Mr Ed

1 9 6 1 - 1 9 6 6 (USA)
144 x 25 minute episodes

Mr. Ed (a horse) belonged to Wilbur Post, a young architect who had decided to move out of the city to get a little closer to nature. The country home Wilbur and his wife Carol bought was everything they could have ever wanted, except for one thing - a Palomino horse that could talk . . .

But, Mr. Ed didn't talk to everybody - in fact, he would only talk to Wilbur simply because he felt he was the only human being worth talking to. The stories revolved around the situations Ed got Wilbur into - and sometimes out of.

Roger Addison was the Posts' next-door neighbour, but actor Larry Keating passed away shortly after the start of the 1963-64 season. Actress Edna Skinner remained on as his wife, Kay, but was soon written out of the show. The Posts' got new neighbours in December 1963 in the form of the Kirkwoods.

Mr Ed actually premiered as a syndicated series in January 1961, with the same cast as the network version. It was one of the few series to begin in syndication and then be picked up by a network for its regular prime-time line-up.

A horse is a horse, of course of course
and no one can talk to a horse of course
That is of course unless the horse
is the famous Mister Ed

Go right to the source and ask the horse
He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse
He's always on a steady course
Talk to Mister Ed

People yakkity-yak a streak
and waste your time of day
but Mister Ed will never speak
unless he has something to say

A horse is a horse of course of course,
and this one'll talk 'til his voice is hoarse
You never heard of a talking horse?
Well, listen to this . . . I am Mister Ed!

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Voice of Mr. Ed Allan "Rocky" Lane Wilbur Post Alan Young Carol Post Connie Hines Roger Addison Larry Keating Kay Addison Edna Skinner Gordon Kirkwood Leon Ames Winnie Kirkwood Florence MacMichael Agent Slatterly James Flavin Mr. Higgins Barry Kelley Mr. Ed "Gold Coast"