Funny farm
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Funny farm can refer to:
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- Funny farm, a pejorative slang term for a psychiatric hospitalPsychiatric hospitalPsychiatric hospitals, also known as mental hospitals, are hospitals specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders. Psychiatric hospitals vary widely in their size and grading. Some hospitals may specialise only in short-term or outpatient therapy for low-risk patients...
- By extension, pejorative slang for many workplaces which are perceived to be dysfunctional
Film and television:
- The Funny Farm, a 1983 film starring Peter AykroydPeter AykroydPeter Hugh Aykroyd was born to Lorraine and Peter Aykroyd in Canada. He is the younger brother of comedian Dan Aykroyd. Along with his older brother he was in the Second City comedy troupe in Toronto, Ontario. The two were also on the popular NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live. Peter was a cast...
- Funny Farm (film)Funny Farm (film)Funny Farm is a 1988 film starring Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith. The film was adapted from a 1985 comedic novel of the same name by Jay Cronley...
, a 1988 film starring Chevy Chase - Funny Farm (TV series)Funny Farm (TV series)The Funny Farm was a Canadian television series shown on CTV during the 1974-1975 season.Blake Emmons was host of the half-hour series, which was derivative of the more successful American Hee Haw series. The first episode was broadcast on September 12, 1974 and only one season was produced...
, a Canadian musical comedy television series of the 1970s
Music:
- Funny Farm (band), a Norwegian metal band
- FunnyFarm Records, an independent underground horrorcoreHorrorcoreHorrorcore is a subgenre of hip hop music based in horror-themed lyrical content and imagery. While the style is rarely popular, some performers have sold well in the mainstream scene.-Origins:...
/rap label - Funny Farm, an album by King KongKing Kong (band)King Kong, a rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, formed in early 1989 by Ethan Buckler, the original bassist in the band Slint. The core trio for many years was made up of Buckler, Willie McClean , and Ray Rizzo...
- Funny Farm, an album by Pip SkidPip SkidPip Skid is a Canadian rapper and writer, and a cornerstone of the successful Vancouver based independent hip hop label Peanuts & Corn...
- "Funny Farm", a song by TrocaderoTrocadero (band)Trocadero is an experimental rock band based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They are best recognized for providing several songs to the popular machinima series Red vs. Blue, including "Blood Gulch Blues", its theme song...
- "Back at the Funny Farm", a song by Motörhead
Other:
- Funny Farm (novel)Funny Farm (novel)Funny Farm is a comedic novel written by author Jay Cronley and published in 1985. In 1988 it was adapted into a film of the same name, starring actor Chevy Chase....
, a novel by Jay Cronley - Funny Farm (webcomic), a webcomic by R. Smith
- Funny Farm (puzzle), an online word puzzle
- Funny Farm, a hotel and youth hostel in InterlakenInterlakenInterlaken is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland, a well-known tourist destination in the Bernese Oberland.-History:...
, Switzerland