Yet for sheer inspired randomness, nothing tops the casting of Mrs. Brady, Florence Henderson, as a booze-soaked, clown-chasing single mom who has just bedded Shakes at the onset of the movie.

Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more ...

Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more ...

Bobcat Goldthwait made his directorial debut with 1991’s dark comedy Shakes the Clown, and although he starred as the movie’s titular, alcoholic clown who finds himself framed for murder ...

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DRAG ME TO THE MOVIES is a recurring screening series ... the party-clown-arts as they revisit Bobcat Goldthwait’s SHAKES THE CLOWN! LOVED BY CHILDREN. DESIRED BY WOMEN. ADORED BY BARTENDERS ...

The movie is really for a subset itself: If you’re a member of that tiny group of people who always wondered why everybody thinks clowns are funny, you’ll find “Shakes the Clown” hysterical.

As an alternative, the veteran comedian has been making movies. Recently he wrapped up ”Shakes the Clown,” an IRS Media production that Goldthwait describes as ”the finest alcoholic-clown ...