RIP Alan Young, Horse-Whisperer to Mister Ed
Alan Young, the owner/horse-whisperer of the talking-horse Mr. Ed in the Sixties sit-com of the same name, has died at age 96. As a sign how cheesy TV-production values were in its Boomer Era “golden age,” but also how bizarrely funny, here is my favorite Mister Ed episode, which I actually remember seeing as a kid.
The clip below is cued to start with the big climactic scene: Mr. Ed getting a hit off the then-transcendent Sandy Koufax, at Dodger Stadium. “Cheesy” doesn’t begin to describe the special effects, but there is a timeless screwball charm to the set-up.