17 Things You Didn’t Know About Familiar TV Props

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Bert, the Hippo

On NCIS, you can frequently catch Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette) holding onto her hippo named Bert. Who thought up the idea of Bert? Writer, John C. Kelley. Where was Bert first purchased? From a tourist shop from a California zoo by the set's propmaster.