Tough Pigs Anthology

 

The Muppets Take Madison Avenue

March 2002

   

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Part Four : Another Coffee Break

Wilkins Coffee ads

Late 1950's

 

   Hey, you feel like reading some more Wilkins Coffee ads? No? (BOOM!) Now do you feel like reading them?

 

   And they say commercials don't teach you anything.

 

 

Grocery Store

 

[ Wontkins enters a grocery store. ]

 

Wontkins

 

What kind of coffee do you sell?

 

Wilkins

 

Wilkins Coffee!

 

Wontkins

 

Don't you have any other kind?

 

Wilkins

 

Sure, we have it. But we don't sell it!

 

 

 

Stranger

 

[ Wilkins and Wontkins are wearing cowboy hats and bandanas. Wilkins has a gun drawn on Wontkins. ]

 

Wilkins

 

Howdy, stranger. I hear you don't drink Wilkins Coffee.

 

Wontkins

 

Yeah, so what?

 

 

[ BANG! Wontkins falls. Wilkins turns his gun on the audience. ]

 

Wilkins

 

Now, there any other strangers in town?

 

 

 

William Tell

 

[ Wilkins is William Tell, with a bow and arrow. Wontkins trembles, an apple on his head. ]

 

Wontkins

 

Okay, William Tell, this better be good!

 

Wilkins

 

Do you drink Community Coffee?

 

Wontkins

 

[ offscreen ]  NO!

 

[ BOINNNNG! Wilkins lets the arrow fly. ]

 

Wilkins

 

[ shrugs ] We can still use the apple again.

 

 

 

Umpire

 

[ Wontkins has a baseball bat. Wilkins is dressed as an umpire. ]

 

Wontkins

 

Well, what was it? A ball or a strike?

 

Wilkins

 

Do you drink Community Coffee?

 

Wontkins

No!

 

Wilkins

 

Stee-rike three, you're OUT!

 

 

 

Survey

 

[ Wilkins has a pad and pencil. ]

 

Wilkins

 

Next question. What do you think of Wilkins Coffee?

 

Wontkins

 

It's wonderful! Delicious!

 

Wilkins

 

[ turns to audience: ] You see, friends --

 

Wontkins

 

Now pay me the ten bucks!

 

 

 

"Gossips"

 

[ Soap-opera organ music. Wilkins and Wontkins are dressed in blonde wigs and blouses. ]

 

Wilkins

 

How's your husband?

 

Wontkins

 

He takes me to dinner.

 

Wilkins

 

That's good!

 

Wontkins

 

And he drinks.

 

Wilkins

 

That's bad.

 

Wontkins

 

I mean he drinks Wilkins Coffee!

 

Wilkins

 

Oh, that's GOOD!

 

 

 

Sleeping Beauty

 

[ Fairy-tale castle bedroom. Wilkins enters, dressed in a prince costume, and approaches the bed. ]

 

Wilkins

 

Awake, Sleeping Beauty! It's Prince Charming, with Wilkins Coffee!

 

[ Wontkins pops up in the bed, wearing a blonde wig. ]

 

Wontkins

 

I don't drink Wilkins!

 

Wilkins

 

I've waited a hundred years for this old hag.

 

[ Wilkins grimaces. Wontkins ducks back under the covers. ]

 

 

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Tender, meaty richness!

 

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