• Air date: 05 Jan '61 26 episodes
      Mister Ed is an American television situation comedy produced by Filmways that first aired in syndication from January 5 to July 2, 1961, and then on CBS from October 1, 1961, to February 6, 1966. The show's title character is a fictional talking horse, originally appearing in short stories by Walter R. Brooks. The stars of the show were Mister Ed, a palomino horse who could "talk", played by gelding Bamboo Harvester and voiced by former Western star Allan Lane, and his owner, an eccentric and enormously klutzy, yet friendly, architect named Wilbur Post. Much of the program's humor stemmed from the fact Mister Ed would speak only to Wilbur, as well as Ed's notoriety as a troublemaker. Other running jokes centered on Wilbur's character being a huge klutz and inadvertently causing harm to himself or others. According to the show's producer, Arthur Lubin, Young was chosen as the lead character because he "just seemed like the sort of guy a horse would talk to". Lubin, a friend of Mae West, scored...
  • List of Episodes (26)
    • 1. The First Meeting

      05 Jan '61
      Wilbur is overwhelmed when he goes into his barn and his horse starts talking to him. Wilbur's wife and neigbors think he's crazy when he tries to tell them. Ed says that he will only talk to Wilbur and nobody else.
    • 2. The Ventriloquist

      12 Jan '61
      Wilbur is trying to win a contract to build a clubhouse, but Ed gets him into trouble and botches the idea.
    • 3. Busy Wife

      19 Jan '61
      Carol gets wrapped up in a woman's club and completely ignores Wilbur. It's up to Ed to try and help her overcome the obsession.
    • 4. Kiddy Park

      26 Jan '61
      Wilbur and Carol plan a trip to go to a park and Ed's feelings are hurt because he feels left out. Ed then runs away to start a new life.
    • 5. Stable for Three

      02 Feb '61
      Ed becomes trouble when he knocks over a barbecue and then eats Carol's planted vegetables. After all this, Wilbur and Addison both end up having to sleep in the barn.
    • 6. Sorority House

      09 Feb '61
      Ed is used as a team mascot and Wilbur must come to his rescue when Ed is stolen by a rival team.
    • 7. Ed the Lover

      16 Feb '61
      Ed thinks it's silly to play in a Western play. But Wilbur persuades him to act when he tells Ed that a philly horse has fallen in love with Ed. Wilbur then talks Ed into returning back to the set.
    • 8. Pageant Show

      23 Feb '61
      Wilbur makes Ed angry when he takes the phone extension out of the barn. Ed reacts by playing tricks on Wilbur and Carol.
    • 9. The Aunt

      02 Mar '61
      Wilbur's well deserving vacation plans come to a close when an annoying aunt with her talking parrot comes to visit for the duration.
    • 10. The Missing Statue

      09 Mar '61
      Carol wants an antique statue and Wilbur won't let her buy one. She then tells him that she will go on a fish diet if she can't get the statue. She then buys it anyway and Wilbur finds it and takes it back. Finally Wilbur changes his mind and buys it for her anyway. She then takes it back. Then everyone it comes in contact to takes it back and when Wilbur comes to buy it for the last time, the store owner is bout to go crazy.
    • 11. Ed the Witness

      16 Mar '61
      When Wilbur ends up in a Mexican jail after refusing to pay a repair bill to a mechanic to damaged his trailer, Ed comes to the rescue.
    • 12. Ed's Mother

      23 Mar '61
      Ed bids for his mother at an auction when he finds out that his mother is used on a farm as a plow horse.
    • 13. Ed the Tout

      30 Mar '61
      With the help of Ed, Wilbur picks a winning racehorse for Carol and his neigbors. Unfortunatelly they end up betting on a horse that Wilbur has mistakenly circled.
    • 14. Ed the Songwriter

      06 Apr '61
      Through a musical experience, Wilbur has a music publisher record a song written, composed, and sung by Ed.
    • 15. Ed the Stoolpigeon

      13 Apr '61
      Wilbur and Carol adopt a puppy for an extra pet and Ed gets so jealous that he tries to get the pup in trouble so that Ed can get all the attention.
    • 16. Psychoanalyst Show

      20 Apr '61
      Ed is afraid of heights and Wilbur gets help from a psychiatrist to help Ed, unfortunately everyone around Wilbur think that the psychiatric help is for him.
    • 17. A Man for Velma

      27 Apr '61
      Addison and Kate hire a 4 star cook who threatens to quit because there are no eligible men around the property.
    • 18. Ed's New Shoes

      04 May '61
      A handman hired by Wilbur creates a problem when he squirts water on a photographer for a fancy magazine.
    • 19. Little Boy

      11 May '61
      A new boy enters the neigborhood and none of the kids like him. To try and get the kid together with the other kids, Carol throws a party. Ed then hatches a scheme to show that the boy is brave by riding the ""Mean"" Ed.
    • 20. Ed Agrees to Talk

      18 May '61
      Ed gets angry at Carol and thinks she is mistreating him because she has Ed hitched to a surrey when Wilbur refuses to buy her a new car.
    • 21. The Mustache

      21 May '61
      Addison convinces Wilbur to grow a mustache to look older, so that he can land a promising architectual job he's been wanting.
    • 22. The Other Woman

      04 Jun '61
      To Carol's shock, Wilbur whispers the name of another woman in his sleep. After being mad and upset, she is relieved to learn that the name he mentioned was a female horse that Ed wanted him to buy for the barn..........and him Grrrrrr.
    • 23. Ed Cries Wolf

      11 Jun '61
      Ed manipulates Wilbur to try and get him to play chess with him, but Wilbur doesn't believe him when Ed tells him that there is a burglar loose in the house.
    • 24. The Contest

      18 Jun '61
      Ed toutors Wilbur on everything from reference books to foreign languages to win a contest that awards $5,000.00.
    • 25. Pine Lake Lodge

      25 Jun '61
      Ed protests when Wilbur and Carol go to Pine Lake Lodge for vacation. Despite his protests, they leave him behind this time anyway.