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There's Always Money in the Banana Stand

George Bluth Sr. gives his son a cryptic tip that turns out to be literal.

George Bluth Sr. in a prison visiting room talking to his son Michael
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“There's always money in the banana stand.”

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From
Arrested Development (2003)
Type
TV series
Who
George Bluth Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor), Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman)
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The scene

George Sr. tells Michael that there’s always money in the banana stand. Michael assumes he means the stand is a reliable business, and it gets burned down. The money was literally inside its walls.

It’s for an obvious hint that someone misunderstands.

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