A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1943 novel by Betty Smith. It was later adapted to film (theatrical and made-for-television), a comic strip, and a Broadway musical.
==References==
*In the September 17, 1984 edition of The Muppets comic strip, Kermit the Frog is planning for a new adaptation of the story. His casting session includes a large tree.
*In the Shalom Sesame episode "Aleph-Bet Telethon," Anne Meara mistakenly calls into the telethon, hoping to plant a tree in Israel. When she's told she's dialed the wrong service, she consoles her plant saying, "We'll plant you in Brooklyn; trees grow there."
*At the end of the Monsterpiece Theater segment "Anyone's Nose," Alistair Cookie teases the next installment - "A Nose Blows in Brooklyn," about a "street-smart nose who long for decongestant."
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