I gotta admit that even as a grown man I find Mr. Ed super funny. I'm a kid of the 70's and growing up watching TRUE family fare like Mr Ed, Brady Bunch, etc. B&W TV was common in those days, so I have a certain appreciation for TV in it's Golden Age. There's no replacing the sheer genius of good physical comedy. Lost in the discussion over Mr Ed is the fact that Allan Young, Ed's 'sidekick' Wilbur Post was a masterful physical comic and really made the show. One thing that I like about classic TV/Movies is that the stars were most often accomplished in other areas; stage, music, dance, the professionalism and competence-the timing, I guess-was excellent. Just saw an episode where Edna Skinner, that played Neighbor Kay Addison, sang a song in preparation for a talent show in which she sang a song so beautifully. Again, she'd been an accomplished songstress b4 TV, and the characters were always easy to like.
And Mr. Ed himself!: All willful but loyal equine best friend perfectly characterized by Allan"Rocky"Lane, again a cowboy star of the 40's&50's that found a perfect role as the voice of Mr Ed in the 60's after his film career was all but over. HE SOUNDED LIKE A HORSE WOULD SOUND IF HE COULD TALK! Mr Ed is a gas on late nite TV. I gotta tell y'all, I miss this stuff and look forward to being an old guy watching 100 year old episodes on American TV. DO you think people in the MidEast would be so serious and angry if they'd grown up watching senselessly fun, unserious American TV shows like Mr Ed? I know, a talking horse would surely offend someones moral/religious sensibilities(what doesn't) so that's probably my decadent, blasphemous American mind working against me. Whatever, dude.
And Mr. Ed himself!: All willful but loyal equine best friend perfectly characterized by Allan"Rocky"Lane, again a cowboy star of the 40's&50's that found a perfect role as the voice of Mr Ed in the 60's after his film career was all but over. HE SOUNDED LIKE A HORSE WOULD SOUND IF HE COULD TALK! Mr Ed is a gas on late nite TV. I gotta tell y'all, I miss this stuff and look forward to being an old guy watching 100 year old episodes on American TV. DO you think people in the MidEast would be so serious and angry if they'd grown up watching senselessly fun, unserious American TV shows like Mr Ed? I know, a talking horse would surely offend someones moral/religious sensibilities(what doesn't) so that's probably my decadent, blasphemous American mind working against me. Whatever, dude.