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Funny Farm is a 1988 American comedy film starring Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith. The film was adapted from a 1985 comedic novel of the same name by Jay Cronley . It was the final film directed by George Roy Hill before his death in 2002.
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. [1] The first episode was broadcast on 12 September 1974 and only one season was produced.
The lyrics present a first-person narrator who appears to be addressing a lost love. He describes his deteriorating mental state in the wake of her departure, and expresses a somewhat twisted excitement about his impending committal to a "funny farm" (slang for a psychiatric hospital). However, the final verse reveals that the narrator's words ...
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Madolyn Smith (born April 21, 1957) is a retired American actress, known for her roles in the films Urban Cowboy (1980), 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), and Funny Farm (1988). Career [ edit ]
Funny Farm is a comic novel written by Jay Cronley. It was published in 1985 by Atheneum Books. [1] [2] In 1988, it was adapted into a film of the same name, starring Chevy Chase. [3] It was Cronley's first novel to be adapted for an American film. [4]
Blake Emmons is a Canadian country music singer and entertainer. Emmons hosted the 1974 CTV series Funny Farm, the Canadian answer to Hee Haw.He also co-hosted the Nashville syndicated music show The Country Place with Jim Ed Brown for Show Biz Inc. in the 1970s.
In his first major screen role, Conway portrayed Roland Weary in the 1972 film Slaughterhouse-Five, based on the Kurt Vonnegut novel.. Among other film roles, Conway played multiple characters in the 1981 horror film The Funhouse; Crum Petree, the irascible mailman in the 1988 film Funny Farm, Frank Papale in the fact-based 2006 Disney football drama Invincible and General Curtis LeMay in the ...