February 6, 1966 –
No amount of sweet tea, fresh hay or willing fillies could induce Bamboo Harvester (yes, I know he was a gelding,) to go on and the final episode of Mister Ed, Ed Goes to College aired on CBS TV on this date.
Mister Ed’s ability to talk was never explained and rarely contemplated on the show. In the first episode, when Wilbur expresses an inability to understand the situation, Mister Ed offers the show’s only remark on the subject: “Don’t try. It’s bigger than both of us!“
The Haus of Dcaligari 