In addition to the series of Wilkins Coffee Commercials featuring Wilkins and Wontkins, Jim Henson also produced these Wilkins News Report commercials starring Skip and Scoop.
@@mkvenner2 Thanks! I actually was aware of that, but I've seen a lot of the Muppet work that was local to DC in the past, either on RU-vid or various other ways. So I was surprised that I'd never seen anything about these guys before. Great stuff!
"And now for something completely different. Wilkins commercials without Wontkins meetings a violent demise...or Wilkins and Wontkins not appearing at all."
seeing Jim Henson old workings his was doing with Skip and Scoop old time workings his had doing the job and made it funny too , how his was doing it now and funny too, made the money and now,
I'm not sure which Sam and Friends episode you are referring to. Most existing Sam and Friends episodes are already available elsewhere on RU-vid if you do a search.
These Wilkins spots with Scoop Wilkins and Skip Others were the last local spots Jim Henson would produce in the Washington area in 1961. They replaced Wilkins and Wontkins, who were retired. By this time, Henson was also putting the kibosh on his popular series, "Sam and Friends" on Channel 4 in favor of giving his Muppets a national stage.
