Krusty the Clown as King Lear

When Krusty the Clown played the title role in "King Lear" at the Springfield Dinner Theatre, he proceeded to mess around like he always does since he thought that the play was a comedy until a co-star informed him that is was a tragedy instead of a comedy. Later on, a surprised Krusty discards the rest of the script and decides to improvise some Shakespeare-themed jokes, which each of them bombing spectacularly with the audience. Moments later, he called the audience out for being a tough crowd, since he thought that they were booing Shakespeare, and if that wasn't enough, a newspaper article dubbed Krusty's role at the dinner theatre the "Worst King Lear in 400 years."

Example of:
Comically Missing the Point