Mister Ed: The Complete Second Season

Genre : DVD ( DVD )
Release : 2010/02/02
Price : $21.99

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In its second season, Mister Ed trotted out some impressive star power for three fan-favorite episodes that make this four-disc set a must-own--"Clint Eastwood Meets Mister Ed," "George Burns Meets Mister Ed," and "Zsa Zsa," as in Gabor. The Clint episode is best as the star of Rawhide is hounded (horsed?) by Ed on a party phone line because, Ed complains, Clint's horse is stealing his fillies. Burns, who produced the series' pilot episode, doesn't actually meet Mister Ed, but he does play straight man to Wilbur (Alan Young), who wants to audition Ed for Burns's Las Vegas show. The glamorous Gabor, whom Ed helps get over her fear of horses, is an endearingly game comedian. Beyond the stunt casting, this second season has much to recommend it. Early in the series' six-season run, the writers could still make hay out of the show's fantastic premise of a newly married architect whose best friend just happens to be a talking horse. Wilbur and Ed (voiced by character actor Alan Lane) are a great comedy team with a genuine, and oddly touching friendship. "I'd rather have you than 25,000 carrots," Ed tells Wilbur at one point. Some of the episodes are saddled with ridiculous plots (Ed joins the beatnik set in "Ed the Beachcomber," Wilbur harbors a magician's elephant in "Ed and the Elephant," and a neglected Ed volunteers to be the first horse in space in "The Horsetronaut"), but many keep it as real as a show about a talking horse can get. In "Horse Wash," Ed overhears a con man planning to scam Wilbur's father-in-law and alerts Wilbur. In "Ed the Hunter," he uses well-timed bumps and tail flicks to foil attempts by Wilbur and neighbor Roger (Larry Keating) to hunt ducks. This boxed set corrals two special features--vintage Studebaker car commercials and an Internet radio interview with Young and Connie Hines, who portrayed Wilbur's unwitting wife Carol. Mister Ed holds up exceedingly well. Those who have never had the pleasure are in for a treat. As Roger remarks when Wilbur reels from another Ed-instigated predicament, "Never a dull moment with this boy." --Donald Liebenson

Anyone who grew up in the early '60s enjoyed the Mr. Ed series on T.V. The series was so creative when using a horse that would talk only to it's owner and no one else. I recommend any Season of Mr. Ed to both adults and children. It's just plain funny!

Thank you for putting Mister Ed out on dvd i really enjoy it and i hope all the seasons will come out on dvd the third season is coming out june 1st and i'll be ordering it and i'm sure i'll enjoy it because i used to watch it when i was a kid. I'll be hoping that seasons 4 5 and 6 come out soon so don't stop putting them out on dvd. i'm sure there are fans out there but not everyone is going to write you and some of these fans are probably buying them in stores. I'll will be waiting for your email if you want to write me any.

mr ed is a great classic tv show its great for familys and where else can you watch a talking horse
a great show i highly recommend it

My family doesn't watch modern TV because we don't share the corrupt moral(amoral) values of todays culture that saturates both the shows and the commercials. My kids can't even watch "children's" programs because of the highly sexualized and vulgar commercials that are thrown in with them. Mr Ed is one of those shows that we can watch as a family and our children love it as much as we do! I was so thrilled when I saw these were being released I bought season one and two as soon as they came out. I was also sad to hear of Connie Hine's death a few months ago. Anyway, buy this series and turn your own kids on to this great show and take your kids away from the trash the current producers are exposing this dead and dying culture to. You'll never regret it!

I really love the Mr Ed Shows. I have all of the Dvd's so far. In season 2 there were quite a few I had not seen. I would highly recommend this Dvd to families. etc. I'm looking forward to season # 3. My eleven year old daughter really enjoys watching Mr. Ed also!