GoodSamaritan_

Do you feel that the Simpsons has declined in quality with time?

As someone who (I assume) has met and conversed with him before, what's John Swartzwelder like? To outsiders he's notoriously reclusive and many Simpsons fans have even debated his existence.

If someone sent you an email saying they know where you work

Their office address/HQ was publically displayed on Marchez Vous' website (back when it was still up). You can look at it through Internet Archive if you don't believe me. I'm not some crazy stalker.

This stuff's water under the bridge now. Yeardley replied and I'm cool with it.

Thank you Yeardley for replying. It means a lot to me.

Hi Yeardley! Big fan of yours from Asia. Four years ago I was going to LA for the first time in my life and I sent an email to Marchez Vous, your old shoe business, asking if I could meet you. I acknowledged in the email that it was a odd request and I was completely expecting to be denied and have the door shut on me. This is what I sent:

Hi,

I'm an international student from Macau currently living in San Francisco and tomorrow I will be going to Los Angeles for the first time in my life. I know this is a bit of a strange request, but is there any way I can drop by the Marchez Vous offices and meet Yeardley? I have been truly touched by her performances as Lisa Simpson over the years and I credit the endless hours of watching The Simpsons as reason why I am fluent in English now. Meeting Yeardley would mean the world to me.

Like I said previously, I know this email may come off as odd. But as I have read in Yeardley's interviews, her life motto is "Screw it, let's do it!" so I thought it'd be worth a try.

All my best, GoodSamaritan_

What I didn't expect though was that your business partner, Ben, replied back saying that he'd forwarded my email to the company's legal team. I thought that it was a bit much, and it really put me off. His exact words were "I’m sure there is no nefarious context to your inquiry, note that this e-mail has been forwarded to our legal team."

As proof, here is a screenshot of the emails: https://i.imgur.com/Fv9jXVY.png

I'm still a fan of yours and always will be, but I think a simple "no" could have really sufficed.