Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

hfan77 Mister Ed was a sitcom that I remember well from my younger days growing up in New Jersey and Minnesota since it was a very funny, but one joke show that had a long run, thanks to the chemistry between star Alan Young and Mister Ed, whose would only talk to Wilbur. The scenes between the two would formulate most of the plots, such as the episode when Ed caused trouble and Wilbur locked him in his stall.Also contributing to the mayhem were Connie Hines, who recently passed away as Wilbur's wife Carol and Larry Keating and Edna Skinner as the Addisons. After Keating's death, his role was not recast and he was replaced by Leon Ames, who portrayed Gordon Kirkwood.The one episode that I remember the most was when Mister Ed played baseball with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the horse slid into home plate. It was one of the show's most memorable moments.The theme song was a classic, salvaged by co-writer Jay Livingston's vocal after an opera singer sang the original so poorly that the producers were looking for a new theme. We'll always remember the opening line "A horse is a horse of course."

bozey45 As one who never saw many of the episodes of the series back in the 60's when it first aired, I had to see the series from the beginning on THIS-TV. I have to disagree with a poster earlier who said this was made for kids; the books may have that the series was based on but if you watch it today you see much of the humor and dialog is aimed at adults. The interaction between Wilbur and Ed was made even better by the fact that Allan 'Rocky' Lane voiced his Mr. Ed lines right there on set, not recorded later in a voice-over studio. The palomino used as Mr. Ed was very well trained as you notice when viewing the series and the still secret method of making his mouth move was just an extra added attraction. Those disguises on Ed like the large glasses just added to the reality of the show. You have to think what was going through the mind of that horse when filming the series. The supporting players were great on this series from the original couple next door to the last couple next door. Larry Keating having been the neighbor to Burns and Allen for year on their show fit right in as a neighbor and Leon Ames, a veteran TV actor, perfect as Wilbur's former Commander. And what can one say about the beautiful Connie Hines as his bewildered wife? Guest stars were numerous on the series and must have loved the exposure, even Mae West and Zsa Zsa wanted to guest. Until you view this series today, to say that it was totally for kids is a big mistake.

ferrari2007 I loved this programme back in the 1960s and would love to get it on DVD for a bit of nostalgic viewing, but it is not available in UK format.I have got some of my own dusty video recordings from when it was repeated on UK TV about ten years ago, and one of my favourite episodes was the keep fit one.I would like to get a DVD collection, and I am sure there are plenty of others in the UK who would buy the collection for nostalgia.Are there any plans to put Mister Ed on DVD in UK format, does anyone know?We loved it in the UK as well.

bkoganbing One of the sillier, but yet most beloved of comedy/fantasy shows that were so prevalent in the Sixties was that show about a talking horse, the famous Mister Ed. The talking palomino had a popularity with real children and those elusive children of all ages because of the skill of Alan Young making you really believe that a horse could talk with the voice of Allan 'Rocky' Lane.I'm sure for retired B picture cowboys who weren't getting too much work in the Sixties, Mister Ed must have provided a few nice paychecks for someone not in demand to be a cowboy hero any more. Lane's voice was well integrated into the personality of the palomino of whom evolution seems to have taken a quantum leap.The premise of the show was that Mister Ed would only talk directly to Alan Young as Wilbur Post, architect who set up his studio in the barn on his property so he could spend as much time as he could with his talking equine. I well remember in the pilot episode when Young acquired Mister Ed, the horse told him that he never felt like talking to anyone until he met Young whom he felt had a real love of animals. It was the love that came through every week.Young was married to Connie Hines who for five years couldn't figure out what this thing between Mister Ed and her husband was. Neither could anyone else and that led to the plot of most of the episodes.I have very fond memories of the show in my younger days. It was one of those shows that was in a totally make believe world. No politics or issues of social significance ever intruded on the world of Wilbur Post and Mister Ed. It was and is completely timeless, you could remake all the episodes today without too much trouble.In fact Mister Ed's primary source of mischief was the telephone extension in the studio/barn where he could call out anonymously to the world. When that receiver was picked up you knew Alan Young was in for 30 minutes of trouble. Can you imagine today what Mister Ed could do with a personal computer? The mind boggles.Though I can never see anyone ever with the gentle humorous style of Alan Young doing Wilbur Post today, I could be surprised. I'm willing to be.