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That horse died in 1979. His real name was Bamboo Harvester.
Ed's stunt double Pumpkin was a quarter horse but looked very much like Ed, except for a gold spot in the middle of his white blaze. This spot was covered with white makeup when he worked as Ed's replacement.
Mr. Ed only talked to Wilbur because (in his judgment) he was the only person worth talking to.
Mr. Ed had a piece of nylon mesh put under his top lip. He looked like he was talking because he was trying to dislodge it. Other sources claim it was peanut butter. One rumor (based on an episode in which the horse leaned on freshly painted railings and pretended it was a zebra) is that Mr. Ed was not a horse at all but a female zebra specially trained to move her lips on command. This is an urban myth.
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