Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the TV spot, Wilkins represented the coffee brand. Hence the name. Meanwhile, Wotkins was the naysayer who was constantly ...

“Sesame Street” just celebrated its 50th anniversary, but surely the Muppets have been around longer than that. Jim Henson honed the Muppets’ act in the early 1950s with a five-minute show on WRC, ...

From starring in Oscar-winning movies to performing hit songs, the Muppets have had an illustrious career. It's easy to forget that Jim Henson's colorful characters got their start selling coffee on ...

A storyboard outlines a Wilkins Coffee ad created by Jim Henson and featuring Wilkins and Wontkins. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly I’m sitting here regarding a pair of ...

These early Muppets created by Jim Henson in the 1950s were a lot more violent than we’re used to seeing from the likes of Kermit the Frog. Jim Henson made The Muppet Show and Sesame Street characters ...