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==Summary==
==Summary==
The unthinkable has happened! [[Buster]] has lost his flair for funny, and the harder he tries to make people laugh, the worse it gets. Fortunately, comic legend Vince Ruckles is on hand to teach Buster the true secret to comedy.<ref>http://www.aptv.org/episodes/24934/Arthur/Molinas-Mulligan/buster-Bombs/</ref>
The unthinkable has happened! Buster has lost his flair for funny, and the harder he tries to make people laugh, the worse it gets. Fortunately, comic legend Vince Ruckles is on hand to teach Buster the true secret to comedy.<ref>http://www.aptv.org/episodes/24934/Arthur/Molinas-Mulligan/buster-Bombs/</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
[[Buster Baxter|Buster]] shows the viewers his 'comedy garden', which contains clown nose bushes, squirting flowers, banana peel patches, and his joke tree, which is supposed to contain hysterical new jokes growing on every branch. Buster reads some of the jokes to the viewers, but they aren't very funny. He then climbs a ladder to the top of the tree, and reads a joke that asks, "What does someone say when he reaches the top a dead tree? Ahhh!", but Buster doesn't get it. When the tree falls down, Buster screams, "Ahhh!". He then says to the viewers that he's OK, and laughs nervously. 
[[Buster Baxter|Buster]] starts the show by showing of his 'comedy garden' with clown bushes, squirting flower patches, banana peel patches, and his big tree, which holds bad jokes. Buster, at the top, reads a joke, which askes what a boy says when he reaches the top a dead tree. It says 'Aaaa!', and Buster says so when he falls. 


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After the title card, Buster is seen telling a joke to his friends at recess, while [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] is drinking a carton of milk. After Buster tells the punch line of his joke, most of his friends laugh, but Arthur squirts milk from his nose instead. 
Buster tells a joke, but tells it over and over. When he says it to [[Binky Barnes|Binky]], [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] squirts drink from his nose. Binky thinks it's hysterical. Buster discovers the kids think it is boring, as Muffy says they got it the first time. [[Mrs. MacGrady]] says that he is using old jokes, and should get new material. 


Later at school, when Buster tells it to [[Binky Barnes|Binky]], Binky thinks it's hysterical, but Arthur squirts water from his nose while he's getting a drink at the water bubbler. 
Buster gets a joke book and crazy clothes, and then smashes watermelons in Binky's yard. Binky says "You're cleaning this up, right?" and eats a piece. [[Alan Powers|Brain]] and [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]] listen to some jokes, but says they aren't funny. Buster gets Arthur to throw pies at his face, but [[Bitzi]] gets upset. 


In the cafeteria, Buster discovers that his friends think his joke is boring, as [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]] says they got it the first time. Binky says that the funniest part was when Arthur shot water from his nose, and he asks Arthur if he could do it again, but Arthur doesn't want to, saying that he never found Buster's joke funny in the first place. Buster then gets advice from [[Mrs. MacGrady]], who says that he is using old jokes, and should get new material. 
Buster gets to go see [[Vince Ruckles]] and he gets him to sign his copy of the book. Vince tells Buster that he lost his touch in life, and then says that he stopped entirely. Buster does just that, and makes jokes unintentionally. Soon, he starts making the gang laugh again, and then he joins along.
 
Later, Buster goes to [[Trident Books|Elwood City Books]], and gets a joke book. At home, he also picks out crazy clothes and clown shoes. 
 
Over the next few days, Buster tries several different ways to be funny. First, he tries to smash a watermelon in Binky's backyard, to which Binky asks Buster if he'll clean up the mess he made. Next, Buster tries observational comedy at recess, but [[The Brain|Brain]] and Muffy don't find his humor very funny. Finally, in Buster's kitchen, he convinces Arthur to throw pies at his face, but grosses out Arthur in the process. When Buster's mom [[Bitzi Baxter|Bitzi]] comes in to the kitchen, she makes Buster clean up the mess.   
 
After Buster cleans up the mess in the kitchen, Bitzi shows him an article in the [[Elwood City Times]] about [[Vince Ruckles]] coming to Elwood City to sign copies of his autobiography, [[My Yucky Life]]. Buster asks his mom if he can go to the event, and Bitzi lets him go, on the condition that he never does his 'comedy homework' in the kitchen again.
 
On the day of the event, Buster gets Vince Ruckles to sign his copy of the book. He also explains to Vince his problem, and asks him for advice. When Vince says that he stopped trying to be funny, Buster does just that.
 
The next day at school, when Buster unintentionally makes jokes, he soon starts making his friends laugh once again, and even makes Arthur squirt orange juice from his nose. Buster then starts to join along in their laughter, finishing the episode.


==Characters==
==Characters==
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Buster Baxter]]
*[[Vince Ruckles]]
*[[Vince Ruckles]]
*[[Leah MacGrady]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[Bitzi Baxter]]
*[[Muffy Crosswire]]
*[[Muffy Crosswire]]
*[[Francine Frensky]]
*[[Binky Barnes]]
*[[Binky Barnes]]
*[[Leah MacGrady]]
*[[Alan Powers|The Brain]]
*[[The Brain]]
*[[Ladonna Compson]]
*[[Bitzi Baxter]]
*[[Ramon Molina]]
*[[Ramón Molina]]
*[[Emily's mother]]
*[[Alex]](cameo)
*[[Alex]]
*[[Francine Frensky]](cameo)
*[[Maria Pappas]]
*[[Fern Walters]](cameo)
*[[Maria Pappas]](cameo)
*[[Emily's mother]](cameo)


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*[[Trident Books]] has been renamed as "Elwood City Books."
*[[Trident Books]] has been renamed as "[[Elwood City Books]]".
*'''Moral:''' Find your own way to make people laugh.
*'''Running Gag:'''
**Various drinks squirting out of Arthur's nose after Buster tells a joke.
**Buster trying to make people laugh, but fails.
===Episode connections===
*The premise of this episode is similar in some ways to "[[Arthur the Unfunny]]."
*Several of the books Buster reads in "[[Buster's Book Battle]]" are on the shelves of Elwood City Books.
*Elwood City Books has been the host of book-signings before, in "[[Fern & Persimmony Glitchet]]" and "[[Falafelosophy]]."
===Cultural references===
===Cultural references===
*The name "Horst Schichter" may be a reference to the stereotype of Germans having no sense of humor.
*Smashing a watermelon with a hammer is a signature act of American comedian {{w|Gallagher (comedian)|Gallagher}}.
*Smashing a watermelon with a hammer is a signature act of American comedian {{w|Gallagher (comedian)|Gallagher}}.
*When Buster performs observational comedy, it's in the style of American comedian {{W|Jerry Seinfeld}}.
*When Buster is performing some observational comedy, it's in the style of American comedian {{W|Jerry Seinfeld}}.
*Vince Ruckles' name is a reference to the late {{w|Don Rickles}}.
*Vince Ruckles' name is a reference to {{w|Don Rickles}}.
 
===Episode connections===
*Several of the baby books Buster had read in "[[Buster's Book Battle]]" are on the shelves of the bookstore.
*Elwood City Books has been the host of book-signings before, in "[[Fern & Persimmony Glitchet]]" and "[[Falafelosophy]]".
===Production notes===
===Production notes===
*An alternate title for this episode is "'''Buster Flops''',"<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131206130650/http://elwoodcitycentral.createaforum.com/arthur-news/the-arthur-episodes-for-season-17/msg1336/?boardseen#new (retrieved December 6, 2013)</ref> possibly due to the {{W|Boston Marathon bombings}} occurring shortly before this episode first aired.
*An alternate title for this episode is "'''Buster Flops'''",<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131206130650/http://elwoodcitycentral.createaforum.com/arthur-news/the-arthur-episodes-for-season-17/msg1336/?boardseen#new (retrieved December 6, 2013)</ref> possibly due to the Boston Marathon bombings occurring not long before this episode first aired.
*On BBC's TV schedule in the UK, this episode's title is incorrectly labeled as "'''Buster's Bombs'''", and it has also not aired in the UK since May 11, 2018.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl9r/2018/05/11</ref>
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