>>150303132
What's interesting is that all his appearances, and funny enough lack of appearances, have all properly aligned with the greater canon of the series.
>>150305159
The hands-off nature Spielberg took with the show actually gave the show a really interesting vibe when it came to the characters' meta awareness of their universe.
Imagine waking up sharing a body with a mad god that can bend reality at will, but at the same time you're cursed with the knowledge that the creator of your universe brought it into existence so it could be a TV show, but it's his third time doing this and he's kinda over the whole thing and the writers have been given very little direction.
Imagine being an ordinary nerd one day and then suddenly being given the reigns to your reality by it's inattentive god and knowing that it's continued existence is now dependent on the approval ratings of whatever you can come up with on the spot.