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Alan Young, who played the hapless yet protective owner of a talking horse on the popular television comedy "Mister Ed," has died at age 96, according to officials at the Motion Picture & Television Home in Woodland Hills, California.
He died Thursday of natural causes with his children at his side, the organization said.
Young also was a well-received voice actor, with appearances as Scrooge McDuck in many Disney productions and as Farmer Smurf and other characters in the 1980s-era cartoon.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/entertainment/alan-young-obit/
R.I.P., Alan.
Mr. Ed was a good show. I can't remember much of it. Lotsa hangin' out at the stable-doubledoor, philosophizing about life's ironies. And Young was proficient at reaction-shots. -Plus his wife was hot.
Quote from: kit saginaw on May 21, 2016, 04:42:54 PM
R.I.P., Alan.
Mr. Ed was a good show. I can't remember much of it. Lotsa hangin' out at the stable-doubledoor, philosophizing about life's ironies. And Young was proficient at reaction-shots. -Plus his wife was hot.
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My memories mirror yours, then again, that's about all the show consisted of.
I do remember his supposed elderly neighbor that was always on the verge of discovering the secret...or did he?
Hell, too many decades have passed, though there is no doubt in my mind, those were possibly our golden years.
Here's Ed --- and the Secret Service.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gV5KdpJvYw
Quote from: quiller on May 23, 2016, 03:24:53 AM
Here's Ed --- and the Secret Service.
I just watched it. The atmosphere was better than I remembered. And this episode captures a good bit of the
Jacqueline Kennedy following that the women in my family tried to pretend didn't exist among them.
Life, Look, Saturday Evening Post mags everywhere.
Quote from: kit saginaw on May 24, 2016, 04:55:19 AM
I just watched it. The atmosphere was better than I remembered. And this episode captures a good bit of the Jacqueline Kennedy following that the women in my family tried to pretend didn't exist among them. Life, Look, Saturday Evening Post mags everywhere.
It was either that or the one with Clint Eastwood (haven't checked the contents or dates but probably his Rowdy Yates era on Rawhide). I spot-checked that one and Eastwood's hair alone was enough to send me into 1950s duck's-ass overload. That and the ultra-dumb-blonde gal pal they claimed he had. (Say, "Oy!")
Mr. Ed never pretended to be anything more than pleasant fluff, and did it exceedingly well. Wilbur was a TV character we easily remember, all these decades later. RIP.....