• Air date: 01 Oct '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. My Son, My Son

      01 Oct '61
      After finding a grey hair on his tail, Ed is convinced that he is getting old and wants a boy of his own to carry Ed's name.
    • 2. The Horsetronaut

      08 Oct '61
      Business makes Wibur take an office down town. Ed feels unwanted and decides to get out of Wilbur's way for good.
    • 3. Ed's Ancestors

      15 Oct '61
      Ed is used as a model for a park statue glorifying the American Palimino, but Ed refuses to go any further when he finds out something about his ancestry.
    • 4. Ed the Redecorator

      22 Oct '61
      Carol wants the house redecorated and Ed thinks that the barn should be redecorated first.
    • 5. Ed the Jumper

      29 Oct '61
      An old college buddy of Wilbur taunts him into entering Ed in a jumping contest against his own racing horse.
    • 6. Ed the Voter

      05 Nov '61
      Ed tells Wilbur that he objects Carol's idea for the barn to be used as a voter's polling booth.
    • 7. Hunting Show

      12 Nov '61
      When Ed fids out that the Posts and Addisons use their weeekend to hunt for sport, Ed is against it and tries to stop it.
    • 8. Mister Ed's Blues

      19 Nov '61
      A Granfather is eternally greatful when Ed saves his grandaughter's life at the park. The Grandfather invites the Posts and Ed to his palatial state in Catalina, but Ed refuses to go with.
    • 9. Ed the Hero

      26 Nov '61
      After Ed saves the life of a small girl in the park, a greatful Grandfather invites Ed and the Posts to his estate in Catalina and Ed doesn't want to go.
    • 10. Ed, the Salesman

      03 Dec '61
      On their first anniversay together, Ed expects a present from Wilbur......like a color tv set. When Ed brings up the idea, Wilbur refuses and Ed takes it upon himself to come up with an idea.
    • 11. Ed and the Elephant

      17 Dec '61
      Wilbur takes in a magician's elephant in the barn and Jumbo drives Ed crazy with his antics.
    • 12. The Wrestler

      07 Jan '62
      Wilbur and Addison go half and half into taking care of a wrestler who eats them out of house and home, and takes ballet lessons with the girls.
    • 13. Ed's Bed

      14 Jan '62
      Carol is jealous and wants to leave Wilbur because he is spending most of his time with Ed, trying to help him cure his cold.
    • 14. Ed the Beneficiary

      21 Jan '62
      Ed reads in the paper about a cat who is willed a great deal of money, and Ed wants to know if he is in Wilbur's will.
    • 15. Zsa Zsa

      28 Jan '62
      Zsa Zsa Gabor has to make a western movie but is uncomfortable with horses. Eventually Wilbur lends Ed to Zsa Zsa to overcome her fear.
    • 16. Horse Wash

      04 Feb '62
      Ed diets to impress a filly, while at the same time, Wilbur's father-in-law decides to drop by and visit.
    • 17. Ed the Horse Doctor

      11 Feb '62
      Addison buys a racehorse that shows success until she comes down with an unknown illness. Ed then comes to her rescue.
    • 18. George Burns Meets Mister Ed (a.k.a.) Ed Finally Talks

      18 Feb '62
      George Burns stops by and offers $25,000 to make a Las Vegas appearance with Ed. Wilbur then realizes that Ed it worth a diamond mine.
    • 19. Ed's Word of Honor

      25 Feb '62
      Ed's word of honor is at stake when Addison and Wilbur have a gig argument over a birthday gift from the Posts.
    • 20. No Horses Allowed

      04 Mar '62
      Wilbur tries to have a petition eliminating horses from the neigborhood recalled after Carol unwittingly signs a petition to get rid of them.
    • 21. Bald Horse

      18 Mar '62
      Ed thinks he's going bald and gets Wilbur to go out and get a bunch of treatments and remedies. Ed then realizes the real reason why the hair was disappearing.
    • 22. Ed's New Neighbors

      25 Mar '62
      The Addisons inherit a large estate in the east and prepare to move there. After seeing the new neigbors arrive, Ed starts to miss the Addisons. But the Adissons do not end up moving up there after all.
    • 23. Ed the Beachcomber

      01 Apr '62
      Addison's beach property is in trouble by a buch of beatnicks, but when Wilbur tries to help with Addison's problem, then Wibbur devolopes his own beatnick problem.
    • 24. Lie Detector

      08 Apr '62
      Addison asks Wilbur to help him finance a lie detector machine, causing fights, arguments, and chaos in the Posts' home.
    • 25. Clint Eastwood Meets Mister Ed

      22 Apr '62
      A temporary party line on the barn phone allows Ed to court Clint Eastwood's horse. However, Ed's ways to arrange thing wreak havok between Clint and Wilbur.