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Brother, Can You Spare a Clarinet?
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"Brother, Can You Spare a Clarinet?" | |
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Season/Series: | 6 |
Number in season: | 4B |
Original Airdate: | October 15, 2001[1] January 10, 2002[2] |
Credits | |
Written by: | Dietrich Smith |
Storyboard by: | Jeremy O'Neill Stéphanie Gignac |
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"Brother, Can You Spare a Clarinet?" is the second half of the fourth episode in the sixth season of Arthur.
Summary
Tryouts for the Young Person's Orchestra are coming to town, and everyone thinks Binky is a shoo-in. So why is he suddenly refusing to play his clarinet in band practice?
Plot
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Characters
Major
- Arthur Read
- Binky Barnes
- Francine Frensky
- Buster Baxter
- The Brain
- Muffy Crosswire
- Ms. Krasny
- Rattles
- Molly MacDonald
Minor
- Francis Haney
- Slink (doesn't speak)
- Sue Ellen Armstrong (doesn't speak)
- Fern Walters (doesn't speak)
- Mr. Barnes
- Mrs. Barnes (doesn't speak)
- George Lundgren
Cameo
- Jenna Morgan
- 3rd Grade Male Rat
- 3rd Grade Female Cat (Number 2)
- Maria Pappas
- Alex
- 3rd Grade Female Aardvark
- 3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)
Mentioned
Trivia
Cultural references
- The episode's title is a reference to the Great Depression-era song "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
- Bionic Bunny's weakness to special sound is similar to Superman's weakness to kryptonite in that they both lose their powers when exposed to it.
- Francine mentioned Seventy-Six Trombones.
- Binky tries to play the aria "La donna è mobile" from the opera Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi in his room on his broken clarinet.
- The band class plays the Mozart Clarinet Concerto.
Episode connections
- Bionic Bunny was watching The Love Ducks on the television in his apartment.
Errors
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Gallery
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References
- ↑ http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20000604
- ↑ http://ww3.tvo.org/program/157024/arthur#2001 - Season 2001, page 1