CBS has found itself at the center of a lawsuit regarding "Bert the Farting Hippo," a recurring prop on NCIS,TheWrap.com reports. The company Folkmanis, Inc., which manufactured the original stuffed ...

In Hollywood, the land of American reinvention, even the farting hippos have dark, shameful secrets. On Monday, a soft sculpture company called Folkmanis, Inc. sued CBS and several affiliated ...

Today in legal and/or farting hippopotamus news, a toy-making company named Folkmanis, Inc. is suing CBS for copyright infringement over a plush doll called “Bert the Farting Hippo.” Quick backstory ...

In news that threatens to sully the dignity of the farting hippo industry, CBS is facing a lawsuit over the marketing of, as The Wrap notes, the “farting hippo from NCIS.” Rather than a particularly ...

CBS has found itself at the center of a lawsuit regarding "Bert the Farting Hippo," a recurring prop on NCIS,TheWrap.com reports. Liz Raftery Aug. 26, 2014 at 1:27 p.m. PT CBS has found ...

NCIS, a show that sometimes plays on the TVs they have on display at the Union Square Best Buy, has a years-long running gag involving a plush farting hippo named Bert (it’s funny because it’s a hippo ...

Bert the Farting Hippo has appeared on the crime show and is sold at the online CBS Store. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large The first version of the stuffed Hippo came in 2002. The ...