Keith started us rolling with the pre-violence Muppets-Reservoir Dogs mashup, but I’m here to take you all the way.
In the ’50s, early versions of Jim Henson’s Muppets characters were used to shill for coffee on a D.C. television station. Each of the spots was just 10 seconds long. Here’s a collection:
More info and some links to even more at the blog SuperPunch.
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Grant Hamilton
2 Responses to “Like Muppets? Like violence? Like Wilkins Coffee?”
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They’re like bizzaro-world versions of Rowlf and Kermit without brains. Or impulse control. And with guns and clubs adn explosives.
I like it.
Apparently they were known as “Willkins” and “Wontkins” — they sold plush dolls and everything.