FX clown comedy Baskets, from Zach Galifianakis and Louis CK, finds empathy in unlikely places. by Caroline Framke. Jan 21, 2016, 1:40 PM UTC. Chip ...

Baskets is about a sad clown, which, other than the killer clown, is a pretty trite premise. The comedy is there in the clowning, however, and it's both subtle and broad.

The premise of “Baskets” is simple: Chip Baskets (Galifianakis) wants to be a clown. But not a Ringling Bros., red-nosed, Stephen King kind of clown. He wants to be a classical Pierrot.

The line between comedy and tragedy is dangerously thin — that’s what can make comedy exciting. One way to determine comedy greatness is how close it comes to stepping over that line. Louis C ...

'Baskets': A Clown Only a Mother Could Love The FX dark comedy returns Thursday with Zach Galifianakis in the title role and Emmy-winner Louie Anderson as his mom.

The episodic descriptions for “Baskets” are as quirky as FX’s low-key comedy series. “Christine tries a Denver omelette in Denver,” read an episode description from last season. And ...

TV columnist Nancy deWolf Smith reviews the FX comedy “Baskets,” calling it a weird and wonderful story of a mean and selfish wannabe clown who is transformed by the affection of others.

Baskets himself is a piece of work, though not, in the end, a particularly novel or invigorating one. It’s easy to see the analogies to an actor’s life in the saga of a clown who wants to turn ...

Galifianakis’ Chip Baskets, who’s dropped out of a French clown academy and is plying his trade at the Buckaroo Rodeo ... Galifianakis’ Chip Baskets, ...

“Baskets” combines the dry, deadpan tone of a certain strain of boundary-pushing TV comedy with the more familiar contours of many sad-clown tales. Though the influence of auteur-driven fare ...

Funnyman Zach Galifianakis, who made his name with “The Hangover” movies and the web series “Between Two Ferns,” plays an embittered clown in the new FX series “Baskets.” ...

No matter what terrible thing happens in your life, it doesn't matter, because you're in on the joke. - Chip Baskets A relatively small cast, a translucent topic, and unforeseen shifts in story ...