Rizzo the Rat "Midnight Cowboy". Steve Whitmire created the character, based on rats he had previously made out of bottles. Rizzo first appeared in episode 418 of "The Muppet Show", as one of many rats following Christopher Reeve backstage. He can be seen mugging and reacting to practically every line of dialogue. He remained a scene-stealing background figure through the final season, occasionally performing with Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem. By the time of "The Muppets Christmas Carol", Whitmire had been performing Rizzo for around 12 years. After the series, he appeared in "The Great Muppet Caper" as a bellboy in a
Fed Through the Teeth Machine well-executed grindcore record from a band that understands what the genre is all about." Fed Through the Teeth Machine Fed Through the Teeth Machine is the fourth studio album by the American band The Red Chord, released October 27, 2009. The album is self-produced by the band and was mixed and mastered by Chris "Zeuss" Harris. "Fed Through the Teeth Machine" sold more than 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release and debuted at No. 180 on the "Billboard" 200 chart. Kozowyk explained the album title: "It's from the Discovery Channel show How It's Made.