Death to Smoochy is a 2002 dark comedy cult film directed by Danny DeVito. It stars Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, and Jon Stewart.
Randolph Smiley, a.k.a. "Rainbow Randolph" (Robin Williams) enjoys his life and career as a happily corrupt children's television show host until he is caught in a FBI sting for accepting bribes from parents who want their children on the show. He is soon replaced by the "squeaky clean" Sheldon Mope...
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Death to Smoochy is a 2002 dark comedy cult film directed by Danny DeVito. It stars Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, and Jon Stewart.
Randolph Smiley, a.k.a. "Rainbow Randolph" (Robin Williams) enjoys his life and career as a happily corrupt children's television show host until he is caught in a FBI sting for accepting bribes from parents who want their children on the show. He is soon replaced by the "squeaky clean" Sheldon Mopes (Edward Norton) and his character, Smoochy the Rhino (a parody of Barney the Dinosaur). Randolph finds himself unemployed and homeless, virtually outcast from television by his two-faced associate Marion Stokes (Jon Stewart). In an effort to return to his life in the spotlight, Randolph develops several schemes to bring down Sheldon Mopes in hopes of reclaiming his time slot.
Mopes quickly finds himself losing creative control over his show to his hardened producer Nora Wells (Catherine Keener). With the help of his new agent Burke Bennett ...
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