Miss Piggy wound up on top of the "New York Times" Bestseller List. Miss Piggy's personality and voice were seen and heard in other female characters performed by Frank Oz before the character's debut. For instance, a "Sesame Street" Muppet skit from 1971 featured Snow White performed by Frank Oz and acting (as well as sounding) like Miss Piggy. Another sound-alike came from a contestant in a Guy Smiley sketch called "The Mystery Mix-Up Game". In "The Muppet Show" episode 106, Piggy is referred to by the full name "Piggy Lee," and in episode 116, Piggy tells guest star Avery Schreiber that
Laugh track that the show had been canceled that night in favor of auditioning new acts; the only audible laughs were those of the Muppet performers themselves. After "The Muppet Show" ended in 1981, most Muppet projects were produced in the U.S. due to the demise of the commercial ATV franchise in the UK and Lord Lew Grade, who had financed the show, no longer being involved in television. Post-"Muppet Show" fare then turned to Douglass for audience reactions; one-shot specials such as "The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show" and "" were given full audience by Douglass's son, Robert, who by that time