On April 3, 1974, Ernie and Bert appeared on The Today Show where Bert redressed himself to look like Shalit. In 1977, Shalit hosted the PBS special Sesame Street at Night?. In 1980, as part of his regular appearances on The Today Show, he interviewed Jim Henson about the NBC Pipes in the basement of (what was then) the RCA Building. Shalit jokingly stated that the pipes would be preserved as a museum, the "Jim Henson Memorial Pipes"—in a way, presaging the inclusion, in 2010, of the pipes on the public tour of 30 Rockefeller Plaza.