's a young kid like you doing on a bottle of Frank's Orange Nectar? Frank (dressed up as a baby): I'm on the wagon, pop! (Zooms away) Fink: Fresh kid.
Wontkins: Watch out where you throw those knives! Wilkins: Are you going to the National City Bank yet? Wontkins: No! Wilkins (blindfolded): Okay, let’s try it blindfolded! (Wontkins zooms away)
I could imagine an SD Gundam version of Wilkins Coffee. The cel shaded 3D models would be based on Superior Defender Gundam Force, well that’s how I imagine it.
Winkins: wilkins coffee keeps the gorillas away wontkins: oh that's a a lot of (gets attack by a gorillas) Winkins: it's like someone forgot to close the gorilla cage
I like how each titlecard has Wilkins' pupils in different places.
At first I thought Wilkins crossed eyes signaled that in this particular sketch he would not commit war crimes against Wontkins, or something bad makes him accept before Wilkins shows he can do worse
Actually no.
istg wilkins' eyes on the testcard sometimes look up, look at wontkins, or even look at the number sign, and even worse. wilkins' eyes are looking up and down on their respective eyelids as seen in
#71 "Soggy Romance" to #76 "Why Not?", sometimes it's minimum like in, #1A "Coffee Break",
sometimes it's normal as seen in #42 "Stagecoach" to #58 "Let's Everybody Sleep" (in the video)
He is not named Wilkins he is the old kermit
These commercials are what helped Jim and company stay afloat while trying to get other projects off the ground. Eight second skits and two seconds product shot. Ten second commercials. Imagine that today.
And wontkins is also a selt insert because is said that this commercials is what would take for jim to drink coffe
The world was so much simpler back then
Mr. Wilkins: "You there, young fella who just finished college. Want a job making commercials for my coffee company?"
Jim Henson: "Sure."
Wilkins: "Oh by the way, they have to be 8 seconds or less."
JH: "What?! The only commercial that short would have to be 'BUY OUR PRODUCT OR WE'LL KILL YOU.'"
Wilkins: "When can you start?"
Actually, odds are good Jim wasn't even out of college. He would have been just 21 (or 20, depending on how far into 1957 this campaign started) when he started making these.
@@ZeldaTheSwordsman "um, ackchuahllee..." STFU dork
Kermit the frog: yeah I used to have Wilkins coffee
9:56 School Bell
Vintage Jim Henson Commercials - Claussen's Bread (Part One on Three)
I HAD NO IDEA THESE HAD TITLECARDS
Those titles were for this "demo" reel Jim put together....and were not seen on TV.
@@fromthesidelines Can I see the demo reel?
@@KaseyLeitch Yeah. I'd pay for a DVD of that demo reel.
They’re from the actual film scans of each ad more specifically. They may have been in the demo reel but each of the commercials had one of these title cards on their individual films. These weren’t ALL of them. There are many to this very day still lost to time, probably more still lost than there has been ones found. Wilkins became a genuinely popular coffee in the 50’s and 60’s due to these commercials so they made actual craploads of them. We may not even have MOST of these commercials yet.
Ok edit we do have most of them but we’re missing around 30 or more
That's because all those titlecards in the beginning before the commercials were actually a demo reel.
Wilkins: Wilkins Coffee is like music to my ears.
Wontkins: What are the cymbals for?
*Wilkins strikes the cymbals on both sides of Wontkins*
Wilkins: This is a very symbolic commercial.
[Wilkins Coffee: Rich... Rich... Double Rich]
Has anyone else noticed how whenever something is in Wontkins mouth, he opens and closes his mouth like he's eating it.
He talks while he eats.
''Hey Adora''
"Saw in Half" is all the funnier when you consider Wontkins' puppet in its entirety.
It's always a treat when Wontkins gets to shake his head at the nonsense going on
According to what I’ve read of people’s actual recollections of Wilkins coffee it was ACTUALLY a really good cheap coffee brand and is remembered fondly by those who drank it
That one dislike is from Wontkins
Wilkins coffee commercials are you targeting them and you couldn't get it I just
@@raregalaxy59 huh?
These are laugh out loud funny. Thanks for posting them :)
this is wilkins coffee the finest...
Oh, go soak your head!
in wilkins coffee? a pleasure
(wilkins drinking wilkins coffee)
Is he threatening you to say that?
Yeah, you're right!
Wontkins: What’s a young kid like you doing with the cup of Wilkins Tea?
Wilkins (dressed as a baby): I’m on the wagon, pop! (Zooms away on a wagon)
Wontkins: Fresh kid.
I found out that the first ever commercial with Wilkins and Wontkins is #1A "Coffee Break" from 1958.
Martina Kubecová how? didn’t Wilkins Coffee started in 1957?
Martina Kubecová never mind, it’s cuz it’s marked to be the first commercial
why does "Coffee Break" labled #1A, where's 1B?
I still have a Wilkins Coffee can from the 1960s. The owners wanted the commercials to be 8 seconds to get to the point in selling their product.
6:38
Wilkins uses Future Sight
Critical hit!
Wontkins fainted.
Wilkins: just a stab in the dark!
Wonkins: OW
What is this
0:59 WILKINS used METAL CAN! It's super effective! WONTKINS fainted!
“Impossible!”
Jim Henson: Wontkins take a rest, come on out Big Bird
It lets everybody sleep.
Wilkins used PSI Metal Can!
200 HP of mortal damage to Wontkins!
Wontkins got hurt and collapsed……
That’s your 4th cup of Wilkins instant coffee, haven’t you had enough?!
I refuse to answer
Why?
I'm taking the 5th
“If you don’t drink Wilkins coffee you ought to be tired and feathered right?”
@@zachtheveryluckyengineprod3417 Wrong
And here they say video games cause violence, watching Jim’s commercials I think otherwise 😱
I like the way you see the titles of what the commercials were.
Hey taxi, where can I get a cup of coffee?
Wilkins Coffee?
No just any old kind.
(Wilkins drives away)
Hey taxi! Taxi!
Why were you speeding?
I wanted a cup of coffee.
@@alextavalesthemuppetmaniac5607 Wilkins coffee
No, just coffee.
@@alextavalesthemuppetmaniac5607 next time I'll say Wilkins
1:48 That Caught Us Off Guard!
The guy who disliked this is wontkins
Wilkins will kill him
I know
Me too
1:41 Epilepsy warning
sorry about that
Nickcheezy thanks bro
Wilkins: knock knock
Wonkins: who’s there
Wilkins:Wilkins.
Wonkins: Wilkins who?
Wilkins: Wilkins coffee
Wonkins: I don’t get it
Wilkins: *slaps wonkins* you should Wilkins makes the best coffee
Correction
Wilkins: You Should, Everyone should get Wilkins Coffee
Wilkins: Why don’t you drink Wilkins
Wontkins: I do not Approve the Violence In their television commercials
Animal Roars
Won’t screams
Wilkins: violence what violence
I love how Wontkins went from hating Wilkins to just eating it straight from the jar.
3:47 If you look in the background you can see the USA capital, which explains the joke referring to the American fifth amendment, aka, the right to be dormant in interview or capture.
They are 176 commercials of Wilkins coffee 135 ads are found 41 ads are lost media
5:46: NOM NOM NOM NOM!
Wontkins finally drinks Wilkins coffee
Wotkins: it's so cold in here
Wilkins: how about a nice Warm cup of Wilkins coffee
Wotkins: no!
*locks up wotkins in a fridge*
Wilkins: people who don't drink Wilkins just freeze to death
some commercials are remastered
Wontkins: Officer! help! I told some crazy guy that I don't drink Wilkins, and now he's trying to shoot me!
*BANG!*
Officer Wilkins: well it's your own fault for not drinking Wilkins coffee!
How did i just now notice that both of the character's names are play-ons for "will" and "won't"? 😂😂😂😂
12:26 you can see the bottom of the set.
it's a muppet goof
6:07 THEY FUCKING KNEW.
6:07
All the dislikes are from Wontkins (he probably disliked this video through multiple accounts,) and anyone who doesn’t drink Wilkins Coffee.
Lookout, here comes my trainload of Wilkins Coffee!
@luke bruce1225252 I like Wilkins.
@MediaRoy SakaiTheObjectThingyLogoEditer356 60PFs i never tasted
Now what do you think Of Wilkins
How shocking BOOM
You know people who don't drink Wilkins coffee just blow up sometimes
8:27 Why are you bathing in a river next to some Tea Wilkins?
A really satisfying scene
And to think this is Kermit's origin story. Before he became the green frog that hosted one of the most famous puppet shows of all time, Kermit advertised coffee and tortured his friend in the process.
Kermit was made before Wilkins and Wontkins.
6:10
Wilkins uses Flash Cannon
Critical Hit!
It's Super Effective!
Wontkins fainted
Rip to people who didn’t drink Wilkins coffee
*Wilkins is dressed up like Jigsaw, Wontkins is chained up.*
"I would like to play a game, buddy!"
"What are we playing?"
"A quiz! Do you drink Wilkins Coffee?"
"No"
"Aww, too bad" *He presses a switch and a giant hammer flies toward Wontkins*
5:38 Wontkins finally cares for a cup of wilkins coffee
0:23 THE 51 DIFFERENCE
Wilkins: You won’t find anyone who doesn’t go to the National City Bank!
Wontkins: I’ll look high and (Falls into a sewer) lowwww! (Falls on the ground)
Wilkins: How low can you get!
Fink: What's a young kid like you doing on a bottle of Frank's Orange Nectar?
Frank (dressed up as a baby): I'm on the wagon, pop!
(Zooms away)
Fink: Fresh kid.
Wilkins Can Sing
yep
5:14 5:29 5:43 7:07 are my favoraties
4:29 Taystee Bread Commercial
8:06 Calso Water Commercial
cool video
5:39 When you unlock the good ending
12:25 the hand on the bottom 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
At 12:25 Dog-Lion Beast u can see the actors moving the puppets
All of these spots were produced in 1958.
13:02
Between 1957 to 1961 Jim Henson produced 179 commercials for Wilkins Coffee.
1:22 notice how even Wontkins is opaque (see through in modern english)
No opaque is the opposite of see through
The word you're looking for is transparent
I wonder who did the voices for the taxi and trial commercials
Jim Henson, of course.
@@philipkippel3615 It's sounds like someone else though
I had a coffee ad before watching a video of coffee ads
SIR TOPHAM?
6:14
And he died the old fashioned way
11:08
12:30 Beast Eats Wontkins
8:09 Did Wilkins' age 2?
13:28 Wontkins gets Arrested
8:17 British Kermit Wilkins in Manchester
KERMIT: (happily singing) Why are there so many songs about rainbows?
ALSO KERMIT: Buy this coffee or die!!
That's not kermit
@@themalcahtwinz4743 I know but Jim Henson voiced both characters and I thought it'd be funny.
I wonder who took over for the voices in the last few commercials?
Beats me.
It's still Jim, but those are earlier, from before he settled into the Kermit-esque and Rowlf-esque voices.
@@ZeldaTheSwordsman Ah, okay, good to know! Thanks for the info!
Wontkins: Watch out where you throw those knives!
Wilkins: Are you going to the National City Bank yet?
Wontkins: No!
Wilkins (blindfolded): Okay, let’s try it blindfolded! (Wontkins zooms away)
I could imagine an SD Gundam version of Wilkins Coffee. The cel shaded 3D models would be based on Superior Defender Gundam Force, well that’s how I imagine it.
11:59 Wontkins is doing the exact same thing like Wilkins did
It’s Soviet Russia, so that’s excusable.
What’s with there voices at 13:11 & 13:23
Bob Payne replaced Jim Henson in 1958 when Henson went to Europe.
Why were you speeding?
I wanted a cup of coffee.
Wilkins Coffee?
No just coffee.
(Wontkins was throuwn in jail)
Next time, i'll say Wilkins.
5:42 and so, the mystery is revealed, wontkins likes the coffee. ....only when it's in powdered form
@@skunkbrains5656 And it tastes even better when it's mixed with boiling water.
I wanna know how they made the commercial where Wilkins loses his head.
I look high and lowwwwwwww........... 7:42
How low can you get?
We will never get rid of that car xD
These commercials are great.
🗨️🐸
The moral of these stories:
Drink Wilkins or else!
🫖☕
I'm even worse I'm out of willkins coffee!
oh thats a lot of-
M Copulos See what I mean?
I thought the Marshall Dilly was Wilkins, you probably don’t have it ☹️
Don't worry we will buy you some 😁
6:38 Anyone notice that that nameplate behind Wonkins is Wilkons spelled backwards?
Good notice
@@zaythecreator846 Thanks
12:20 i like how wilkins actually got a frown
Find the muppets all star comedy gala in Canada, 2012 on my birthday.
Wilkins :You got Wilkins coffee wonkes :no Wilkins : then ice cream
Have some wilkins coffee, sir?
If that's all you serve, I'll get of the next town.
Next town five miles straight down!
Rich.... Rich.... Double Rich!
No wonder Kermit doesn’t talk about his cousin Wilkins much
Guy: "wilkins?"
Other guy: "no i don't like it"
Guy: " *Y O U B E T T E R* "
These commercials must be on Disney+ as exclusive features of the Muppets Movie.
Coffee Break, Wanna Cup of Wilkins?
I never tasted IT- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
@@Yea_boiiii-t4pNow all our workers drink Wilkins!
Hey taxi, where can I get a Cup of coffee?
wilkins coffee?
Nah, just any old kind.
@@TheREALGoNikkoYeahYeah (Taxi Drives Away) Hey Taxi! Taxi!
Winkins: wilkins coffee keeps the gorillas away
wontkins: oh that's a a lot of (gets attack by a gorillas)
Winkins: it's like someone forgot to close the gorilla cage
6:07
What year is this please tell me!
Henson produced Wilkins Coffee Commercials from 1957 to 1961.
Will anyone here make a video and put all 179 commercials in it
So this is why the blue dude in the Claussen’s bread commercial abuses Kermit.
How old was Jim when he did these commercials? Early 20s?
11:45 saw the actor's (who did wontkins) arm
I'm guessing Jim was a huge Three Stooges fan!
2:45: *BONK!* Care for cream n sugar?
This volunteer doesn’t drink Wilkins Instant Coffee
@@Graciechan-39 I hope you know what you’re saying.
@@KaseyLeitch Oh, I do *Saws in half*
6:36 welcome to the shadow realm, buddy
Around 11:47 i see a hand performing wontkins
I feel nervous for Joni Savage from the ClueFinders franchise. Then again, she’s a badass; she’ll probably have a plan for if things go belly-up with.
British Wilkins it wasn't the tea it was the tax
What are those spooks doing serving Wilkins tea it’s out of this world good teas served Gost to gost
1 a coffee break 5 a shok your head 6 a magic wand