On a 2014 episode of the beloved Canadian-American kid’s show “Arthur,” everyone is getting into this really weird band—except for Binky. Known among his classmates for having refined musical taste and talent, Binky decides to listen to the band only after another character, Muffy, teasingly suggests that “it might be too sophisticated” for him. “Too sophisticated for me?” he boasts incredulously. “I know music better than any of you!” He takes the headphones from the show’s eponymous aardvark—who, hearing the band, felt like he was “on another planet”—and Binky presses play.
Binky Listens
Bang on a Can on “Arthur”
