# How did they Get Mr. Ed to talk?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-get-mr-ed-to-talk/210595>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 31, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-get-mr-ed-to-talk/210595 "2003-10-31T04:05:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![RodeoCowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@RodeoCowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RodeoCowgirl)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-get-mr-ed-to-talk/210595/1 "2003-10-31T04:05:41Z")

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Cecil  
I read your older colomn about how you said Mr. Ed was taught to tak with peanut butter. Then the guy that asked you the question siad that you were wrong and you said that you weren’t. Well you were wrong because the real truth is at a web site that does in fact have proof that Mr. Ed talked with cues and the wire. It tells at this wed site. [http://lores.lair.moondance.org/mr.ed.html](http://lores.lair.moondance.org/mr.ed.html) It also states that the paenut butter thing was a liar because if it was true the horse would be using his tounge more then his lips.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-get-mr-ed-to-talk/210595/2 "2003-10-31T04:52:33Z")

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Welcome to the SDMB, **RodeoCowgirl**. That was a beautiful story you linked to.

Here’s the link to Cecil’s article: [How did they get Mr. Ed to talk?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_029.html)

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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-get-mr-ed-to-talk/210595/3 "2003-12-27T12:48:42Z")

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You’d have to give him something to say…“But Mr. Ed will NEVER speak unless he’s got something to say” 🙂 (Sorry but it had to be said!)

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-get-mr-ed-to-talk/210595/4 "2003-12-27T13:08:23Z")

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Liar liar pants on fire…wasn’t Mr Ed a chipmunk or [something](http://www.snopes.com/lost/mistered.asp) ?