A 1985 film (and 1953 play) by Horton Foote about an elderly woman's journey to her childhood home. Frasier uses it as an expression meaning a liberating escape.
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The Show Where Woody Shows Up
Season 6 · Episode 13 · S06E13
“Boy, that's a trip to Bountiful, let me tell ya.”
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