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Wontkins
Wontkins is a puppet character created by Jim Henson for a series of Wilkins Coffee advertising spots that began in 1957. He serves as the sceptical counterpart to Wilkins, the coffee supporter, and his refusal to drink the product is repeatedly followed by an exaggerated comic punishment or destruction. The short commercials are early examples of Henson's use of expressive hand puppets, rapid vis...
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Wilkins
Wilkins is an early Muppet character created by Jim Henson for a series of television advertisements for Wilkins Coffee beginning in 1957. The puppet was placed in short comic situations in which an opposing character was threatened or subjected to an absurd punishment for refusing to drink the product. The commercials are studied as examples of Henson's early advertising work and of the use of pu...
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