History Trivia / WilkinsCoffee

** Most Millennial and younger audiences are familiar with the Wilkins coffee commercials via WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, who reviewed them as part of an annual commercial special. Wilkins has now gone on to be a ''recurring villain'' in these specials, with the Critic and his team playing the Wontkins in increasingly elaborate and [[ComedicSociopathy sociopathic]] ways.

* WordOfGod: According to Creator/JimHenson himself, it was rather easy for him to come up with the ideas for every commercial. Why? ...Jim [[{{Irony}} hated coffee himself]], and said that the scenarios he made are what it would actually take to get ''him'' to drink coffee.

* RecycledScript: After the Wilkins Coffee advertising campaign ended, the characters of Wilkins and Wontkins were used for other brands, such as Nash's Coffee, Kraml Dairy, Taystee Bread, and Faygo. Many of the gags seen in the Wilkins commercials were also used in commercials for these brands.

** Most Millennial and younger audiences are familiar with the Wilkins coffee commercials via WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, who reviewed them as part of an annual commercial special. Wilkins has now gone on to be a ''recurring villain'' in these specials, with the Critic and his team playing the Wotkins in increasingly elaborate and [[ComedicSociopathy sociopathic]] ways.

** Most Millennial and younger audiences are familiar with the Wilkins coffee commercials via TheNostalgiaCritic, who reviewed them as part of an annual commercial special. Wilkins has now gone on to be a ''recurring villain'' in these specials, with the Critic and his team playing the Wotkins in increasingly elaborate and [[ComedicSociopathy sociopathic]] ways.

* ColbertBump: The inclusion of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' on Creator/DisneyPlus resulted in a renewed awareness and interest in other Creator/JimHenson projects, [[https://www.themarysue.com/the-internet-is-losing-their-minds-over-jim-hensons-wilkins-coffee-commercials/ including]] [[https://www.tmz.com/2021/02/20/jim-henson-wilkins-coffee-ads-resurface-muppets-commercial/ these]] [[https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/jim-hensons-1960s-coffee-ads-go-viral commercials]].

* WordOfGod: According to Creator/JimHenson himself, it was rather easy for him to come up with the ideas for every commercial. Why? ...Jim [[{{Irony}} hated coffee himself]], and said that the scenarios he made are what it would actually take to get ''him'' to drink coffee.

* WordOfGod: According to Creator/JimHenson himself, it was rather easy for him to come up with the ideas for every commercial. Why? ...Jim [[{{Irony}} hated coffee himself]], and said that the scenarios he made are what it would ''actually'' take to get him to drink coffee.

* MissingEpisode: While quite a few commercials are available online, numerous ads for the many companies Wilkins and Wontkins advertised are currently missing.