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Date Posted: 12:33:46 11/24/03 Mon
Author: hint:you'll shoot your eye out
Subject: Who was the voice for MR ED?

BACKSTAGE SECRETS REVEALED...

Working with Mister Ed was like working with any other actor, says Alan Young (who played Wilbur Post, pictured right) in his book Mister Ed And Me - which you can often buy at eBay.

"I've got to be honest. To me, he was another actor," says Young of the Palomino horse. "I used to drive down the freeway following his trailer. If his tail was tucked inside, I knew he was sleepy. If it was flowing in the breeze, he was dying to get to work, as was I. And when we pulled up at the studio, he would stomp his feet."

This and more can be found in Young's tell-all tome, which includes such inside dirt as the real person behind Ed's voice: Allan 'Rocky' Lane, a former Western actor who, embarrassed to be playing a horse, kept his name off the credits. Lane later changed his mind, but the producers preferred to keep 'Mister Ed...Himself' in the scrolling text.

The book also reveals that Young had initially balked at the idea of starring with a horse: "They had approached me a few years beforehand. I said, 'I won't work with anyone who won't clean up after himself.'" After a few more years of showbiz ups and downs, he changed his mind!'

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