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". A psychiatric hospital (also called, at various places and times, mental hospital or mental ward, historically often asylum, lunatic asylum, or madhouse), is a hospital specialising in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... Offensive may relate to In sports or combat, the team which is attacking, pitching or moving forwards In language or morals, terms and concepts which are unacceptable to some people, such as swearing and profanity. ...

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: Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Theyre Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! is a hit 1966 novelty song by Napoleon XIV (aka Jerry Samuels). ... Napoleon XIV was the pseudonym of record producer Jerry Samuels (b 1938 New York City) who had moderate success with the song Theyre Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!, released in 1966 (reaching #4 on the UK Singles Chart that year). ... // Napoleon XIV was the pseudonym of American songwriter and record producer Jerry Samuels (born 1938), who achieved one-hit wonder status with the bizarre and controversial Top 5 hit novelty song Theyre Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa! in 1966. ... A mental illness or mental disorder refers to one of many mental health conditions characterized by distress, impaired cognitive functioning, atypical behavior, emotional dysregulation, and/or maladaptive behavior. ...

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...

The Funny Farm is also the name of a 1982 film starring Peter Akroyd

Funny Farm is also the name of a 1988 film starring Chevy Chase Funny Farm is a 1988 film directed by George Roy Hill, starring Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith Osborne. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Chevy Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, writer, and television and film actor. ...

Funny Farm is also the name of a web comic by R. Smith [2]. Funny Farm is a webcomic authored by Ryan Smith|R. Smith and hosted by Keenspot. ... Web comics are comics that are available on the web. ...

Funny Farm is also the name of a hotel and youth hostel in Interlaken, Switzerland.

Funny Farm is the name of the upcoming album by noise-rock duo Lightning Bolt. Lightning Bolt Live at the Southgate House 2005. ... Lightning Bolt is an experimental noise rock duo from Providence, Rhode Island, presently composed of Brian Chippendale and Brian Gibson. ...

Funny Farm is also used by military personel and employees of the Porton Down government and military science park to describe the site. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, or often known more simply as Porton Down, is a United Kingdom government facility for military research, including CBRN defence. ...

Funny Farm is also the name of a popular online word puzzle created by Igor Naverniouk, which can be found here.

Funny Farm is also a song by Trocadero Trocadero is a band based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that consists of Nico Audy-Rowland, Wendy Mittelstadt, and Brandon Erdos. ...

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