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Rizzo Rat name origin

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As 2008 is the year of the Rat, there was an article in the paper about Great Rat Moments At The Movies, and Rizzo came in at number 8 for the several Muppet movies, and it mentioned that Rizzo is a play on Ratso Rizzo, Dustin Hoffman's character in Midnight Cowboy.:shifty:
 
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