Zach Galifianakis’ sad-clown comedy “Baskets” isn't funny — but its oddball charm works in mysterious ways The sometimes pathetic, sometimes absurd comedy from Galifianakis, Louis C.K ...

Maybe Robin Williams was fascinated by the sad clown because he knew him from the mirror. He may not have ridden his bike around Tiburon, Calif., in a “Sad Clown” T-shirt, but the phrase ...

And when Robin Williams died, our narrative of choice was the Sad Clown myth. Funny people are actually sad — their humor is a mask, a crutch, a coping mechanism.

About midway through Trainwreck, Amy Townsend (Amy Schumer) gets a particularly emotional moment — sad, darkly funny and shot through with the messiness of her character. And all I could think ...

Sad Boys in Harpy Land is the third installment of Seinfeld. ... It’s profoundly funny — it’s a clown show, after all — but it’s also, in a deeply personal way, desperate.

The temptation of great clowns to become sad clowns must be irresistible, because sooner or later they all fall victim to it. But few have fallen harder and faster than Melissa McCarthy in "Tammy ...

“They dared me to kiss you because you’re so depressed,” he asserted matter-of-factly, before scurrying back to his friends.

Columnist Ellyn Laub's most prized art possession is a ceramic clown that was painted by her late father-in-law.