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Oct 25, 1978 · A TV movie starring Carol Burnett and Charles Grodin as a New York couple who move to the suburbs and face various problems. Based on a book by Erma Bombeck, the film also features Alex Rocco, Linda Gray and Eric Stoltz in his debut role.
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- Comedy
- Robert Day
- 1978-10-25
Sep 1, 1976 · Erma Bombeck. 4.06. 11,630 ratings337 reviews. It's the expose to end all exposes--the truth about the suburbs: where they planted trees and crabgrass came up, where they planted the schools and taxes came up, where they died of old age trying to merge onto the freeway and where they finally got sex out of the schools and back into the gutters.
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Mar 1, 1995 · The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank. Paperback – March 1, 1995. by Erma Bombeck (Author) 4.4 1,003 ratings. See all formats and editions. “ [Erma Bombeck] is marvelously funny, direct as a hypodermic, a virtuoso in the field of suburban living.”—. Vogue.
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- $19
- Erma Bombeck
- Erma Bombeck
In 1976 McGraw-Hill published Bombeck's The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank, which became a best-seller. In 1978, Bombeck arranged both a million-dollar contract for her fifth book, If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? and a 700,000-copy advance for her subsequent book, Aunt Erma's Cope Book (1979).
About The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank. “ [Erma Bombeck] is marvelously funny, direct as a hypodermic, a virtuoso in the field of suburban living.”—Vogue It’s the exposé to end all exposés—the truth about the suburbs: where they planted trees and crabgrass came up, where they planted the schools and taxes came up ...
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank. A husband and wife from New York decide to trade the hassles of big-city life for the perceived peace of suburbia.
- Comedy, Drama
