To be totally honest, this could also be a cleverly concocted fake by my brother who was getting revenge for a prank a couple of years earlier when the computer company I worked for got one of the first color printers around and I used it to fake a "Ren and Stimpy" return fan mail letter to him including a very impressive, (for the time) signed, Glossy photo of the cartoon duo. He knew it was some kind of a joke but figured that someone wrote a fan club letter on his behalf but in any case, he was so proud of it that he had it framed and put on the wall of the house he shared with some school room mates. He was pretty miffed when I finally spilled the beans.
However, the story of helping a Mike Scully from the US is a true one but it might have been a coincidence and my brother, being a much bigger Simpsons fan than even me at the time just might have recognized the name and devised the entire plot using some mutual friends we have in Santa Barbara.
He denies it to this day and I enjoy believing that it just might be authentic.
