Alan Young learned the radio craft in Canada and broke into American Radio after being fired from his first Canadian show Stag Party after asking for pay higher than the $15 per week he was earning. After working on a summer show for Eddie Cantor, Young earned his own show, The Alan Young Show, combining situation comedy and hilarious gags. He ventured into TV with television version The Alan Young Show which won him an Emmy in 1951.
Then along came a talking horse. Mister Ed premiered in 1961. George Burns, producer of the show, was behind the decision to cast Young. Said George, "Alan was the type of man that a horse would want to talk to."
After listening to many of these shows, I was interested in learning that many of them were written by the genius of TV Sitcoms, Sherwood Schwartz (Gilligan's Island, etc). I also hear Jim Backus and Hans Conried popping up in various roles. If anyone knows more name-brand actors in these shows, please let me know.
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