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Alan Young, star of 1960s sitcom 'Mr. Ed,' dies at 96
Associated Press ^ | May 20, 2016 7:09 PM EDT | Lynn Elber

Posted on 05/20/2016 4:48:28 PM PDT by Olog-hai

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. He was 96.

The English-born, Canadian-educated Young died Thursday, according to Jaime Larkin, spokeswoman for the retirement community where Young had lived for four years. His children were with him when he died peacefully of natural causes, she said.

Young was already a well-known radio and TV comedian, having starred in his own Emmy-winning variety show, when “Mister Ed” was being readied at comedian George Burns’ production company. Burns is said to have told his staff: “Get Alan Young. He looks like the kind of guy a horse would talk to.” …

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To: PLMerite
Maybe they should have had him talking to a cow?

I would have no beef with that.

61 posted on 05/20/2016 7:55:48 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: Rastus

He had a radio show in the 40s. I think Jim Bacchus aka Mr. Magoo & Thurston Howell played his father-in-law. He was also on Jimmy Durante’s radio show.


62 posted on 05/20/2016 9:45:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Impy; Clintonfatigued; stephenjohnbanker; BillyBoy

Time Machine - one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies...

RIP. Sad to hear.


63 posted on 05/21/2016 10:55:17 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: castlegreyskull; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; Clintonfatigued

I remember watching it on Nick at Nite as well. RIP.


64 posted on 05/21/2016 9:27:40 PM PDT by Impy (Did you know "Hillary" spelled backwards is "Bitch"?)
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To: Olog-hai

He was great in The Time Machine with multiple parts! Rest in Peace after a long and interesting life.


65 posted on 05/24/2016 3:08:50 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - voted Trump 2016 & Dude, Cruz ain't bona fide)
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To: MarvinStinson

The old timers here would have yelled “Bandwidth!”


66 posted on 05/24/2016 3:59:26 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - voted Trump 2016 & Dude, Cruz ain't bona fide)
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To: higgmeister

Well, I tried.

But you do need a big screen to see that.


67 posted on 05/24/2016 5:58:17 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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Well, I tried.

But you do need a big screen to see that.

I'm fine with it because I have a great connection and up to date processing power. It just sent me back to '98 for a moment to when most FReepers were on dialup and would yell bloody murder if anyone locked up their link with a major graphic.
It was a good memory.

68 posted on 05/24/2016 7:54:16 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - voted Trump 2016 & Dude, Cruz ain't bona fide)
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