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Mister Ed es una comedia de televisión estadounidense de Filmways. La wiki sitúa su emisión desde el 5 de enero de 1961, menciona el 2 de julio de 1961 y el 6 de febrero de 1966 como fechas del periodo de transmisión. Su protagonista era un caballo que hablaba. Los 143 episodios se filmaron en blanco y negro y sus dos protagonistas funcionaban como pareja cómica.
El caballo castrado Bamboo Harvester interpretaba al palomino parlante Mister Ed, con la voz de Allan Lane, antiguo actor de westerns. Alan Young interpretaba a su dueño, Wilbur Post, un arquitecto amable y algo torpe. Vivían en el 17230 de Valley Spring Road, en el valle de San Fernando de Los Ángeles. El humor giraba en torno a que Ed hablaba solo con Wilbur, su cultura, sus travesuras y su comportamiento humano inesperado. Nunca se explicaba su capacidad de hablar: en el primer episodio respondía que no intentaran entenderla porque los superaba a ambos. Bamboo Harvester ganó cuatro premios PATSY por el papel. Wilbur Post recordaba que el equipo le ponía crema de cacahuate en la boca para hacer que moviera los labios.
Se decía que Mister Ed era algo divo: el rodaje terminaba cuando Bamboo Harvester se iba del set. Aun así, muchas escenas salían en una sola toma. Comía 20 libras de heno al día y bebía té dulce por galones. La serie es especialmente recordada por su canción de entrada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkksL5KYC_c
En el homenaje de SWEM a Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Mr Ed representa a Esperanza, la madre de Spirit, en lugar del pelaje Esperanza.
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Mister Ed is an American television sitcom produced by Filmways that aired from January 5 to July 2, 1961 to February 6, 1966. The show's title character is a talking horse. All 143 episodes were filmed in black and white. The show in effect had two leads operating as a comedy team.
The title role of Mister Ed, a talking palomino, was played by gelding Bamboo Harvester and voiced by former Western film actor Allan Lane. The role of Ed's owner, a genial but somewhat klutzy architect named Wilbur Post, was played by Alan Young. The Posts resided at 17230 Valley Spring Road in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. Many of the program's gags follow from Mister Ed's tendency to talk only to Wilbur, his mysteriously well cultured essence, his rapscallion tendencies, and his precociously human-like behavior that far exceeds anything those around Wilbur expect of a horse. Mister Ed's ability to talk was never explained and rarely contemplated on the show. In the first episode, when Wilbur expresses an inability to understand the situation, Mister Ed offers the show's only remark on the subject: "Don't try. It's bigger than both of us!" The gelding won four PATSY (Performing Animal Top Star Of The Year) for his role as Mister Ed. Wilbur Post, recalled how the crew put peanut butter in the horse's mouth to get him to move his lips.
Mister Ed was said to be a bit of a diva. Filming typically wrapped for the day when Bamboo Harvester would reportedly walk off the set and "call it quits." Though Mister Ed was a bit of a diva, he could often get scenes done in one shot. He had a rather unique diet, as he ate 20 pounds of hay a day and drank sweet tea by the gallon. The show is often most recognized for its catchy theme song! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkksL5KYC_c
Mr. Ed is the horse used in SWEM's Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron tribute to represent Esperanza (Spirit's mother) instead of the actual Esperanza coat!
