quite the interesting film from the warped mind of bobcat goldthwait . shake the clown be his debut a a writer or director and tell the story about an alcoholic clown who and while pass out drunk and be frame for the murder of his bos and mentor . from the catch phrase love by child . desire by woman . adore by bartender everywhere i be expect something a little more perverse and out there . instead and we be give a pretty run of the mill and mediocre comedy where the bumbling hero and misfit friend must uncover the evil villain and who until then be see a the good guy . the love by child part be a nice touch because no matter how mean or abusive he be to the adult and he be a fantastic clown ( what agility on this guy ) . a for the desire by woman and he have a one night stand and a girlfriendhe be just be torment by the number of lady all over himas for the bartender and he usually be outside while the friend stick to the bar . shake be just too good of a guy to really make the role believable a be a deadbeat . the big surprise here be the amount of support player that have go on to accomplish thing in the industry . an almost unrecognizable kathy griffin and ( pre surgery indeed ) while the usual solid performance from character actor blake clark while newcomer adam sandler and a tad bit raw and deliver line like he be at a stand up event and the guy have come far while and robin williams and who steal his scene and be probably the funny part of the entire film . besides these and however and we get a lot of amateurish work . i do not want to be mean and but i could not stand julie brown . she have the look and the affectionate glance to be the by her man girlfriend and but her speech pattern be horrid . not be able to pronounce the letter r and she sound like me when i be 5 before take speech therapy . how there be not a feature length gag reel be beyond me and because these guy could not have keep straight face opposite her . a couple more role give me mixed feeling . tom kenny and a the villainous binky and have quite the extensive filmography a a voice over pro . i can see why he would be so successful and a he be very over the top here and great for cartoon and not so much when you have to see his broad facial expression that go along with the word . he remind me a bit of david paymer and and i couldn not stop think how much good he would have do at the job . paymer just have the sad sack and stick a knife in your back role down pat . the other role be the cop with high blood pressure . his delivery be awkward and a bit forced . funny a it be and especially opposite his amuse by the little thing partner and he do stick out . i must give credit to bobcat for attempt to do something new in the genre . although it be an overused plot and he try to spice thing up by set it in the world of clown while they overrun the town . i keep wait to see if a normal person would arrive to entertain them . moment do work throughout and like the fight with mime and the rodeo clown clique and and the bickering at the bar and but there be just too much stuff that fail while it so broad that it elicit more yawn than chuckle . i end up have to play a game with myself to stay with it by find all the hidden thing i could . my favorite be the cop put a gun two inch from a convict face in the background while bobcat be release from jail and the production company responsible for the clown television show and ( watch the credit on the tv for it ) .