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 o
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 o
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? - mo 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 t
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 o