Mister Ed

Mister Ed (El Monte, 1949 – 1970) was a horse, which filled the title role in the American television series that aired from 1961 to 1966 by CBS. A total of 143 episodes produced. In Netherlands, the series was not broadcast by mainstream broadcasters, but from the REM-Island by the commercial TV-North Sea. When this was taken off the air, took the TRAIN the broadcast of the series on.

The sitcom was about an intelligent horse (breed: American Saddlebred) called Wilbur Post Mister Ed, which with its owner (played by Alan Young) could talk. According to the producer of the program, Arthur Lubin, Alan Young was cast because he would look like if "someone with whom a horse might like to talk".

The actual name of Mister Ed was Bamboo Harvester. Contrary to what is often assumed, he is not in 1979 died but he is because of a broken leg and other health problems completed in 1970. The actor Allan Lanelent his voice to Mister Ed.

The title song was written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans and is sung by the former. ==Trivia[ Edit] ==
 * Disk jockey Tom Mulder has the title song in his various radio programs used for his own name jingle.