"The Swedish Chef: Lobster Thermidor", "Up, Up and Away", "Muppets News Flash: exploding news reporters", "Pigs in Space" and "The Lives and Loves of Gonzo the Great: IV" were all included in "The Muppet Show Book", published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc in 1978, in which these sequences were entirely illustrated by Tudor Banus.
In the Swedish Chef sketch, the Lobster Banditos guns shot off real charges: four in each gun. Two takes of the lobsters' shooting were edited together to make it look like the shots were being fired over 50 times. One of the charges hit The Chef's face (on his left lower cheek) and the puppet carried the "scar" for the rest of the season.
Floyd would again perform the Billy Joel song "New York State of Mind" when Kermit the Frog guest hosted the Tonight Show Episode dated 2 April 1979 (1979).