jackson, in effect, was able to reanimate a long-dead past. that is precisely what drew him to demarco. jackson first met him at an air show in australia in 2001, where he watched demarco at the controls of the notoriously tricky sopwith camel, the most famous fighter biplane of the ...
he had trouble connecting with his daughter. it was only in later years, to keep the writing interesting, that the characters became more exaggerated, as did their situations—homer went to space; maggie shot a man; the family created an international incident with australia. conan o’brien: ...