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Why isn't Wontkins in the Smithsonian?

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Now Wilkins and Wontkins are some of my favorite Jim creations, can anyone tell me why Wontkins, the red grumpy blob wasn't donated to the Smithsonian museum?

Wilkins was donated, why not Wontkins?
 
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Maybe the puppet no longer exists (though most of the really early puppets do). Maybe he was lost or stolen. Maybe the Henson Company wanted to keep him in the archives.

Or maybe he's not there because he doesn't like Wilkins Coffee...
 
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minor muppetz said:
Maybe the puppet no longer exists (though most of the really early puppets do). Maybe he was lost or stolen. Maybe the Henson Company wanted to keep him in the archives.

Or maybe he's not there because he doesn't like Wilkins Coffee...
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Yeah, seeing how beaten up he got!
But still, where could he be now...Or most of him...
 
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Where did you hear that he was not donated?
 
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Wafflesnacker said:
And that 'stolen' part gave me chills...
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That's probably not the case, but there have been instances of puppets being stolen. It's been reported that the Clueless Morgan puppet has been stolen some time ago. And the Tardy the Turtle puppet from the non-Henson series Greg the Bunny got stolen after the show was canceled.
 
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