The Funny Farm is a 1983 Canadian comedy drama film directed and written by Ron Clark.Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 84. The film follows a stand-up comedian from Cleveland who joins others struggling at a woman's Los Angeles comedy club.Peter Wilson, "A funny business". Vancouver Sun, March 7, 1983.
The film was made in 1981, but not released until 1983.Michael Walsh, "There's humour in comedy clubs—but not in Funny Farm". The Province, March 10, 1983.
Cast Miles Chapin as Mark Champlin, a stand-up comedian from Cleveland Peter Aykroyd as Stephen Croft Howie Mandel as Larry Tracy Bregman as Amy Jack Blum as Peter Maurice LaMarche as Dickie Mike MacDonald as Bruce Derek McGrath as Harvey Jack Carter as Philly Beekman Eileen Brennan as Gail, a woman who owns a comedy club in Los Angeles Gene Clark as Myles Marjorie Gross as Tracy Howard Busgang as Sammy Alan Riven as Michael Lou Dinos as Miguel Tony Mollsworth as Greg Briane Nasimok as Fred Mark Breslin as Paul Additionally, Steve Allen appears in the film.
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