# SHAKES the CLOWN anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-the-clown-anyone/92473 "2001-11-09T17:31:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![justinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@justinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justinh)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-the-clown-anyone/92473/1 "2001-11-09T17:31:40Z")
am I the only one who loves this movie? I like the new universe it is set in(3 types of beings: humans, clowns, and mimes). reminds me of Streets of Fire, Bladerunner, and Brazil. can’t ever find it anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-the-clown-anyone/92473/2 "2001-11-09T17:45:05Z")
Ah, the ‘Citizen Kane of Drunken Clown Films’. Clever ( twisted ) concept and some good moments, but it _dragged_ badly at times. Neither as bad as it sounds ( well, it is - but in a good way 😉 ), nor as clever as it might have been. IMHO anyway. But as I am one of the myriads with clown-phobia, it did have some resonance with me 😃 . - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-the-clown-anyone/92473/3 "2001-11-09T17:58:41Z")
Binky the doormat… loved that movie! ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-the-clown-anyone/92473/4 "2001-11-09T18:09:14Z")
[Were you wanting to buy it?](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/offering-page/index%3Dfixed-price%26field-offering-type%3Dused%26field-asin%3D630243940X%26field-status%3Dopen%26size%3D25%26rank%3D%2Bprice/qid%3D1002237618/sr%3D9-13/ref%3Dsr%5F9%5F2%5F13/104-8282684-2086338) ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Baroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@Billy\_Baroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Baroo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-the-clown-anyone/92473/5 "2001-11-09T18:17:00Z")
Florence Henderson was brilliant in that film. ---
**Author:** ![justinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@justinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justinh)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-the-clown-anyone/92473/6 "2001-11-09T18:55:25Z")
in some movies you run into a character that is just perfect and cant imagine them in anything else (jay and bob come to mind). binky was this character for me. now I have got to go buy it. its only on VHS though. boo. I wanted to stick to DVDs. Oh well. bob was good. his sidekicks were ok. (saldler and whoever) i thought they were the weakest part of the movie. but binky’s sidekicks were great. binky was the man. the cops were good. the rodeo clowns were good. I thought you loved “lady of spain”? the fat old clown who got fired from tv. mr. cheese (shakes boss) whats her face from Sanford & Son Julie florence robin williams a whole bunch of little skits that are good. it did drag a little at times but I think they were trying to create a mood and just not have a bunch of skits. but overall it was creative and funny. pretty unique I must say. what I like about the movie ,beside the altered universe, is the things going on in the background that you dont notice when you are following the story line. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-the-clown-anyone/92473/7 "2001-11-09T19:16:08Z")
Gotta love “Marty Fromage” as Mime Jerry. And who can forget Aunt Esther saying, “soon as that show’s over, he gonna _f\*\*k_ that dog.” ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-the-clown-anyone/92473/8 "2001-11-09T23:46:41Z")
[It is on DVD.](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767837991/104-8282684-2086338) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-the-clown-anyone/92473/9 "2001-11-10T00:28:42Z")
Any film that features Uncle Miltie calling someone a “dogfucker” is alright in my book. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-the-clown-anyone/92473/10 "2001-11-10T06:07:50Z")
And I’ll never quite forget the “peanut butter pussy” line. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Iron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Big\_Iron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Iron)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-the-clown-anyone/92473/11 "2001-11-10T11:32:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by justinh \* > \*\*am I the only one who loves this movie? I like the new universe it is set in(3 types of beings: humans, clowns, and mimes). reminds me of Streets of Fire, Bladerunner, and Brazil. > > can’t ever find it anymore? \*\* I know I thoroughly enjoyed it – I especially liked the parody of show biz (specifically, comedian) professional life. Plus Florence Henderson as a slut in torn fishnets! ---
**Author:** ![MarkyDeSade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@MarkyDeSade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkyDeSade)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakes-the-clown-anyone/92473/12 "2001-11-10T12:50:20Z")
You keep forgetting the milkman! And I own it on DVD. Everyone forgets that Adam Sandler was in it too…