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The Grass is Greener - Harry M Miller

Television (Full Length Episode) – 1991

...he also told of the use of four letter words, and variations on one four letter word in particular.
– A television reporter shares a Catholic reviewer's horror at one of Harry M Miller's theatrical productions
...I don't know what the formula for success is, but the formula for failure is to try and please everybody.
– Harry M Miller
...when Judy Garland was the Wizard of Oz and just this elusive, beautiful, alluring lady whom everybody loved but could never see, Harry Miller brought her to Australia. People actually said "I saw Judy Garland". And then Arthur Rubinstein was the greatest pianist ever: "I heard him play in Sydney". I mean albeit it was at the stadium. We never had anywhere for them to perform; it was a downmarket derelict outfit, but Harry Miller brought them here.
– Broadcaster Alan Jones talks up Harry M Miller's success
The perception was that you never would see live theatre — not the big spectacular. That was at the West End and Broadway, and after that, forget it: it wasn't ever going to come here. Now of course we take it for granted.
– Broadcaster Alan Jones on how Harry M Miller has changed the Australian theatre scene
The big difference is the grass in New Zealand is a lot greener than it is here, a lot greener
– Harry M Miller contrasts farms in New Zealand and Australia