# Mr. Ed / Snopes.com / National Examiner Trifecta **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2000, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-ed-snopes-com-national-examiner-trifecta/21635 "2000-06-07T05:54:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DBCooper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@DBCooper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DBCooper)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-ed-snopes-com-national-examiner-trifecta/21635/1 "2000-06-07T05:54:50Z")
So I’ve heard that Snopes has (sort of) solved the “Up the Butt, Bob” mystery. Well, today I spied a recent issue of the National Examiner with a VERY INTERESTING headline: “Mr. Ed a Zebra!!! --Shocking Claim Inside!” Always intrigued by Shocking Claims, I turned to the article in question. Two thoughts crossed my mind upon reaching the brazenly entitled, “Mr. Ed! You thought he was a horse, of course!” One: Hey, nobody told me JonBonet Ramsey had been murdered! Thank you, National Examiner, for keeping me on top of the events that shape my world! Two: Hey, I’ve heard this one before. [Snopes.com](http://Snopes.com) did a report on Mr. Ed’s true equine identity a long time ago. Apparently, the Examiner’s a bit behind on the times, while Snopes consistantly kicks ass. Anyone read the article, either of them, and know of what I speak? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-ed-snopes-com-national-examiner-trifecta/21635/2 "2000-06-07T06:02:55Z")
The thing on Snopes was a joke, wasn’t it? I mean, the lame “Mr Ed in color/B&W” graphic? And–of all the animals in the world that wouldn’t show their true colors on a B&W TV–a ZEBRA!!! Mr Ed was obviously a beautiful, but elderly, palamino horse. There are so many anatomical differences between zebras and horses! You’d be better off trying to confuse zebras and donkeys. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-ed-snopes-com-national-examiner-trifecta/21635/3 "2000-06-07T14:44:25Z")
Yes, the Snopes thing was a joke. They have a whole section that’s basically “if you’ll believe this, you’ll believe anything”. I can’t remember the name of the section, but it’s there. That’s where the Mr. Ed thing is, and a thing about why KFC changed its name, among others. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-ed-snopes-com-national-examiner-trifecta/21635/4 "2000-06-07T14:55:37Z")
The Snopes area is called The Repository Of Lost Legends, or TROLL. Get it? 😃 It threw me too, mainly because somebody sited the Mr. Ed page directly, so I didn’t catch that it was in the spoof area. Then some kind soul here pointed out the topic area, and I felt enlightened (yet stupid for believing it in the first place). ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-ed-snopes-com-national-examiner-trifecta/21635/5 "2000-06-07T15:08:16Z")
Yeah, I figured out the Snopes Repository was only for the most gullible pretty quickly. ---
**Author:** ![DBCooper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@DBCooper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DBCooper)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-ed-snopes-com-national-examiner-trifecta/21635/6 "2000-06-07T15:13:57Z")
Mr. Ed was a horse? I’m GULLIBLE??? Christ. Ok. Well, I suppose the answer now is suicide. Thank you and goodbye. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-ed-snopes-com-national-examiner-trifecta/21635/7 "2000-06-08T04:38:25Z")
It always seemed reasonable to me. After all, he spoke with such a pronounced zebra accent. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-ed-snopes-com-national-examiner-trifecta/21635/8 "2000-06-12T03:10:30Z")
I just picked up a copy of the Nat’l Examiner. Their article directly quotes the Snopes TROLL story. As Bugs Bunny would say, “Whadda bunch of maroons!”