Modified On November 4, 2005
Just got an email from Yoshi himself. It seems that David did follow up on that phone call he alluded to in the Herald article:
Yes, he called. And I got a little flustered. He is just like the character in the show. He just told me it is just an unfortunate coincidence. And I believe him. Since he told me he doesn’t have writers for him.
Happy ending! It seems it was all a misunderstanding.