#jim wilkins

[jimhenson-themuppetmaster]

The early days of the Muppets.....Jane and Jim Henson performing Wilkins and Wontkins early 1960s.

[robotkid]

[puppetdaily]

Wilkins and Wontkins, early Henson puppets used in advertising

[belowfreezingpoint]

[gifs-of-puppets]

Wilkins Coffee Commercials (1957-1961)

[mister-a-z-fell]

You might already have seen this videograph elsewhere, but I was rather excited to add this particular book to my collection! One of only twenty-four copies, I feel deeply privileged to be able to share it with you all.

Not only is the story itself very special to me (and worryingly accurate in many respects), it is most gloriously and skilfully bound, and contained in a burr oak box with brass fittings, lined with hand-marbled paper of celestial blue, and illustrated by that marvel of portraiture, Mister Paul Kidby.

Within the box are an assortment of ephemera, some of which are pictured below.

(And yes, I can read the alien ‘penalty notice’.)

[ab-studios]

Wilkins and Wontkins

[therealteslathedog]

Okay, okay. If anyone is looking for an idea for a Sam and Max animatic, I got just the thing for ya!

Sam and Max animatics using the audio of the Wilkins Coffee commercials! Sam as Wontkins, Max as Wilkins! (Max definitely fits the part considering how well he’s known for being cartoonishly violent and he definitely has a caffeine addiction!)

Also, a few of the commercials have moments where the puppets crossdress, one even being Wilkins as Wontkins’s “wife” no less!

This too good of an idea NOT to use! Please, take it! I’m not confident enough to be a youtuber!

[astronoglow]

[n-eptunia]

i love outbreaks so much omg:(

[radarsteddybear]

And, of course, no Jim Henson exhibit is complete without Muppets from The Muppet Show! This year, I got to see three different Kermit the Frogs, including the original; Rowlf; Statler and Waldorf; a family of Koozbanians; the Swedish Chef; the original Java puppets; Bunsen and Beaker; the Country Trio; Miss Piggy (in her wedding dress from The Muppets Take Manhattan); Zoot; and Scooter. Aside from all the Kermits, I think the Country Trio were my favorites. If they look familiar, you're not mistaken--they're made in the likenesses of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Jerry Nelson.

Bonus puppets under the cut include the Beautiful Day monster; a Snowth; You Are My Sunshine; Nigel (The Muppet Show's orchestra conductor); and Wilkins and Wontkins from the Henson-produced series of Wilkins Coffee commercials.

[jimhenson-themuppetmaster]

Jim Henson filming a commercial for Jomar Instant, an espresso coffee produced by Martinson Coffee. In 1958, Wilkins and Wontkins starred in a series of 15 ten-second ads for Jomar Instant.

[baebeylik]

Before he was famous for the Muppets or Sesame Street Jim Henson created puppets for coffee, tea, and bread commercials. Wilkins and Wontkins were a duo of puppets who appeared in various American ads from 1957 to 1969. Wilkins often bullied Wontkins for refusing to drink his coffee in comedic ways.

Also noteworthy is the superficial resemblance that Wilkins had to Kermit the Frog. So too does Wontkins resemble future characters from Henson’s Sesame Street. These character’s designs set a precedence for Henson’s later work.

[caecaesclubhouse]

I'm starting to realize that Wontkins was actually a beta version of Beaker. He's modeled with a drawbridge mouth a cucumber- ish nose. He also has the tendency to get maimed and tortured for silly reasons.

[gifs-of-puppets]

Wilkins Coffe Commericals (1957-1961)

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Pitch for a game: A “Resident Evil Outbreak” remake in the style of Until Dawn/The Quarry/The Dark Pictures Anthology. Or better yet, a Capcom-Supermassive Games collaboration on a REO remake.

The general premise is the same. You play as eight strangers (Kevin, Mark, Jim, George, David, Cindy, Alyssa, Yoko) who must work together in order to escape from Raccoon City. Just like Until Dawn, there are 10 chapters and who survives the game will be determined by the players’ choices and a whole lot of QTEs. You can either save everyone, save a couple of them, save only one character, or worst case scenario, no one survives.

In terms of survivability, this is how I’d have it in the game:

1) Jim Chapman and Kevin Ryman are the main characters who can die the earliest (chapters 4-6). My reason is that Jim is the annoying, comic relief guy and Kevin could be axed off here since the RPD were decimated pretty early on.

2) George Hamilton, Cindy Lennox, and Mark Wilkins are the main characters who can die before the final chapters (chapters 7-8). My reason is that George and Cindy can have a “couples ending” while Mark, being an elderly Vietnam War veteran, can heroically sacrifice himself before the end.

3) Alyssa Ashcroft, David King, and Yoko Suzuki are the main characters who can only die in the final chapters (chapter 9-10). My reason is that David can be written as the mysterious badass male lead with a dark past, Yoko is the one with ties to Umbrella, and Alyssa is the closest the game has to a female lead since she’s a reporter who wants to expose Umbrella to the world.

In contrast to other Resident Evil games, this remake will feature recognizable actors in the lead roles. For example, Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron/Moon Knight) could be cast as David King.