Mr. Wilkins

Mr. Wilkins is the mythical owner of Wilkins Coffee, and functions as an off-stage threat in several commercials with Wilkins and Wontkins. Mr. Wilkins is even more proprietorial about his product than the Muppet character Wilkins. 
At one point, when Wontkins indicates he's tired of doing these commercials, he opens fire on both his spokescharacters. In another spot, he sends a present to Wontkins, a jack-in-the-box, as a way for the non-coffee drinker to remember him. Mr. Wilkins even made a couple of on-camera appearances, including one spot where he literally "puts his foot down" on top of Wontkins for refusing to drink the coffee. In another appearance, when Wontkins badmouths "Old Man Wilkins" and his crummy coffee, he "fires" him by way of setting him ablaze with a lit match.
Wontkins once had occasion to ask, "When's Old Man Wilkins gonna pay us for all this foolishness?" Informed that it will only happen when they sell more Wilkins Coffee, Wontkins delivers an about face, exhorting the audience to buy Wilkins, while pensively working his lips.
When the Wilkins Coffee commercials were remade for other products, Wontkins would occasionally get into similar trouble with their company bosses; again getting fired from selling Red Diamond Coffee by "Old Man Donovan."
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