Series Description

The Mister Ed TV show was a 30 minute comedy series on CBS about a young architect and his wife who moved to the countryside to be closer to nature. Along with the home they purchased came a horse that could talk. Unfortunately for Wilbur Post, Mister Ed would only talk to him! Wilbur would constantly get blamed for things that Mister Ed did such as saying something bad about someone else when Wilbur was the only other "human" nearby. The offended party would assume that Wilbur said it. Mister Ed would sometimes make telephone calls, identifying himself as Wilbur. Wilbur's only defense would be to say, "My Horse did it"! So he either had to take the blame or end out in a mental institution!

Mister Ed Cast

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

Mister Ed Trivia

When Wilbur asked Mister Ed why he had never spoken to anyone else, Mister Ed said that Wilbur was the only human being he'd ever met that was worth talking to!

Allan "Rocky" Lane, who supplied Mister Ed's voice, was a retired actor when this series began. He had starred in numerous low-budget westerns during the 1940s.

Mister Ed actually began as a syndicated series. It was so popular with viewers that CBS picked it up for their prime time line-up. Typically, shows that air both syndicated and prime-time happen in the opposite order. They're prime time first and if the ratings drop too low for the networks but still have a "following", they may continue in production for syndication.

Wilbur and Carol Post had to get new neighbors in 1963 after Larry Keating died shortly after the beginning of the season.

Did you ever wonder how they got Mr. Ed to move his lips so that it appeared as if he was speaking? Today they would probably use computers for the effect but that would have required a multi-million dollar computer back in the early 1960s so they had to find another way. They put peanut butter on the horse's gums! What appeared to be speaking was actually Mr. Ed trying to work the peanut butter off his gums so he could swallow it!

Theme Song

Title: Mister Ed

By: Ray Evans and Jay Livingston

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.

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Mister Ed Pilot (Unaired)

The Wonderful World Of Wilbur Pope

Season 1

1. The First Meeting (1/4/1961)
2. The Ventriloquist (1/11/1961)
3. Busy Wife (1/18/1961)
4. Kiddy Park (1/25/1961)
5. Stable For Three (2/1/1961)
6. Sorority House (2/15/1961)
7. Pageant Show (2/22/1961)
8. The Aunt (3/1/1961)
9. Missing Statue (3/8/1961)
10. Ed The Lover (3/15/1961)
11. Ed The Witness (3/22/1961)
12. Ed The Songwriter (3/29/1961)
13. Ed's Mother (4/5/1961)
14. Pine Lake Lodge (4/12/1961)
15. Ed's New Shoes (4/19/1961)
16. Ed the Stoolpigeon (4/26/1961)
17. The Little Boy (5/3/1961)
18. Psychoanalyst Show (5/10/1961)
19. Ed The Tout (5/17/1961)
20. A Man For Velma (5/24/1961)
21. Ed Agrees To Talk (5/31/1961)
22. The Mustache (6/7/1961)
23. The Other Woman (6/14/1961)
24. The Contest (6/21/1961)
25. Wilbur Sells Ed (6/28/1961)
26. Ed Cries Wolf (7/5/1961)

27. My Son, My Son (9/1/1961)
28. The Horsetronaut (9/8/1961)
29. Ed's Ancestors (10/15/1961)
30. Ed The Redecorator (10/22/1961)
31. Ed The Jumper (10/29/1961)
32. Ed The Voter (11/5/1961)
33. Ed The Hunter (11/12/1961)
34. Mister Ed's Blues (11/19/1961)
35. Ed The Hero (11/26/1961)
36. Ed, The Salesman (12/3/1961)
37. Ed And The Elephant (12/17/1961)
38. The Wrestler (1/6/1962)
39. Ed's Bed (1/14/1962)
40. Ed The Beneficiary (1/21/1962)
41. Zsa Zsa (1/28/1962)
42. Horse Wash (2/4/1962)
43. Ed, The Horse Doctor (2/11/1962)
44. George Burns Meets Mister Ed (2/18/1962)
45. Ed's Word Of Honor (2/25/1962)
46. No Horses Allowed (3/4/1962)
47. Bald Horse (3/18/1962)
48. Ed's New Neighbors (3/25/1962)
49. Ed, The Beachcomber (4/1/1962)
50. The Lie Detector (4/8/1962)
51. Clint Eastwood Meets Mister Ed (4/22/1962)
52. Ed, The Matchmaker (4/29/1962)

53. Ed Gets Amnesia (9/27/1962)
54. Wilbur The Good Samaritan (10/4/1962)
55. Wilbur And Ed in Show Biz (10/11/1962)
56. The Bashful Clipper (10/18/1962)
57. Ed he Allergy (10/25/1962)
58. Horse Sense (11/1/1962)
59. Wilbur In The Lion's Den (11/8/1962)
60. Horse Party (11/15/1962)
61. Ed, The Pilgrim (11/22/1962)
62. Disappearing Horse (11/29/1962)
63. Ed And Paul Revere (12/6/1962)
64. Wilbur, The Masher (12/13/1962)
65. Horse Of A Different Color (12/20/1962)
66. Ed And The Bicycle (1/3/1963)
67. Ol' Rockin' Chair (1/10/1963)
68. Big Pine Lodge (1/17/1963)
69. Unemployment Show (1/24/1963)
70. Horse Talk (1/31/1963)
71. Ed And The Secret Service (2/7/1963)
72. Working Wives (2/14/1963)
73. Wilbur's Father (2/28/1963)
74. The Price Of Apples (3/7/1963)
75. Ed And The Zebra (3/21/1963)
76. Ed The Emancipator (3/28/1963)
77. Doctor Ed (3/31/1963)
78. The Blessed Event (5/12/1963)

79. Leo Durocher Meets Mister Ed (9/29/1963)
80. Wilbur Post, Honorary Horse (10/6/1963)
81. Ed Discovers America (10/13/1963)
82. Patter Of Little Hooves (10/20/1963)
83. Be Kind To Humans Week (10/27/1963)
84. Don't Laugh At Horses (11/3/1963)
85. Getting Ed's Goat (11/10/1963)
86. Oh, Those Hats! (11/17/1963)
87. Taller Than She (12/1/1963)
88. Home Sweet Trailer (12/8/1963)
89. Love Thy New Neighbor (12/15/1963)
90. Ed's Christmas Story (12/22/1963)
91. Ed Gets The Mumps (1/5/1964)
92. Ed's Dentist (1/12/1964)
93. Ed The Shishkebob (1/19/1964)
94. Ed Joins The Peace Corps (2/2/1964)
95. Ed The Desert Rat (2/16/1964)
96. Ed The Donkey (2/23/1964)
97. Ed Visits The Gypsy (3/1/1964)
98. Old Swayback (3/8/1964)
99. Mae West Meets Mister Ed (3/22/1964)
100. Ed The Chauffeur (4/12/1964)
101. Ed The Musician (4/19/1964)
102. The Prowler (4/26/1964)
103. Saddles And Gowns (5/3/1964)
104. Moko (5/17/1964)

105. Hi-Fi Horse (9/27/1964)
106. Chicago Chubby (10/11/1964)
107. Ed Writes Dear Abby (10/18/1964)
108. Ed's Tunnel Of Freedom (10/25/1964)
109. The Heavy Rider (12/30/1964)
110. Ed The Pilot (1/6/1965)
111. Animal Jury (1/13/1965)
112. What Kind Of Foal Am I? (1/20/1965)
113. Ed The Racehorse (1/27/1965)
114. Ed's Juice Stand (2/3/1965)
115. Like Father, Like Horse (2/10/1965)
116. Stowaway Horse (2/17/1965)
117. Never Ride Horses (2/24/1965)
118. Ed The Sentry (3/3/1965)
119. Ed's Diction Teacher (3/10/1965)
120. Ed The Godfather (3/17/1965)
121. Ed's Contact Lenses (3/24/1965)
122. The Dragon Horse (3/31/1965)
123. Ed's Cold Tail (4/7/1965)
124. The Bank Robbery (4/14/1965)
125. My Horse, The Mailman (4/28/1965)
126. Whiskers And Tails (5/5/1965)
127. Robin Hood Ed (5/12/1965)
128. Ed The Artist (5/19/1965)
129. Jon Provost Meets Mister Ed (6/9/1965)
130. My Horse, the Ranger (6/16/1965)

Season 6

131. Ed The Counterspy (9/12/1965)
132. Ed A Go-Go (9/19/1965)
133. Coldfinger (9/26/1965)
134. Number Oat-Oat Seven (10/3/1965)
135. Love And The Single Horse (10/10/1965)
136. Anybody Got A Zebra? (10/17/1965)
137. TV Or Not TV (10/24/1965)
138. The Horse And The Pussycat (10/31/1965)
139. Don't Skin That Bear (11/7/1965)
140. Ed The Bridegroom (12/26/1965)
141. My Horse, The Motorcycle Hater (1/2/1966)
142. Cherokee Ed (1/9/1966)
143. Ed Goes To College (2/6/1966)