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
@@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.
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.* 😂
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.
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.
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!!!
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.
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...
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.
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.
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?" ^_^
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.
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."
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.
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.
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 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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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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 🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
“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.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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
These never get old 😂 they are so hilariously violent
Facts
And also kermit
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?"
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 :)"
"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.
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.
Watching these with Martin and Billy's reaction is like watching them new all over again!
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.* 😂
😂😂😂😂
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.
3:12 the best one
Bro they were Laughing like Joker and made that 3x as funny 🤣.
2:11 Martin thinking about life! 🤣🤣🤣
Martin's laugh just make this all the better.. I've rewatched dozens of times already!
Wilkins coffee and double toasted, a match made in heaven🤣🤣
Martin's college years came flooding back lol
I love these commercials, they are absolutely hilarious
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.
"Some learn, some don't."
“He gosh-darned gutted him!” - Nostalgia Critic
2:11 priceless face
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.
and they say today's tv is too violent.
Yeah, but it's also the fact that people became a ln army of wusses
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
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
3:48 Wilkins is just like "I know you've seen enough of these. You know he's dead."
Martin's laugh is the best 😂
And they are well deserved with these commercials lol god damn these puppets are violent
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!!!
Damn! Those puppets were SAVAGE!
These DT bites aged so well lmao I'm in tears
"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.
4:38 Perfect 🤟
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.
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
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
We all owe CJ thanks for persisting in sending these and delivering us this comedy old segment that almost killed Martin.
Your reactions and comments help make these great commercials even funnier. Thanks for the laughs. Subscribed.
Omg these are the best commercials ever made! 🤣🤣🤣
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, those darker coffee commercials are freaking hilarious. Since Tom and Jerry cartoons. 🤣😂
Man, if only all commercials were this good
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.
Wow I can remember these commercials.
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 commercials are genius
My jaw dropped when the gun came out 😱. If Sam I Am was a psychopath 😂
You guys have great laughs!
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.
We need more commercials like these.
Did you see that man face when that puppet got shot. It was like he could not believe what had happened 😆
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.
Holy crap... they need to get put this back on TV,,
I haven’t laugh so hard in a long time
Martin @3:13 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
3:18 Awesome
Hearing Martin Laugh Like That Cleanses My Soul 😂🤣
my favorite is the rally race. the gun announcer just straight up shots the dude lol
You should look at Panda Cheese commercials if you like the Wilkins Coffee ones.
Wilkins Coffee has been trending alot lately. Also, Kermit actually predates Wilkins by A few years.
That was better than the Terry Tate Office Linebacker Commercials
binged them a few years back, forgot about em. good shit
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?" ^_^
I love this!!!!! Can't say that you dont👏🤣🤣
I knew this was gonna be funny seeing Martin in the thumbnail 😂😂
How about the one where Wilkins stabs the guy and clearly wipes the blood off of his sword?
Yo these commercials were ahead of their time 😂😂😂
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”
the timing on that Kick :)
Wow! Henson was going through a dark period.
These commercials are like if Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham to be this violent
4:55 Sweet Chin Music lol
these are awesome commercials!!!
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."
Buy Wilkens coffee or you will be assinanated by a Kermit's Godfather!
This pure comedy gold.😫🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Damn thats gangsta
Before he was Kermit the Frog, he started off as Kermit the Fraud
i don’t think these ever get old 😅😅
I learned about these from The Cinema Snob. They are a classic!
Learn about them from Nostalgia Critic... lol
If you laugh, you can't complain.
This is funny!!!!! Oh boy, THIS IS HILARIOUS!!!!!!!
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.
😅😂🤣These will always be the best!! How these weren't banned immediately is beyond me.
Those are funny. They're harmless fun.
Kermit and Wilkins are two different characters
It's like a very violent Green Eggs and Ham
I've got five aces can you beat that?
I got a can of Wilkins coffee
BANG!
Nothing beats Wilkins
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.
just lurking in an alley slanging coffee
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😂😂
Jim Henson was the best.
He’s a Batman villain in the alleys of Gotham
1:41 Good
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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is why I don’t drink coffee 😂
@3:20
3:09 so disrespectful 😂