The first, 1974's The Muppets Valentine Show, starred not Kermit the Frog, but a legitimately forgotten character named Wally, performed by Henson. Here he is in a scene with guest Mia Farrow.

Henson also put out some Muppet television specials for a more mature audience - The Muppets Valentine Show in 1974 and The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence the year after. Both were considered as ...

abc/getty Wally with Mia Farrow in 1974's "The Muppets Valentine Show" Before The Muppet Show premiered in 1976, Jim Henson and co. produced two pilots for ABC. The first, 1974's The Muppets Valentine ...