Brother, Can You Spare a Clarinet? (Arthur)

"Brother, Can You Spare a Clarinet?" is the second half of the fourth episode in the sixth season of Arthur. It first aired on October 15, 2001.

Plot
Everyone is excited for tryouts for the Young Person's Orchestra, except Binky, whose clarinet isn't working properly.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Binky is arguably at his worst in this episode because he tries to sabotage everyone else's instruments for the tryouts all because his isn't working properly.
 * 2) * He also insults his teacher!
 * 3) The Tough Customers are unlikable as well as they pitch in to help Binky with his scheme.
 * 4) Binky sabotaging everyone's instruments all because his isn't working properly is idiotic and nonsensical. Why not get it fixed and move on?
 * 5) Mr. Haney is rather pointless in this episode because he doesn’t really do much to stop Binky aside from letting him off with a warning.
 * 6) This episode is basically a slap in the face to Binky's character development. In the earlier episodes, he acted more like a bully, but softened up as the series progressed. In this episode, however, he suddenly starts acting like a bigger bully than he was before.
 * 7) The episode tries to make the viewer sympathize with Binky, but fails to do so because of how he is portrayed.
 * 8) Aside from getting sent to the principal's office, Binky never gets punished for his antics later on in the episode and never apologizes to his friends.
 * 9) Bad ending: Despite trying to sabotage everyone's instruments, Binky still gets accepted in the orchestra all because the judge liked the sound of his clarinet.
 * 10) * Sure, this is what judges are supposed to do, but there's something called disqualification.
 * 11) * Also, while everyone else shows support for Binky, he knocks George over, which shows that he doesn't care.
 * 12) The entire plot of this episode could have been avoided if Binky had just told his music teacher that there was something wrong with his clarinet when it first started breaking down in class.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The first few minutes of the episode are okay.
 * 2) There are a few funny moments, like Arthur commenting on how Binky is like two different people and Binky telling Arthur to recycle the plastic wrap from the pie he threw in his face.
 * 3) At least everyone else is still tolerable as usual.
 * 4) Binky having trouble with his clarinet is an interesting concept, but was miserably executed.