Robin Williams in Shakes the Clown

Shakes the Clown starred Bobcat Goldthwait, and billed itself as the “Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies.”  It’s not that great a film.  What I did like was the food chain of clowns.  Top of the food chain were the rodeo clowns.  Below them were the party clowns.  And at the bottom were the mimes.

Robin Williams appears as an angry mime instructor and as always, he is great.

Robin Williams and Jonathan Winters

On the sad news that Robin Williams has passed away.   He and Jonathan Winters were two of my favorite comedians, because they were full of many different characters.  Here they are together.

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