tl/dr: Mr Ed was a talking horse that had a sitcom in the '60s. It was still playing in syndication by the '80s, so it would be known to most people in the US at the time.
I don't mean to be old-splaining here, but familiarity with Mr. Ed helps. It was in syndication during the '80s, so I remember it as a hokey show with a pretty catchy theme song. The question of "how did they get that horse to move his lips" in time to the voiceovers was a valid question. (Answer: mostly peanut butter).
In the Larsenverse, however, the horse requires no voiceover. He just needs to be properly motivated.
15 Comments
ArtieShaw@fedia.io · 14 pts · 2y
This should fill in any cultural/temporal gaps.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cI-LXMyyDo
tl/dr: Mr Ed was a talking horse that had a sitcom in the '60s. It was still playing in syndication by the '80s, so it would be known to most people in the US at the time.
intensely_human@lemm.ee · 20 pts · 2y
Let's not give people the wrong idea here. Mr Ed was a sitcom in the '60s about a talking horse.
MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
Don't get this one. I see the lion but I'm not sure how this correlates to the horse taking
paddirn@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Yeah, the key phrase here is “made to talk” as if he’s being threatened or intimidated into talking.
Ack@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 2y
I’m not sure but maybe it’s “talk or we’ll let the lion eat you”.
WarmSoda@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y
That's exactly what it's implying.
intensely_human@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
So Mr Ed was in danger then!
WarmSoda@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Not if he read his lines he wasn't.
He's a smart horse. He did the right thing.
tarmac@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y
I’m guessing it means the horse is going to talk, in an interrogation sense. I don’t know for sure though.
ArtieShaw@fedia.io · 7 pts · 2y
I don't mean to be old-splaining here, but familiarity with Mr. Ed helps. It was in syndication during the '80s, so I remember it as a hokey show with a pretty catchy theme song. The question of "how did they get that horse to move his lips" in time to the voiceovers was a valid question. (Answer: mostly peanut butter).
In the Larsenverse, however, the horse requires no voiceover. He just needs to be properly motivated.
MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I know what Mr Ed was. My question was specially about the Lions role
evidences@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Scare the horse via threat of attack, speak or die essentially.
antidote101@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
It was peanut butter, and sometimes fishing line, btw.
Kid_Thunder@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y
Set is quiet as they are waiting for Mr. Ed to say his line.
"Do you need the Lion Mr. Ed?"
synae@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
Some potential other context for this: https://nitratediva.wordpress.com/2014/04/12/margaret-obrien-tcmff/
Kid_Thunder@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y