User blog comment:AgentGoldfish/Comic-Con Questions for Dan and Swampy/@comment-406459-20100714165135

Seeing as Dan and Swampy have no control over the merchandising and distribution arms of the show, I think it would be best if potential questions were simply about the production of the series and not about distribution, merchandising, and/or fandom response.

Since he's one of my favorite minor characters, my question is: what was the inspiration for creating Norm the Robot?