Sesame Street and
The Muppets, which have influenced generations of children. But you might not know that the iconic creator got his start making commercials for Wilkins Coffee, which starred a proto-Kermit character called Wilkins and his grumpy counterpart Wontkins. The commercials are simple: Wilkins offers Wontkins some Wilkins brand coffee, which Wontkins refuses. Then, Wilkins savagely murders Wontkins.
I’m sorry, what? Henson made 179 of these hilariously sadistic 8-second long ads from 1957-1961, which was massively popular across the country. The ads were so successful that they inspired a series of remakes for companies in other local markets throughout the 1960s. Apparently in the 1950s and 60s, people COULD NOT get enough of puppet-on-puppet crime. Don Draper could never.
"The Muppet Show" which premiered in 1978, is finally coming to Disney Plus. Disney has released multiple versions of the Muppets over the past decade. The
The internet loses it s mind over the fact Big Bird has cousins all over the world
Share Big Bird has colourful cousins all over the world.
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Then out of nowhere,
Sesame Street character Big Bird dropped an absolute bomb on our poor unsuspecting selves: he has cousins that live all over the world, and like people, they all look a little different.
See Also Different countries often have their own co-production of Sesame Street, Twitter account, Muppet History explained, adding that each production incorporates their culture, along with their own versions of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch .