Mr Ed, lets go to the video tape!

Variety June 30, 2008
The estate of Dorothy Brooks has sued MGM for failure to pay monies from the sale of "Mr. Ed" on DVD and VHS.
The estate representing the creators of the early 1960s sitcom says that MGM owes it at least $378,396, plus interest, for homevid sales.
The breach of contract complaint, filed on June 27 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, cites two "best of" DVD collections released in 2004 and 2005, and "Mister Ed's Barnyard Favorites," which bowed later in 2005 and contained episodes previously released in the 2004 collection.
The estate contends that homevideo releases fall under a 1959 agreement between Dorothy Brooks, widow of Walter Brooks, who created the characters in a short story, and Arthur Lubin. The original agreement, drafted when the TV skein was being developed, does not address homevid, which had yet to be created, but does grant Lubin the right to distribute, sell or license "or in any other manner to exploit" the show for profit. The original agreement stipulates that the estate has a right to share in 25% of the net proceeds from "the exploitation of the enterprise" and merchandizing of it. It contends that MGM, which acquired the rights from Orion, has refused to provide an accounting of homevid sales and related costs.

We had made a deal with MGM for all the rights for the usage of the footage of Mr. Ed but I knew that there was only part of the story. But I know those crooks will try to screw me. Wilbur and Ed had made several sex tapes that were not common knowledge. In fact I don’t even think that Wilbur knew about them. You see Ed was an exhibitionist and was always naked. I mean he was a fucking horse. But he loved to watch tapes of the swingers parties they used to have in the seventies. The rumor is that there are some big names on those tapes. Burt Reynolds and Dinah Shore. Joan Crawford and her stable boy. Even Roy Rodgers and Trigger. I told my wife that if I am gone she has to get a piece of it if those tapes ever surface.
(Walter Brooks, The E True Hollywood Story of Mr. Ed and Wilbur)