Its funny that someone mentions "stunts work"... it doesn't show in the footage they used, but Statler and Waldorf (Steve and Dave) were ACTUALLY about 25 feet off the ground in a scissor lift! Like I mentioned earlier, there's so much stuff that they shot (and multiple iterations of stuff) that didn't make the final cut. It truly is amazing how much work they did in their shoot days. And frankly, most everything they shot was just as funny as everything else, so it must have been sheer torture to have to choose which ones got lopped off and dropped to the cutting room floor.
The shots where Tracy is wearing the slinky little red dress holding the "flaming circle" deserve a special round of applause because it was COLD that day and she didn't bat an eyelash wearing that sequin-y skimp-fest. And she looked mighty good in it too! The director had to remind Pepe to ONLY grab her arm. NOT her torso. That would be just a little TOO risque' for Muppet prime time. LOL!
-Gordon