laughing academy


insane asylum, mental inst-tution
“sally ought to be put away in a laughing academy.”

(from the 1940 hal roach comedy turnabout based on a short story by thorne smith.)
2 more definitions
slang for a psychiatric care facility. often thought to be taken from the hbo show the sopranos, but earlier references exist, including usage in season 2 episode 2 of twin peaks back in 1990.
dale cooper: agent earle? but he’s retired!

albert rosenfield: yeah, i know. to a nice, comfortable chair complete with wrist and ankle restraints at the local laughing academy in d.c.
mental inst-tution/nuthouse/insane asylum, this was lovingly “lifted” from its use by the tv character tony soprano in hbo’s “the sopranos” see also “rubber ramada”
“yea, my boys’ll have a lot of respect for me once they’ve found out i’ve been in the laughing academy….
h-ll, no!”

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