Playlist: Shakes The Clown

Bobcat Golthwait...his name conjures up images of an uncomfortable , quirky, snorting through his mouth and nose, unfunny, drunk/retarded, rent-a-cop from the latter films of Police Academy. Then came this film...and the people of 1991 rejected Bobcat even more then ever...how dare he try to make his own film, direct it and star in it...and not be that cool Police Academy moron we all know and love. For me I just watched this film...and I loved it. This is funny, unconventional, and something I have never seen.

You see in most run of the mill clown films, they would have to explain to you all about the rules of clown world...you know, why they drink, why they can jump to the second floor of an apartment building and have like almost magical abilities, why they do drugs and of course the pecking order of Rodeo Clowns versus Party Clowns versus Mimes...and why all Clowns must beat up Mimes...This film does not explain it and does a great job of making us feel like we have been dropped an another world that just makes sense..and that's Palookaville...this is the brain child of Bobcat Goldthwait. This man is a jewel of comedy that I truly feel has not been heard enough...part of it is my love of his film Worlds Greatest Dad ...That was one hell of a funny film that pulls no punches...if we are getting films like Superbad, Forgetting Sarah whatever, and The Killers to make money...why not a smart, edgy, thinking mans comedy like Bobcat has done?

I am currently getting a few more of his written and directed films from Netflix, so we shall see if it holds up..check out his IMDB page a read up on this guy, he is talented.

Also 4 little gems in this film:

1. Adam Sandler is actually funny

2. Julie Brown (the white one from MTV)..is funny as heck

3. The background and whats going on in some of the scenes are almost as funny as what is going on in the foreground

4. Binky the villain clown is played by Spongebob