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debm55

(62,559 posts) Mon Jun 12, 2023, 04:04 PM Jun 2023

Why did Mr. Ed only talk to Wilbur and no one else. Did Wilbur have special powers like a horse [View all]

whisperer? Was there something wrong with Wilbur-did he just imagine it because he had had no one else to talk to?? What is your theory on why Wilbur and Mr. Ed could talk to each other?? Thank you.

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Why did Mr. Ed only talk to Wilbur and no one else. Did Wilbur have special powers like a horse [View all] debm55 Jun 2023 OP

It was a TV show for kids? Ocelot II Jun 2023 #1

When I was a kid, I never had a horse talk to me, did you?????? debm55 Jun 2023 #2

Kids' shows are often fantasies. Ocelot II Jun 2023 #3

But if so, some kids might think an animal could really talk and be shocked when they can't. debm55 Jun 2023 #6

Some kids think Santa Claus is real. I don't see the problem. Ocelot II Jun 2023 #8

I was thinking of why Mr. Ed only talked to Wil-Bur and no one else. debm55 Jun 2023 #12

Lol.... Effete Snob Jun 2023 #18

That was one show I never watched--My Mother the Car. Did Tony ever go in Jeannie"s bottle? Who was debm55 Jun 2023 #25

Some nights, he'd hit the bottle pretty hard Effete Snob Jun 2023 #30

Another question. Why did Beaver and Wally have to share a bedroom? That house had a least 4 bedroom debm55 Jun 2023 #33

Hogan's Heroes was shot on the same lot Effete Snob Jun 2023 #39

Just another episode from a different holographic multiverse...anything's possible...nt wcmagumba Jun 2023 #4

Only Wilbur was mean enough to put the thread over Ed's gums. rsdsharp Jun 2023 #5

So why didn't he talk to Carol instead of Wil-Bur? debm55 Jun 2023 #9

The way they made Ed "talk" was to put a thread over his gums. rsdsharp Jun 2023 #14

rsdsharp, Mr. Ed pronounced it Wil---Bur. debm55 Jun 2023 #26

I heard they got him to move his mouth by feeding him peanut butter. n/t Mr.Bill Jun 2023 #40

That's what they told people. But after a while, Ed didn't need the thread. rsdsharp Jun 2023 #41

Francis the Talking Mule was popular in the movies. Sneederbunk Jun 2023 #7

So they uesd a Palamino Horse? Why didn't he talk to everyone instead of just Wil-Bur? debm55 Jun 2023 #10

Only Wilbur fed him. Sneederbunk Jun 2023 #11

ohhhhhh debm55 Jun 2023 #13

What a good question, LOL! 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2023 #15

That's true also. He moved his mouth like he had a carmel inside. debm55 Jun 2023 #29

Mister Ed was a "stable" genius. usonian Jun 2023 #16

Just his back end, as "stable geniuses" go these days anyway...nt wcmagumba Jun 2023 #22

Didn't tRump say he was a stable genius? debm55 Jun 2023 #24

Yup, my reference is to this...should have mentioned that... wcmagumba Jun 2023 #28

Mr. Ed used to talk to people on the phone. Meadowoak Jun 2023 #17

Oh yes, you are right. But the person on the other other end didn't know he was talking to a horse. debm55 Jun 2023 #20

Sometimes he'd even make prank calls. Meadowoak Jun 2023 #23

Or scam calls. debm55 Jun 2023 #34

You mean like "Do you have Prince Albert in a can?" "Well, let him out" debm55 Jun 2023 #35

Yep Meadowoak Jun 2023 #42

My question is why did Samantha marry Darren? Talk about fantasy. Midnight Writer Jun 2023 #19

I liked the first Darrin better. JMO debm55 Jun 2023 #21

Sargent York? Effete Snob Jun 2023 #27

Dick York. debm55 Jun 2023 #31

Dick Sargent Effete Snob Jun 2023 #32

Ditto! Didn't like second one at all. 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2023 #38

Edit the sound track Metaphorical Jun 2023 #36

It's possible that Wilbur was mentally ill... Harker Jun 2023 #37

This. Exactly this. Yavin4 Jun 2023 #43

Maybe it ought to have been presented without a laugh track. n/t Harker Jun 2023 #44

Like Jimmy Stewart in Harvey Effete Snob Jun 2023 #45

Right debm55 Jun 2023 #50

you are mistaken, Mr. Ed talked to CLINT EASTWOOD! Skittles Jun 2023 #46

And Clint talked to the trees. Harker Jun 2023 #47

and chairs. debm55 Jun 2023 #48

Right! Harker Jun 2023 #49

Lol Effete Snob Jun 2023 #51