It all started with a late-night episode of The Simpsons and a lot of pizza just before bedtime. Those of you familiar with The Simpsons may recall the episode where Lisa Simpson, the curator of the Springfield History Museum and Chief Wiggam dig up the body of Jebediah Springfield to see if Jebediah really had (according to legend) a silver tongue. After opening the coffin, Chief Wiggam uses the skull of Jebediah in an impromptu ventriloquist routine. That was the point where I drifted off to sleep in front of the TV.

Those of you familiar with pizza just before bedtime may recall how lots of cheese in your belly isn¹t conducive to a good night¹s sleep. In fact, it¹s just the kind of thing that could turn an otherwise funny image of Chief Wiggam with a skull for a ventriloquist¹s dummy into the character in this series.