''Funny Farm'' was a Canadian television series shown on CTV during the 1974–1975 season.

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was host of the half-hour series, which was derivative of the more successful American ''

Hee Haw ''Hee Haw'' is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with the fictional rural "Kornfield Kounty" as the backdrop. It aired first-run on CBS from 1969 to 1971, in syndication from 1971 to 1993, and on TNN from 199 ...

'' series. The first episode was broadcast on 12 September 1974 and only one season was produced. The programme continued to be broadcast on CTV for at least two seasons, and was still airing as late as 1976. The cast included Bruce Gordon (credited as Ben Gordon), John Evans,

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(credited as Jank Zajfman),

Jayne Eastwood Jayne Eastwood (born December 17, 1946), also credited as Jane Easton or Jane Eastwood, is a Canadian actress and comedian. She is best known for her film roles as Anna-Marie Biddlecoff in the comedy film ''Finders Keepers'' (1984), Judy the Wai ...

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and Linda Rennhoffer.

References

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Canadian Communications Foundation: ''The Funny Farm''TVArchive.ca: ''The Funny Farm''

External links

* 1974 Canadian television series debuts 1975 Canadian television series endings CTV Television Network original programming 1970s Canadian sketch comedy television series {{Canada-comedy-tv-prog-stub