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474 lines
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Hello, I'm Mr. Red.
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A horse is a horse, of course, of course, and no one can talk to a horse, of course,
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that is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. Red.
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Go right to the source and ask the horse, he'll give you the answer that you endorse.
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He's always on a steady course, talk to Mr. Red.
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Hello.
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Oh, hi, Carol, this is Kay.
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Did you get up enough nerve to ask Wilbur to buy you your own car yet?
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No, I haven't.
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Well, sweetie, if I were you, why are you breathing so heavily?
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Me? I thought it was you.
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Sweetie, ask Wilbur for the car.
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If I were that afraid of my husband, my mink would still be running around in the forest.
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Maybe you're right.
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I'll ask him this morning. See you later.
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Ed, have you been eavesdropping again?
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Yes and no.
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What do you mean, yes and no?
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Yes if you saw me and no if you didn't.
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Well, I saw you and you should be ashamed of yourself.
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All right, then I won't tell you what I just heard on the phone.
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Good. I don't want to hear it.
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Okay, but when you're married, you need all the help you can get.
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Ed, I told you, I do not want to hear it.
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But Carol was talking to Kay and it's going to cost you a fortune.
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But if you don't want to hear it, let's skip it.
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Huh? Who?
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Ed, what is going to cost me a fortune?
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You said you didn't want to hear it, so my lips are sealed.
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Ed, you talk or there won't be any television for you tonight.
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The next voice you hear will be Ed the Blabbermouth.
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All right, let's hear it.
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Your wife wants her own car.
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She does. She does. She does.
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She does what?
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Wants her own car.
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Who does?
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My wife.
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She does?
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Well, I hope you're getting ready to turn her down.
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Well, first, I mean, I'll try to be fair.
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I'll listen to what she has to say and then I'll turn her down.
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Good boy. And hold fast.
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Because if you get Carol that car, if I know Kay, she'll want something too.
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Boy, will I turn her down.
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Good. Now remember, you've got to promise me...
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Wilbur, I'm sorry to hear about your losses.
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If things don't get better and you feel that you have to borrow money from me, don't hesitate to ask.
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Money? But I don't need...
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Thank you, Roger.
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I'll let you know.
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I'm sorry, Carol.
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Wilbur, why are you borrowing money?
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Borrowing money?
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Now, don't you try to hide any bad news from me.
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I'm not.
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It's nothing that I can't take care of myself.
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Well, what can I do for you?
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Well, I was thinking that...
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Are you sure everything's all right?
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Look, darling, no matter what happens, we...
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We still have each other.
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Of course, that's... that's all we may have.
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Wilb... what can I do for you?
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Well, I've given this a great deal of thought and I...
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Nothing.
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I... I was just wondering if you could spare the car. I have some shopping I have to do.
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Oh, sure. You know, honey, if I'm not using the car, it's yours.
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Oh, thank you, dear.
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Of course, if you could find a street without any parking meters, I'd appreciate it.
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Wilbur, if you think we should be cutting down on expenses...
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Now, now, now. Things aren't that bad... yet.
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What are we having for dinner tonight, dear?
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Well, I... I was planning on prime rib, but I'm making hot dogs now.
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Better make it one each.
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All right, dear.
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Wilbur, I think it worked.
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Oh, I feel like a heel. I mean, I feel awful.
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Did you see how sad she looked?
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Let's face it, buddy boy, a woman is a sometime thing.
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Yeah, sometimes they drive you nuts.
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Hello. Oh, hello, Wilbur.
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It worked, huh? Oh, great. Fooled Carol completely, huh?
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Oh, I knew you could talk her out of that car.
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There's nothing easier than pulling the wool over your wife's eyes.
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And was I convincing. Carol's liable to go out now and look for a job.
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How wonderful. Hey, Wilbur.
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Wilbur, why are you breathing so heavily?
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Have we been cut off?
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Well, no, it's probably a loose connection.
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You know, you can always count on that poverty routine. It always works.
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I've been pulling it for years on Kay.
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For a couple of months now, she's been trying to get me to buy her an expensive strand of pearls.
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I keep getting her off the track by...
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Bye-bye, Wilbur.
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I'll bet you think I didn't know you were there all the time.
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That's why I made up that ridiculous...
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How dare you spy on me?
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That was very sneaky, telling Wilbur not to buy Carol a car.
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You advise her, why can't I advise him?
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Two wrongs don't make a right. Carol needs a car of her own.
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Like you need that string of pearls.
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I'll have those pearls in the morning.
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Only if you dive for them tonight.
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With me advising Carol, they better get a two-car garage.
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I wouldn't bet on that, my dear.
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I'd bet my new string of pearls on it.
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It's a deal. If Carol gets the car, you get the pearls.
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Fine.
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But if she doesn't get the car, then you hand over your charger plate to me for two months.
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Two whole months?
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How could I have been such a fool?
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Wilbur acted as though we were going bankrupt.
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He looked so sad, I could have cried.
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Oh boy, oh boy, what a prized simpleton I am.
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And I never even got to ask for the car.
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Sweetie, take it easy, or you'll have a wall-to-wall omelet.
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Oh, that Wilbur.
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I didn't even know I was going to ask for the car.
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I think Addison has our house bugged.
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I'm not going to give up.
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Add a girl.
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Remember, you're fighting for two of us.
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Your car and my pearls.
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Oh, who does he think he is?
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Why, I'm going to go right out there and tell him a thing or two.
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Oh, he probably thinks I'm the stupidest thing that ever lived in this...
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No, no, no, no, no.
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That's no way.
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Tell him nothing.
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You've got to hit him in his weak spot.
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Weak spot?
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Oh yes, you know who your husband loves the most.
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What a silly thing to say.
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Of course I do.
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Good, we agree.
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It's the horse.
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The horse?
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Why, yes.
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Now listen, I've been in the marital ring for a heck of a long time,
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and I'll tell you, you've got to keep punching all the time.
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Ed, what's the matter?
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My ears are burning.
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Someone's talking about me.
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Maybe they're saying nice things for a change.
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According to my horoscope, I shouldn't leave the barn today.
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I'm surprised at you.
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I didn't think you believed in that stuff.
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Well, they warned Julius Caesar, and you know where he got it.
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Ed.
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Right in the lobanza.
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I think I've nothing to worry about.
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Oh, no.
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If I were a cat, I'd be up a tree now.
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Take it easy, Ed.
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Wilbur, don't leave me today.
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You're acting like a baby.
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Well, I'm only seven and a half years old.
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You've got nothing to worry about.
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I'll save your place in the world than a barn.
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Wilbur, come on.
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We're late.
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♪
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Wilbur.
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I'm worried.
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Now, Kay overheard our telephone conversation,
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and still Carol hasn't asked you to buy her that car.
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Well, what are you worried about?
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She knows what my answer will be.
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Good boy. Stick with it.
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I've got a string of pearls riding on you.
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Those pearls will never leave the oyster.
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But Carol must know by now that you tricked her.
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It's just not natural for a wife not to fight back.
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I'm not worried.
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Carol isn't the sneaky type.
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That's what Samson said just before Delilah reached for the scissors.
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You're selling yourself over nothing.
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Believe me, we can outwit our wives.
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No, we can't.
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♪
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Say, but your horse hitched to a carriage.
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Whoa, Mr. Ed!
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♪
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What is all this, honey?
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Isn't it a great idea?
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I thought we'd use Mr. Ed for transportation.
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♪
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Look, I've been pulling this for two days.
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Put a stop to it.
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Well, it's not so bad.
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The only thing I want behind me is my tail.
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Try to hold out a little bit longer.
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I think Carol's starting to weaken.
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Well, now, that's just fine.
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I'm pulling a wagon and she's weakening.
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Oh.
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Huh?
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Oh.
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Oh.
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Oh.
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Oh.
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Wilbur, I'm proud of you.
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Kay hasn't even mentioned those pearls in a couple of days.
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That's great, but you know,
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pulling this heavy wagon is kind of hard on my horse.
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Well, that's what he's for.
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He's only a dumb animal.
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Oh, he nearly stepped on me.
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Come on, girls.
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It's a lovely day for a ride.
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Oh, I hate to go into the side room.
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Huh?
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Well, have you ever done that before?
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No, I haven't.
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Oh, my, I just can't wait to go riding in that surrey.
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I'm a weirdo.
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Well, off you go, Globel.
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All right, here we go.
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Oh, oh, oh.
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Oh, oh.
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Uh-oh.
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Here we go.
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Here we go.
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Oh, oh.
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Here we go.
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Oh, oh.
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Oh.
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Oh, oh.
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Oh, hello, Owens,
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front yard of the next town just for us is my patron saint.
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Well, I'm
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The innocent always suffer.
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Give her the car.
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It'll only last for a few days.
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You see, she'll give in.
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I wasn't cut out for work.
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I'm a playboy.
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S-P-C-A.
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May I speak to the Cruelty to Horses Division?
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Hello, Mrs. Adams speaking.
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Do you protect poor dumb horses?
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We certainly do.
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Do you know of one that's being mistreated?
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They're making him pull an overloaded carriage
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that the 20 mule team couldn't pull.
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That is awful.
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May I please have your name?
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Oh, uh, just call me an animal lover.
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Well, would you give me the name of the guilty party?
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Well, I'm not a squealer.
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But her name is Mrs. Post, 17230 Valley Road.
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And please hurry.
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This poor horse can't talk like you and me.
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Don't you worry.
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I'll attend to this personally this afternoon.
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Thank you.
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Honey?
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Yeah?
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Honey, would you please hitch up Mr. Ed?
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I'm expecting the girls any minute now.
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Where are you taking him today?
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Oh, we haven't decided yet.
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It's so much fun just driving him around town.
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Will that Flo-Bell McGuire be going?
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Of course.
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Honey, she must weigh at least 200 pounds.
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220.
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Oh, and Flo-Bell has a twin sister
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who's going to join us today.
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A twin? Is she...
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230.
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Flo-Bell, we're all ready.
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We'll be there in a few minutes.
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Carol, listen to me.
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Oh, excuse me, dear.
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Carol, listen to me.
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You are not going to take Ed out of the barn today.
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He's been sneezing, and he looks tired.
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But dear, I'm only doing it for you.
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I'm Mrs. Adams of the SPCA.
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Are you Mrs. Post?
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Yes.
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Vent, please.
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Thank you.
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We have a complaint
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that you've been abusing your horse.
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Complaint?
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Oh, but that's ridiculous.
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My wife adores our horse, don't you, dear?
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Oh, yes, I adore him.
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Yeah.
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May I see the horse, please?
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Now?
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Yeah, well, he's now having his regular three-hour nap.
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But we have some lovely photographs of him in our album.
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They're in color.
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It shows his nice, healthy cheeks, rosy and all.
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I'll get him for you.
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Why, there he is,
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with his head sticking out of the barn door.
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Believe me, Mrs. Adams,
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my wife loves animals.
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I know.
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She's been married to me for three years.
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May I please see the poor animal?
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Oh, Wilbur.
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Now, look what you got us into, huh?
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Mrs. Adams, we would never mistreat our horse.
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What's wrong with him?
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Well, I told you he was taking his nap.
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Let's tiptoe out of here.
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Just a minute, please.
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My wife just fed him a big lunch.
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He never nibbles between meals.
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And no horse ever refuses sugar cubes.
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He, uh, he never eats sugar.
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Uh, I mean, he likes apples.
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Just Washington apples.
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Well, he just won't eat a thing.
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This horse is not well.
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I don't understand it.
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Honestly, Wilbur, we girls never took him to the park.
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We only took him a few blocks from the house,
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just to fool you.
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Achoo!
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Gesundheit.
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I just don't understand what's wrong with him.
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I'll be back with a warrant to take him away.
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Mrs. Adams, I can explain everything.
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Mr. Adams never works a day in his life.
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The reason my wife had him pull a carriage...
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What's going on here?
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Oh, Wilbur, I'm sorry I started the whole thing.
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You don't have to buy me a new car.
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Oh.
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Your charger plate, my dear.
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You, you're on your feet.
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Well, she said she was getting a warrant to take me away.
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So you were faking.
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Yeah, everything except there's cold.
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Achoo!
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I wet my feet down myself the other day to get it.
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You mean you deliberately caught cold
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so you could get Carol into trouble?
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Well, when that woman comes back,
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you better tell her the truth yourself.
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I talk only to you.
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Oh, no, you've outsmarted yourself this time, Ed.
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You'd better tell the truth tomorrow to that woman
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or tomorrow you're gonna be pulling a milk wagon.
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And I thought I had set up a perfect crime.
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Well, okay.
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I'll talk.
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You'd better.
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I'm a pretty sick horse, and you're awfully mean to me.
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Oh, my aching back.
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Now, now, everything's gonna be all right, honey.
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But you still haven't told me.
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How are you going to convince Mrs. Adams
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that I never mistreated Mr. Ed?
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Uh, well, look, I was gonna keep it a secret,
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but Ed's gonna clear you.
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Oh, how?
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Well, I can't tell you now because you won't believe me,
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but he'll do it because you wouldn't want
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to pull a milk wagon either.
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I'm in trouble, and you're making up riddles.
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Oh!
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Oh, Ed, this is gonna be a great day for me.
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Not only are you gonna clear Carol,
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but people are gonna find out that I am not out of my mind
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because you can really talk.
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Ed, you're not angry with me, are you?
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Well, why don't you say something?
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Ed, you haven't changed your mind.
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Well, why aren't you talking to me?
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Laryngitis?
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But that means...
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Ed, you've got to talk.
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Oh!
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How?
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Oh, but, Ed, now that lady will be here soon, and...
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We've got to make you talk or Carol will be in trouble.
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Real trouble.
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Oh!
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Don't be mad, Ed.
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Okay?
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Try it again. Say, ah.
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Oh!
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Open.
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Now, again, ah.
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Oh!
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Now, let's get the tube,
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and we'll try this horse-ass thing.
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I'm just gonna put it in the tube, see?
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Into the mouth, and I'm gonna blow on three.
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Okay, ready? Open wide. That's it. Open up.
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Ready? Now, one, two...
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Oh!
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Very funny.
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Now, we'll just add a little epsom salt.
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Oh!
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Oh, now, it'll be all right.
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Stand still. There. There we go.
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All right, now.
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Here, you'll feel fine.
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That a boy. Good boy.
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Just stand still.
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Up, up, up.
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There we go. One more, and there we are.
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Ah.
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How's that, Ed? You feel better?
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Oh!
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Let's just take your temperature again.
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Oh!
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Open up. Open up. Open wide.
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Come on. Open up.
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Hold it.
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Hold it, Ed, now.
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Just a few more seconds.
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Temperature can't be that bad.
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That's it.
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Aren't you a little old to be playing doctor?
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Ed has laryngitis.
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Oh? I suppose he told you that.
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No, he wrote a note.
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Goodbye, Wilbur.
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You helped me win a bet, but I think you suffered a nervous breakdown in doing it.
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Ah, you're coming back to normal.
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Aren't you glad I sprayed your throat?
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Oh, my pill.
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I don't understand it, Mrs. Post.
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I've checked on you in the neighborhood, and you seem to enjoy a fine reputation.
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Believe me, Mrs. Adams, I would never harm our horse.
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But he looked so ill when I saw him yesterday.
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Mrs. Adams, before you do a thing, we've got to have a little talk.
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It's too late for that, Mr. Post.
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It's very obvious the animal is unhappy here.
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He seems like a different animal.
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Believe me, he loves my wife.
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He loves her more than I do.
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I promise you, Mrs. Adams, I'll never hitch Mr. Ed to a wagon again.
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She won't have to.
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With her own new car.
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Wilbur!
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Well, I guess you are happy here.
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It's a Washington apple.
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Oh, it's beautiful. Just beautiful.
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Oh, thanks again, honey.
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Me, all you have to do is ask.
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What a nice husband.
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Walkin's for the birds.
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I gotta buy myself a car someday.
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A horse is a horse, of course, of course, of course,
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and no one can talk to a horse, of course, that is, of course,
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unless the horse is the famous Mr. Ed.
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Go right to the source and ask the horse,
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he'll give you the answer that you endorse.
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He's always on a steady course.
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Talk to Mr. Ed.
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He'll booyakety yak a streak and waste your time a day,
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but Mr. Ed will never speak unless he has something to say.
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A horse is a horse, of course, of course,
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and this one will talk to his voice, his horse.
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You never heard of a talking horse?
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Well, listen to this.
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I am Mr. Ed.
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This has been a Filmways television presentation.
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