Episode Notes
- Buster does not make an appearance during the episode.
- The title refers to George Sr.'s position within the family, as well as to the banana stand.
- This is the first time the theme song is heard, though it sounds slightly different in this episode from later ones because volume levels on certain instruments hadn't fully been worked out. In this episode, an electric guitar is prominent in the theme song.
- On the next...: "Gob 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."
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