Writer:	Joss Whedon, Ben Edlund, Ben Edlund
Director:	Ben Edlund
Star:	David Boreanaz (Angel),  Alexis Denisof (Wesley Wyndam-Pryce),  James Marsters (Spike),  Amy Acker (Winifred "Fred" Burkle),  Andy Hallett (Lorne),  J. August Richards (Charles Gunn)
Recurring Role:	Mercedes McNab (Harmony Kendall),  Jonathan M. Woodward (Knox)
Guest Star:	Ridge Canipe (Tommy),  Jenny Mollen (Nina Ash),  David Fury (Gregor Framkin),  Abigail Mavity (Hannah),  Marc Vann (Doctor Sparrow),  Drew Massey (Puppet Angel),  Jennie Vaughn (Tommy's Mother)

This episode was nominated for a Hugo Award for Dramatic Presentation: Short Form. (edit) This episode received a 4.0/6 in the Nielsen overnight ratings. (edit) Originally this episode was written to cover the fact that David Boreanaz (Angel) had sprained his ankle on the set. (edit) Joss planned to direct this episode, but decided to direct "A Hole in the World" instead. (edit) This was the first episode of Angel to be aired after the shocking news that The WB network would not be renewing the series after the end of season five. (edit)

Horatio: Honk!
Grufus: Horatio’s right man. This Angel cat must've been the dude that broke into the "Don’t" room last night.
Horatio: Honk!
Grufus: That’s what I'm sayin', he messed with the nest eggs.
Polo: Stupid jackass. Might as well walk into a nuclear reactor and lick the core! (edit) Polo: Ok, which one of you short bus bastards turned the CEO of Wolfram & Hart into a puppet?! (edit) Harmony: Oh my God! Angel you're a...
Puppet Angel: Shut Up! What are you people looking at?! Well...
Spike: They're looking at the wee little puppet man. (edit) Grufus: Looks like Polo has a case of the grumpies! (edit) Wesley: Its clearly some sort of hex. Or a powerful warding magic.
Lorne: Maybe its some type of puppet cancer.
Puppet Angel: I do not have puppet cancer! (edit)

When Framkin starts singing "Courage and Pluck" in front of Lorne, Lorne should have been able to read Framkin and realize that they have been talking to a demonic puppet with his hand in his back. There have been a couple of times where Lorne can read someone within only a few notes of singing. However, it is possible that the puppets' cloaking spell prevented Lorne from reading them. (edit) When Polo, the lead puppet, tells Ratio to save the "Nest Egg," how did Ratio get from inside the toy box to behind the cameras? (edit) When Fred opens Angel's Office double doors inward while flanked by Wes and Gunn, Puppet Angel is supposed to be leaving with them. But when we pan down to see Puppet Angel, with sword on shoulders behind head, he is standing too close to the group. He would have had to have left the office then waited for the group while they waited for the doors to close before catching up to Angel. (edit)

(On the Smile Time puppets)
Gunn: These particular devils have a very distinctive MO.
Fred: They've done this before?
Gunn: Seen the last few seasons of Happy Days?
Happy Days was a sitcom set in the 1950s, that ran from 1974 to 1984. The last few seasons were noticeably poorer in quality that the earlier ones, and even coined the phrase "jumping the shark" to indicate when a series has passed its prime. (edit) Wesley: That's not how magic works, Knox.
Knox: Really, Merlin?
Merlin is the wizard who advises King Arthur in the legends of the Round Table. (edit) Lorne: Angel, baby, muppet, pumpkin...
The muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters, and the company created by Jim Henson. (edit) Lorne: My little prince! What did they do to you?
This is a reference to the French book, The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, which was later turned into a musical in 1974 starring Gene Wilder and Bob Fosse. Roughly speaking, it is about a pilot who is forced to land in a desert and meets a young boy who teaches him a great deal about life and wonder. (edit) Gunn: He's saying you have the proportionate excitability of a puppet your size.
Referring to Spider-Man, who is often described as having the "proportionate strength of a spider" for a man his size. (edit)