When I was a little kid, like ten or so, my favorite book was Erma Bombeck's The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank.
I didn't really get a lot of it—I didn't even really know what a septic
tank was, because we were on the sewer line. But I knew funny when I
read it, and Erma was funny. I read her newspaper column religiously,
too. I still grab vintage Bombeck paperbacks when I see them at thrift
stores.
Tim Bete is the current director of the Erma Bombeck Writer's Workshop,
and I really have to ask why. Or maybe the late '90s ruined me for
comedy, I don't know. But his schtick is the "Men are from Mars, Women
are from Venus" variety that just somehow seems dated and kind of sad
to me.
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