Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand is from which TV show?

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Bluth’s Original Frozen Banana Stand is from the TV show Arrested Development.

The stand belongs to the Bluth family, whose dysfunctional real-estate empire is at the center of the series. Michael Bluth and his son, George Michael, work at the stand, which becomes one of the show’s most recognizable recurring settings and a source of several running jokes.

Arrested Development was created by Mitchell Hurwitz and premiered on Fox on November 2, 2003. The series uses mockumentary-style narration, handheld camerawork and rapid visual callbacks; Ron Howard serves as its narrator and also appears as a fictionalized version of himself.

The banana stand is central to the famous line “There’s always money in the banana stand.” In the second episode, “Top Banana,” the stand is burned down, while later storylines reveal more about its connection to the Bluth family’s past. The fictional business was inspired partly by frozen-banana culture around Newport Beach, California, but the Bluth stand itself exists only in the show and its promotional recreations.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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