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"What am I going to do with you?" an exasperated Wilbur Post (Alan Young) asks his best friend, the talking horse Mister Ed, at one point in this third season. "Love me," Ed replies. How can you not? He may be a slacker who devotes his days to eating and sleeping when he's not sleeping and eating, but Ed has a heart of gold and is devoted to Wilbur, the only human being to whom he will speak. Coming off its Golden Globe-winning second season, Mister Ed trots along with genuinely funny episodes that are of more than nostalgic entertainment for boomers. Children will surely delight in the mischief Ed makes, whether its pilfering apples from cheapskate neighbor Roger (Larry Keating), teaming with Wilbur to foil a couple of card sharks, or helping a performing elephant regain her confidence. What keeps Mister Ed's fantastic premise grounded is that the series does take place in the real world. There are various pop culture references to fads and personalities of the day, including the twist, iconic news team Huntley and Brinkley, and the Kennedy clan ("On my day off I wouldn't allow young Caroline on my back," Ed states in "Ed and the Secret Service"). As the great character actor Hans Conreid, portraying a temperamental artist, proclaims in "Ed and Paul Revere," "That horse is magnificent." But not for nothing was Mister Ed honored with a TV Land Award for Most Heart Warming Pet-Human Relationship. Even though it's Ed who gets top billing, it's a testament to the modest genius of the eminently likable Young that we really believe the palpable bond between Wilbur and Ed. There are episodes of the type one gets in a series' third season ("Ed Gets Amnesia," "Ed the Pilgrim," in which Ed tells the real story of Thanksgiving featuring the cast in historical roles). Better is "Horse Talk," a kind of dramatic episode in which Wilbur and Ed team up to clear the name of a handyman accused of doping a horse, and "Wilbur's Father," in which Young plays a dual role as Wilbur's 70-year-old father, whom Wilbur believes is remarrying a young gold digger. The set's lone extra is a career-spanning Internet radio interview with Young and knowledgeable and enthusiastic host Stu Shostak. The Complete Third Season comes highly recommended. Dare we say it tops our "gallop" poll. --Donald Liebenson
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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PLEASE, RELEASE THE ENTIRE SERIES!!!!!, Jun 15 2010
By Ranchin' 4-Jesus - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mister Ed: Season 3 (DVD)
Gotta love that Ed. I am so happy to see more seasons of Mister Ed being released and the quality is excellent considering the age of the material. I own all 3 seasons so far and the shows just seem to get better with each season. Very funny and great for the entire family. Please release more seasons of Mister Ed!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Brings back old memories!, Jun 29 2010
By Heather Frost - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Mister Ed: Season 3 (DVD)
I used to love this show when I was a kid, but since it was on when I was very small, I didn't remember the story lines, so it is like seeing them again, but for the first time....as an adult. Now I realize how cute and clever the show really was. I'm loving it, again, but from a whole new perspective.
29 of 38 people found the following review helpful
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Disappointed with Shout Factory., Sep 21 2010
By arnisdaddy "arnisdaddy" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Mister Ed: Season 3 (DVD)
The Mr Ed Show is great and my family loves them. However,I was disappointed with the fact that the third season didn't come with the episode description booklet that the two previous seasons have. I was further made VERY angry with the opening "sneek peek" reviews of other shows that Shout Factory has on DVD that show a comedian making a crude remark about having an abortion. This is not the kind of humor you expect to see on a DVD that children are going to watch. The reviews come on automatically when you load the video and is difficult to bypass. Maybe this kind of lanquage and ideology is acceptable for some but not most middle American families. I guess I will NEVER buy another Shout Factory product again. So sad the world has come to this where people are allowed to make such comments to children without consequences, and that good people can't watch a beloved series like Mr Ed w/o having such crude humor being "CRAMMED" down our throat. And people always complain that Christians cram their religion down our throats. Shout Factory should have more sense than this. People usually buy these DVD's BECAUSE they want some of the "good old days" when that kind of garbage wasn't allowed. GOODBYE SHOUT FACTORY!
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