The monster puppet used in the restaurant sketch is now known to muppet cast and crew as "Luncheon Counter Monster" from this, his first appearance.
The giant chicken seen in the whistling birds sketch is the same chicken costume that Harvey Korman was outfitted in when he guest starred in Harvey Korman (1976).
The opening act fires off a cannon and damages the wall next to Statler and waldorf just like in the muppet vision 3d attraction finale at Disney parks
The "Nudity: An Editorial by Sam the Eagle" sketch was included in "The Muppet Show Book", published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc in 1978, in which the sequence was entirely illustrated by Tudor Banus.