Joni Mitchell's single "Good Friends" failed to chart in the UK Top 100 singles, though the accompanying album, "Dog Eat Dog", made No.57 on the UK album charts.
Differences in social mores since this episode aired means it may seem jarring in the modern age when Terry introduces a guest who is a "Red Indian", with the sound of "Red Indian drums" to play him on.
Michael Barrymore goes close to the line for Wogan's family audience, telling a story about how he went to the cinema and was told "far queue". Barrymore, pretending he'd misunderstood the comment as an expletive, finishes the story by saying "Well alright, I won't bother coming in."
Terry mentions to Jim Henson that they'd expected him on the show "a week or so ago", but he got held up and they had to reschedule.