top banana

And they are so used to Soviet and Russian leaders murdering their own people, that they feel that this is part of the job description of the top banana.

Requests for comment from the three other top banana producers went unanswered.

Besides, he noted, Chisholm “doesn’t have a chance at top banana, of course.”

Over time, he climbed to the top of the bill as the featured “first comic” or, as it was sometimes called, top banana.

“I’m done with that. I’m done with being top banana.”