Meredith and Derek’s Post-it, Izzie’s check from Denny, the penis fish — Grey’s Anatomy ‘s propmaster, Angela Whiting, shares behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the moments you’ll always remember.
It's Grey's Anatomy's 10th season, and there have been shootings, countless surgeries, deaths, births, marriages, and many disgusting foreign objects taken from patients' bodies. Angela Whiting, the propmaster who has been with the Shonda Rhimes show since Season 1, has overseen all the props that have passed through the actors' hands.
"When people visit the show, they're always surprised by how much work goes into it," Whiting said in an interview. "They don't realize that every single thing that gets put in front of a camera gets put there by somebody — whether it's a prop person or a set dresser. But if people don't notice these things while they're watching, that means we've succeeded."
Whiting has saved a number of significant props over the years. "You custom manufactured them, they're a part of the storytelling process. They mean something in the larger archival context of the show. So you keep them," she said.
And now she's sharing these props with fans on Twitter. This week, Whiting has begun tweeting under @greysprops, where she will show photographs of her favorites every Thursday (and at other times too).
Below, Whiting discusses her job, and 10 props from Grey's Anatomy's past. (Meaning there are spoilers about that past, spoiler trolls!)
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Judy Dolls, "Enough Is Enough" (Season 2, Episode 2)
The context: A man is admitted to the hospital with a bowel obstruction. The doctors think it's balloons of drugs, but instead it is 10 heads of dolls that he's swallowed. I repeat: HEADS OF DOLLS HE HAS SWALLOWED.
The prop: Since a fetishization medical case wasn't exactly a product placement opportunity, the dolls were called Judy Dolls.
Fun fact: Would the show ever even bother approaching, say, Barbie or some other known doll to see whether they'd want their product on the show? "You can pretty much assume they don't," Whiting said. "Generally, it's best to go, 'Well, we'll just make something up.'" (Even though it turns out Bailey — played by Chandra Wilson — is a former Judy Doll obsessive.)
All prop photos are by Angela Whiting
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