So he purchased a series of “Talking Horse” books by Walter R. Brooks, and thus, out of the gate, came “Mister Ed” as a syndicated series in early 1961.

In this March 22, 1962 file photo, Mister Ed, equine star of the television series of the same name, poses with his TV co-star Alan Young on a beach in Malibu, Calif. | AP Photo, File Share Editor ...

Alan Young of the "Mister Ed" TV series, poses with Champagne, a 13-year-old Palomino mare in San Francisco on July 31, 1997. SUSAN RAGAN / AP, file ...

Mister Ed, the hit comedy from the early Sixties featuring a talking horse, could be making a return to the small screen. And this time Mister Ed might have a black, urban accent. The horse may be ...

Claim: Outtake from the Mister Ed TV series captures the talking equine making a racist comment. Status: False. Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2006] ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor-comedian Alan Young, who played the amiable straight man to a talking horse in the 1960s sitcom "Mister Ed," has died, a spokeswoman for the Motion Picture and ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor-comedian Alan Young, who played the amiable straight man to a talking horse in the 1960s sitcom "Mister Ed," has died, a spokeswoman for the Motion Picture and ...

Mr. Ed visits a beach beatnik art colony with his TV friend, Alan Young, March 22, 1962.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor-comedian Alan Young, who played the amiable straight man to a talking horse in the 1960s sitcom Mister Ed, has died, a spokeswoman for the Motion Picture and Television ...

FILE - In this July 31, 1997 file photo shows actor Alan Young of the "Mister Ed" TV series, poses with Champagne, a 13-year-old Palomino mare in San Francisco. Young died Thursday, May 19, 2016.

This July 31, 1997, photo shows actor Alan Young of the "Mister Ed" TV series, with Champagne, a 13-year-old Palomino mare in San Francisco. In this Feb. 10, 2012 file photo, actor Max von Sydow ...

Actor-comedian Alan Young, who played the amiable straight man to a talking horse in the 1960s sitcom “Mister Ed,” has died, a spokeswoman for the Motion Picture and Television Home said Friday.