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Writer (WGA):
Bobcat Goldthwait (written by)
Release Date:
13 March 1992 (USA) more
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Loved by children. Desired by women. Adored by bartenders everywhere.
Plot:
Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk... more | add synopsis
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bad, yet funny in a perverse way more (40 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bobcat Goldthwait | ... | Shakes the Clown |
| Julie Brown | ... | Judy |
| Bruce Baum | ... | Ty the Rodeo Clown |
| Steve Bean | ... | Beaten Mime in Park |
| Blake Clark | ... | Stenchy the Clown |
| Eliza Coyle | ... | Enthusiastic Mime |
| Paul Dooley | ... | Owen Cheese |
| Gerald F. Edelstein | ... | 2nd Party Dad |
 | Robin Williams | ... | Mime Class Instructor (as Marty Fromage) |
| Jack Gallagher | ... | Officer Crony |
| Paige Gosney | ... | Billy |
 | Kathy Griffin | ... | Lucy |
| Florence Henderson | ... | The Unknown Woman (Shakes One Night Stand) |
| Scott Herriott | ... | Floor Director |
 | Melissa Hurley | ... | Producer at Big Time Carlson Circus |
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Rated R for language and drug use.
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87 min
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Iceland:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | UK:18 | USA:R
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Cameo: [Robin Williams]the mime instructor. more
Quotes:
Shakes the Clown:
Hey, hey, kid, what are you doing?
Kid:
I had to go to the bathroom.
Shakes the Clown:
On my head?
Kid:
Hey this is my bathroom not your bedroom you big drunken mess.
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Referenced in "Showbiz Today: (1992-03-10)" (1992) more
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Among my friends and myself it has become tradition to rent Shakes the Clown and watch it around New Years Eve. I'm not saying this is the best movie of all time. In fact, it is so appalingly bad that we have to see it once a year. Shakes is a screwed up mix between a serious film about alcoholism and a cheap comedy film full of dick jokes. Nothing more needs to be said, other than Robin Williams makes a great mime.