Vintage Jim Henson Commercials - Esskay Meats

In the late 50's and early 60's, Jim Henson produced commercials for Esskay Meats.

[@Obsessedwithcookies758]

Kermit ate Pork ’N’ Bacon Sausage?! Thank god Miss Piggy didn’t appear until 1976!

[@andrewmorrice9139]

He ate it raw too. He must have been very ill afterwards.

[@LextheRobot]

Bib and napkin, knife and fork, is the only way that he'll touch pork.

[@leoonyoutube123]

@@LextheRobot She didn't appear until 1974.

[@Obsessedwithcookies758]

@@leoonyoutube123 right she was performed by Jerry Nelson! Then Frank Oz’s Miss Piggy appeared in 1976, though she was occasionally performed by Richard Hunt in Season 1.

[@misterartist1603]

@@Obsessedwithcookies758 i love how people always tell others the information before I do xD

[@ryandyer3466]

2:13 Tune in next week when we’ll hear Nurse Piggy say. “You better explain this Dr.Bob.”

[@LextheRobot]

Holy cow... about 4:39, I am pretty sure Jim Henson is performing both puppets, up til then in unison, but then he has them interrupt the song and speak alternating lines. That's amazing.

[@johnrowley5833]

And if you look closely just after the 4:20 mark, the top of Jim’s head can also be seen!

[@philipkippel3615]

The character voices were probably prerecorded.

[@LB030377]

"Kermie is THIS the reason I hear you mutter 'taste the difference quality makes' when you're....pleasuring moi?!"

[@SuperJNG18]

Man, those humans are so stiff compared to the Muppets

[@ChickyBoyEntertainment]

This is the first time I've heard Moldy hay talk. He almost sound like Huckleberry Hound.

[@pumpkinjzback]

He sounds different from Ernie!!! =O

[@caspercain2533]

@@pumpkinjzback With a name like "Moldy Hay" he's probably a hick. Didn't know Ernie's grandpa was a country boy.

[@yosefdemby8792]

@@pumpkinjzback Looks different too! The way Don Sahlin could transform a little scrap of a doodle into these beautiful puppets!

[@masterfarr8265]

i kinda wish some of the skits weren’t lip synced because some of the voices reslly fit

[@hughander]

I haven't see these since visiting the Paley Center!

[@rudymalone1]

Me too!

[@MechanicGopher]

Rowlf's jazzy alter-ego Dizzy Salami

[@EsmeAmelia]

"KERMIIIIIIIEEEEE, HOW DARE YOU SPONSER PORK, BACON AND HAM!!! MOI IS DUMPING YOUR ASS!!!"

[@Worker-wc1vv]

Proto-Kermit: "No! I was a sharp salesman!"

[@JamalLeEpicBall123]

@@Worker-wc1vv Wilkins: who's the sharp salesman? *grabs wilkins can*

[@Kinodawker]

I don’t understand why this didn’t pull in as many views as the Wilkins video. It’s a more contemporary Kermit design and even rolf is here

[@Kinodawker]

I’ve had this in my Jim Henson playlist for 3 years almost now and the views have hardly gone up

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

When the Muppets were Beatniks! :D

[@markconners3829]

My father was the advertising manager at Esskay when these were made

[@DoctorEdgarMcQuack]

got any stories?

[@JamalLeEpicBall123]

@@DoctorEdgarMcQuack or proof?

[@HarryRollisProductions]

@@JamalLeEpicBall123 Or a SOURCE? T_T

[@JamalLeEpicBall123]

@@HarryRollisProductions its been 3 years and he hasnt replied i think hes lying

[@lindaeasley5606]

The lunchmeats of my childhood : balogna ,olive loaf ,pickle loaf ,pepper loaf and liverwurst

[@brockpifer9929]

You ate Esskay Meats as a kid? That’s pretty cool

[@WesleyWhiteside]

I like how Kermit says there's a guy who actually hates Esskay but he's a horrible human being

[@nickellawneo1138]

This is the greatest thing I ever seen

[@victoriabrown9192]

Seen on Sam and Friends (1955-1961)

[@martydworkis12345]

It’s Rowlf the dog!

[@PhilBagels]

Does Esskay still exist? Those sausages sound really good!

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Esskay Meats is very much around.

[@DoctorEdgarMcQuack]

probably not the same anymore

[@kylekeller3398]

0:05 Hooray! (bang)

[@yosefdemby8792]

Wait a minute- was the one with Rowlf filmed in between the Purina ads and The Jimmy Dean Show?

[@candycourtesy5864]

So Kermit is cool with selling pork?

[@yosefdemby8792]

This was before the creation of Miss Piggy. And besides, were they ever a true couple? The pig loves the frog, but the frog doesn't love her back!

[@sralyn]

@@yosefdemby8792 Then why did they marry in the Muppets Take Manhattan?

[@yosefdemby8792]

@@sralyn That was just part of a play.

[@kj21]

@@yosefdemby8792 yeah but he still cares about her either way

[@Worker-wc1vv]

@@yosefdemby8792 and Gonzo was supposed to play as the priest.

[@mattweaver3199]

nice video

[@elizabethalvarado8698]

Don't these commercials make you hungry, too?

[@MikeB071]

Those pork & bacon sausages sound real good!!!!

[@tylerfraser5019]

You know, I actually live in Baltimore where esskay is

[@seanstark4312]

Am i the only one who noticed that Kermit looks different in some commercials

[@seanstark4312]

@Sesame Street Sonic Fan Forever I mean the design of kermit here looks different than the one on Sam and Friends

[@seanstark4312]

@Sesame Street Sonic Fan Forever It's okay

[@seanstark4312]

@Sesame Street Sonic Fan Forever That makes sense

[@zuhayrp2eilmank631]

i love this women

[@heathinvaderstudios]

8:43, Is that ironic or what? Kermit the frog looking at the bacon going into the pan.......Not realizing that he would eventually be dating bacon. 🤣🤣🤣

[@yosefdemby8792]

_Are_ they a couple? It seems pretty one-sided. Miss Piggy loves the frog, but Kermit just doesn't love her back!

[@heathinvaderstudios]

@@yosefdemby8792 It did seem like that in the Muppet Show, true. But then in the three movies that Jim Henson made with the Muppets, particularly the Muppets Take Manhattan, it seemed to be more than one sided. I guess it’s more complicated than we think?

[@kenadams3951]

Loved the BALTIMORE GUY'S THAT WORKED BACK IN THE 70S AT THE PLANT

[@martydworkis12345]

It’s king goshposh!

[@caspercain2533]

He was a butcher before he was crowned the King of MuppetLand.

[@bensakschek615]

I would probably like the Dixie Made Sausage and the Pork and Bacon Sausage.

[@PickleJello]

He was firing at a guy who didn't drink Wilkins in the first commercial.

[@KENNYTHEGHOST777]

Kermit before he met miss piggy

[@johnylitalo4163]

If Jim Henson was a vegetarian, then why was he in the meat commercials with his Muppets?

[@Speedracer78]

Were some of these taken from "Sam and Friends" episodes?

[@KermiClown]

I believe the ones with the human, Pat, were stand alones, but the others may have accompanied Sam and Friends episodes.

[@krakenofthesea106]

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[@skunkman9815]

5:15 does esskay still exist today?

[@DaveTheUseless]

how could they do this to Miss Piggy holy sh-t

[@JamalLeEpicBall123]

Im shakin iaund creeiiung rite now why woul dthey d0 dis 2 msss pieegyyy

[@skunkman9815]

5:43

[@bebopmom]

I wonder what Miss Piggy would think about this?

[@timpanixx]

The Kermit...

[@thewongles]

Kermit... selling pork

[@ivansimonov6076]

Sam and friends commercial

[@monkeybanana713]

4:09 They're a great big di--- 😳😳😳😳 They were allowed to say that word back then?!

[@chefmememaker8277]

She said "great big kick"

[@zaythecreator846]

Kermit harry the hister sneegle king goshposh Rowlf moldy hay & yorick

[@skylanderslybentleyautobot2932]

Kermit the frog

[@martinakubecova3570]

"Esskay Meats"? More like "SK Meats"!

[@caspercain2533]

Ess-Kay, I believe is the phonetic pronunciation of the name of the company, so it is SK Meats

[@cartoon-nw1vh]

5:36