A troupe of travelling comics/clowns perform their version of Leoncavallo's
opera "I Pagliacci" - about the Clown who must perform despite a tragic heart
- in a tent at a seedy seaside holiday resort. Each member of the troupe has a
comic style based on a famous movie comedian/comedienne, from Charlie
Chaplin to The Three Stooges & Lenny Bruce, from Judy Holiday & Mae West
to Phyllis Diller. The resultant clash of comic styles culminates in tragedy.
