Wanna Cup of Wilkins Coffee?

[MuppetDude]

I hope Scarecore doesn't mind me showing these to you. Enjoy. :D

http://www.scarecroe.com/files/wilkins/wilkins01.mov

http://www.scarecroe.com/files/wilkins/wilkins02.mov

http://www.scarecroe.com/files/wilkins/wilkins03.mov

http://www.scarecroe.com/files/wilkins/wilkins04.mov

http://www.scarecroe.com/files/wilkins/wilkins05.mov

http://www.scarecroe.com/files/wilkins/wilkins06.mov

http://www.scarecroe.com/files/wilkins/wilkins07.mov

http://www.scarecroe.com/files/wilkins/wilkins08.mov

http://www.scarecroe.com/files/wilkins/wilkins09.mov

[Whatever]

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[MuppetDude]

You're welcome, but I hope that no one's mad at me for showing these.

[Smy Guiley]

Why? Where did you find them? They're great! That must be every commercial....there's about 100 of them there, right? Very impressive and super quality.

What else have you got (tee hee) ??

[MuppetDude]

The reason I'm worried is because I had found them on a list of Scarecroe's video and picture files, and he probably wouldn't want any one to tamper with them.

Yes, the video quality is amazing, considering they're from 1957-1960s.

However, there have been about 300 commercials made for Wilkins products alone, so it's pretty cool that we have access to a third of them. :)

Group #3 appers to be the most graphic of the group. Wontkins's house gets blown up, he is nearly sawed in half, and one even depicts him in the electric chair!! :zany:

And what about the fencing one? Wilkins actually cleans off his blade!! :o That's really disturbing!

[scarecroe]

That's okay, these are for sharing. I was going to post here eventually anyway.

Please make sure you Right-Click on the links and choose 'Save Target As' so that the .mov files will be saved to your computer. Then play them from your computer.

Jane Henson cites that there were about 120 commercials made for Wilkins Coffee and Tea products. There are 91 of them in this collection.

Here's the link where they were originally posted...

http://forums.delphiforums.com/toughpigs/messages?msg=6384.1

Enjoy!

[MuppetDude]

Phew! *wipes brow* :)

I saw that message on the "Tough Pigs Forum", but I didn't know if you wanted to be the first to post them here or not. But how can you keep stuff like this hid until someone else does it? :D

So the other 180 commercials were for other Wilkins products (like Kraml Milk, Community Coffee, etc.)?

[scarecroe]

I don't know where the 300 number comes from, but yeah, it could have been for other Wilkins products.

[erniebert1234ss]

it was, y'all.

BJ

[erniebert1234ss]

I can't run these files, y'all. Is it QT or WinAmp or neither?

BJ

[MuppetDude]

They're all in Quicktime Format.

[Uncle deadly]

haha cool!

[Iokitek]

Those are cool :) I did download and watch them. But I would still like to know if it's legal to own them or not actually.

[erniebert1234ss]

Iokitek, I cannot respond to your question, but on-topic, I have a s***ty connection to the Internet (read: dial-up and AOL- a marriage made in h***) and the downloads of those commercials take for-freaking ever! Just FYI.

BJ

[GelflingWaldo]

Thanks for the links. I had seen one or two of them before, but this collection of files is excellent (and in such good quality too). The commercials are still great today, even after almost 50 year. They are such a treasure to watch. The characters are funny and the commercials are just plain fun to watch.

I wish more of the old rare stuff would be avalible online (or better yet on DVD); like Sam and Friends, The Today Show appearances, Southern Bread commercials, Wilkins commercials, Wilson’s Meats meeting film, Tales of the Tinkerdee, The Jimmy Dean Show appearances, Mike Douglas Show appearances, and more. It would be cool if Henson or the Jim Henson Legacy (or anyone else with the means to) put togeather an online collection of videos to share the old works with the world (you know, all the people who can't make it to the special film festivals, workshops. or museum events but still love to see Jim's old work).

I don't know about the copyrights, or other legal bugs that may (or may not) be attached to this old and rare work; but I think the more of it out there for the fans to see the better. I hope more stuff like this becomes avalible to us to see again (or for some for the first time).

[Iokitek]

hmmm, well I'll just hang on to them then. Perhaps later there will be a special DVD with them on it.

[erniebert1234ss]

Gelfling Waldo, what a great idea! I love it! Also, what about the other commercials starring new and original muppets (back in that day, they were, like the La Choy Dragon)?

I also was looking at Jim Henson: The Works last night, and I recognized one of the products that Wilkins and Wontkins were selling, Faygo (the tomato stuff)! I think Faygo is still in stores today, tho i'm not sure. Any help?

BJ

[Banjo Matt]

Cooooool :excited: :excited:
Never so one of those. Thanks for sharing :)

[lowercasegods]

Gelfling Waldo, what a great idea! I love it! Also, what about the other commercials starring new and original muppets (back in that day, they were, like the La Choy Dragon)?

I also was looking at Jim Henson: The Works last night, and I recognized one of the products that Wilkins and Wontkins were selling, Faygo (the tomato stuff)! I think Faygo is still in stores today, tho i'm not sure. Any help?

BJ
I know this thread is essentially expired, but I had to post and thank all parties who were responsible for bringing the Wilkins/Wontkins commercials to us fans. They were so much fun, especially the one where the tree falls on Wontkins. And in repsonse to the Faygo remark, it's actually a soda pop produced here in Michigan (Detroit, specifically). It's pretty good stuff, and cheaper than most name brand soft drinks. It's probably just a coincidence, but I speculate that Jim met up with the producers of Faygo during his trip to the national puppeteers convention held in Detroit in the early 60s, which possibly led to the commercials.