Funny farm

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Funny farm is a slang term for a psychiatric hospital. This term is considered by many to be offensive. It uses "funny" in the slangy sense of "not quite right in the head".

The expression figured prominently in the 1966 novelty song hit called They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa! by a musician calling himself "Napoleon XIV" (actually Jerry Samuels, as per the Billboard book). The song describes the vocalist retreating into mental illness due to the fact that his lover abandoned him. It is done entirely in rhythmic recitation, with a constant march-style drumbeat in the background. [1] Excerpt:

They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Ha
They're Coming to Take Me Away Ho-Ho, He-He, Ha-Ha
To the "Funny Farm", where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats...

Funny Farm is also the name of a 1988 film starring Chevy Chase

Funny Farm is also the name of a web comic by R. Smith [2].

Funny Farm is also the name of a hotel and youth hostel in Interlaken, Switzerland. This may not be a coincidence.

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