Rizzo Rat name origin

[muppetperson]

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.

 

[peyjenk]

That's funny! I wonder if it is true...

 

[anytimepally]

That's what I've always heard