Mister Ed
1961 · 6 seasons · 143 episodes · Comedy, Family
Created by Walter R. Brooks
Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his new barn, he finds that the former owner left his horse behind. This horse is no ordinary horse . . . he can talk, but only to Wilbur, which leads to all sorts of misadventures for Wilbur and his trouble-making sidekick Mister Ed.
Why it's worth watching
Mister Ed is a classic family sitcom that offers wholesome entertainment and valuable lessons in friendship, honesty, and the importance of listening to others.
What it praises
The show emphasizes virtues such as loyalty, kindness, and the value of communication between different species. It also promotes the idea of treating animals with respect and care.
For discernment
This is genuinely light, clean 1960s comedy — a man and his impossibly wisecracking horse — and its running joke is nothing worse than Wilbur scrambling to keep Ed's talking a secret. Two things a discerning viewer should note without alarm: the humor occasionally slips in adult innuendo the show trusts to sail over children's heads (Ed leafing through a 'Playhorse' calendar is the bluntest), and social drinking shows up as an ordinary part of the era's adult life. There is no real coarseness, occult, or contempt for family or faith here; the marriage between Wilbur and Carol is affectionate and intact. The larger caution is simply that its charm is thin and dated — enjoyable, but the 'lessons in honesty' are mostly a byproduct of farce, not a moral spine to lean on.
- SexualityOccasional mild adult innuendo pitched over children's heads, most directly a gag with Mister Ed flipping through a 'Playhorse' calendar.
- SubstancesSome episodes show casual social drinking as a normal part of adult life.
- LanguageVery rare mild insults like 'j******' and occasional use of 'devil' or 'darn.'
Cast
Alan Young
Wilbur Post
Connie Hines
Carol Post
Allan Lane
Mister Ed (voice)
Larry Keating
Roger Addison
Edna Skinner
Kay Addison
Leon Ames
Gordon Kirkwood
Florence MacMichael
Winnie Kirkwood
Barry Kelley
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