Jim, We Hardly Knew Ye

From 1957-1961 the late Jim Henson made some 179 commercial for Wilkin’s Coffee and associated companies.  The ultra violent, in a morbid cartoon sense, commercials were highly effective and amusing.  Little me would have loved them!

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Philip Nachazel
Philip Nachazel
Sunday, November 5, AD 2023 8:56am

I like the Washington monument toppling bit..but all of them we’re fun!

SouthCoast
SouthCoast
Sunday, November 5, AD 2023 12:42pm

Little me, watching “Sam and Friends” with my parents in DC, did love them. There were also ads for a scrapple brand I can’t remember.

Art Deco
Art Deco
Sunday, November 5, AD 2023 1:22pm

I’ve seen them. They’re mildly amusing. I think if they’d been effective, the brand wouldn’t have disappeared. I can remember Maxwell House, Yuban, Sanka, Nescafé, and Chase & Sanborn from that era, not Wilkins.

CAM
CAM
Sunday, November 5, AD 2023 4:10pm

Growing up in Metro DC, I was to see Kermit evolve, meaning he became more frog like in appearance as his career rose to greater heights. I vaguely remember a short early show called Sam and Friends. In one sketch an attractive human female acted as Kermits straight man err woman. Kinda think it was Peggy Lee?
The commercials were for Wilkins Coffee and other products.

Steve Phoenix
Steve Phoenix
Monday, November 6, AD 2023 11:24pm

Insanely funny, during a time when we all need to take a nonsense break and laugh.

CAM
CAM
Tuesday, November 7, AD 2023 9:23pm

Another flashback -. Jimmy Dean (as in sausage and Big Bad John hit) gave Henson a boost by having another funny Henson puppet Rowlf, the dog on his DC based show.

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