This week the girls take aim at Animal Celebrities...
Animal celebrities are fascinating to people mostly because we all know that the animal did not choose to be famous, unlike so many humans who would give anything for the limelight. It basically just happened to them. Tonight we take a look at some interesting animal celebrities and what makes them famous...
But first, what were we drinking?
Sarah was drinking Sit Stay Society- Ruby’s Rosé
Available from Dan Murphy's
Bianca was drinking On the Grapevine Pinot Grigio
Available from Dan Murphys
Amy introduced this week's topic by discussing how animals become celebrities. The most common ways an animal can become a celebrity is to feature on a TV show or movie, have a famous owner, or become famous for something they have done. Amy gave some examples of animals in each celebrity category then moved on to the animal celebrities she was taking aim at.
Tonight Amy discusses the incredible world of animal celebrities born from social media. Amy was utterly shocked when she discovered that many animals on social media have millions of followers! Some examples on Instagram include:
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| Grumpy cat - 3.7 million followers |
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| Jiff pom - 8.8 million followers |
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| Doug the pug 3.6 million followers |
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| Nala the cat 3.7 million followers |
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| Diddy and Yetti Kong - 1 million followers. |
At that point, Amy decided to give a shout-out to our own humble group of 200 followers on Instagram and thank them for following us.
Sarah filled the middle with the Story of Rin Tin Tin. Rin Tin Tin was a German Sheppard who was found as a newborn puppy in France and ended up being one of the most famous animal actors in America in the 1920s.
Bianca covered the wonderful Mr. Ed.
If you don't know this talking horse what have you been doing with your life?
First a little bit of backstory.
Mr. Ed's real name is Bamboo Harvester (1949–1970) was the American Saddlebred/part-Arabian horse
His mother was Zetna Hara Part-Arab (Born 1945)
And his father was The Harvester American Saddlebred (Born 1938)
Now for some fun facts...
He was trained to look like he could talk
The horse worked with trainer Les Hilton and got to the point where he learned to move his lips every time his hoof was touched. This really made it look like he could talk, simultaneously stumping and stunning viewers at the time. Actor Alan Young, who portrayed Wilbur Post, on the show has also said that peanut butter was used on set to create the talking phenomenon as well.
Alan Young and Bamboo Harvester were friends outside of the show.
Until the horse's death, Young would frequently visit him on his California ranch to go on rides.
The show started in syndication
For whatever reason, no one was interested in Mister Ed. The pilot episode was financed by comedian George Burns for $70,000. The TV series was an instant hit following its first 26 episodes and was bought by CBS one year later.
There was some drama with the theme song in the 1980s
Here's the theme song:
"Hello, I'm Mister Ed"
A horse is a horse of course of course
And no one can talk to a horse of course.
That is of course unless the horse
Is the famous Mister Ed!
Go right to the source and ask the horse.
He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse
He's always on a steady course.
Talk to Mister Ed!
People yakkity-yak a streak
And waste your time of day,
but Mister Ed will never speak
Unless he has something to say!
A horse is a horse of course of course
And this one'll talk 'til his voice is hoarse.
You've never heard of a talking horse?
Well, listen to this...
"I am Mister Ed!"
In 1986, a preacher from Ohio claimed that the cheerful theme song had satanic messages when you listen to it in reverse (I tried it and didn't hear anything). The preacher claimed you could hear "the source is Satan" and convinced a group of teens to burn around 300 cassettes of secular music that "praised Satan."
Mister Ed was kind of a diva
Apparently, when he was over filming, the horse would just walk off the set. Now that's a power move. Can you blame him though?
The story of the horse's death is unclear...
One rumor says that the horse died from a tranquilizer at his stable in Burbank, California. Another story says that he was euthanized at a farm in Oklahoma. The last, more likely story is that due to his failing health following the show he was euthanized in 1970.
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