The Strange History of Mr. Ed the Talking Horse
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- In the 1960s, the story of a man and his talking horse captivated the globe. The show was Mister Ed, and it followed the hijinks of a talking horse named Mr. Ed and his keeper Wilbur Post. The show became an instant classic, and the character of Ed has popped up everywhere from rap music and comedy sketches to children's shows.
Behind the character of Mr. Ed was a real horse. His name was Bamboo Harvester and he was already famous when he stepped onto the Hollywood scene. TV’s most famous horse was born and bred a star. Lighthearted and humorous at times, stubborn and imperious on occasion, the real Mr. Ed was a true trail blazer.
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I loved Mister Ed when I was a child! I'm so glad to hear that he was treated well.
I did as well…I always wanted to go and meet him 🤭I knew he really wasn’t talking, human language, but it was really neat thinking about the “what if”.
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@@dobermommartha I did too. One of my favorite shows at that time.
With all the horrible stories I hear about animals being mistreated on set, it was really nice to hear Harvester was treated very well and was even a professional on set.
Well having fishing line pulled against your lips isn't exactly comfortable either.
@@harjon3583 Sure not comfortable, but compared to cats getting thrown off buildings or rats getting drown for the "perfect shot" I'd say getting an annoying tug on the lips is pretty tame for a film production of this era.
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@@CliffDiverBOA fishing lines can easily create cuts or lacerations which while painful can also lead to infection, which could explain why the horse passed away in such a secretive manner. No need to attack me for calling out the truth. "Better" treatment by comparison doesn't mean "humane" treatment.
@@harjon3583 Debating isn't an attack. I didn't call you names, didn't insult you, didn't do anything to demean you. I just put in a counter argument. Nothing more.
I grew up watching this show, and I'm only 25! My dad showed us the shows from his childhood like the Munsters, Ed the talking horse, the monkees, and the Beverly hillbillies. Except, he forgot to mention that the shows were from 50ish years ago so I ended up going to school and being so confused why the other kids had no clue what I was talking about.
Your dad has great taste!, i watched the originals!
This is so adorable. I appreciate your dad so much. lol I was in the same boat, except I've got over 10 years on you.
You were saved from the shitty 90s sitcoms like Malcolm in the Middle and Seinfeld..
Also Leave it to Beaver, Bewitched, Flipper and some others too ❤.. a child of the 80s here.. but my kids all love these shows now as well, oldest 25 & youngest being 11. my dad still watches most on certain channels that play them.. I have to find some on RUclips ❤
Your dad sounds like a great man 👌🏻
I went into this video expecting a horror story about the horse being mistreated. So glad to hear that wasn’t the case.
Also, how did I not know Scrooge McDuck played Wilbur?
And now David Tenant is Scrooge McDuck.😃
That and the voice of Mister Ed played Red Ryder...
Mind BLOWN!
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IT is because he is / was American and not a Scots man. He was also the voice of Professer Flaversham in Basil the Great Mouse Detective.
Alan Young and his wife were guests at my aunt and uncle’s wedding and my mom being a big fan of the show (I was unable to attend) had to ask her how that the horse talked. As mentioned, the horse was first made to “talk” by movie magic with hidden wires but eventually knew what to do and no wire was required
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@@DiamondManagement849you can't spell safely so definitely it's not safe.
I used to LOVE this show when I was a kid and would spend the night with my grandma and we'd watch Nick at Night
You did that too! This show made up a huge part of my childhood.
Me too 😊
@jamiebray8532 ahh those were the days weren't they?!
Yeah ❤❤ I had a crush on Wilbur 😍😁😍
Oh wow. I watched on the TV 😂😂 dang 😁
I'm old and watched this as a kid. I was so crazy over Mr. Ed!! Lunchbox and everything.😄
I was a kid when the original Mr. Ed series was aired and I loved the show. Even now thinking about Mr. Ed brings back fond memories.
The fishing line was only used for the first season. He was eventually conditioned to automatically move his lips when people stopped talking.
I just hope he wasn't hurt during that 1st season while they were using that fishing line . ♑️✍️🇳🇴🇦🇺
I met his trainer and the horses he was training at the time. He was a kind and animal intuitive trainer. I never saw him do anything cruel.
Back in the 60s I loved ALL the animal shows: Mr Ed, Lassie, Flipper, Skippy, Daktari, Lancelot Link... it was refreshing to hear that Mr Ed was just as wholesome backstage, so thank you for that. 😊
lance link, secret chimp was a RIOT !!! i knew some very strange people had to be behind that show. the Mr. Ed clip that they kept showing bits and pieces of, with Ed working out with the dodgers, was too much. they should have shown the whole clip. Ed hits a ball to deep left and he rounds the bases, coming around third for an inside the park home run. Ed slides safely, leaving me on the floor in tears laughing silently because i was laughing so hard.
@@Mike___Honcho it was a great time to be a kid. There were quite a few "strange people" back then; we also had HR Puffnstuff among other things...
@@peggywoods4327 yes, i remember pufnstuf, too, but i had to collect for my paper route on saturday mornings in 69, when it was on. it took forever to do my route on saturdays so i never saw pufnstuf originally. i saw it, understood it, and visited lidsville better a few years later.
Although it was from the 70's, don't forget Grizzly Adams. Another great show.
Skippy the bush kangaroo!! I'd forgotten all about that one!
Good to hear Hilton didn't 'train' Bamboo Harvester by using abuse or drugs! Hope Bamboo is resting happily in the great pasture in the sky🐎❤
Crazy that Alan Young did the voice of my favorite Duck family member too😊
Western Horseman still exists. It was a staple back when I got my first horse in '89, and while I've changed disciplines since, I still check out the occasional article.
I used to read it in the 70s..
Have you ever heard of the magazine Horse of Course from the 70's ? The creator, owner, publisher was my father Russ "Doc" Greene. It became the second largest horse magazine in the country during the late seventies and early eighties.
I had a subscription in the 60's & 70's
My sister and I loved this show on reruns back in the 80s-90s. It’s how we spent our summers. ☺️ So glad to hear he was trained with kindness.
I loved Francis the talking mule and Mr. Ed!! I was born mid-1950's - I miss all the oldies - TV or movies
I really liked Ed's personality a lot. He was quite the mischievous rascal but somehow always ended up getting Wilbur in trouble and left holding the blame. But he was so lovable that it made it fun.
The time he called the ASPCA to report cruelty to an animal (himself) because he was angry with Wilbur was rather low though.
_”..go right to the source and ask the horse, he’ll give you the answer that you endorse, that is of course unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed!!”_ 🎶🎵🎶
Well, this was something. A fascinating and colorful story about Mister Ed.
I was born in 1976, but I remember watching reruns of Mr. ED with my dad. I still adore A Christmas Story every year, I own it, it never gets old to me! ❤️ thanks for the fun facts, and rest in peace, Bamboo Harvester!🐴 Palominos are my favorite. Every one I ever met is a gentle soul❤️
Mr Ed couldn't stop horsing around 🐴
That was a mere child when I watch the famous Mister Ed, and I loved it.
@2:42 Alan Young was perfect for the role, he really knew how to hang out with Mr. Ed.
Mr. Ed The Talking Horse is a Legend
I can still remember (and sing, when nobody’s listening) the Mr. Ed theme song. Loved that show as a child!
LOVE Mr. Ed!
Still think about that show often.
Yup, I was a fan of the show when I was a kid. And, at the age of 70 now, I still love seeing a beautiful palomino horse. Ed was a beauty!
This is one of the most unexpected but crucial videos of this channel already. I was always hearing the opening theme from my parents and grandparents 🙌
Loved this show as a kid and still today! Thank you for some wonderful memories!
The m&m thing is wildly misunderstood. It was a test to see if the venue actually read the tech rider, if there was brown m&ms they knew that it was going to be a rough show
Just a side note, Van Halen used the no brown M&M clause to gauge just how much attention the crew was paying to their contract requirements. They figured if they didn't pay attention to something as simple as no brown M&Ms, they couldn't trust them on any staging or pyrotechnics and would check it themselves.
I didn't recall which rock band had the M&M thing going on. But I have definitely heard of this. I thought it was really interesting what I heard is that they weren't doing this to be weird but to see If people could pay attention to small details.
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@@DiamondManagement849 keep your replies in line with the subject matter of the reply
That logic is so weird tho. That’s not simple, it’s excessive. I’d know the difference between the importance of staging and safety over a brown m&m
{ Australian singer 👨🎤 } John Farnham would never have that clause in his tour rider contract . ♑️✍️🇳🇴🇦🇺
I would get up extra early to deliver newspapers when I was 12 years old (wanted to save for a horse) so I could come home to watch Mr. Ed before school. No I never got a horse we were very poor. LOVE HORSES!
MISTER ED premiered before I was born and I never caught it in reruns. I knew someone back in the early 70s who was somewhat older than me and who had apparently seen MISTER ED on its original run. One day he says to me, clear out of nowhere, "Did you know that a horse is a horse, of course of course?" And I had no idea what he was talking about. Four decades later, I discover RUclips and there's a clip of the opening sequence of MISTER ED...and it hits me; so THAT'S what he was talking about?
My favorite episode that none other than Clint Eastwood crossed paths with Mr. ED. I am 68 and I was a lucky kid to have been around to watch Mr. Ed on prime time.
Got to watch them film a show when I was 10. Always loved Mr. ED.
I love Mr. Ed-he sure was a classic!!! Why can't shows like that be made today for kids (and us?)
It makes me happy to hear he was treated well. 🥹
I got to watch this show again a few yrs. ago for the first time since childhood and it really is a charming piece of work. Alan Young is wonderful in interacting and acting ! with this intelligent horse and making you believe he can talk.
I'm cracking up at your rendition of the theme song sung backwards! That was unexpected and extremely hilarious.
"Or is that Hay-larious?" Horsing around in the first 30 seconds, huh? :D I love that horse! I used to watch Mr. Ed reruns on Nick at Nite when I was little
My parents loved this show. They also loved another show called Ma and Pa Kettle.
I watched Mr. Ed on Nick at Nite, a programming block on Nickelodeon that started in July 1, 1985, a little over a month before I started kindergarten.
Nick at Nite was such a great deal as it was the only avenue to watch those classic shows at the time.
Mr. Ed and Get Smart were my favorite on Nick at Nite.
I LOVED MR. ED. I HAVE THE ENTIRE SERIES ON DVD AND BINGE WATCH IT ONCE A YEAR. I GREW UP ON A FARM AND MY HORSE WAS MY BUDDY. AT CHRISTMAS MY PARENTS ASKED ME WHAT I WANTED FROM CHRISTMAS AND I ALWAYS SAID “MR ED.” THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO.
I always enjoyed this show! Still remember the TV jingle!
Im 37 and from holland and even i do know the series from when younger😂😅
Sometimes you find random videos that feel made for you. This is one of those. Thank you for this ❤🎉
Underrated show.
Yeah really it's one of my top five sitcoms of all time... Alan Young was remarkable in the role and every one of the other pieces fit so well together even effectively integrating the local LA suburban environment, heck even Vin Scully and the Mets and Dodgers got on it
❤️ Mr ed
Just loved Mr. Ed and sixty years I still watch reruns
I absolutely love, Mr. Ed, and I wish they would remake it.
Man, this WAS MY CHILDHOOD! Even when I was watching it in the 80s. It was part of my go-to sleep Nick At Night block. Mr Ed, Donna Reed Show, & Bewitched. Good ol times.
When I was in middle school, I'd watch Mister Ed every morning while eating breakfast. This was around when TV made the switch with those digital boxes and instead of only a few channels on public television, you suddenly got extra ones with decimal points. So I'm pretty sure that while channel 6.1 was regular CBS, channel 6.2 or 6.3 showed old CBS stuff like Mister Ed.
I used to love watching Mr. ED as a kid in the 80s. Great show!
I haven't seen this show since the late 80's on nick at night and I still know the theme song such a classic!!
He was my idol. He was always scheming ways to get out of work. And I believe he actually talked. The studio made up nonsense about someone else being his voice to not upset the general public about a real talking horse.
Horse celebrities are a fascinating subset of pop culture that you could do a whole subset of videos on - racehorses, war horses, actors/stunt animals, most of them have stories worth telling!
You guys should do a piece on what happened to some of the horses that won the Kentucky Derby and such. I heard stories that they wound up on the plates of wealthy Japanese businessmen or something. I want to know if that’s an Urban Myth or true…thank you!
I watched it the first time around. It was amazing to a five year old city kid.
i suspected the animals at the zoo could speak as well!
As an aspiring horse actor Mr Ed fist came to Hollywood in the early 60's. As did many newcomers he fell on hard times and developed a serious alfalfa habit and to feed his addiction fell to making some "Horsey shows" in Mexico as well as adult films in LA as a stand in for John Holmes. After enjoying a brief success in the Mr. Ed show, he fell pray to the Church of Scientology and was never seen again.
A horse is a horse, of course, of course. He`ll give you the answer that you`ll endorse, la la, la la, la la, la la . . . . loved it.
Thank You for sharing this, I always enjoyed watching Mr Ed, as a child and even now.ha
When I saw the title to the video.
'A horse is a horse of course of course.' Popped into my head.
Nick at Night.... Part of my youth. watching the shows my parents watched growing up in the 50's and 60's was great and soo many good classics in their lineup over the years. Good times
I watched the reruns and loved the show as a child.
I'm wondering if there's anything you can do with the Andy Griffith Show. Mayberry has to have some weird history!
Rocky Lane was PERFECT for the voice! The show probably would not have succeeded without that iconic element.
After school TV in the 1970’s: Mr. Ed, Lost in Space, Batman, I Love Lucy, Star Trek, Hogan’s Heroes … it was so great.
I grew up watching that show that was one of my favorite all-time shows
i enjoyed watching mr. ED have a couple of episodes on dvd it was a great clean show for all ages
Love horses. Loved Mr. Ed!
Great show! Now that I've seen this, I think I'll buy the series in DVD or blue ray. Commentary was funny too.
Now i want to go watch Mr. ED. 😊 love that show
Western horseman is still a popular magazine
When I was a little kid in the 1950’s - 1960’s I loved Mr. Ed. I was a horse crazy little girl and I’m still a horse crazy old lady.
BTW: 20Lbs of hay a day is about right for a healthy working horse.
I would love to hear about Highland Dale, the horse who portrayed "Fury"
His owners passed away and he was severely neglected and starved almost to death! A rancher took in the old stallion only to find out later on he was Fury he lived his days out on their ranch! One of their friends is the one who recognized him
I just learned that "sweet tea" for horses is a small amount of sweet feed soaked in water. It's used to make sure a horse drinks enough water throughout the day.
Western Horseman is still a very popular cowboy magazine
I can still sing every word of the theme song! I loved this show as a kid!
I was pregnant with my son that's 59 years old now and I'm 89 years old anyway it was around 1965 and my in-laws asked me if I wanted to see Mr Ed I don't remember where it was if it was the San Fernando Valley or where but it's where the horses are and I don't remember too much it was hey around and stalls anyway there was that white patch on the front of his face and we petted it and so that's my story that I did get to pet Mr Ed59 years ago thank you for the video.🥰
Loved Mr. Ed!
Watched Mr. Ed in re runs. Great trainer and show. Burbank is a good place for horse retirement. Still a good # of stables, including those for rental horses and Griffith Park trail access. RIP Bamboo Harvester.
Hi Producers, I love your stuff. You just asked for ideas 0:25 and here's mine.
I was a kid when Bewitched was on and they had an episode where one of the characters dosed another character with LSD without their knowledge or consent, and wackiness ensued!
It was set in an insane asylum or a hospital or some such. I swear it's the truth. Thank you!
I Grew up in burbank, Mr. Ed was one of the great shows I grew up on. Only thing I'd have to say, is there is no such thing as ample parking in burbank these days. 😅
There was almost a remake of the show with Sherman (George Jefferson) voicing Mr. Ed. But I believe the show did not get past the pilot stage.
I saw it it’s on RUclips it’s mean spirited Lucky they didn’t make it They would of gotten complaints! 😮
Has anyone else ever heard the urban legend that Mr. Ed was really a zebra? I had heard that from a few different sources.
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My favorite show as a 4 year old in in 1964
A horse is a horse a horse, of course . . . the amazing Mister Ed!
That’s all I remember.
Mr. Ed
Grew up with mr ed,loved him,still do
Loved seeing the show when I was a kid, but enjoyed it even more as an adult.
"hay-larious" 😄
"...duck tale for another time." 😆😆
the usual puns and plays on words in _W H_ videos 😆😆😆
“Mr. Ed” 😁… Wonderful show… Beautiful memories… Regards🇶🇦
I Loved watching Mr. Ed with my mom when I was a kid growing up when it was in the original Nick@Nite Line up!!! A🐴Horse is a 🐎 horse, of course of course, & No One can talk to a 🐎 of course...Unless that 🐎 is the famous Mr. Ed😊
As a kid in the 60s I believed Mr Ed could talk
Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal!
This time eating SPAGHETTIOS (from the Weird History Food Video "Fun Facts About Your Favorite 90s Foods") with two slices of Kraft Swiss Cheese singles on top of it and Earl Grey tea (with a splash of milk)...while watching this Weird History video!
I saw the original first episode, the first time it aired. Wilbur said he always wanted a pony, and then said it was a long time since he was a child. Mr. Ed said “it’s been a long time since I was a pony”. Even as a teenager, I hated inaccuracy! Horses and ponies are different! Horses start their lives as foals, either colts or fillies.
I also have to say as a very young girl in grade school, I had a crush on Alan Young when he was in the movie Tom Thumb.
You can believe this or not! I was very close to Clarence, Ed's owner and Bob Roberts,, Francis the mules owner. I rode Ed and Frances in Parades and Bar openings back in my junior high school days. There are even pictures of me on Francis the mule during many parades in Corona, Mira Loma and the L.A. basin area. There was one stage after the nylon fishing line that a formed cup was used attached to fishing line, then a quirp was used hidden behind the barn door, finaly he would fidget his lip when Alan quit speaking. He was an awesome friend and show horse. E.J.P
My Mr Ed Book says he was trained to move his lips when someone would touch his out of camera front hove -- so who really knows ! BUT THAT HORSE did do lots of stunts like pick up the phone, pick up a big pencil, pull the light cord ... and so much more ! He was truly a beautiful animal as well !
It's good to hear he was well treated by his trainer. The 'horse whisperer' Monty Roberts' father was a policeman but also owned a ranch and was a horse breaker for Hollywood films and tv. Monty was horrified at the cruelty his father showed in both jobs and so he taught himself how to properly communicate with horses. I'm not sure about the wire attached to his mouth though....
Real talk, that "Tiny Tim" slaps! Thanks for the reference
I watched a few snippets from Mr. Ed, and I all remember was Wilbur playing a bagpipe.
One my all time favorite shows
Very interesting trivia about Mr. Ed.