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Mr. Ed was in fact a horse.
Snopes falsely reports that he was in fact a female zebra and the old black and white cameras blended the strips and made them invisible, but they appear to be pulling a fast one on everyone as a joke.
Snopes explained their own parody here:
http://www.snopes.com/lost/false.asp
If you watch certain scenes, you can tell by looking under him that he was in fact a male horse, if you know what I mean.
Also, the ears are different from a zebra and from the bottom of his chin to his neck is different from a zebra. He was definitely not a zebra.
It is also false that they used something like peanut butter to make his lips move, when in fact they used a fine nylon string. In a couple scenes, you can see it if you are looking for it, but it's difficult to see. Having a DVR to freeze it is a wonderful technology. It's very fine like dental floss. I think they used the peanut butter hoax because animal rights groups would have opposed the use of string to irritate his upper gums.
It has been said that they used a zebra in a couple scenes as a stunt double.
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What is the name of the western comedy with a talking horse?
Mr. Ed.
Mr Ed was a horse?
Mr. Ed, TV's most yakkity horse, was an American Saddlebred. His real name was Bamboo Harvester. As a child I thought he could really talk, but later learned that they used certain little tricks to get Ed's lips to move. Peanut Butter in his mouth was one of them.
How tall of horse was mr ed?
14 hands
Has Mr Ed ever won the Kentucky Derby?
Mr. Ed was not a Thoroughbred horse.
What year did Mr. ED the Horse from the pop TV show Die?
'Bamboo Harvester' the horse that played Ed in the tv sitcom Mister Ed died in 1970. There are two versions of his death. The horse that replaced him, and that was subsequently also known as Mister Ed, died in 1979. For full details see link.
