Wheels, Flutes and Crowns

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Wheels, Flutes and Crowns are food snacks made by General Foods Canada. Jim Henson made a test pilot commercial for the product. Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles gives detail on the commercial:
Ultimately, General Foods did not use the commercial, but this menacing trio would join Henson's menagerie of Muppet monsters. The "Flute-Snatcher" was relegated to the background, while the "Crown-Grabber" starred in a variety show sketch in which he ruined a girl's beautiful day, and was henceforth named the Beautiful Day Monster. The "Wheel-Stealer," however, enjoyed more prominent appearances. He starred in a skit that was repeated on The Ed Sullivan Show and in an industrial film for IBM in which he devoured a droning computer that turned out to contain explosives. Later, a similar-looking de-fanged monster named Arnold appeared in a series of Munchos commercials. He would then become one of the monster residents of Sesame Street, and the rest is history.
==Characters==
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==External Links==
*Jim Henson's Red Book entry on the commercial
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Category:Unfinished TV