Hello! Im Mr ED!! Vote for me!!!!

Yeah, Mr Ed ROCKS!!!!

Dear Mr. Ed,

Thank you for this wonderful poll. Have been trying to breed you and your relative Trigger for years..in pb Arabian form of course as the only horse is a horse of course if you call it a purebred Arabian and Mr. Ed! Yeah! Ed Rocks!

Your fan,

Gari

The ultimate result -

Great Wonderful!
It feels good seeing some humour here and seeing people having fun!
3 Cheers!

Morgan~

My vote went to The Black Stallion as it was Cass Ole who first started my life long love affair with Arabians, so I just HAD to pick him!
After reading this topic I am rather worried to see no one votes for Muffin The Mule, I am hoping I am not the only person here old enough to remember him, arrrrrgh!


Julia

Ok, especially for Gari...here he is, TRIGGER!
I was just looking again at the Antham photo, and it occurred to me that Antham is the Arabian version of Trigger, so, looks like you did it Gari!!

Artwork by Sharlene Lindskog-Osorio

Julia

AWWWW Wilbur!

Now who let Trigger in here!?? Seems that horse always has to upstage me! Well....it's ok! Glad to see you Trigger!


Mr. ED

I had to post this, Muffin The Mule!
Wow, just look at the type on this one!


Julia

When I was a kid, I wanted to be Ken McLaughlin and have my very own Flicka. This name made it personal and captured my vote!

Julia,

YOU'll be hard pressed to find type like Muffin's! Ralph...hopefully you'll stay a lot dryer and never again know the flavor of liver and onions!

Gari

Gari - I was thinking that myself when I posted it, Muffin has a lot more type than many of todays Arabians, maybe this could be the start of an all new breed standard!


Julia

Dear Mr Ed

Would you or Wilbur happen to have any videos hanging around your stable from the good old days when you graced our silver screens?

My Husband missed out as he grew up in Holland?!*.

Anyone else know where you could get such videos?

Pip

Pip,

The best place to find them is on Ebay, I've seen them on there every so often.


Julia

I thought Muffin the Mule was a criminal offence lol

Simply has to be Black Beauty! Whenever I hear the music, I'm convinced he's going to appear from over the hill...

Oh! Here he comes now!!

And yes, great to see some much-needed humour!!

Gosh, this was a tough vote. I grew up watching "Mr. Ed the talking Horse" and even had his puppet (which my Mom threw out ), and I also LOVED Flicka and Trigger and Silver and the list goes on. But when it came down to it I just had to place my vote for Mr Ed....what can I say!! Below is some trivia and photos for those not familiar with Mr. Ed (and a link to read more about him: http://members.tripod.com/~horsefame/MrEdS.htm ).
Cheers,
Carol

MR. ED THE TALKING HORSE

Mr. Ed was a parade and show horse, named "Bamboo Harvester". He was foaled in 1949 in El Monte, California. The Mister Ed Company bought him & had been owned by the President of the California Palomino Society. His trainer was Les Hilton, who had apprenticed under Will Rogers and worked with the mules in the "Francis the Talking Mule" movies. Mr. Ed did many of his scenes in one take. On a television special Alan Young was interviewed and said that they used peanut butter for the horse to eat so he would move his mouth. In 1968, Mr. Ed was 19 years old and began to suffer from a variety of problems, including a broken leg. He was put quietly to sleep with no publicity. The horse which died in Oklahoma in 1979 who everyone thought was Mr. Ed, was a horse who once posed as Mr. Ed for publicity photos used by the production company. There has been a long lasting secret to when & where the real Mr. Ed died. Was it before or after 1970? It is very possible that poor old Mr. Ed's life may have ended in the Santa Clarita Valley of southern California.

This series is about a talking horse and the architect who loved him. It was a syndicated series on January 5, 1961 and aired on CBS by programming chief James T. Aubrey, on October 1, 1961. The show lasted until September 4, 1966. Arthur Lubin, was director, who also directed the early films of Abbott and Costello, & Francis the Talking Mule films. The pilot for the series was entitled "The Wonderful World of Wilbur Pope." Produced by George Burns, the pilot never aired. Mr. Ed became my favorite show. Wilbur had to keep the secret that Mr. Ed the horse could talk. Mr. Ed only spoke to his owner Wilbur Post (played by Alan Young) who worked as an architect out of his office in the barn at 17230 Valley Spring Lane. Mr. Ed did talk to children on several episodes. Mr. Ed told Wilbur - "Who would believe a kid saying a horse can talk?"

No one came between Wilbur and Mr. Ed, not even Wilbur's wife Carol (Connie Hines). Ed talked Wibur to do what he wanted most of the time. Mr. Ed used the telephone throughout the series. Mr. Ed continuously becomes involved in comedy situations, such as riding a surf board, flying an airplane, giving a birthday party with all his horse friends, driving a delivery truck, wearing a Beatle wig, flying a kite, delivering newspapers, meeting baseball player Leo Durocher. Zsa Zsa Gabor was a guest on one of the shows. George Burns also made an appearance on the series. Donna Douglas, the actress who was "Elly May" on the "Beverly Hillbillies" comedy series in the 1960's. She acted as Clint Eastwood's girlfriend on one of the shows. That was when Clint was starring on "Rawhide" television western series.

Mr. Ed is a favorite of Classic TV show. It has been on Nickelodeon Nick at Nite on February 15, 1986. It was shown on TV Land on satellite Satcom C-3 transponder 18 & cable stations but has been taken off the program schedual as of April 27, 1998. Mr. Ed won some Patsy Awards. (Oscars for animals) In 1962 & 1963 Mr. Ed won 1st place for the "Mister Ed" series. Mr. Ed was awarded 2nd place in 1964, then 3rd place winner in 1965. The catogories include all types of animals not just horses. Mr. Ed was so popular there was a talking puppet made by Mattel toy company, I just happen to have. It has recordings in the same voice as the television series. Quotes such as:
I'm a horse of course, & Oh horse feathers.

Comments & Info From:
May 1998 Loretta Kemsley

Mister Ed was nine years old when Les Hiton purchased him. Ed suffered from arthritis in the last years of his life. When the pain became too much, he was put to sleep. Most horses live until their early 20s. Ed's "horse double" was named Pumpkin. I lost track of Pumpkin. I believe he was with the Ralph McCutcheon Stables when he did the snackpak commericals. Ed was with him when he died. I know that Ed died in the 70s, after Les had died.

I'll have to 'write in', Fury.

You are right, Bailey Arabians, I totally forgot about FURY!!! Check this link out to read more about him: http://members.tripod.com/~horsefame/fury.htm
Cheers,
Carol

This is such a cool thread...a walk down memory lane!!
Lone Ranger with SILVER: http://www.iowalink.com/users/kbar/silver.htm

My Friend Flicka!!
http://members.tripod.com/~horsefame/Flicka2.html

Hasn't anyone got a picture of Champion? He was the wonder horse for me and I can still here that music and feel the goosebumps as he comes galloping up
Judith

I never heard of "Muffin the Mule" until now.
http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/children/muffin/muffin.htm

Hi Judith
I never heard of "Champion the Wonder Horse" either but found a link and photos for you!!
http://www.geneautry.com/geneautry/champion/index.html
Cheers,
Carol

And of course, "Black Beauty"!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Beauty

And last but not least, "The Black Stallion" by Walter Farley!!
http://www.theblackstallion.com/author.html

THANKS, "MR. ED", for starting this thread/pole and my apologies if I monopolized it for a while. I was having so much fun walking down memory lane.
Cheers,
Carol

I voted The Black beacause I have every Black Stallion, Island Stallion and horse book Walter Farley wrote! I loved his book Man'o War, and I still cry when I read it. (yes I still read those books and you can't stop me!)

I was wondering if anyone read any of the Marguerite Henry books? King of the Wind, Misty of Chinncotaugue (sp?), loads more of those too. The Christine Pullein-Thompson books taught me a ton about the UK! My grandmother made soooooo much more sense after them!

By far my favorite horse book? King of the Wind by M. Henry, all about Arabs and wow!!! If you haven't read it please please try to find it and do so. She is a great writer. It is a little young but hey that just means you will be done in no time!

I am a HUGE reader and horse were a HUGE factor in that. While I didn't have one I could read and use my imagination about them. When I did have one I could learn stuff and try it out myself! (not actually a great practice, but hey I was a kid!)
As I got older, this is kind of silly , I would buy any book that remotely had horse or equine related stuff in the title and boy was I surprised to read books that weren't about horses so much, but turned out to still be really good!

Sheri