Favorite Animal Show from the first 20 years of TV....

[Stuart G]

Mine is clearly............................My Name is Mr. ED.......
a ridiculous show about a talking horse, and the one person that can talk to him....a take off of Francis the talking mule movies of the 40s and 50s.........(with Donald O Connor of all actors)

[El Supremo]

1. My Friend Flicka, Fury or the Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.

I watched them regularly.

[hlthe2b]

2. I liked Mr. Ed... though I remember it more from TVLand reruns...

but I'd bet most old enough to have lived through the era might well pick Lassie.

[Kingofalldems]

3. The original Lassie.

[elleng]

4. Lassie!

[rurallib]

5. I think it was a show called "Peoples Choice that had a talking beagle

named Cleo. Does that count? Cleo had all the funny lines.

[Still Blue in PDX]

17. I think Cleo may have been a bassett hound.

I can barely remember it, but I loved that show!

[rurallib]

18. right you are - I always mix those two breeds

[Corgigal]

6. Flipper

however I like that show as much as I liked Mr. Ed. Both sweet shows.

[GoCubsGo]

7. Those are my two favorites, too.

Same order, as well. It's been fun watching them from the perspective of an adult, and in my case, someone with a couple of biology degrees. Especially "Flipper." A lot of the underwater clips are from places like the South Pacific/Hawaii, and much of the terrestrial wildlife definitely isn't from the Florida Keys. Macaws? I know south Florida is full of introduced species, but I don't recall macaws being one of them. Sea snakes? And, where are all those limestone caves Bud always got trapped in? Not in the Keys. That kid was a dope.

As for Mr. Ed, I would love some of what those writers were smoking...

Speaking of "Flipper," I just saw the first episode today. Hilarious! The boys called Porter "Pa" instead of the usual "Dad." LOL!

[Lochloosa]

8. I agree. Growing up in Florida I could always relate to Flipper

[Joe Shlabotnik]

9. Wild Kingdom was regular viewing in my home.

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[Skittles]

14. remember how Marlin would be droning on and on

and Jim Fowler would be, like, wrestling bears or alligators in the background?

[OriginalGeek]

16. That's what I came to post

but I wasn't sure if it fit the criteria, time-wise. Either way, I loved that show! I rarely got to watch it though as we usually had to go to church when it was on.

[Art_from_Ark]

25. It just dawned on me recently,

while watching some Snagglepuss cartoons from the mid-60s, why Snagglepuss was often being transported to the St. Louis Zoo. Marlin Perkins was director of that zoo at the time, and it was an indirect reference to Wild Kingdom

[Sancho]

10. Bullwinkle?

[mucifer]

11. Yes!

[kentauros]

12. Peabody and Sherman!

[Wolf Frankula]

13. Peabody and Sherman and Mr. Ed

The voice of Mr. Ed was Rocky Lane and not Chill Wills. Alan Young played Wilbur Post.

And as for Peabody and Sherman, can someone tell me the answer to Sherman's question, "How can he say things like that and keep a straight face?"


Wolf

[Tom Ripley]

15. Check out BoJack Horseman...

the greatest sitcom starring a horse since Mr. Ed.

[whistler162]

19. Underdog, voiced by that motorcycle madman

Wally Cox.

[Tom Ripley]

20. I loved Underdog; it was very cleverly done

I also loved Tennessee Tuxedo and Goo Goo Gophers (despite the incorrectness of the latter)

BTW: Wally Cox was rumored to be a member of the "endowed like Milton Berle club"

[Still Blue in PDX]

22. Tennessee Tuxedo rocked. Don't remember Goo Goo Gophers. nt

[Tom Ripley]

23. Are Tennessee and Chumley the only example...

of cartoon natural predator and prey who are pals? The question has led to many sleepless nights for me

Goo Goo Gophers were two Native American gophers who always outwitted their cavalry adversaries. However, one spoke only gibberish while the other talked like a stereotypical Hollywood Indian.

[Still Blue in PDX]

21. There's no need to fear... Underdog is here! nt

[WovenGems]

24. Honey West

Ya I know, it wasn't the Ocelot that made the show.