Arthur the Unfunny

Arthur the Unfunny is the second half of the 13th episode of season 2 of the animated children's series Arthur. Together with Water and the Brain, it first aired on February 7th, 1998.

Summary
In a letter to Buster, Arthur tells him about how he was determined to be too hopelessly unfunny to be a clown and how he discovered he can be funny using his piano.

Plot
Arthur starts the show by trying to make a funny joke, but he fail heavily by messing up his line and saying "Orange you glad I didn't say 'banana'" as a punch line.

-Title Card-

Arthur starts the show by trying to make a funny joke, but he fail heavily. The episode starts with Arthur writing a letter to Buster about The Elwood City Library fundraiser and what everyone is trying to do to raise money for the library. One day, the gang decided to be clowns so Arthur tried to tell the joke Buster told him, but everyone thought that Arthur wasn't funny and that he couldn't be a clown even though he made the idea. So then his friends and even Pickles the clown tried to find ways to make Arthur funny but they couldn't do it. The next day, Arthur accepted the fact that he isn't funny by giving a speech that he is helping people by not being funny. On the day on the carnival, when Arthur was playing with Kate he accidently became funny and Pickles congratulated him by saying that there is more than one day to be funny. After Buster read the letter he laughed.

THE END

Trivia

 * This makes the 2nd cameo of Buster Baxter, first time was Arthur the Loser.
 * The beginning of the episode before the title card is a reference to Seinfeld.

Home Video
DVD: VHS:
 * Arthur Makes a Movie (Video)
 * Arthur Makes a Movie (Video)