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Nov 9, 2003 · Top Banana: Directed by Anthony Russo. With Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera. Michael suspects that George Sr. is running the business from inside prison.
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- Anthony Russo
- 2003-11-09
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Bananas Flambé
John Beard of FOX 6 reports that The Banana Standhas been burned down. A week earlier, Michael meets with his father at prison to ask where his flight records are located. George Sr. asks Michael to get his former bunkmate T-Bone, a "flamer", a job at The Bluth Company, but Michael refuses. George Michael tries to find time away from Maeby so Michael makes him manager of the Banana Stand. When Michael finds his family lying around the model homehe decides that Maeby should work at the Banana...
Fire Sale
Tobias heads out into the world to find an audition. Michael shows him a flier for an open casting call for a "fire sale" TV advertisement. Tobias auditions for the ad as if it were a real fire. When the casting director Roger Danish sees Lindsay's reaction to the sale, he gives her the part. Lindsay celebrates her new job and Tobias is seen cryingin the shower. Lucille takes her daughter out to lunch, and the two make jabs at each other throughout the lunch. The next day, Linsday oversleeps...
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1. "G.O.B. protests the pet store's frozen-dove exchange policy, and Michael, realizing the banana stand is the only profitable part of the Bluth Empire, decides to rebuild."
References
1. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne- Tobias says that with Lindsay working as an actor as well, they're like "the Lunts", referring to the legendary theatrical husband-and-wife duo of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. 2. Steve Martin- Tobias says "Excuse Me" in a way imitating Steve Martin's trademark catchphrase, but his motions actually emulate Martin's character from the "Wild and Crazy Guys" sketches with Dan Aykroyd on Saturday Night Live. 3. "Taking Care Of Business"- This song by Bachman Tur...
Callbacks/Running Jokes
1. "Doesn't matter" - When George Michael refers to himself as Mr. Manager, Michael cuts off his next line by saying, "Doesn't matter who." This is similar to the scene in "The One Where Michael Leaves" where George Michael tells the family that he and Michael are going to Phoenix. In that scene, Michael cuts him off and says, "Doesn't matter why." 2. Dove - This is the first of many instances of G.O.B. keeping a dove inside his suit jacket for use in a illusion, and unfortunately also the fi...
The episode is set up as a mystery of the Banana's Stand's fire, and multiple red herrings are introduced:
The following is the transcript of the Season One episode "Top Banana". Memorable quotes are highlighted below. "Top Banana" was written by Mitchell Hurwitz & John Levenstein. John Beard: Another setback for the once prominent Bluth family as their frozen banana stand, a Newport Beach landmark...
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After getting some unexpected help at the family's frozen banana stand, Michael suspects that George Sr. has been running the business from inside prison. His suspicions are confirmed when he follows his mother's house keeper to the family storage unit, which has been burned to the ground.
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Nov 9, 2003 · Top Banana. Originally aired Sunday, November 9, 2003 | Watched by 6.70 million viewers. Michael puts George Michael in charge of the Bluth Bannana Stand, and his son subsequently burns down...
Arrested Development S1E2 "Top Banana". Recap. Create New. The banana stand has burned down and flashbacks reveal the events that led to its destruction: Michael tries to get George Sr. to let him run the company himself. Maeby joins George Michael working at the banana stand, where she steals money from the till.
