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Connie Hines dies at 79; costar on TV's 'Mister Ed'
LA Times ^ | 12/22/09 | keith Thursby

Posted on 12/22/2009 10:17:51 AM PST by pissant

Connie Hines, an actress who portrayed Carol Post, whose husband Wilbur was the only person who could talk with Mister Ed in the 1960s television show, has died. She was 79.

Hines died Friday at her home in Beverly Hills from complications of heart problems, said Alan Young, her "Mister Ed" costar. "I lost a great friend. She was always joyous," Young said Monday.

In the show, which ran from 1961 to 1966 on CBS, the Posts moved into a rambling country home and found a horse in their barn. The center of the show became the banter between Young and the horse, Mister Ed, which left Hines trying to make the most of her opportunities.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: classics; connie; conniehines; hines; hollywood; mred; tv
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All the women on TV looked good back then. Most look like tramps today.


1 posted on 12/22/2009 10:17:53 AM PST by pissant
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She was cute, funny, and had a K.O. figure.


2 posted on 12/22/2009 10:22:12 AM PST by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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Yes......She.......did.......


3 posted on 12/22/2009 10:24:56 AM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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I loved Carol! As a little girl in those days, I thought she was so pretty and funny. And, I also loved Mr. Ed of course of course!


4 posted on 12/22/2009 10:28:04 AM PST by FrdmLvr ("The people will believe what the media tells them they believe." Orwell)
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To: pissant

Those were the days. TV was fun back then: The Beverly Hillbillies, Gomer Pyle, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Hogan’s Heroes, The Flying Nun, All in the Family, Carol Burnett, the Ed Sullivan Show, Johnny Carson, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Lost in Space, The Addams Family, The Munsters, The Partridge Family, Family Affair, Gilligan’s Island,—I could list more... Now compare that to what we have today: American Idol, reality shows, MTV, Roseanne, Survivor.


5 posted on 12/22/2009 10:28:43 AM PST by Welcome2thejungle
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To: Monterrosa-24

In the later years of the show, she put on a few extra pounds which I always liked- even as a little kid.


6 posted on 12/22/2009 10:33:01 AM PST by Krankor
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To: Welcome2thejungle

Vic Morrow and “Combat!”


7 posted on 12/22/2009 10:34:51 AM PST by shadowcat
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To: Welcome2thejungle
Yes the shows were better and they were free. Remember when Cable started expanding in the late 70s the big selling point was that cable channels were commercial free and that's why you had to pay for them.

The one thing that's better today is that we no longer depend on the networks for news.

8 posted on 12/22/2009 10:35:46 AM PST by YankeeReb (There's no such thing as Free Health care OR a JOBLESS RECOVERY)
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To: shadowcat

Loved Combat! Don’t forget Twelve O’Clock High.


9 posted on 12/22/2009 10:39:07 AM PST by Welcome2thejungle
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To: YankeeReb

Yes but there is a lot on cable I like: Fox News, the Military Channel, The History Channel, Nat Geo, Discovery, Animal Planet, TCM, Travel-—this gives me a break from all of the other mindless crap.


10 posted on 12/22/2009 10:41:10 AM PST by Welcome2thejungle
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To: YankeeReb

“...The one thing that’s better today is that we no longer depend on the networks for news.”

You’re right about that. Remember when LBJ had that console installed in the Oval Office with three TVs so he could watch the three major networks at news time. Thank God that the influence of ABC, NBC, CBS, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time, and Newsweek has declined due to more competition.

To borrow George Wallace’s phrase there was “not a dimes worth of difference” between all the above mentioned media and all of them were/are very far to the Left.


11 posted on 12/22/2009 10:42:15 AM PST by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: Welcome2thejungle

I’m 60yo, and I’ve got to admit that other than the Bob Newhart show, none of those old shows you mentioned were very entertaining to me then or now. I will admit though, that I don’t watch any of the current shows you mentioned either. It’s a different time and a different world.


12 posted on 12/22/2009 10:43:07 AM PST by stuartcr (If we are truly made in the image of God, why do we have faults?)
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To: stuartcr

Newhart always was the best. :-)


14 posted on 12/22/2009 10:47:16 AM PST by Tired of Taxes (Dad, I will always think of you.)
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I could watch an episode of Hogan’s Heroes or Gilligan’s Island over and over and over and over and over and still get quite a laugh out of it. Can you say that about Roseanne? Or any of the reality shows?


15 posted on 12/22/2009 10:47:41 AM PST by Welcome2thejungle
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To: Welcome2thejungle

They sure were great shows.


16 posted on 12/22/2009 10:48:24 AM PST by Tired of Taxes (Dad, I will always think of you.)
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To: Tired of Taxes

Yes they sure were. Actors had class back then. They kept their private lives private so there was no need for the paparazzi, the National Enquirer, or TMZ. Hollywood was so much more fun and wholesome and geared toward Middle America. Now it really is Hollyweird!


17 posted on 12/22/2009 10:53:50 AM PST by Welcome2thejungle
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God Bless Connie. True class talent back in innocent happy-go-lucky times...

A Tribute to Mr. Ed and his show....................

 

More.............................

 

18 posted on 12/22/2009 10:55:17 AM PST by NoRedTape
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To: shadowcat

Because of Combat , I took German in high school. Damn if they weren’t speaking German on the show .Bought my son (26) the DVD set of all Combat seasons for Christmas .


19 posted on 12/22/2009 11:06:54 AM PST by Renegade (You go tell my buddies)
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To: Welcome2thejungle

In the mid 80’s my company had me TDY in Bloomington, MN working on a program, and I noticed what seemed like half of the team would take off around lunchtime together. I found out later they were going over to this guys house to watch Mr Ed.


20 posted on 12/22/2009 11:06:59 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15)
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