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His 2 1/2 years as Bishop's second banana were part of an uncertain, often rocky road in the 1960s and '70s.

But the two Senators are second bananas, for whom the November ballot will offer no such split.

If Hillary was second banana, was he third?

Of course, race was always the decisive factor; other impediments were second bananas, good for a nightclub joke.

"If she jumps in, she'll be second banana."

In 1995 at a big firm, he said, "If you were an accountant, you were second banana."

"He came to the United States, and he was second banana to Rachmaninoff."

It is likely to be a similar story this year for the former Tiger who will be second banana to Sam Jacobs.

“We’d have the main character be second banana to the villain, and that’s how Captain America came out,” Joe reflected.

Telesco was upset that he is second banana to Jones, who is the only fighter on the posters advertising the bout.

"Sidekicks are second bananas no more," Los Angeles Times

Not that he’d mind being second banana to Romney, as Jefferson was to John Adams before winning the top job himself.

For a long while, she was second banana on NBC’s Today Show, where she had read the news since the late ’90s.

This season, the Patriots thumbed their noses at being second bananas to traditional area powers Maryland and Georgetown.

All CBS football analysts are Madden's second bananas.

"It wasn't a set-up," he said, denying he played Mr. Dole's second banana.

Later on, he tacitly encouraged questionable criticisms of the International Monetary Fund - apparently because he didn't want to look like the fund's second banana.

Ben Blue as Sid Simms, Jimmy's second banana

A similar claim about another chimpanzee that supposedly played Weissmuller's second banana was debunked in 2008 in a Washington Post story.

How'd you get What's-His-Name, Escobar, to cave in, to accept being Second Banana?

Next to Gracie, Burns certainly recognized that he was second banana; it was a running joke on the show that Gracie had all the talent.

AFL's second banana Gillon McLachlan might not have a dictionary but he does naturally have a thick skin.

_Hugh Downs: Worked as Jack Paar's second banana on "Tonight" from 1957 until Paar's departure in 1962.

Folksy, relatable, and endlessly charming (a natural side-effect of being played by Hugh Laurie), Tom seems destined to be a political superstar, rather than Meyer's second banana.

Appearing in the background in the calling center at the mythical ha-ha headquarters are second bananas and supporting characters from the sitcoms that make up the bulk of the TBS schedule.