question: What is the middle name of the star of the 1991 American black comedy film  Shakes the Clown that has the first and last initials "A" and "S" respectively?
answer: Richard
context: Title: Grace Quigley
  Passage: Grace Quigley (also titled The Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley) is a 1985 American black comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn and Nick Nolte, produced by Yoram Globus and Menahem Golan and directed by Anthony Harvey.  The film is noted for being Hepburn's last leading role in a movie for the big screen, as well as the last appearance, stage or otherwise, of Walter Abel.
  Title: What About Bob?
  Passage: What About Bob?  is a 1991 American black comedy film directed by Frank Oz, and starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss.  Murray plays Bob Wiley, a psychiatric patient who follows his egotistical psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin (Dreyfuss) on vacation.  When the unstable Bob befriends the other members of Marvin's family, it pushes the doctor over the edge.
  Title: Shakes the Clown
  Passage: Shakes the Clown is a 1991 American black comedy film directed and written by Bobcat Goldthwait, who performs the title role.  It also features Julie Brown, Blake Clark, Paul Dooley, Kathy Griffin, Florence Henderson, Tom Kenny, Adam Sandler, Scott Herriott, LaWanda Page, Jack Gallagher, and a cameo by Robin Williams as Mime Jerry (using the pseudonym "Marty Fromage", an homage to an earlier film they worked in together called "Tapeheads" in which Goldthwait used the pseudonym "Jack Cheese").
  Title: Catch-22 (film)
  Passage: Catch-22 is a 1970 American black comedy war film adapted from the novel of the same name by Joseph Heller.  In creating a black comedy revolving around the "lunatic characters" of Heller's satirical anti-war novel set at a fictional World War II Mediterranean base, director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry (also in the cast) worked on the film script for two years, converting Heller's complex novel to the medium of film.
  Title: Adam Sandler
  Passage: Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer, and musician.  After becoming a "Saturday Night Live" cast member, Sandler went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $2 billion at the box office.  He is best known for his comedic roles, such as in the films "Billy Madison" (1995), the sports comedies "Happy Gilmore" (1996) and "The Waterboy" (1998), the romantic comedy "The Wedding Singer" (1998), "Big Daddy" (1999), and "Mr. Deeds" (2002), and voicing Dracula in "Hotel Transylvania" (2012) and "Hotel Transylvania 2" (2015).  Several of his movies, most notably the widely panned "Jack and Jill", have gained harsh criticism, culminating in a shared second place in the number of Raspberry Awards (3) and Raspberry Award Nominations (11), in both cases second only to Sylvester Stallone.  He has ventured into more dramatic territory with his roles in "Punch-Drunk Love" (2002), "Spanglish" (2004), "Reign Over Me" (2007), "Funny People" (2009) and "The Meyerowitz Stories" (2017).
  Title: Baskets (TV series)
  Passage: Baskets is an American black comedy television series that premiered on January 21, 2016 on FX.  The series was co-created by Louis C.K., Zach Galifianakis and Jonathan Krisel, who is also the showrunner.  Galifianakis stars in the dual lead role as Chip Baskets, a failed professional clown in Paris, who instead becomes a local rodeo clown in Bakersfield, California and his twin brother Dale Baskets.  Galifianakis, C.K., M. Blair Breard, Dave Becky, Marc Gurvitz and Andrea Pett-Joseph serve as executive producers, with FX Productions and Pig Newton as production companies.  On February 23, 2016, FX renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on January 19, 2017.  On March 9, 2017, FX renewed the show for a third season.
  Title: The House of Yes
  Passage: The House of Yes is a 1997 American black comedy film starring Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Geneviève Bujold, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Tori Spelling.  The movie is based on the play of the same name, which was written by Wendy MacLeod.  It was produced by Robert Berger and was released by Miramax Films on October 10, 1997, in the United States.  It received a Sundance Award and favorable reviews.  Tori Spelling became one of the nominees for a 1997 Razzie Award for Worst New Star.
citations: Adam Sandler Shakes the Clown