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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).
Oct 25, 1978 · The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank: Directed by Robert Day. With Carol Burnett, Charles Grodin, Alex Rocco, Linda Gray. A comedy-drama about a New York couple who decided to dump the hassle of the big city, pack up the kids and move to what they think is the easy life of suburbia.
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- Robert Day
- 1978-10-25
Sep 1, 1976 · The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank focuses on her early years when moving up meant buying a split level in the suburbs. The book is of its time and the subjects include picture windows, carpools, homeroom mothers and other largely extinct topics.
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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 ...
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For years, the Bombecks have heard rumors of a magical land called Suburbia where the air is clean, the grass is trimmed, and children don’t risk getting mugged on their walk… show more.
A comedy-drama about a New York couple who decided to dump the hassle of the big city, pack up the kids and move to what they think is the easy life of suburbia.
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Dec 27, 2020 · The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank (1978) A comedy-drama about a New York couple who decided to dump the hassle of the big city, pack up the kids and move to what they think is the easy life of suburbia. Director: Robert Day. Writers: Erma Bombeck (book), Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon.
