I like both pilots, but Sex and Violence is the better pilot. When I first saw the valentines special I didn't get the sense that it was meant to be a pilot (a term I had no concept of at the time) for The Muppet Show.

I missed the ending. Did this even resolve the plot invoolving Barney and the woman who cut her previous lovers penis off?

I liked the comments Chris made to Brian.

I'm 27 and I find "wood" jokes funny.

This article begins by saying Sheldon has been insufferable for most of the season. I thought he was insufferable for the first few seasons, and has only been tolerable these past two years.

Considering that Sheldon and Amy became a couple the previous week, I'm surprised no such reference was made in this episode.

I liked Sheldon's subplot the best. Too bad they didn't do more with it. Raj's subplot was  also funny. And is this the first time we saw Barry this season?

I don't understand that part about Valerie Harper not "officially" being the guest star. I watched the episode again after reading the line, and it appears she was supposed to be the guest star, she just wasn't planned to do the opening number.

My favorite bits from these episodes are : Java, Ethel Merman's medley, There's No Business Like Show Business, Richard Bradsaw's puppetry act, Fozzie's comedy act, The Country Trio's opening number, the backstage plot from Kaye Ballard's episode, and "What Would You Say?" with Thog.

I never saw Lilly and Marshall as the leaders of the group. I always thought Ted was.

I wonder how Peter kept getting UP the stairs if he kept falling jus tby setting foot on the top step.

In these episodes, my favorite segments are "Broadway Baby", "Tit Willow", "The King's Breakfast", and "Nobody's Buisness But My Own". The opening number with the feather boas is also great, though I find the way the arm wires are replaced along with the chromo-key background a bit distracting. If the background…

My favorite bits from these two episodes are Mississippi Mud, Hugga Wugga, Muppet Labs: Exploding Clothes, Phyllis Diller's talk spot, The Entertainer, Under My Skin, House of Horros, Panel Discussion, At the Dance, Vincent Price's talk spot, Muppet News: Furnature Monsters, and You've Got a Friend.

Interesting it points out that they couldn't clear the rights for "You've Got a Friend" but not "I'm Looking Through You", because when the episode was released on video in 1994, both numbers were cut.

I thought this was the best episode since "Back to the Pilot". I don't know why the writer felt this needed to be a serious episode (didn't we already have one this season?). And I was hoping Quagmire would get what he wanted.

I'd give Avery Screiber's episode an A, and Ben Vereen's a B+. My favorite acts from these episodes include Tenderly, Gorilla Detector, May You Always, Avery's closing number, the houses, and Pure Imagination.

My favorite segments from these episodes: Nice Girl Like Me, Sandy's segment with Sweetums, Never Smile at a Crocodile, What Now My Love, the panel discussion with Candice, the talk spot with Candice, The Swedish Chef making spicy sauce, and You've Got to Have Friends.

While both episodes are great, I kind of cringe during Fozzie's final gag in the Candice Bergan episode. Hilda, Gonzo, and Scooter all anticipate it, as if they'd been in on all the running gags (I find it hard to beleive that Sooter would support such a practical joke, though Scooter does appear to be a fan of…

My favorite moments from these episodes include Lydia the Tattooed Lady, all of Connie Stevens and Joel Greys numbers, Sax and Violence, The Swedish Chef: Meatballs, Comedy Tonight, the Sherlock Holmes sketch, and the At the Dance from the JoelGrey episode.

My favorite bits from this episode includes Mahna Mahna, Gonzo's act, and Cowboy Time. I feel like Temptation is dull as a closing number (it feels like it should have been a UK spot, or maybe something to put in before the commercial break).