RiffTrax Christmas Circus with Whizzo The Clown (Full FREE Movie)
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Pennywise checks under the bed for Whizzo before he goes to sleep at night.
Lmao
😆
At least we know why Pennywise is a clown.
Wouldn’t you, after watching this I started checking under my bed for him.
@@Zerojones360 you do have a point...
They say laughter is the best medicine, but Whizzo didn't do a damn thing for that girl's tuberculosis.
I met Whizzo in the late 70's when he was hired for a grand opening of a family-owned burger joint in Belton, MO. I was about 10-12 at the time and my brother and I didn't know who he was. He gave us balloons and kept asking us something like, "You know who Whizzo is, right? You remember Whizzo?" He seemed to really want us to say yes. It was strange. My younger brother said no, but to be polite I lied and said yes and it really seemed to make him happy. It's a strange memory for over forty years and from this riff I now know who he was. So thanks!
That's sad. He wasn't an alcoholic doing it to pay the bills, he wanted to be a beloved children's entertainer.
He would be happy to know that you remember him now!
I’m sure you were also able to remember the powerful odor of malt liquor and Listerine on his person.
I wish I was yoi
Bittersweet thought, but with this riff on TH-cam, he's probably been seen, and given joy, to more people than ever he thought he would.
“Resignations on the Whizzo set were rarely typewritten” is up there with “Every frame of this movie looks like someone’s last known photograph” for my favorite riffs ever.
What riff is that from?
@@robertsullivan4172 Manos
@@silviufleaca8250 And if you've never seen Manos, just let me tell you it is a VERY accurate riff.
@@chrisc6857 I have and it is.
MANOS!!!!
Even when I SEE Bill and Kevin TALK, my brain immediately replaces them with Crow and Tom Servo. I’m totally okay with that!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that as soon as I started watching this.
"There were never any kids here, Whizzo, or any cameras."
Cut to Wiziarde, sans make-up, laugh-sobbing in his apartment, a la Arthur Fleck.
Hi Bob!
Huh...a terrifying movie that shouldn't be seen by kids...must be a Bobsheaux *windows tada sound*
I knew this gave me the same vibes as the hallucinations of the old lady from Requiem for a Dream after she went crazy from taking drugs and getting her brain fried by the electroshock therapy
This is a more effective depiction of a clown’s descent into madness than Joker was…
Clearly Joaquin Phoenix needed giant feet
To be fair joker fell into a vat of chemicals. This clown has been working too hard lol
@@shoken4421 The Joker fell into a vat of chemicals, Whizzo drinks a vat of chemicals. 🤡
Facts
Decent madness is my kind of madness
"Whizzo was never the same after Korea."
"DON'T DROP IT!!!!!!!!"
I laughed so hard I cried.
I genuinely laughed too
For some reason Mike’s nonchalant “Mmhmm, I’ll serve the time,” in response to “Kill Whizzo?” just slayed me
It's always strange to see Servo and Crow wearing their human disguises...
You Mean Brain Guy and Bobo.
Rifftrax feels like a somewhat less niche and esoteric MST3K. In a way I prefer it because I get the references and they're usually reacting more directly to the material.
But the new MST3K episodes just feel like store brand soda. And that's despite great writers and some of my favorite performers being a part of it. And the weak link really is Servo and Crow being so different.
They're like those creepy robots you meet in _Kenshi._
You mean Crow 2.0 and Servo 1.0.
@@trent8663 This is Servo 2.0. Joshua Weinstein voiced and was the puppeteer for Servo in Season One.
"Whizzo, you piece of shit!"
I think that might be my favorite RiffTrax/MST3K line now.
I thought they were gonna blur it out, I was caught off guard.
The magic Christmas tree was scary enough. Who knew what horror would follow.
It is disturbing in way one could never imagine.
Could been worse - rather than going up to Tree Hell, they could been tree ghosts
When Krampus is deemed insufficient, Santa Claus sends Whizzo the Clown.
It was a different time. Whizzo was a Kansas City TV institution beginning the 1950s. Kids absolutely loved him! This special was shot on 35mm film and was shown in theatres in the KCMO area for several seasons at Christmastime. It still had holiday screenings there as late as 1974. Whizzo's show came to an end in 1987 when Whizzo himself, Frank Wiziarde, died at age 71.
He died in a hail of gunfire, trying to shoplift some rubber chickens.
I remember when he was killed out side the MANHOLE bar when he left with that 17 year old Hustler
_Kansas City Star_
_that is what I are_
Ah, the age before kids knew what entertainment was.
Really? Despite having moved to NE Kansas with my family in 1985, I'd never heard of Whizzo until this video came up. Feel like I really dodged a bullet.
there's nothing like watching a clown have a complete mental breakdown to really ring in the holidays! thanks, fellas!
Well what do expect when you snort Tony Montana’s cocaine mountain followed by drinking an entire vile of LSD?
That's the plot of _Helluva Boss._
Not that this is relevant, but did anybody notice one of the boys told Whizzo where the North Pole was?
Sounds like the kind of thing I would've done.
This movie is like watching a migraine that never quite gets to 100%
It does try to get there, but seems like a struggle to get below 105% intensity.
🤣🤣🤣
Kinda like the day long piercing headache that a hungover newbie that hasn't learned to chug water some time before passing out (blacking out), but Whizzo is unmeasurably worse.
Whizzo gives off powerful “Tigger With Alzheimer’s” vibes.
I now have a new name for my ska band.
That made me Spit my Drink
Guess hes got that to worry about now.
I can never get as drunk as Whizzo obviously is without passing out.
Yep, that clown is nine sheets to the wind
Not with that attitude!!
Ironically, this Christmas tree movie doesn't make me pine for the old days.
But at least it also doesn't make you wanna electrocute a lady with a chainsaw.
It could have used a little sprucing up.
Oh look, it's everyone's favorite FIR-ry critic. 🌲
Knock on wood
@@TheRealJabbergeist Ju-niper know who's going to comment.
You know what...Balloonland seems more fun than usual all of a sudden
Whizzo Dog had a Vegas wedding with the crazy announcer lady that lasted all of 49 hours.
My family left the KCMO area in 1964 - but I got to be on the Whizzo show. It was boring to be in the studio, no TV monitors showing the cartoons that other kids were watching at home. So it was a recipe for fun, a bunch of kids having to SIT IN ONE PLACE right? Lord, what a drag. The kids loved his routine! He changed the subject every few seconds, pretty much the way 5-year-old thought back then. This has a lot more action in it thanks to editing. The window displays were at the stores near downtown Kansas City, and in the Plaza.
Was wizzo brain damaged
How was the actor who played Whizzo on set?
When Santa sat in his chair, I half-expected him to start telling a story about some woman going to Pirate World where that woman would then listen to a story about a fairy tale causing another movie to start. Also get that kid some cough syrup already!
All these terrible Christmas movies are starting to blend together
That poor little kid was the worst part of this whole thing. She was sick and they just kept rolling. Nobody thought, "Hey maybe we should stop and check on this obviously sick child?" But nope!
@@crimsondynamo615 Yep, I start thinking about a skunk and Santa's Village of Madness.
Whizzo was so beloved in Kansas City, Don''t forget he was entertaining children not adults, lol. We loved him!!!
Its not like kids are known for having amazing taste
This brings back memories. I'm old enough that I remember watching Wizzo on TV as a kid. My mom took me to a little promo thing where Wizzo was having a public appearance. So naturally I eagerly got in lie to meet him. It was interesting what I was thinking after meeting him. Instead of thinking, "Hey, I got to talk to Wizzo face to face!" all I was able to focus on was that he pulled a Caesar Romero and clown painted over his mustache. I guess it's true, don't ever meet our heroes.
So was the regular show this weird?
Oh wow! I wondered how scared these poor children were after this. I'm glad you survived it.
that's one thing i don't get. His work required him to wear the clown make-up basically 24/7 (of course he took it off before going to bed, but pretty much) . At what point you go :" You know what? I'm going to grow a moustache, fuck the make-up!" ? Caesar Romero had other roles and put on the make up just for the episodes he was in, makes sense to me he kept it.
@@tyrothethird3081 Yes. The show was something of a supernatural trip out on occasion. If you want to get a little more of a flavor of what the show was like, there are a few clips from his show on TH-cam and a few other places on the web. If you do a search, make sure you search, "Whizzo the Clown." There are a few other low-rent Whizzos out there.
@@shannondore All I can say is that what did not kill me made me stronger.
The kid with the cough could’ve been a side story all in itself. “Tiny Tina and TB”
You can almost smell Whizzo's whiskey breath.
"Almost?"
Guess hes got that to worry about now.
I turned on the automatically generated subtitles. I'm betting five minutes into Wizzo and I'll have TH-cam hugging itself and crying in the corner.
The hurting was deep here. Very deep. How marvelous.
Deeeeeeeep Hurrting without a grain of sand.
Deeeeeep Hurting
Deep hurting.
Oh, prepare for the hurt. I’ll use a riff from the film that encapsulates Mike, Bill, and Kevin’s thoughts:
“WHIZZO, YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!”
Hurt is good, Embrace it.
The best thing ever said to a clown.
“There we go Whizzo, let the gas leak gently finish the job…”
Absolutely priceless ending.
Guys I just can't. I'm at the half hour mark and my brain is melting. Whizzo isn't a clown, he's a vampire, and he's drawing the life out of me.
Fun fact: Art Carney got his inspiration for his Star Wars Holiday Special from Whizzo’s performance.
I never thought I'd say this, but that's unfair to Holiday Special Art Carney. His skit was _painfully_ unfunny, but it never once made you think "are those kids safe?"
“It’s just more diorama staring.”
Me, who loves dioramas: YESSSSSSS
Also the “I farted on this” got me, a functioning adult, way more than it probably should have.
36:00 That second Whizzo Dog segment almost killed me. They didn't even let him finish the sentence, it just cut off while he was ranting.
"Whizzo sounds like the love child of Jimmy Stewart and Dr. Steve Brule."
Lol that sent me
Ed Grimley too
There is a certain charm to Whizzo, and despite his slightly terrifying antics, the character was clearly popular enough to be on TV for over 30 years. Granted, it was Kansas.
Here in Kansas, when I was a kid, one of our the biggest local celebrities was the weather guy. I can totally see Whizzo maintaining popularity for 30 years here by virtue of the fact that very little happens worth getting excited about.
I mean, at least Whizzo is in color. The most famous movie about Kansas said that it was black and white despite the movie being in color.
This wasn't just a Kansas thing. Early television was filled with this kind of stuff, with tons of clowns and wacky kids-show hosts. They were all local shows and existed in every corner of the country. Some of them were extremely popular and long lasting. Others, not so much. MST3K actually started as a local show like that, and it was using the kind of aesthetics you might see in one of those kids shows, even though it wasn't aimed specifically at kids.
In Cincinnati, we had Uncle Al who became so popular that one of the 3 big networks offered him a national show, but his local small station wouldn't let him out of the contract. The network went on to create Captain Kangaroo instead, relegating poor old Uncle Al to a guy no one's ever heard of outside of Cincinnati.
57:28 - when every one of us, even the 3 guys, stopped being jaded and cynical and just enjoyed the heartfelt adlib of that kid. 😀
He interrupted one of Whizzo's bits--That kid is definitely my hero
I love that the three boys' real-life personalities are basically the same as their on-screen characters. That's just how they are, and we love them for it.
Kevin has always struck me as your cool and fun uncle that will take you on a fishing trip but wouldn't hesitate to slap your hand in front of everyone if you reached across the table instead of asking.
Pretty much what keeps Rifftrax seeming like a continuation of MST3K after the last real TV season and I'm all for it.
Those boys! Those 60 year old CHILDREN! Like Buz from Girl In Gold Boots.
I grew up with Whizzo in KC, 50s and 60s. He was terrifying. We could see how unhappy the kids were and how cheesy it all was. Even so, I feel immense affection for him now. I can see how committed he was to his persona, and how hard he worked.
"Hannibal Lector's Christmas Trees" I lost it there. 🤣
Rare is the Christmas special that leaves you fervently hoping the depressed kid was okay.
That Christmas tree short was possibly the most disturbing absurdity I've ever seen. What in God's name was the idea behind that nightmare....
Christ in Heaven, this is an assault on the brain. I'm just over ten minutes into SANTA'S CHRISTMAS CIRCUS and I can't feel my extremities. This is honestly the first time a TH-cam video has ever been interrupted by an ad that I purposely let play in its entirety, because I needed the break.
Yeah, more like SATAN'S CHRISTMAS CIRCUS!
Yeah Zoomers have the attention span of a flea. Unless it is a tranny calling someone racist or a guy dancing In front of a mirror and lip syncing to some horrible r and b song. Can’t understand it
Best line - "Great Frosty's ghost, it's a catch phrase! "
"A middle-aged man having a nervous breakdown in clown makeup."
Isn't that every clown ever?
Mommy, Uncle Frank is drunk again!
@@Nightweaver1😂
Whizzo sounds like he’s doing a Tigger impression at least half the time. 😄
In fairness, it is the best version of "The Epic of Gilgamesh " on film.
Bravo, sir, bravo
Jodorowsky's Christmas Circus With Whizzo the Clown.
The casting of Enkidu was unbelievably poor.
@@kanna-san. perhaps, post Qos, Yvhv?
Whizzo Van Dyke never achieved the fame of his brothers Dick and Jerry.
Dear Ice Cream Bunny: I feel like I was a bit too mean to you when you were last on Rifftrax and I want to take this time to say... I'm sorry. Also stay the hell away from me please and respect the restraining order; I can still hear your laughter outside my window when I try to sleep at night. Thank you. ^__^
You think that he's evil sounding in THAT?! Try stomaching "Here comes Peter Cottontail" with SHAGGY as the rabbit! Mwa ha ha!
I'm more impressed by Mike's correct use of "verisimilitude."
Come for the riffs, stay for the diction.
I must be ancient. I remember Whizzo on tv. This was awesome. That Christmas tree short was truly creepy.. Whizzo's last show was in 1987 and Frank Wiziarde passed that year.
This, to me, is the most unwatchable thing Rifftrax has ever done. It's truly soul crushing. I'd rather watch a 24 hour marathon of Rollergator
Watch Santa Claus conquers the martians now that is a unwatchable movie uncut 😂
You should check out Rifftrax's Fun in Balloon Land if you really want to get dark.
I, on the other hand, think this is my favorite holiday riffs they've ever done.
@@only257 that movie is unironically cute
@@ahappydogwithsunglasses Nothing says “fun” like horrific Native American caricatures, a shrill child and a woman who sounds like she just watched her family die in a barn fire.
36:46 "Whizzo's Wonderland, where counting to three is a chore."
Sounds like Whizzo has a lot in common with King Arthur!
🤣🤣
I know it was you Wizzo.. you broke my heart! 😂😂😂
I used to work at KMBC (where this movie was filmed), although much later. The studio was in the basement of a (working) opera house in downtown Kansas City before the station moved out in 2007. (The building is now a YMCA.) From what I've been told, there is still a framed photo of Whizzo at one of the other stations he was at in Kansas City, KCTV5. Also - when the kids are flying above the city, that's actually the Country Club Plaza shopping district (not Downtown, sorry Kevin), right above my old apartment!
Did you know Hugh Bowen?
The More You Know🌠
I’ve only watched two minutes of this, but I have to say that, in my mind’s eye, Bill and Kevin’s voices only come out of plastic puppets. I genuinely do not have that reaction to any of the other puppeteers pass nor present. They truly were the definitive Crow and Tom.
I've had "WHIZZO, YOU PIECE-A SHIT." rolling around in my head for the past hour.
I usually don't like ads but in this case, they are a relief. It gives me a minute to recenter myself and forge ahead.
I feel that. It's like finding a safe room when playing a Resident Evil game.
These men have suffered so much for our sake.
24:35
“Whizzo: he blows.”
-Kevin Murphy
"'It's like playing an old Sierra game where you just click on everything in the room" lol
Whizzo is why I'm terrified of clowns. This guy is having a complete nervous breakdown. I sincerely became unnerved when those little kids came in
Kevin, Bill, Mike, I love you guys so much. ❤
Well now I've got this to worry about.
Adding this one to the collection of Christmas Classics. I'll put it right next to Santa Claus and the Ice Cream Bunny
For me, their best X-mass episode (I forget it's name) was where they sang "Have a Patrick Swayze christmas".
@@shuttittuppitt9355 That was “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.”
🍦🐰: *HURR HURR HURR*
This has to be one of their best riffs. The French mimes were creepy enough, but Whizzo's deranged antics were absolutely jaw-dropping. I couldn't decide what part of his mania was the most inane; His tagline, the Whizzo dog, his flying carpet delusion, or the two minute visit to Santa Claus's workshop (or was it one of his many offices?). I finally settled on his truly unnerving attempts at depression counseling. And I still worry about the poor girl with diphtheria which the clown did his best to ignore.
Holy cow, fellas. I’m dying. You killed this one.
Thanks for all the joy you’ve brought me since the ‘90s. So many good times.
No matter how many times I watch this, I always get caught off guard when Whizzo suddenly pulls out the gun.
I like to save my Whizzo for Christmas eve, but I encourage anyone to take their Whizzo whenever they like and to share the experience with as many people as possible this holiday season.
Careful where you point that whizzo, man.
This one of the riffs i revisit more often. Nothing against the late Mr. Wiziarde, quite the contrary. The sheer, unmitigated audacity of acting like a drunk uncle at a wedding for one hour and calling it a Christmas show, that requires balls of stainless steel and i admire him for it. I am not afraid of clowns tbh, but Whizzo...Whizzo terrifies me
He must have enjoyed entertaining children. He sacrificed every shred of dignity he had for a kids laughter. :o
I find clowns off-putting and unnerving, but not scary.
Kinda the same feeling you'd get running into anybody in a dark secluded alley. >__>
Yeah, I can respect the man for people his all into his character, even if it's weird and not very good overall.
@@planescaped i actually can enjoy a good clown act, there are some out there
This is the best and worst Christmas gift I could ever want. This was amazing!😆🤣
It's great Whizzo finds his jokes funny because no one else does!
My old Platoon Sergeant was a two pack a day smoker and not once did his coughs sound as bad as that little girl's.
Whizzo's incoherent muttering sounds like Paul Winchell doing an impression of the Crazy Cat Lady from The Simpsons.
While the RiffTrax gang are in top form, there is still that lingering suspicion that "Christmas Circus with Whizzo The Clown" is a very subtle horror movie - where you're trapped with a clown who is always on the brink of going insane... and you can't escape.
It may be that background music that never stops that makes it borderline horror.
Years ago, Whizzo was our nickname for our dog that wasn't house trained yet
Even with the added professional jokes by professional comedy professionals.. this is almost too much to bear.
My grandmother put too much brandy on the last Christmas pudding she was able to make and lit it on fire, akin to the dad in the mime short. She's still with us but no longer able to make or enjoy a solid Christmas pud. Thanks for the fond memories, Rifftrax.
Okay... I now owe Mr. B Natural a sincere apology!
That kid who kept coughing... I know that cough... that's the cough of a kid who doesn't want to be there/wants to go home after they've done their part of a recital.
It looks more like she is actually sick and nobody bothered to check on her.
It sounds like she was actually sick
Whizzo is indeed a hellish nightmare clownscape, but this Rifftrax version is one of the most rewatchable things I've seen
My sister actually appeared on the Whizzo show back in the 80s.
I grew up watching Whizzo, he was an icon for children. In the 60's he made an appearance at Sav-On store when I was fourteen. He flirted with me and I was so disappointed till I got to the car and realized, "I could have Whizzo"! I was never so excited...lol.
Wait, _what?!_
😳
There were many memorable riffs here & _thankfully_ the guys spoke over much of Whizzo's dialogue. But I'm gonna have trouble falling asleep while laughing about "She's a maniac, maniac on the floor" to two girls who could _never_ have pulled off the moves associated with that song.
Hurting... * deep * hurting with this one. Oh, damn you, Whizzo!
I remember having an experience like this. It was 4am and I saw a show where drunk people either fought or ran a business together. Probably how this film was made.
Guessing the set smelled like Jazz Cigarettes the entire time
sounds like my kind of movie set
@@Kornknealious mine too! That's my new fave way to describe smoking
Don’t try to blame weed for this. I’m high af and this still sucks.
Watching Whizzo was worth it for the Sierra reference.
If I might add some VERY IMPORTANT CONTEXT (not really) but the mother in the first short is played by actress Susan Engel who played the memorable villain Cessair of Diplos / alias Vivian Fay on the Doctor Who serial "The Stones of Blood" in 1978.
Kevin Murphy's scream of terror is the gift that keeps on giving.
As crappy as this weekend has been for me, at least I can count on Rifftrax to make my day brighter. Even if it is Whizzo and a child with a cough straight out of a Dickens novel.
Sorry You had a bad weekend, Thespacebetweenourhouses. Rifftrax is definitely the right place to go for some relief. Hope Christmas is better for You
RiffTrax always gets me laughing during bad times. 🙂
"...Well, now I've got this to worry about..." My new catchphrase.
the guy at 5:10 tries to nonchalantly nibble on his glasses but it closes and he just tries to play it off 😂
If you had told me ‘you’ll find yourself wishing for the quiet dignity of the mime Christmas trees’ I would’ve said you were absolutely crazy
This year's Christmas present from Rifftrax: coulrophobia.
Whizzo certainly has a complicated relationship with reality.
Did Whizzo drink a bottle of Scotch before they started filming? Thanks Mike, Bill and Kevin for making us laugh at Christmas...again.
This would have been truly unwatchable without RiffTrax. You folks are doing God's work!
Watched this with my dad tonight. I think he's traumatized now.
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I wake up, and I can still hear the monkeys.
“FIDDLESPRUNG!!!”
Ahh. The "UHF" reference. The future ghost of Weird Al is smiling.
My family’s oldest tradition of sitting around the Christmas tree with Frank Zappa’s face on it while he silently goes thru a whole range of emotions and flirts with the neighbors trees….memories 😊