The man in the red polka-dot jumpsuit and giant green shoes approached the astonished bartender. The robber's face was painted with a huge smile, above which a large red nose bobbed as he walked. His hair was an orange wig which stood out in strange curlicues from under a tiny blue bowler hat. From a giant pocket, he produced a black revolver and thrust it in the face of the bartender. "Give me all of your money," he said. "This," said the bartender, "has got to be a joke!" The clown fixed him with a grim look from behind his large fluorescent yellow spectacles and said "I've never been more serious in my life."

The clown bagged the loot and exited the wine bar. Outside, a tiny purple getaway car waited, containing 23 of his accomplices. The clown escaped and eluded capture, due to inconsistent and inaccurate descriptions by witnesses to the crime.