Mister Ed
The First Meeting
TV Flash files “The First Meeting” as a desk essential hour — Mister Ed (1961–1966) on CBS, season 1, episode 1, aired 1961-01-05, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 143 in the Mister Ed guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 1961-01-05 (30 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “The Ventriloquist” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “The First Meeting”. The First Meeting is the one-joke contract that didn't collapse: Alan Young's Wilbur, a palomino who talks, vaudeville timing as the save.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Newlyweds Carol and Wilbur Post move into their first home. When they discover that the previous owner left their horse in the barn out back, Carol suggest that they sell him. Wilbur however, convinces her to keep him and soon discovers that Mister Ed has a big secret.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The First Meeting sit in the Mister Ed guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 143 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Mister Ed S01E01 air?
The First Meeting aired 1961-01-05 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Wilbur talking to the horse while everyone else is out of the room is the entire engine. Theme song first; vaudeville patience second.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Mister Ed is the talking-horse sitcom that should have been a one-joke disaster and instead ran for years. Alan Young's Wilbur is the only human who must manage equine gossip while the palomino (voiced by Allan Lane) steals every scene. High-concept silliness executed with vaudeville patience — and a theme song that still colonizes the brain on contact.
The flash is a palomino with better gossip than the humans. Mister Ed is the talking-horse sitcom that should have been a one-joke disaster and instead ran for years — Alan Young's Wilbur Post the only human who must manage equine leaks while the horse, voiced by Allan "Rocky" Lane, steals every scene. Syndicated then CBS, 1961–1966: six seasons, 143 episodes. Connie Hines as Carol Post; neighbors never quite catch on. **They are not amicable, the secret and the stall.** High-concept silliness executed with…
Filed against
- Alan Young as Wilbur Post
Alan Young’s Wilbur Post spent Mister Ed talking to a horse on purpose — 1960s catalog high-concept silliness, vaudeville executed as a sitcom, then DuckTales asking the same warmth for Scrooge’s globetrotting greed. TV Flash files him as…
- Connie Hines as Carol Post
Connie Hines played Carol Post on Mister Ed — the talking-horse sitcom that should have been a one-joke disaster and instead ran for years. Alan Young's Wilbur manages equine gossip while the palomino (voiced by Allan Lane) steals every…
- Allan Lane as Voice of Mister Ed
Allan Lane’s voice of Mister Ed made a talking-horse sitcom that should have been a one-joke disaster run for years — Alan Young’s Wilbur managing equine gossip, the palomino stealing every scene, high-concept silliness with vaudeville…