The video version of an old joke.

In this show, titled "Leo Durocher Meets Mister Ed," the horse, a staunch L.A. Dodger fan, spots a few batting weaknesses among the line-up while watching one of their televised games.

The episode was aired as the opener for the fourth season (Sept. 29, 1963) and features -- in addition to Durocher -- Sandy Koufax, Moose Skowron {"Did you see that?"), Willie Davis ("I don't believe it.") and Johnny Roseboro, who hilariously climbs the batting cage to avoid the sliding equine.

I wonder how much the players were paid for this (speaking parts pay more) and whether they enjoyed their participation. Hey, that's life in Hollywood, baby.

Ed The Beneficiary

Most recently, on February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry, killing seven.
In February of 1953, the collapse of a protective dike flooded the Netherlands in what was termed the worst disaster to strike the region in 300 years.

On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Richy Valens and the Big Bopper all died tragically in a plane crash, and the rest of us had to suffer through all eight and a half minutes of “American Pie” by Don McLean because of it.
In February of 1998, an earthquake in Afghanistan killed nearly 4,000 people, and left hundreds of thousands more homeless. February 29, 1960, another earthquake in Morocco killed thousands more, proving that Mother Earth hates February just as much as I do.

On February 9, 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy began his infamous witch hunt, naming nearly 200 members of the state department as communists. Maybe the weather got to him.

In 1945, the United States and Great Britain commenced the bombing of the German city of Dresden, now thought to be one of the most devastating uses of military force in human history. And you guessed it; the bombing started on February 14. Happy Valentines day, Germany.

February was the month when the Gulf war began in 1991. In February of 1969, Fidel Castro was sworn in as the new Cuban Prime Minister, and a decade later, China invaded Vietnam. The weather probably doesn’t suck as much in the jungle.

The first bombing of the World Trade Center in New York city took place on February 26, 1993, and one of the earliest terrorist attacks to hit London took place on February 18, three years later, when a bus explosion killed three people.

And lest we forget, in honor of Black History month, that on February 21, 1965, influential civil rights leader Malcolm X was assassinated.

Still not convinced? Malcolm X wasn’t the only person to get it in the merry month of February; all of the following people also died during this month from hell: russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevski; Mary Stuart (queen of scots); Peter ‘the Great’ (first czar of Russia); french philosopher Rene Descartes; author of ‘Frankenstein’ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; actor Buster Keaton; both James G. Macdonald, the voice of Mickey Mouse, and Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck; actor Boris Karloff; british philosopher Bertrand Russell; Leo I, the first byzantine emperor; President Woodrow Wilson; director John Cassavetes; artist Gustav Klimt; Saint Benedict; poet Sylvia Plath; author Frank Herbert; german philosopher Immanuel Kant; composer Richard Wagner; crooner Nat King Cole; author Moliare; pianist Theolonius Monk; church reformist Martin Luther; renaissance painter Michealangelo; philosopher Baruch Spinoza; premier German poet and author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure; artist Andy Warhol; John Gutenburg, inventor of the printing press; poet John Keats; President John Quincy Adams; Lou Costello, of Abbot and Costello; philosopher/psychologist Carl Jaspers; poet Phillis Wheatly; and author Henry James.

Even Mr. Ed, television’s most famous talking horse, died in February.  Need I say more?

Stop sending me e-mails that tell me to boycott Exxon, Mobile, or 7-11 in hopes that a “mass walkout” would force them to lower the price of gas. Trust me, their powers far outweigh our ability to not consume gas. 

While we are at it… 

Bill Gates/Microsoft/AOL are not giving cash away (even if the e-mail says “I got a check”). 

Chevy’s, Denny’s, and Burger King are not giving away free food for “clicking here.” 

You cannot travel around the world for free if you “sign up” now. 

The Nigerian, the Orphane, and the Daughter of a Sheik do not have $168 billion they need to wire to your bank account (no matter how much they say they “trust” you).

Similarly, no one who has a mine of diamonds needs your help. 

A tooth left in Coke overnight does not dissolve. 

You don’t get more gas for your money if it is cold (the tanks are under ground!). 

And one that you probably didn’t know… 

Mr. Ed was not really a horse. He was a Zebra (which, when shooting in black and white, no one could tell). 

There…that should free up a few billion e-mails on the net each week.

Now, forward this blog to 10 friends..

the funniest part is how funny she thought it was!

Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern was secretly videotaped kvetching about The Gays at a Republican party meeting.

“I honestly think it's the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam. ... The homosexual agenda is a very real threat to the sacred institution of marriage and the traditional family unit … If you have cancer in your little toe, do you just say that I'm going to forget about it since the rest of you is fine? It spreads! This stuff is deadly and it is spreading. It will destroy our young people and it will destroy this nation.”

Since then, Ms. Kern has been busy defending her comments while lashing out at her lesbian and gay neighbors both for trying to blocking her speech and for releasing the video on YouTube.

“They want to silence anyone who does not approve their lifestyle. They want their freedom but don't want those who disagree to have their freedom.”

Now I could say a bunch of lofty stuff about “with freedom comes responsibility” and “I may not agree with you but I will defend with my life your ability to say it.” But the issue here is not one of freedom to hate – the Boy Scouts proved that’s already in our Constitution – but the freedom to love. Can our democracy overcome the false teachings of Ms. Kern and extend the freedom to marry to all her people?

It can, Governor, with your help.

Yours,

Maybe you have a doggie business, are a dog owner with a business, or just love animals and have a business. Whatever your situation, you might consider branding your business with an animal mascot, animal media spokesperson or by training your animal to become a media star, to do commercials, movies, or TV shows.  Shades of Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, Petey, Benjie, the dog on Frasier, Paul Anka on The Gilmore Girls, the cat on Charmed, Mr. Ed (the horse that spoke to Wilbur), Air Bud, and many others.  

There is a good reason why Geico has a Gecko in their TV commercials as media spokesperson. How about Tony the Tiger, Morris the cat, Ford Mustang, Taco Bell's Chihuahua or Smokey the Bear. During the recent Superbowl, the average price for a 30-second spot was $2.5 million. In these ads, many companies had memorable cute, fun, cuddly, furry animals convey their message.

Animals, dogs, cats and others can enhance the message that you use to tell the world who you are and what you represent. Why? One reason is that Americans love animals.

Now is the time to train your dog to become a celebrity, bring home the bacon, work for their keep and supply you with an abundance of bling bling bling...

http://www.ehow.com/how_18747_dog-commercials.html

http://www.dogstars.co.uk/

Charity Rents Animals Out for CommercialsBy PHILIP H. DOUGHERTY
Published: December 19, 1984

Because charitable organizations are always in need of funds and since commercials frequently need animals in their casts, Green Chimneys, a treatment center for troubled children that is also a working farm, has gone into the rent-a-pig business. And that is only the beginning, since there are also horses, cows, sheep, goats, donkeys, chickens, ducks, geese and rabbits.

Robert Schechter, who is on the board, promises that the prices will be reasonable and that handlers will be provided.One of his fellow board members is Gordon Bushell, recently named chairman and chief executive of the William Esty Company. So with that much recognizable talent on hand, no wonder the new program has been named ''Farm on the Moo- ve.'' 

Now, this dog has all the right moooves...

http://www.koreus.com/video/chien-danseur.htm

my paw print will soon be on Hollywood boulevard...

Hey Wilbur, it's Friday!

I liked Mr Ed for several reasons. First of all he was a horse, which was a big advantage if you wanted to grab my attention when I was five. He also talked, of course, and what was even funnier he only talked to Wilbur. This was because Wilbur was the only person he had ever liked enough to bother to talk to. This appealed to me very much and I admired him for it. I wasn't allowed to ignore people who I didn't like. Mr Ed was also very clever. He only talked if he had something worth saying and this was more evidence for my firm belief that most animals were a lot cleverer than people gave them credit for. This applied to my dog, my cat, my rabbit, my budgie, my goldfish, the minnows in the water butt down the end of the garden, my granddad's ferret, and even my newt. All of them could do things which I couldn't and that had to prove something.

So how is Mr Ed wearing, forty five years later? You know what- he's doing all right. It's actually very sharply written and edited and Wilbur has a genuine fondness for Bamboo Harvester (Mr Ed's real name for those who are not as obsessed as I am) which really comes across. Yes it is lightweight, and it is silly, but there's a warmth about it which is very appealing and the light dusting of kitsch which it has gathered over the years does it no harm at all. You could waste half an hour on a lot worse.