Vintage Jim Henson Commercials - Wilson's Meats (Commercials and Promo)

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • Jim Henson and Muppets, Inc. produced commercials for Wilson's Meats from 1965 to 1967. The commercials starred the Muppets Scoop and Skip.
    This video also features a promotional film produced for the staff of Wilson's Meats taking viewers behind the scenes of Muppets Inc.

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  • @perryjimenez5629
    @perryjimenez5629 3 года назад +69

    1:24, and who would have thought that that show would be one of the most successful and longest-running Children's TV shows in History

  • @Z-Man7
    @Z-Man7 3 года назад +50

    Crazy that this man went on to make Dark Crystal.

  • @QuizmasterLaw
    @QuizmasterLaw 2 года назад +36

    Q "And what's the advantage of using your so-called 'muppets' Mr. Henson?"
    A "Well, the comics code authority doesn't apply to them..."

  • @jamesbevan9939
    @jamesbevan9939 3 месяца назад +5

    He really loved that "Brand X" gag

  • @CSLucasEpic
    @CSLucasEpic 3 года назад +37

    1:20 That means that this commercials gave Jim Henson enough credentials to be given a chance to make The Muppets Show.

    • @yosefdemby8792
      @yosefdemby8792 2 года назад +3

      No no. The Muppet Show was not just for little kids.

    • @littleblackduck3134
      @littleblackduck3134 2 года назад +1

      Sesame Street

    • @yosefdemby8792
      @yosefdemby8792 2 года назад +6

      @@littleblackduck3134 Sesame Street was specifically made for children, yes. The Muppet Show was not.

  • @OctacleEdits
    @OctacleEdits 3 года назад +24

    4:54
    "Well, actually, I'm a vegetarian."
    BANG!

    • @lohphat
      @lohphat 21 день назад

      Q: Do you know how you can tell someone is a vegetarian?
      A: They'll tell you.

  • @parker-boy98
    @parker-boy98 3 года назад +67

    Skip: Actually, I'm a vegetarian
    Scoop: So you have chosen death.

  • @robertdullnig3625
    @robertdullnig3625 3 года назад +71

    We need a remake of Mad Men, but it's all from the point of view of Jim Henson.

    • @CaptLuser
      @CaptLuser 2 года назад +3

      jim henson is basically the don draper of felt puppets

    • @SZ-tm9xb
      @SZ-tm9xb 2 года назад

      You mean Jim Henson a film based on Mad Men?

    • @MrDemonWorm
      @MrDemonWorm Год назад +1

      If the tone of his narration says anything, he was bored to tears with advertising.

  • @TheKnobCalledTone.
    @TheKnobCalledTone. 3 года назад +18

    8:21 Who spiked my Wilkins Coffee with LSD?

    • @CaptLuser
      @CaptLuser 2 года назад +1

      i blame wontkins

  • @rexmcdowd
    @rexmcdowd 2 года назад +16

    And no Wilson's meat product is complete without a fresh cup of Wilkins instant coffee

    • @ginakranenburg7003
      @ginakranenburg7003 2 месяца назад +1

      Imagine them meeting Wilkins and asking wontkins if he like either then getting murdered by main characters in commercials

  • @armorybrunotjr.3204
    @armorybrunotjr.3204 10 месяцев назад +7

    Scoop and Skip appeared as newscasters for Wilkins Coffee in 1961. They were replacements for Wilkins and Wontkins, who were simply retired.

  • @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427
    @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427 4 года назад +35

    Henson & associates working hard.

  • @MrKenichi22
    @MrKenichi22 4 года назад +19

    @8:21 Wow, this ad kind of feels like a 90’s ad, but definitely 1960’s.

    • @broadcastmyballs
      @broadcastmyballs 2 года назад +1

      I thought that too. The collage of clips is very late 80s or 90s. There's even a bit of touch of 00s post-ironic in the 'singing'

  • @DexterYesMandarkNo
    @DexterYesMandarkNo 4 года назад +24

    That's how The Muppets were made.

    • @FuriousMan226
      @FuriousMan226 4 года назад +13

      The Muppets existed before these commercials

  • @newbiegamelover4767
    @newbiegamelover4767 2 года назад +8

    4:46
    "What do you have against Jim Henson?"
    He asked that question to that character that's voiced by Jim Henson.

  • @SanderOlbermann
    @SanderOlbermann 3 года назад +19

    3:58 And then they had a wilkins coffee break that swings

  • @caseydubois3645
    @caseydubois3645 2 года назад +8

    From 8:20 forward is pure Gen Z goofy ahh humor

    • @weebunny
      @weebunny 9 месяцев назад

      Then Gen Z inherited a good sense of humor - that is absurdist Boomer-era material. Reminds me of Terry Gilliam's animations for Monty Python projects. (I'm Gen X myself, but I love that stuff.)

  • @shadowhauntjoker8501
    @shadowhauntjoker8501 2 года назад +4

    1:12 - Skip gets all up in Scoop's business
    Scoop brushes him off
    Skip (in his mind) "Bruh, I know you didn't just touch me like you didn't like it before the camera was on."

  • @m.r.keller9642
    @m.r.keller9642 3 года назад +5

    Loved that Pall Mall cigarette cameo.

  • @laffytaffy1726
    @laffytaffy1726 Год назад +2

    7:37 what a threat.

  • @angelaabreu823
    @angelaabreu823 4 года назад +10

    8:38 a rare Royal Crown Cola commercial

  • @josecrane4132
    @josecrane4132 4 года назад +10

    I crack up at the guy getting shot. 4:55.

  • @synaesthesia2010
    @synaesthesia2010 3 года назад +5

    bloody hell, a young Frank Oz

  • @christopherbubb2890
    @christopherbubb2890 3 года назад +12

    8:32 Jerry Nelson cameo. He'd go on to perform the Count and Herry Monster in Sesame Street and Gobo, Marjory the Trash Heap and Pa Gorg in Fraggle Rock. And Floyd Pepper, and Camilla the Chicken! To name just a few of the probably hundreds of Muppet characters he performed over the years.
    I think the little girl may be his daughter Christine, who would later lose a brave battle with cystic fibrosis.

    • @astarteswillum5259
      @astarteswillum5259 3 года назад +1

      Don't forget Little Jerry.

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi 2 года назад +3

      Hey when you die, the cystic fibrosis dies too. That's not a loss, that's a draw. She bravely fought it to a draw.

    • @christopherbubb2890
      @christopherbubb2890 2 года назад +1

      @@KairuHakubi I like that way of thinking.

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi 2 года назад

      @@christopherbubb2890 You like that? Norm MacDonald said it.

  • @AlexPerrine
    @AlexPerrine 2 года назад +8

    5:19 Would've been cool if Wilkins did that to Wontkins.

  • @andrewmorrice9139
    @andrewmorrice9139 3 года назад +18

    So did Jim Henson do the voices for all the puppets, while only performing one at a time? Because it would be impossible for him to perform them all at the same time, yet they all sound like him.

    • @KermiClown
      @KermiClown  3 года назад +22

      He prerecorded the vocals, and then he and others lip synched the puppets to the vocal tracks.

    • @andrewmorrice9139
      @andrewmorrice9139 3 года назад +5

      @@KermiClown Thanks for that! I always wondered. Testament to their skill that I honestly couldn't tell.

    • @yosefdemby8792
      @yosefdemby8792 2 года назад +5

      @@andrewmorrice9139 Frank Oz was still afraid to do voicework at the time.

  • @WebVManReturns
    @WebVManReturns 2 года назад +12

    But do they eat their Wilson’s Meats on Kerns Bread or Southern Bread?

    • @bengineer8
      @bengineer8 2 года назад +4

      Or Claussen’s?

    • @90139
      @90139 2 года назад

      @@bengineer8 or tastybread?

  • @BetterCallMiles
    @BetterCallMiles Год назад +1

    I love having Wilson's Certified Bacon with Wilkins Coffee

  • @ferbusgddc
    @ferbusgddc 2 года назад +1

    This is amazing

  • @dimasgirl2749
    @dimasgirl2749 3 года назад +7

    That second to last one had to be done by Monty Python.

    • @aflhabalafhabab
      @aflhabalafhabab 3 года назад +2

      Actually, it was made about 2 years before Monty Python introduced themselves to the world.

  • @maddestmike5791
    @maddestmike5791 2 года назад +9

    "upcoming daily children's show."
    Was that Sesame Street?

  • @RandomTrinidadian
    @RandomTrinidadian 3 года назад +2

    Let it not be said the Jim Henson Didnt like to troll himself

  • @matthiasneidenberger9471
    @matthiasneidenberger9471 18 дней назад

    “What do you have against Jim Henson?”
    “Nothing.”
    “What do you have against me?”
    “You keep hurting me.”
    “What do you have against Wilson’s Meats?”
    “They pay you to hurt me.”

  • @marella-yoplaitlimited7745
    @marella-yoplaitlimited7745 23 дня назад

    8:37 the sound from Community Coffee - TV Set

  • @SaifooStudios2020
    @SaifooStudios2020 3 года назад +2

    4:42 this one is my favorite

  • @moisesdanielalvarado5578
    @moisesdanielalvarado5578 3 года назад +9

    So Kern's Bread and Wilkins Coffee and Wilson's Certified Meat are all from Jim Henson and he also made the Muppets

    • @BasementTermites
      @BasementTermites 3 года назад +3

      He doesn't own the products, he made ads for 'em

    • @WebVManReturns
      @WebVManReturns 2 года назад +2

      @@BasementTermites No, but he owned the competition with these ads.

    • @BasementTermites
      @BasementTermites 2 года назад

      @@WebVManReturns Hgaahgaha I like that

    • @yosefdemby8792
      @yosefdemby8792 2 года назад

      These _are_ Muppets.

    • @yosefdemby8792
      @yosefdemby8792 2 года назад

      @@BasementTermites And he owned the characters.

  • @MuppetDude
    @MuppetDude 4 года назад +19

    8:38 -- The hell?!

    • @Nickcheezy
      @Nickcheezy 4 года назад +4

      rare royal crown cola commercial

    • @suzylux
      @suzylux 3 года назад +4

      a lot of acid was being taken then..gotta remember ;)

    • @vashietru1848
      @vashietru1848 3 года назад

      What's the Nutty Bird doing here?!

  • @alextavalesthemuppetmaniac5607
    @alextavalesthemuppetmaniac5607 3 года назад +1

    Back then, the Muppets were in black and white.

  • @SailorMaxie
    @SailorMaxie Месяц назад

    I like Wilson’s with a side of Wilkins.

  • @isabeld.paredes4923
    @isabeld.paredes4923 2 месяца назад

    Poor Skip... having to carry the mantle of Wontkins and Baskerville. And by the way, his voice sounds somewhat like Kermit the Frog's
    EDIT: At least, Skip manages to get even with Scoop once in a while

  • @laffytaffy1726
    @laffytaffy1726 2 года назад +1

    Wontkins: 10, 9, 8, 7
    Willkins: hey Wilkins coffee makes me astronauts too
    Wontkins: No. 6, 5, 4,
    Wilkins: but they're coffee into a drinking.
    Wontkins: look your won't get any where by drinking Wilkins coffee. 3, 2, 1
    (Wilkins blastoff)
    Wontkins: well I could be wrong.

  • @MrPhantaze
    @MrPhantaze 2 года назад +2

    Man i just got it: Rolf is good side of Wontkins

  • @sebastiangowacki7634
    @sebastiangowacki7634 2 года назад +1

    R.I.B Skip by italy tower

  • @anthonymarshall6868
    @anthonymarshall6868 2 года назад

    Scoop sounds like Jim Henson and Skip sounds like Kermit the Frog.

  • @skunkman9815
    @skunkman9815 6 месяцев назад

    1:31 oh yeah that’s Lisa and Cheril when they where little girls

  • @FaltbushdevkidnameMetro
    @FaltbushdevkidnameMetro 2 года назад

    MAD

  • @idkabyss9483
    @idkabyss9483 3 года назад

    When The Science Teacher teach you work with Bill Nye The Science Guy: 3:58

  • @kpyng
    @kpyng 2 месяца назад

    How did a pack of Pall Malls sneak into that last ad?...

  • @Mr.BaltimoreRavens
    @Mr.BaltimoreRavens 3 года назад +1

    1:34-YEET!

  • @KairuHakubi
    @KairuHakubi 2 года назад +3

    Man, it's so weird seeing a promo for commercials that just sort of explains why you're hearing all this from puppets right now, in case you weren't aware they were popular and already in lots of legit things.

  • @alextavalesthemuppetmaniac5607
    @alextavalesthemuppetmaniac5607 2 года назад +2

    You say you edited that film together?
    U huh.
    What do you have against Jim Henson?
    Nothing.
    What do you have against me?
    Nothing.
    What do you have against Wilson's Meats?
    Well Actually, I'm a vegetarian.
    BANG! Scoop shoots Skip with a gun.

  • @christopherbubb2890
    @christopherbubb2890 2 года назад

    Also Jerry Juhl cameo at 8:29.

  • @kiletaylor94
    @kiletaylor94 3 года назад

    8:11 Brand X. that smarts

  • @dianamancillas8908
    @dianamancillas8908 2 года назад

    Get your snacks and seat down and enjoy the commercials 0:56

  • @joemanuel805
    @joemanuel805 3 года назад +6

    Gun
    Parachute
    The champ
    Astronaut
    Leaning tower of Pisa
    Survey
    Mad scientist
    Brand x

  • @Sumschmuck
    @Sumschmuck 3 года назад

    I'll have some Wilson's with a cup of Wilkins

  • @berlinrubios9455
    @berlinrubios9455 3 года назад

    7:22 "No." "WHAT???" *Wham!*

  • @kittentacticalwarfare1140
    @kittentacticalwarfare1140 2 года назад

    That last segment was psychedelic wtf kekzhu

  • @laffytaffy1726
    @laffytaffy1726 Год назад +1

    4:55 So You have chosen to death?

  • @Alexs23743
    @Alexs23743 8 месяцев назад

    0:22: Proto-Ernie clearly had a rough life before he found Bert and moved to Sesame Street. ("I'm a vegetarian!" BLAM!!!)

  • @TitusRedwind
    @TitusRedwind 2 года назад

    8:21
    That honestly could be a modern day shit post and I wouldn't be able to tell.

  • @zaythecreator846
    @zaythecreator846 3 года назад

    Scoop & skip

  • @lohphat
    @lohphat 21 день назад

    8:37 Big Bird prototype?

  • @WebVManReturns
    @WebVManReturns 2 года назад

    Wilson’s Sure To Be Fried Bacon

  • @zelah4311
    @zelah4311 2 года назад

    and also called 2001-2010

  • @alexherrera1648
    @alexherrera1648 Год назад +1

    8:37

  • @laffytaffy1726
    @laffytaffy1726 Год назад

    7:37 that's a terrible bacon

  • @kelanjones7281
    @kelanjones7281 3 года назад +2

    Do you have Brand X

  • @ddespair
    @ddespair 2 года назад

    Did Jim have scoliosis? His posture has always seemed hunched.

  • @ashtonpatton4207
    @ashtonpatton4207 2 года назад

    Godfrey?!?!

  • @eusouozedamanga
    @eusouozedamanga Год назад

    Wait, do they take turns to see who likes this meat and who doesn't?

  • @FaltbushdevkidnameMetro
    @FaltbushdevkidnameMetro 2 года назад

    The two last commercials were so weird they don't even use their own smokes man or even say why you should buy it just like crazy crazy poop

  • @harmonybrandon2059
    @harmonybrandon2059 3 года назад +1

    Is everybody know who is Johnny Carson

  • @saxongreen78
    @saxongreen78 3 года назад

    It's all bad for ya!

  • @ColesUltimateChannel-xr4sm
    @ColesUltimateChannel-xr4sm 2 года назад +1

    8:24
    8:37

  • @ginakranenburg7003
    @ginakranenburg7003 2 месяца назад

    4:45 u watched jum henson idea man documentary i saw the part and my brother and I cracked up we laghed for 10 min straight ir qas si random

  • @nattiedraws
    @nattiedraws 3 года назад

    Oh Gene, working hard or hardly working?

  • @samp.8099
    @samp.8099 4 года назад

    Funny stuff

  • @vfspectrum4652
    @vfspectrum4652 4 года назад +1

    so apparently wilsons franks give u diarrhea

  • @amandastill5124
    @amandastill5124 2 года назад

    Fix the glitch

  • @jadsi
    @jadsi 3 года назад +1

    7:37 shit.

  • @m.k.b.3880
    @m.k.b.3880 3 года назад +1

    Dryest humor ever

  • @tunglamnguyen912
    @tunglamnguyen912 3 года назад

    She hulk

  • @stevemandl5140
    @stevemandl5140 3 года назад

    boring!!!

    • @zaythecreator846
      @zaythecreator846 3 года назад

      No the behind the scenes is funny

    • @Aluminumtalk
      @Aluminumtalk Год назад

      Do not drink or drink or 5.30am
      Annoying and I don't want to be a pain

  • @tunglamnguyen912
    @tunglamnguyen912 3 года назад

    Critters

  • @samantharodriguez6390
    @samantharodriguez6390 Год назад

    8:45

  • @claytonhenry1308
    @claytonhenry1308 2 года назад +1

    6:16

  • @Bfdiisdoneforever
    @Bfdiisdoneforever Год назад

    5:25

  • @TomasPereztorres
    @TomasPereztorres 3 месяца назад

    8:38