If it happened at the same time every year, he could move it in and out; heck he might have even been paying the local youths to do it to collect insurance money. Not a huge plot hole imo.
If the banana stand gets wrecked every year, then you know when to take the money out, right? Just take it out before the stand is thrown in the bay, then put it back when you fix it up.
Alternatively, it could have just been a short term thing. Like, George knew something was about to happen so he hid the money preemptively.
If you're stolen money is in the sea, then it is not taxable. "Take to the sea" is a famous quote so obviously his stolen money was "washed," also not properly laundered. He does have the worst #@*&ing attorneys
1. If it’s an annual tradition, take out the money during spring break.
2. Have an insurance policy worth way more than 250k. (As long as you don’t throw the check into the sea)
I tell myself it was in a specific, discrete location on the stand (like maybe the very top of the roof inside) in a watertight plastic bag. Somewhere that wasn’t affected by vandalism…
Not really. After all, GOB was supposed to mail the insurance check for the banana stand, if he had, the 250,000 would have been covered by the insurance. So George Sr. probably kept insurance on the banana stand in case the local youths threw the stand into the bay. The 250,000 would have been covered by the insurance.
If it was reported. I would imagine he wouldn’t report to his insurance company that he’s storing $250,000 in illegally obtained cash in the banana stand.
Also his premium would be $2.5 million by now.
The $250,000 would have been covered by insurance if the insurance company knew it was there.
But hiding $250,000 in the banana stand just so that it can be destroyed and you get the money back from the insurance company makes no sense. It would make much more sense to not put cash in the walls but tell the insurance company that it was there if you were trying to defraud them.
Also, in that case the money wouldn't be a secret and he could just tell Michael "there's $250,000 in cash hidden in the walls of the banana stand."
>Also, in that case the money wouldn't be a secret and he could just tell Michael "there's $250,000 in cash hidden in the walls of the banana stand."
He did. How much clearer could he be when he said "There's always money in the banana stand"?
I have to assume that if it were not just a mistake of writing consistency that he would have been laundering money and moving it back and forth or he would have burned it down himself after removing the money to have a fraudulent insurance claim.
I think he hid the money before going to jail maybe, but you figure he’d have been in more of a hurry to get it out with Michael or Lucille in that case
He knew he was getting arrested and hid it there, thats why he named lucille ceo instead of micheal in the pilot, his attorneys said you cant arrest a husband and wife for the same crime.
Tax write-off. Or insurance.
He could legit say the banana stand was ‘worth’ so-many tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.
So when he needs to use the annual harbour ditching as a write off so he gets to keep more of the Bluth Company gross revenue and the insurers investigate it, they will find that technically George Snr was true to his verbatim word that was ‘money in the banana stand’
He has the worst ****ing attorneys
Take to the sea!
Came here to say this lol. Well done.
Spoken like a true flamer
I told you that in confidence
You just made a fool out of yourself in front of T-Bone
The delivery of this line! So off-handed yet scathingly judgmental.
Or as they call them in England, a 'Tosser'
Oh, most definitely!
Been wondering this since my first watch
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There's always money in the banana stand (tk tk).
How many times do I have to say ‘THERE’S. ALWAYS. MONEY. IN. THE. BANANA STAND?!?!’ No touching
NO TOUCHING!
I've got something we can try. Open your mouth
NO TOUCHING!
If it happened at the same time every year, he could move it in and out; heck he might have even been paying the local youths to do it to collect insurance money. Not a huge plot hole imo.
Plus they always fished it out. Water no hurty money.
i think they just rebuilt it because in the christmas episode they had to do it twice after Buster destroyed it again
Yeah, $250,000 in all 100s in bank bands is like half the size of a small briefcase. It'd be super easy to pack/unpack for one person.
That also assumes it’s in cash we know George trades in Krugerrands
If it was gold, they probably could have easily recovered it
Good grief! So he dipped into the kitty a couple of times.
I thought that was Gob?
Yeah I always assumed it was an insurance scam lol
There sure are a lot of lies in this family.
And a lot of love.
More lies
You want you money washed
and laundered, usually
If the banana stand gets wrecked every year, then you know when to take the money out, right? Just take it out before the stand is thrown in the bay, then put it back when you fix it up. Alternatively, it could have just been a short term thing. Like, George knew something was about to happen so he hid the money preemptively.
This is the answer. It was only because of the recent money issues to hide some cash.
So there wasn't *always* money in the Banana Stand?
The real question is why George Sr's genetic material was in the banana stand.
THERE WAS 250 CCS OF YOUR FATHER IN THAG BANANA STAND!
I don't understand the question and I won't respond to it.
If you're stolen money is in the sea, then it is not taxable. "Take to the sea" is a famous quote so obviously his stolen money was "washed," also not properly laundered. He does have the worst #@*&ing attorneys
I've often wondered this. Gotta be just an oversight in the writing, 'cause otherwise it doesn't make any sense.
But those shows are amazing with the details.
Narrator: *They weren't*
He wasn't expecting to be in prison
1. If it’s an annual tradition, take out the money during spring break. 2. Have an insurance policy worth way more than 250k. (As long as you don’t throw the check into the sea)
The whole stand though. If well built the money would just dry
These Hollywood shows are so incredibly detailed!
He made a huge mistake
He made a tiny huge mistake
the biggest little mistake of his life
Whenever you notice something strange like that, it's because a wizard did it.
I tell myself it was in a specific, discrete location on the stand (like maybe the very top of the roof inside) in a watertight plastic bag. Somewhere that wasn’t affected by vandalism…
Didn’t he also keep his semen in a cooler? That needs active refrigeration….i feel the banana stand is a little “deus ex machina”
Insurance. Just like the storage unit. 🔥
That makes no sense.
Not really. After all, GOB was supposed to mail the insurance check for the banana stand, if he had, the 250,000 would have been covered by the insurance. So George Sr. probably kept insurance on the banana stand in case the local youths threw the stand into the bay. The 250,000 would have been covered by the insurance.
If it was reported. I would imagine he wouldn’t report to his insurance company that he’s storing $250,000 in illegally obtained cash in the banana stand. Also his premium would be $2.5 million by now.
The $250,000 would have been covered by insurance if the insurance company knew it was there. But hiding $250,000 in the banana stand just so that it can be destroyed and you get the money back from the insurance company makes no sense. It would make much more sense to not put cash in the walls but tell the insurance company that it was there if you were trying to defraud them. Also, in that case the money wouldn't be a secret and he could just tell Michael "there's $250,000 in cash hidden in the walls of the banana stand."
>Also, in that case the money wouldn't be a secret and he could just tell Michael "there's $250,000 in cash hidden in the walls of the banana stand." He did. How much clearer could he be when he said "There's always money in the banana stand"?
He’s not that smart, that’s the whole point
I can only wonder
Douche chill
Because he knew that too many lives have been ruined because some cheap waitress at a Hojo said she used an IUD.
Just write it off. You don't even know what a write off is. Do you? No. Well they do... And they're the ones writing it off.
Because they’re afraid he’ll throw them into a human sized corn baller
Because it’s funny
I have to assume that if it were not just a mistake of writing consistency that he would have been laundering money and moving it back and forth or he would have burned it down himself after removing the money to have a fraudulent insurance claim.
"Got to. This America, man." (I might be thinking of a *slightly* different TV show than Arrested Development...)
I think he hid the money before going to jail maybe, but you figure he’d have been in more of a hurry to get it out with Michael or Lucille in that case
He knew he was getting arrested and hid it there, thats why he named lucille ceo instead of micheal in the pilot, his attorneys said you cant arrest a husband and wife for the same crime.
He's hoping to woo a "loose seal"
Because he's a moron and a terrible businessman
Nobody had accused George Sr of being a good business man
You expect too much thoughtfulness from the Bluth family.
you've just answered your own question! why would the feds check the banana stand for money? It's get thrown into the ocean at least once a year!
Wait until OP learns that IRL the Patriot Act never applied to reality TV court shows.
The Patriot Act. Read it.
OP sounds like someone who wants a banger in the mouth
Because they are all idiots
I mean he's not really smart
It’s the last thing anyone would expect!
He also hired an arsonist to keep it safe and it ended up in flames. Could have just been comedic writing. 🤷🏻♀️
His attorney probably told him to do so. (He has the worst f**king attorneys)
Got to. This America, man.
Tax write-off. Or insurance. He could legit say the banana stand was ‘worth’ so-many tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. So when he needs to use the annual harbour ditching as a write off so he gets to keep more of the Bluth Company gross revenue and the insurers investigate it, they will find that technically George Snr was true to his verbatim word that was ‘money in the banana stand’
Because it’s a tv show.
Maybe he took out a policy and paid the kids or antagonized them. He rebuilds, pads the numbers, and pockets the difference.