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Mister Ed: The Complete First Season: The $40 list price seems high for one season of a show that was in the second tier of great television comedies of the 1960s.

Published: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 1:57 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 1:57 p.m. "I thought you didn't like Westerns." -- Wilbur to Mister Ed, who is watching TV.

Mister Ed: The Complete First Season: The $40 list price seems high for one season of a show that was in the second tier of great television comedies of the 1960s.

When you blaze through an entire season's worth of television episodes in rapid succession on DVD, certain things stick out a little more plainly than they might have otherwise.

SIMON HOUPT Last updated on Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 06:15AM EDT D o goats love hip-hop? In a recent back-to-school TV spot for Telus Mobility, a clutch of cuddly pygmy goats gambol around a bright white set, literally hipping and hopping to the screeching strains of House of Pain's 1992 classic hit Jump Around.

This week in Monett: Joe Levanti's Horseshoe Theatre presents live bluegrass, country and gospel music with Alan Young and Friends at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Monett City Hall Auditorium.

"Why did you talk to me?" "Cause I like you." "The whole thing is fantastic! I just don't understand it!" "Don't try...it's bigger than both of us." Sweet, gentle, utterly charming, frequently hilarious, the very definition of "family entertainment," and quite rightly one of the most beloved sitcoms in TV history.

What? No, of course Judge Clark Douglas' horse didn't just talk. Clark is a ventriloquist.