Jay Cronley is a columnist for the Tulsa World

Tulsa World

Tulsa World is the daily newspaper for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the primary newspaper for the northeastern and eastern portions of Oklahoma, and is the second-most widely circulated newspaper in the state, after The Oklahoman. It was founded in 1905 and remains an independent newspaper,...

and the author of many works of humorous fiction, including Fall Guy, Good Vibes, Quick Change, and Funny Farm. Most of Cronley's work is out of print. Cronley became a member of the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame in 2002. http://poetsandwriters.okstate.edu/halloffame/index.html

Many of Cronley's novels have been made into feature films. Good Vibes was made into the 1989 comedy

1989 in film

-Events:* Batman is released on June 23, and goes on to gross over $410 million worldwide.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million...

 Let It Ride

Let It Ride (film)

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, which starred Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

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, David Johansen

David Johansen

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, Richard Edson

Richard Edson

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, and Teri Garr

Teri Garr

-Early life:Garr was born in Lakewood, Ohio in 1947. Her father, Eddie Garr , was a vaudeville performer, comedian and actor whose career peaked when he briefly took over the lead role in the Broadway drama Tobacco Road...

. Quick Change was the source of two film adaptations, in 1985 and in 1990. The 1985 version, re-titled Hold-Up

Hold-Up (film)

Hold-Up is a Franco-Canadian crime comedy from 1985, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Alexandre Arcady. The screenplay by Arcady, Daniel Saint-Hamont and Francis Veber is based on the novel Quick Change by Jay Cronley...

, was directed by Alexandre Arcady and was set in Montreal. The 1990 version

Quick Change

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 starred Bill Murray

Bill Murray

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, Geena Davis

Geena Davis

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, Jason Robards

Jason Robards

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, and Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

-Personal life:Bosco was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Margaret Raymond , a policewoman, and Philip Lupo Bosco, a carnival worker. Bosco went to high school at St. Peter's Preparatory School in Jersey City. He attended the Catholic University of Washington, D.C. Bosco married Nancy...

, and was directed by Murray and Howard Franklin

Howard Franklin

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; like the novel, it was set in New York City. George Roy Hill

George Roy Hill

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 directed Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase

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, Madolyn Smith Osborne

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, Alice Drummond, and Mike Starr

Mike Starr (actor)

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 in the 1988 adaptation of Funny Farm

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...

. The 2004 French film Nos Amis Les Flics, directed by Bob Swaim

Bob Swaim

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, is based on Cheap Shot.

Cronley also writes about horse racing

Horse racing

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 for ESPN

ESPN

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Novels

• Fall Guy (1977)
• Good Vibes (1979)
• Screwballs (1980)
• Quick Change (1981)
• Cheap Shot (1984)
• Funny Farm
  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....
  
  (1985)
• Walking Papers (1988)
• Shoot! (1997)