Cheap The Best of Mister Ed - Volume 1 (DVD) (Connie Hines, Allan Lane, Alan Young) (Alan Young, Jus Addiss, Rodney Amateau, Arthur Lubin, John Rich (II)) Price

"It's been a long time since I was a pony." These immortal words launched one of television's most unlikely, but enduring friendships between architect Wilbur Post and Mister Ed, his talking horse. What better escape from the onslaught of reality television than a thoroughbred example of unreality television? Although, so convincing is Alan Young as Wilbur, and so easy his rapport with his equine costar, that you really do believe a horse can talk (Ed's voice is courtesy of Western character actor Alan Lane). This two-disc set saddles up 21 episodes from the first three seasons of this Golden Globe-winning series, which was recently added to the TV Land stable of '60s retro faves. Director Arthur Lubin knew his way around the barn. He directed the best of the Francis series of talking-mule comedies. While the episode with Mae West is sadly absent, this set does include Ed's memorable encounters with Clint Eastwood (then starring on Rawhide), George Burns (who produced the series' pilot episode), and original diva Zsa Zsa Gabor. Young is a gifted comic actor in his own right, but just as George Burns had his Gracie, Young has his Ed, who gets all the good lines, as when Wilbur congratulates Ed on curing Zsa Zsa's fear of horses. Ed replies, "She cured my fear of Hungarians." But the writers took the show's surreal premise and galloped with it, as when Ed joins the beatnik set in "Ed, the Beachcomber." Sound unbelievable? We'll give Ed the last word, of course, of course. "Don't try to understand it," he advises Wilbur during their first meeting. "It's bigger than both of us." --Donald Liebenson

ACTORS:	Connie Hines, Allan Lane, Alan Young
CATEGORY:	DVD
DIRECTOR:	Alan Young, Jus Addiss, Rodney Amateau, Arthur Lubin, John Rich (II)
THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE:	04 January, 1961
MANUFACTURER:	MGM (Video & DVD)
MPAA RATING:	NR (Not Rated)
FEATURES:	Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
TYPE:	Children, Comedies, Family, Movie, TV Shows, Television
MEDIA:	DVD
MPN:	D1005526D
# OF MEDIA:	2
UPC:	027616898012