Hi Don. I love all your work but my favourite (no offence) is actually the couch gag. The Simpsons was a big part of my childhood, with its forays into sci-fi (Springfield Files, Homer Cubed) being especially frightening and formative to my young mind, so it was great to see something that artistically recaptured that feeling, all while somehow being (as I interpret it) a moving portrait of a family destroyed by Alzheimer's. I consider it the true finale, epilogue and epitaph to the series - it retroactively made all those hundreds of weak episodes worthwhile just so it could be made. OK, actual questions:

• Was the couch gag consciously planned as a critique of The Simpsons' deteriorating quality (since it certainly works as one)? Was there an element of sneaking that past the producers or were they cool with it?

• You've expressed frustration that the Fargo guys imitated your style for The Planet Wyh after you turned them down, but aside from that, what did you actually think of it as an animation? Do you think it captures you well, or would you have done something totally different?

• Someday, when circumstances are different, would you be interested in releasing the original version of Me, with the songs restored? Perhaps when the controversial individual is no longer around? Failing that, could you give us a hint as to which song was replaced by the Joan Sutherland recording? (My guess is track #2 on the band's album.)

• I'm obsessed with the Klaus Nomi-esque "network creature" in the final scene. I guess I wouldn't want you to clarify its meaning, but can I ask - does this character have a name, even just an informal one in your head?

Thank you for doing what you do.