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Does this affect the official spelling of Johnny's name at all? -- Scarecroe 19:42, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Bill Barretta created the character, and he spells it Fiama. Some Muppets Tonight writers disagreed, so it was sometimes written Fiamma in scripts. That's where that prop misspelling comes from. --Erik Ebrowne 19:56, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like some fun trivia for the article (hint, hint). -- BradFraggle 05:25, 24 January 2006 (UTC)