I was pondering. Why was Mr. Ed(the horse) only able to speak to WIIIIIberrrr? Was Willlber imagining it?

[debm55]

[The Blue Flower]

1. Yes, he was

Mr. Ed knew several languages but spoke English only to Wilbrrrr.

[debm55]

2. Shouldn't he be called Professor Ed?

[fargone]

3. Same reason Hobbes only talks to Calvin

[generalbetrayus]

4. Mr. Ed wasn't speaking only to Wilbur. He was speaking to the millions of his fans on the TV.

He probably watched himself on the TV. He even spoke to the public at large.

[debm55]

7. HAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you generalbetrayus.

[cloudbase]

16. He could certainly order Chinese food.

[debm55]

19. And how do you now that it was Mr. Ed ordering the Chinese food. Maybe Ed was a Trojan horse with a person inside. Tell

me have you ever heard a horse speak???? The only time I did was when I was high in college.

[cloudbase]

24. Photographic evidence.

And that ain't hay!

I've never heard a horse speak, at least not in any language I'd understand.

[debm55]

25. Look at the phone, cloudbase. Rotary.Phone. Now how did a horse dial a phone?????? I call your photographic evidence a

sham. Willbur dialed it for Ed.

[orleans]

42. no no no. ed wasn't making a call; he was ANSWERING the phone.

"ed's pizza with the best pizza in town 'cause we don't horse around. can i take your order?"

[debm55]

43. Thank you orleans. But he can't answer a phone. He's a horse.

[AllaN01Bear]

23. was just going to say something about that.

edit: there were two different ppl who voiced the mule and horse.
Allan "Rocky" Lane
The voice actor for Ed's spoken lines was Allan "Rocky" Lane, a former B-movie cowboy star.
and he spells allan " the correct" way".
the mules voice was The distinctive voice of Francis was provided by veteran character actor Chill Wills,
i do love the toon. brought back childhood memolries .

[debm55]

38. Thank you, Bear

[EYESORE 9001]

5. Perhaps this is a hallucination

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but I have a hazy recollection of Mr. Ed speaking in the presence of others - surreptitiously, of course, where the words would be attributed to some hapless sap.

[debm55]

8. Then he wasn't a Professor----

Just a smart assed horse?

[EYESORE 9001]

9. Deb! I should wash your mouth out with soap!

[debm55]

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[Wolf Frankula]

39. He was a Stable Genius.

The Real Stable Genius.

Wolf

[debm55]

40. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. That is great. Thanks Wolf Frankula.

[Mister Ed]

6. He was the only one who truly understood me. n/t

[debm55]

10. hahahahhahhahhahahahhahahhah. Thank you Mister Ed. A horse is a horse, of course of course, unless it is the famous Mr.

Ed

[Klarkashton]

11. Smart horse. Had he talked to everyone

He would have become a huge attraction and someone would have killed him.

[debm55]

14. Why , he would have been well protected. Who would want to be known for killing a talking horse. Willbuuuuur. would have

a huge some of money .Mr.Ed would have made tons of money and had tons of attraction. Who would be jealous of that . What what am I thinking , there is a person who would want to off him.

[Klarkashton]

17. I'm thinking like King Kong.

[debm55]

18. Thank for setting me straight Klarkashton. Very ttue about King Kong.

[Frasier Balzov]

13. Since Ed clammed up when others were around

either Ed was gaslighting Wilbur

(though I can't explain Ed's motive for doing so)

or Wilbur was keeping his own counsel using Ed as a sort of sock puppet.

In any case, we the audience felt privileged being in on a supernatural secret.

Tim and Uncle Martin had a slightly different and more closeted thing going.

[debm55]

15. I go for Ed gaslighting Wilbur. Wilbur was the not the sharpest.

[Vogon_Glory]

20. Not the case. I remember one episode where Mr. Ed

Was trying to sell real estate over the phone (I got distracted before the end).

It must have been quite the challenge for Mr. Ed to dial a rotary-dial phone.

[debm55]

21. HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAH. that is so true. so it was Wilbur pulling a fast one on us. There was no talking horse.

[johnp3907]

22. He could speak to anyone.

He chose to only speak to Wilber just to keep it on the down low.
Heck, he even recorded a song once, with Wilber pretending to be the one singing.
https://m.

&time_continue=4&source_ve_path=NzY3NTg&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

[debm55]

37. Hahahahahhahahah, johnp3907 That is so funny. Thank you

[Norrrm]

26. He just wasn't loquacious for everyone. Some animals are shy.

[raccoon]

27. That song is very bad to become an earworm.

[debm55]

29. You got that right.

[debm55]

28. Shy or not, Mr, Ed was a horse and horses do not talk. I think Wilbur had a little too much to drink.

[debm55]

31. That is a cartoon. Cartoon animals sing and talk.Norrrm

[taxi]

30. To the person wearing the Trigger Fish tee shirt:

Trigger was a horse.
A fish is a horse
of course, of course
And no one can fish
for a horse of course
Unless of course
that horse is the famous sea horse Ed

[debm55]

32. HAHAHAHHAHHAHA. Thank you taxi.

[taxi]

33. Those words came from a crazy nam-era bud.

One day he saw a tee shirt with a fish on it. Above and below the fish were the words 'Trigger Fish'.
'Ole Bob got all confused about that. His reaction was that Trigger was Roy Rogers horse, and not a fish.
He went from 'a fish is a fish' to 'a horse is a horse' and the rest is where good old Bob went from there.

[debm55]

36. Thank you taxi,

[LuckyCharms]

34. For hither not, I am the stallion

For hither not, I am the stallion
Come fear, come love, I am the stallion
You know that I am the stallion, mang
I am, I am the stallion, mang
You know that I am the stallion, mang
I live, I walk, I am the stallion, mang

Hair-throng goo-tongue, stallion mang
A 2 S-T-A-L-L-I-O-N
I am the stallion, mang

1: I can drink
2: I get groomed
3: I go for a walk
I am the stallion, mang
You know that I am the stallion, mang

Deaner! Deaner! Dude!
Where can you be?
Come hither
Who are you? The stallion
Deaner: What's goin' on?
Who are you, Deaner?
Deaner: I am, I am the stallion
You are the stallion

A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-S-S-T-A-L-L-I-O-N
I am the stallion, mang
I can feel what I like to see in you and me and the stallion
I can play, I get to take the water because I am the stallion
O-P-L-G-H-M-F-S-T-A-L-L-I-O-N

Stallion, mang. Stallion, mang. Stallion, mang
I am the stallion
Wild stallion
Wild stallion. Goodbye
Stallion. Stallion. Goodbye

Stallion! Stallion! Stallion! Stallion! Stallion! Stallion, mmm, stallion!

&list=RDacQqpUf7vzs&start_radio=1

[debm55]

35. hahahahahhahahahhhahhah, love it LuckCharms.

[LogDog75]

41. Mr. Ed was simply using Horse Sense

If you were an animal that could talk to humans, wouldn't you be picky about whom you talked to?

[debm55]

44. Thank you LogDog75, that makes sense.