5. Shakes (Shakes The Clown, 1991)
The Clown: Floppy red hair, lightly applied facial doodles and giant checked trousers turn Bobcat Goldthwait into a kiddie-pleasing entertainer. Well, sometimes.
Why He’s Funny: When he’s sober and on form, Shakes can be very funny. He’s also hilarious sarcastic. At one of the parties he’s hired for, a parent asks, “Are you the clown?” “No,” he snaps, “I’m Mary f*****g Poppins.”
Why He’s Terrifying: You wouldn’t like him when he’s drunk. And when he loses out on his chance to be on a local kids’ TV show, he just lets himself go completely. Sleazy, salty and rude, drunk Shakes gives kids nightmares.
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dholleyuk
Mar 13th 2009, 12:32
Great performance - shame we will never see it again from him
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dholleyuk
Mar 13th 2009, 12:33
Not sure I agree with this - not creapy at all
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dholleyuk
Mar 13th 2009, 12:34
I thought this was a great performance by Williams and when you look at the subject matter it was so well thought and delivered by him
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Aeghast
Mar 13th 2009, 15:45
you can't comment individually, people
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Toursiveu
Mar 13th 2009, 17:10
You forgot the scariest looking clown of all time (well maybe after Tim Curry's Pennywise) : the living dead clown from George A. Romero's Day of the Dead. He's only on screen for a coupla frames but he scared the bejesus out of me when I was a kid.
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