Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand is a fictional yet iconic business from the cult TV series Arrested Development, launched by George Bluth in 1953 on the Oceanside Wharf boardwalk in Newport Beach. Famous for the catchphrase “There’s always money in the banana stand,” the phrase turns out to be literal—$250,000 was hidden in its walls. The stand serves chocolate-dipped frozen bananas with quirky names like “The G.O.B.” and “George Daddy”, and it’s repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt throughout the show. Inspired by real frozen banana stands in Balboa Island, California, the Bluth stand became a symbol of the family's chaotic empire and a recurring site for absurd antics, mismanagement, and family drama.
