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+ | '''Frank's Beverages''' is a [[Pennsylvania|Philadelphia-based]] soft drink company. From [[1961]] to [[1963]], [[The Jim Henson Company|Muppets, Inc.]] produced seven 8-second TV ads for the product Frank's Orange Nectar. |
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− | '''Frank's Beverages''' was a Philadelphia-based soft drink company. Some time around the 1950s, [[Jim Henson]] produced ads featuring [[Wilkins and Wontkins]]. In one entry, Wilkins, at a boat christening, sinks the vessel when Wontkins refuses to drink Frank's. |
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+ | The ads starred [[Wilkins and Wontkins]], renamed "Frank" and "Fink" in these spots. In one ad, Frank is christening a boat with a bottle of Frank's Orange Nectar. Fink refuses to try some, and the vessel sinks. |
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Revision as of 17:31, 16 July 2007
Frank's Beverages is a Philadelphia-based soft drink company. From 1961 to 1963, Muppets, Inc. produced seven 8-second TV ads for the product Frank's Orange Nectar.
The ads starred Wilkins and Wontkins, renamed "Frank" and "Fink" in these spots. In one ad, Frank is christening a boat with a bottle of Frank's Orange Nectar. Fink refuses to try some, and the vessel sinks.