Apparently the reason these commercials are so violent is because Jim Henson hated coffee and said he would only drink it if someone held a gun to his head so he made that the concept for the Wilkins coffee commercials.
The worst one of all those commercials, has to be the one where Proto Kermit stabbed the guy but you don’t see it, he just wipes the blood off the blade while saying he should’ve taken the coffee. That was horrifying
I think my favorite one has gotta be the one when Wilkins has Wontkins strapped to the electric chair. "You want some Wilkins Coffee?" "No." "How shocking." *Flips the switch.* 😂
@@Falcovsleon21 Much respect to Henson, and Buddhism.. but anytime Religion or any form of strong group opinionated ideals come in play. Especially when it comes to creative geniuses. I think it does more damage than good, when it comes to the open minded thought process, that got them the success in the first place. The moral of this ridiculously long reply, that will probably never be read is... Get weird!!! STAAAAAY WEIRD! 🍻
TMNT was marketed to kids, is why he had problems. Back then, coffee was not thought of as something kid friendly. Henson had a lot of more grown-up humor going on that's often overlooked and gets his full career glossed over as child entertainment.
@@Optimalillusion ... Seriously? Coffee wasn't seen as something kids would drink? @PlushyToons 2 Studioz To be fair to Jim, this was clearly meant for comedic effect, and is a lot more slapstick than what you saw in the Turtles movie.
From TV Tropes: Ironically, it was actually quite easy for Jim Henson to come up with the many ridiculous ways to punish Wontkins, because like Wontkins, Henson himself never liked Wilkins coffee, either - or coffee at all, for that matter. Thus, these commercials became a playful way for Henson to think of what it would take for him to drink coffee, and the answer was: a lot.
Never gets old. Fact Wilkins in this commercial was NEVER a prototype for Kermit. Yes, Jim Henson created The Muppets at the time but these commercials were totally different from what Jim set out to do. Still, these commercials NEVER Get old.
That's some dangerous ass coffee... LMAO 😂 lookatcha...I lost it when he hit my man in the face with the pie and poured coffee on him but I was dead when kicked his ass out that tree..hard too...
Jesus, I had to pause it and come down to say that in the first one when he blew the guy away I laughed... then when he turned the cannon at us and asked us the same question I fucking lost it lol just like Martin. That was gold.
My love and respect for Jim Henson only increased after seeing these hilarious and absurdly violent commercials! My favorite is the Strawberry Shortcake and Kicking the guy out of the tree ones (especially your reactions to them)... LMAO!!!
And I thought the 1980's commercials that promoted Violent Rated R toys to kids were wild. They had nothing on these Wilkins Coffee Ads. These were fantastic! Thank you for posting.
These are gold man I'm glad you guys decided to talk about these. Do more of these things try to find more videos of commercials that they'll never make these days and start commenting on them.
Now I want to see 'Proto Kermit' dressed as Neegan from "Walking Dead" ^_^ "You don't like Wilkin's Coffee? "Well, Well, Well, then I guess its time to put on your Pee Pee Pants now, isn't it?" ^_^
Guess whoever made those skits didn't like their boss. So he set up those bogus commercials so you wouldn't go near coffee. Damn Jim Hinson was a savage. Wow.
I heard they filmed these commercials right here in DC so the violence in this commercial doesn’t surprise me that much but never realized how violent those commercials were. Funny AF though😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I read that for a while you were able to get a pair of Wilkins and Wontkins dolls if you sent a certain number of coffee can labels to the company. The kids must have really pestered their parents to drink more coffee.
I actually heard of them about a video on creepy incarnations of children's characters or something like that and then went searching for the commercials themselves. Seems they suddenly went viral shortly after.
And this is made from Jim henson..The man who made THE MUPPETS. First time I saw wilkins, I thought it was like a fan made creepy pasta urban legend. It's REAL commercials😂😂
I hate how many people in the comments are attributing awareness of these ads to the Nostalgia Critic. These ads weren't exactly unknown before, and honestly I don't know why people still watch him.
They needed to see this one Wilkins dressed as a fortune teller, and Wantkins sitting at a table with a crystal ball Wilkins: "I see you enjoying Wilkins coffee" Wantkins: "What about my future?" **BANG** Wilkins: "You don't have a future."
Apparently the reason these commercials are so violent is because Jim Henson hated coffee and said he would only drink it if someone held a gun to his head so he made that the concept for the Wilkins coffee commercials.
That and, since this was the early days of advertising, it was believed that the hard sell was the only way commercials would work.
What dafuq kinda person hates coffee??
@@masternoob9673 Plenty of them, myself included.
@@masternoob9673 I don't hate it it just doesn't do anything for me and I don't like it
I think Jim was also a fan of the three stooges.
"Ya can't say that you DON'T either!" Cue Martin's bust up laughter. Any DT fan knows Martin is a sucker for pastries to the face.
Pastries in the face and Word Play. It's like that specific one was made just for Martin 😂
3:16 😂🤣☕
🤣🤣🤣🤣
2:07 martins face is in pure confusion 🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
These never get old 😂 they are so hilariously violent
Facts
And also kermit
I love Martin's reactions to these commercials
Same. His laugh has me on the floor every time!
@@Music-City-Mania All three of their laughs can cure every know disease.
2:11 Martin face! 😂😂
3:18 In this moment Double toasted lose it
4:38 kick him off
“You can’t say that you don’t either” lmaoooooo
I hollered
I nearly died when he did that 🤣🤣🤣
Oh lord that was my favourite one lmao. The one where he kicks him out of the tree is also hilarious.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The worst one of all those commercials, has to be the one where Proto Kermit stabbed the guy but you don’t see it, he just wipes the blood off the blade while saying he should’ve taken the coffee. That was horrifying
Some learn, some don't.
*some learn, some don't*
"What's a stab between friends in the dark?"
"hey! This is Gotham, bad things happen if you don't drink the right coffee.."
I can imagine Wilkins Coffee being the Joker’s favorite advertisement.
My fave has to be the psychic one
"Whats my future?"
"You drink Wilkins Coffee?"
"No! What about my future?"
*shoots*
"You dont HAVE a future :)"
Watching these with Martin and Billy's reaction is like watching them new all over again!
Damn these Wilkins commercials are spreading like wildfire. The Nostalgia Critic viewed them and now the Double Toasted crew. Who’s next?
I first learned about these commercials through Blameitonjorge channel a long time ago. 🤣 🤣
Cinemassacre maybe.
It's trending on Twitter now.
Don't forget that Chadtronic tackled them on his "Cursed Commercials" videos.
2:11 Martin thinking about life! 🤣🤣🤣
Martin's college years came flooding back lol
Wilkins coffee and double toasted, a match made in heaven🤣🤣
Martin's laugh just make this all the better.. I've rewatched dozens of times already!
I love these commercials, they are absolutely hilarious
"Some learn, some don't."
“He gosh-darned gutted him!” - Nostalgia Critic
Actually Kermit existed before the Wilkins Coffee commercials. He debuted for Sam and Friends back in 1955.
Yep, these commercials while done by Jim Henson was its own thing
I think my favorite one has gotta be the one when Wilkins has Wontkins strapped to the electric chair.
"You want some Wilkins Coffee?"
"No."
"How shocking."
*Flips the switch.* 😂
😂😂😂😂
Wow, Jim Henson once said that he regretted making the Ninja Turtles movie because it was too violent. How ironic.
Yeah, that one was too violent, but apparently "Muppet Saw" over here was perfectly fine for some reason
That's because he had gotten into Buddhism around the time the Ninja Turtles movie was being made.
@@Falcovsleon21 Much respect to Henson, and Buddhism.. but anytime Religion or any form of strong group opinionated ideals come in play. Especially when it comes to creative geniuses. I think it does more damage than good, when it comes to the open minded thought process, that got them the success in the first place. The moral of this ridiculously long reply, that will probably never be read is...
Get weird!!!
STAAAAAY WEIRD!
🍻
TMNT was marketed to kids, is why he had problems. Back then, coffee was not thought of as something kid friendly. Henson had a lot of more grown-up humor going on that's often overlooked and gets his full career glossed over as child entertainment.
@@Optimalillusion ... Seriously? Coffee wasn't seen as something kids would drink?
@PlushyToons 2 Studioz To be fair to Jim, this was clearly meant for comedic effect, and is a lot more slapstick than what you saw in the Turtles movie.
3:12 the best one
Bro they were Laughing like Joker and made that 3x as funny 🤣.
From TV Tropes: Ironically, it was actually quite easy for Jim Henson to come up with the many ridiculous ways to punish Wontkins, because like Wontkins, Henson himself never liked Wilkins coffee, either - or coffee at all, for that matter. Thus, these commercials became a playful way for Henson to think of what it would take for him to drink coffee, and the answer was: a lot.
These DT bites aged so well lmao I'm in tears
2:11 priceless face
and they say today's tv is too violent.
Yeah, but it's also the fact that people became a ln army of wusses
Martin's laugh is the best 😂
And they are well deserved with these commercials lol god damn these puppets are violent
Never gets old. Fact Wilkins in this commercial was NEVER a prototype for Kermit. Yes, Jim Henson created The Muppets at the time but these commercials were totally different from what Jim set out to do.
Still, these commercials NEVER Get old.
Damn! Those puppets were SAVAGE!
Proto-Kermit was a GANGSTA back in the '50s-'60s! I have to head over to DT's Twitch page to see the full show tonight. ROFL
That's some dangerous ass coffee... LMAO 😂 lookatcha...I lost it when he hit my man in the face with the pie and poured coffee on him but I was dead when kicked his ass out that tree..hard too...
@@rakeendavis8487 He got me with that one too......he smacked him with that pie or cake hard too
"Things just seem to happen to people who don't drink wilkins"
Man do I wish this segment was longer!
I wish we got 20 minutes out of this.
3:48 Wilkins is just like "I know you've seen enough of these. You know he's dead."
We all owe CJ thanks for persisting in sending these and delivering us this comedy old segment that almost killed Martin.
Jesus, I had to pause it and come down to say that in the first one when he blew the guy away I laughed... then when he turned the cannon at us and asked us the same question I fucking lost it lol just like Martin. That was gold.
My love and respect for Jim Henson only increased after seeing these hilarious and absurdly violent commercials! My favorite is the Strawberry Shortcake and Kicking the guy out of the tree ones (especially your reactions to them)... LMAO!!!
Man, those darker coffee commercials are freaking hilarious. Since Tom and Jerry cartoons. 🤣😂
Grover doesnt seem so bad compared to this Wilkin Puppet LOL!
So True lol. 🤣 🤣
I bet Blue Man is happy he ain't Wontkins.
@@jesuszamora6949 LOL!!
Man, if only all commercials were this good
Glad y'all read my email, I knew y'all would get a laugh out of them. 🤣 🤣
Now to start emailing them Rapsittie Street Kids...
@@SyberiaWinx Yep that's a good one lol.
bless your persistence lmfao
😆😆😆 thank you for this! Lmao
@@SyberiaWinx yes! for next christmas they gotta roast rapsittie street kids
And I thought the 1980's commercials that promoted Violent Rated R toys to kids were wild. They had nothing on these Wilkins Coffee Ads. These were fantastic! Thank you for posting.
Omg these are the best commercials ever made! 🤣🤣🤣
Wow I can remember these commercials.
My jaw dropped when the gun came out 😱. If Sam I Am was a psychopath 😂
Did you see that man face when that puppet got shot. It was like he could not believe what had happened 😆
You should look at Panda Cheese commercials if you like the Wilkins Coffee ones.
How about the one where Wilkins stabs the guy and clearly wipes the blood off of his sword?
4:38 Perfect 🤟
Your reactions and comments help make these great commercials even funnier. Thanks for the laughs. Subscribed.
You guys have great laughs!
these commercials are genius
We need more commercials like these.
I haven’t laugh so hard in a long time
These are gold man I'm glad you guys decided to talk about these. Do more of these things try to find more videos of commercials that they'll never make these days and start commenting on them.
Holy crap... they need to get put this back on TV,,
Wilkins Coffee has been trending alot lately. Also, Kermit actually predates Wilkins by A few years.
my favorite is the rally race. the gun announcer just straight up shots the dude lol
Now I want to see 'Proto Kermit' dressed as Neegan from "Walking Dead" ^_^
"You don't like Wilkin's Coffee?
"Well, Well, Well, then I guess its time to put on your Pee Pee Pants now, isn't it?" ^_^
Hearing Martin Laugh Like That Cleanses My Soul 😂🤣
Jim Henson said that if he was stuck on an ending, he'd have two options- have one character explode, or have one character eat the other one.
I LAUGHED so hard!! Thank you guys.
Kermit guy: Wilkins
Grimace guy: Won't-kins
And with the minuscule amount of time they got to do the ads, Jim just went straight to the point.
That was better than the Terry Tate Office Linebacker Commercials
3:18 Awesome
Wow! Henson was going through a dark period.
I knew this was gonna be funny seeing Martin in the thumbnail 😂😂
binged them a few years back, forgot about em. good shit
Yo these commercials were ahead of their time 😂😂😂
I love this!!!!! Can't say that you dont👏🤣🤣
4:55 Sweet Chin Music lol
These commercials are like if Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham to be this violent
It's like a very violent Green Eggs and Ham
the timing on that Kick :)
I learned about these from The Cinema Snob. They are a classic!
Learn about them from Nostalgia Critic... lol
these are awesome commercials!!!
i don’t think these ever get old 😅😅
😅😂🤣These will always be the best!! How these weren't banned immediately is beyond me.
Kermit and Wilkins are two different characters
Guess whoever made those skits didn't like their boss. So he set up those bogus commercials so you wouldn't go near coffee. Damn Jim Hinson was a savage. Wow.
The Kermit puppet sounds like Speed Racer's voice actor
I've got five aces can you beat that?
I got a can of Wilkins coffee
BANG!
Nothing beats Wilkins
If you laugh, you can't complain.
I heard they filmed these commercials right here in DC so the violence in this commercial doesn’t surprise me that much but never realized how violent those commercials were. Funny AF though😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Jim Henson was the best.
This pure comedy gold.😫🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I read that for a while you were able to get a pair of Wilkins and Wontkins dolls if you sent a certain number of coffee can labels to the company. The kids must have really pestered their parents to drink more coffee.
Who first heard of Wilkins coffee thanks to Nostalgia Critic?
I did
Me
I actually heard of them about a video on creepy incarnations of children's characters or something like that and then went searching for the commercials themselves. Seems they suddenly went viral shortly after.
@@Falcovsleon21 these commercials are messed up but funny. They completely skipped past my radar growing up.
No, now all I see is comments like “Nostalgia critic brought me here”
Those are funny. They're harmless fun.
Damn thats gangsta
This is funny!!!!! Oh boy, THIS IS HILARIOUS!!!!!!!
just lurking in an alley slanging coffee
I'm sorry but the first thing I thought when I saw Martin is how much he looks like Uncle Phil, the face , the beard, even the hat fits right
Holy shit!! I can’t believe these were commercials I’m new to this channel and wow so much shit I never seen
And this is made from Jim henson..The man who made THE MUPPETS. First time I saw wilkins, I thought it was like a fan made creepy pasta urban legend. It's REAL commercials😂😂
😂This is hilarious. Goodness. They don't make commercials like that now.
I hate how many people in the comments are attributing awareness of these ads to the Nostalgia Critic. These ads weren't exactly unknown before, and honestly I don't know why people still watch him.
Idk why anyone ever watched him.
Buy Wilkens coffee or you will be assinanated by a Kermit's Godfather!
One of the more messed up ones is when he has the knife and you don't see the dude get stabbed it just cuts to him wiping the knife lol.
The fencing one? Yeah, that was pretty gruesome.
They needed to see this one
Wilkins dressed as a fortune teller, and Wantkins sitting at a table with a crystal ball
Wilkins: "I see you enjoying Wilkins coffee"
Wantkins: "What about my future?"
**BANG**
Wilkins: "You don't have a future."