it took a year and a half, and then eventually i had my first hit. and you also had wonderdog. oh, god, harvey... ( music playing, dog barking in rhythm ) harvey: so, that was a big hit, but you kind of got in the act, didn't you? - simon: literally. - literally. i said, "well, what if we put a dog barking on a record for a joke?" i send it over to radio one, they play the record, massive reaction. we then created this character called wonderdog. the actor we paid didn't turn up, so i had to get in the stupid bloody suit... ( laughs ) interviewer: so then what do you do, then, in the evenings? just go out, have a quiet night in. if there's any trouble to be solved, i solve it. and have you got any hobbies? uh, not really, no. ( audience laughter ) i thought we were gonna make a lot of money-- - you were wonderdog. - well, yeah, because we were gonna-- i thought we were gonna make millions. we thought we were gonna have our own animated series. turns out that the guy who drew the dog ripped off tramp, you know, in "lady and the tramp"?