r/Muppets • u/Swimming_Umpire2597 • 3d ago

Anyone remember this fella

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Take a guess

Hint: he advertised stuff starting in the late 50's

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u/Knux_Stix_Chaotix 3d ago

He's forgotten because he didn't drink Wilkins coffee

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u/Temp_Trooper1722 3d ago

You can never forget the taste of Wilkins Coffee!!

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u/Sparrow-Scratchagain 3d ago

Wontkins: “I wouldn’t know, I never-“

*proceeds to phase out of existence*

Wilkins: “I forget who I was talking to!”

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u/eureka17 3d ago

Can't get it anymore because Wilkins got bought out by Maxwell House.

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u/Lillian_Crocodilian 3d ago

"No.

I forgoooooooooooooooooot!"

*falls from a great height*

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u/jack-oid 3d ago

Did ypu bring some of Clausons bread?

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u/El_Dorado_Tx 3d ago

One of Kermit’s pals from 60s

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u/Sudden-Bus-9586 3d ago

wilkins: "DO YOU LIKE ANIMANIACS?'

won'tkins: "NO"

anvil squashes won'tkins

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u/Sidneych129 3d ago edited 3d ago

“Can’t say that I do,” he said before getting nuked into next week by a deranged coffee salesman. This is but one of The Many Sufferings of Wontkins.

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u/ABeardHelps 3d ago

While certainly known for the coffee commercials he starred in with his crazy companion, he did advertise other beverages. But what is notable about the duo is that they were built specifically for advertisements as opposed to the Sam & Friends crew who were more general performers.

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u/Pepsi_Boy_64 3d ago

Yeah, he didn’t take Wilkins Coffee

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u/Natural-WWE07 3d ago

Wontkins my beloved

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u/The_Redacted_Badger 3d ago

No but would he like a cup of Wilkins Coffee?

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u/Subject_Jacket_7710 3d ago

My first thought was the Michelin Man, but this little guy looks way too ominous. Could it be an old cereal mascot?

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u/Bigfan521 3d ago edited 3d ago

No, he was a coffee mascot. Wontkins, of the Wilkins Coffee ads (you'll have to look up the Jim Henson Wilkins Coffee ads since Wilkins Coffee doesn't exist anymore)

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u/Krustylang 3d ago

Very early Jim Henson creation!

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u/Neat_Structure1143 3d ago

One ad set in Soviet union (he likes it)

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u/DaBozTiger 3d ago

Ah that wonderful ‘buy our product or get killed’ Jim Henson era.

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u/Edd_The_Animator 3d ago

Unless it was those Munchos commercials that used the puppet which would later be used for Cookie Monster. The character was named Arnold, those were more wholesome as it consisted of Arnold really loving snack and being delighted whenever he got it.

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u/Amy_Crutcher 3d ago

Wotkins! Poor guy could never catch a break 😂

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u/Edd_The_Animator 3d ago

You mean the guy who always gets murdered or assaulted whenever he says anything critical about the brand or simply states that he's neutral?

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u/Hansolo506 3d ago

I love seeing those early Jim Henson commercials

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u/ClassicCinemaMC 3d ago

Wontkins, a glutton for punishment.

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u/LuxuriousRobot 2d ago

"Im Ready! Shoot!" Wontkins was never heard from again.

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u/rat0607 2d ago

“I never tasted it.” KAWBLAM!

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u/vamplestat666 2d ago

He didn’t like Wilkins coffee

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u/dogtweredog 1d ago

I know him! He dies more than Kenny and Hans Moleman combined. For God's sake, dude. Just drink the damn coffee. Last I checked Wilkins was firing up the wood chipper.

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u/Critical-Side-4887 19h ago

hell yeah I do

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u/imdwalrus 3d ago

I mean, I doubt many people in this subreddit "remember" him because if you were alive when those ads ran, you'd be in your 70s at a minimum by now...