The Mr. Ed Series on Althouse

A little know fact that in 1966, Alan Young the star of Mr. Ed eloped with his co-star who in fact was a gelding named Bamboo Forester. This was the most scandalous case of two stars falling in love since the case of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Since Mr. Young was a homosexual and Mr. Ed was a gelding, it was not technically a same sex marriage. The nuptials were performed in Tijuana where the marriages were normally between Mexican Strippers and burros, but the alcade had a very liberal attitude. They lived together for twenty happy years. In a touching scene, Mr. Young was with Mr. Ed at his death stall where his last words were "Oh Wilburrrrrr......"
(Walter Brooks, The E True Hollywood Story of Mr. Ed and Wilbur)

The studio heads at CBS were very concerned about the premise of the show. How could a guy with such a hot wife as Connie Hines spend all of his time in the barn with a horse? I mean just look at her knockers. Firm, huge and perky. Who in their right mine would be smelling horseshit and stroking a palomino instead of banging that sweet piece of ass. But it was the sixties so it was all implied. Just a subtext that was running under the surface of the plot. Sort of like Paul Lynde in Bewitched. You knew something was up but you didn’t know what it was all about. Equine love was exotic and unknown to the general public. It wasn’t until the riots at Pimlico in 1969, that man on pony love could come out of the barn and into the light of day.
(Walter Brooks, The E True Hollywood Story of Mr. Ed and Wilbur)

The pony/man love crowd tried to stay under the radar in Hollywood. They would never go out in public as a couple because no one could accept the love that could not whinney its name. They would meet at house parties in various locations in the Hollywood Hills. Of course because it was such an insular subculture, there was a lot of drinking and drug abuse. And lot’s of promiscuity. There were frequent swinger parties where they would just throw their bridles on to the table and you could ride another partner home. Those were wild days.(Walter Brooks, The E True Hollywood Story of Mr. Ed and Wilbur)

The grand old man of the pony/man love association was of course Roy Rodgers. Dale was just a beard. His love and devotion toward Trigger was legendary. He was heartbroken when his partner died. He could not let him go. He famously had him stuffed and displayed in the Roy Rodgers museum. Of course he had mounted him many, many times.
(Walter Brooks, The E True Hollywood Story of Mr. Ed and Wilbur)