Mister Ed (1958–1966): Season 2, Episode 24 - Lie Detector - full transcript

Roger brings home an inventor-friend's homemade lie detector, and he hooks it up to Wilbur, who later hooks it up to Ed.

[whinnies]

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 ♪



♪ This is the way
we shine our shoes ♪

♪ Shine our shoes,
shine our shoes ♪

♪ This is the way
we shine our shoes ♪

♪ Every Sunday morning ♪

♪ Oh, this is the
way we shine our... ♪

Ed, how many
times have I told you

not to use my shoeshine kit?

Oh, about 80 or 90. Why?

That's very funny.

I don't like you using my stuff.

But we're buddies,
Wilbur. We ought to share.

That sharing...
and look at this.

I don't mind you reading
the magazines, Ed,

but at least you could
leave the place tidy.



You want a horse
or a house maid?

One thing I don't want is a pig.

Neither do I.

They eat like horses.

Who gave you permission
to use my sunlamp?

I was only toasting some hay.

Toasting hay?

With sliced carrots, it
makes a delicious sandwich.

Stop being such a clown.

And look, Ed. I don't want
you messing up my office.

Now, you get in your
stall and stay there.

Come on, in your stall.

[Mister Ed groans]

Funny guy.

Wilbur, you're
always picking on me.

Some day I'm going to run
away and join the Folies Bergère.

You mean the Foreign Legion.

You join what you want...

[together] and I'll
join what I want.

[Mister Ed groans]

[mock groans]

Ed, all I want out
of you is silence.

I have a little work to do
on these Holbrook sketches,

very important, you know.

- [phone rings] -
[Mister Ed] I'll get it.

[Wilbur] Thank you.

Hello. Oh, yes, Carol.

Yeah, I'll be right in.

If the phone rings, will you
take the messages, please?

Ed?

Ed, I'm waiting for an answer.

You called me a pig,
and pigs can't talk.

What I say still goes.

Stay out of my office.

Insults after insults.

Someday I'm going to
have to let that man go.

Roger, does that lie
detector machine really work?

Does it? I tried it on Kay

and found out how much
she paid for her new hat.

Oh, really, Kay?

That darn thing does everything

but beat you with a rubber hose.

What's so important?

What have you got here, Rog?

A simplified lie detector.

A professor I know
at UCLA invented it,

and he wants us to
put some money in it.

- Us?
- You know when I have a good
thing, I always let you in.

Yeah, we always lose money,
and you never let me out.

- Does it work?
- Does it?

I had to take an hysterical hat
back to Mayfair's this morning.

Wilbur, this thing is so simple.

You just put this on your arm.

When you tell the
truth, a bell rings.

When you lie, it buzzes.

- Here, let me try it on you.
- Now, just a minute, Rog.

Oh, honey, let him.

You have nothing to
hide from me, have you?

Me? Put it on, Rog.

My life is an open book.

Don't miss
chapter 3. It's a pip.

[Addison] Here we
are. We're all ready.

Partner, you and I

are going to make a
fortune with this invention.

Look, Rog, I think you better
count me out of the deal.

You see, I'm a little
short of cash right now.

[machine buzzes]

Uh, well... well, I mean I can
only spare a couple of hundred.

[buzzes]

Keep lying, Wilbur. Keep lying.

It's working beautifully.

I am not lying.

[buzzes]

Tell the truth just once.
I want to hear it ring.

Oh, well, I... I love my wife.

Rog, if you have to beat
the truth out of it, forget it.

[machine rings]

See? I do love you.

You'll never know
how close you came

to sleeping in the barn tonight.

This thing is so good,
it kind of frightens me.

Would you mind taking this off?

- All right.
- Oh, no, wait. Wait.

I want to ask Wilbur
a few questions.

Don't do it, doll.

I only lost a hat.

You can lose a husband.

I have nothing to
hide from my little wife.

- [buzzes]
- Take it off, Rog.

Wilbur, are you a
happily married man?

Of course I am.

[rings]

See?

Did you ever love
any other woman?

Of course not.

[buzzes]

- Just my mother.
- [buzzes]

- My sister.
- [buzzes]

- Try your horse.
- No.

Take this off, Rog.
It isn't working right.

Don't blame the machine, Wilbur.

- Blame your past.
- What was her name?

Who?

Oh... Oh, some girl
that I met at college,

just a casual acquaintance.

[buzzes]

- Warm friend.
- [buzzes]

Look, I can't even
remember her name.

- [buzzes]
- It was Gladys Hodges.

[rings]

Wilbur, I wouldn't say
another word without a lawyer.

Did you love her
very much, Wilbur?

- Of course not.
- [ring]

See?

- [phone rings]
- That was the telephone.

Oh. Excuse me.

[ring]

Hello?

Oh, yes, Mr. Holbrook.

Well, as a matter
of fact I'm, uh...

I'm working on
your plans right now.

[machine buzzes]

Yes, well, I'll bring
them over tomorrow.

- Rog.
- [Addison] Hm?

Will you please get this
thing off me? It's stuck.

Okay, I've got a pair
of pliers in my toolbox.

Isn't this a fabulous
machine, Wilbur?

And believe me, there's a
tremendous market for it.

Yeah? well, I just
think it's a gadget.

A gadget? This thing is going
to make us a mint of money.

- Believe me.
- I don't know.

Well, I don't know how much
money it will make for them,

but it sure could
boom business in Reno.

Gladys Hodges.

I wonder if Wilbur
married me on the rebound.

Where are they hiding that
crossword puzzle today?

Uh-oh, I just flooded four
rooms in the Holbrook house.

I'd better try to clean it up.

[Wilbur whistling]

Uh-oh, it's Wilbur.

How can I have so much
bad luck with four horseshoes?

[whistling]

[stops whistling]

My... My plans.

Ed. Ed!

[yawning] Hi, buddy-boy.

Don't you buddy-boy me.

I warned you to
stay out of my office.

I did, Wilbur. You did, huh?

Then who spilled the
ink all over my plans?

Uh... wha... It was a cat.

A cat. A cat.

Are you sure it wasn't a horse?

I'm sure.

As soon as he said meow,
he gave himself away.

Oh, you claim
you're not lying, huh?

That is my claim, sir.

Well, we'll soon find out, sir.

Now, what did he mean by that?

Now, Ed.

What are you doing, Wilbur?

What is this thingamajig?

That is a lie detector.

A lie detector?

Yeah. Going to find out
if you are telling the truth.

What are you going to do next,

shave my head and
slap a helmet on me?

No, I'm not going to hurt you,

just want to get
the truth out of you.

But I told you, Wilbur. I never
spilled the ink over your plans.

[machine buzzing]

What was that?

That buzz means
that you told a lie.

Hm, why don't we
try it on the cat?

Ed, you know very
well there was no cat.

Oh, but there was, Wilbur,

this great big black
cat with long claws...

- [machine buzzes]
- You shut up.

Ed, thanks to your disobedience,

I have to stay up the whole
night tracing those plans.

Wilbur, would you forgive me

if I admitted I spilled the ink?

I would not.

- Then it was the cat.
- [buzzes]

I'm going to punish you, Ed.

For the next week, you
are confined to quarters.

You will remain in that
stall. Do you understand?

You mean I've got to
stay in for a whole week?

That's right.

Gee. Locking me up
like some kind of animal.

Ed, I hate being
this strict with you,

but you've just got to
learn to follow my orders.

As long as you're
living under my roof,

you must realize
that my word is law,

so you're going to have to
stay in your stall for a week.

Wilbur.

Why did you have that
lie detector on your horse?

Uh, well, it... it's animal...
Animal psychology.

I... It was a little experiment.

To find out if your horse
was telling the truth?

Yeah. No! No.

A lie detector on a horse.

[Addison sighs]

Your poor wife.

All she can do is
pray for a miracle drug.

Ed...

- Ed...
- Gee, it's a lovely day, Wilbur.

How about taking me
for a ride in the park?

I'll let my top down.

Not a chance.

I meant what I said, Ed.

You're going to stay
in this stall for a week.

[moaning] You'll drive
me away from home yet.

[sniveling]

You and those phony tears.

[Mister Ed groans]

That'll hold you in.

- Wilbur.
- I hate to do this to you, Ed.

Believe me, this hurts
me more than it does you.

You want to bet?

- [knock on door]
- Come in.

- Hi.
- Hi.

What are you doing, sweetie?

Oh, just looking through some
of Wilbur's old college yearbooks,

just for laughs.

Oh? When I want laughs,

I go through some of
Addison's old checkbooks.

He calls it strolling
down memory lane.

- Gladys Hodges.
- Oh, now, sweetie.

Don't take that lie
detector seriously.

I am surprised at you,

being jealous over your
husband's old girlfriend.

You're right, Kay.

I guess I was being childish,
worrying about Wilbur's past.

I mean, after all, what if
she was a beautiful girl?

That's all over with now.

Maybe he thinks
of her occasionally.

Maybe he even writes
to her now and then.

Maybe he phones
her once in a while.

Maybe he sneaks off and
takes her to lunch occasionally.

I'll kill her.

- Help me.
- Yeah. There you go.

Oh, I'll find her.

- You found her.
- Bingo.

Yup, here's where
Wilbur did his browsing

before he bought your store.

[Kay] Read what
it says about her.

"Phi Beta Kappa,
Captain of Debating Team,

"President of Literary
Honorary Society,

Winner of Socrates Award,
School of Philosophy."

I thought so... Just
a dumb blonde.

Whoops, sorry.

I wonder what they talked about

when Wilbur took
her out on dates.

Oh, probably nuclear physics,

Plato's dialogues,
the theory of relativity.

What do you two talk about?

My hairdresser,
holes in his socks,

bills from the plumber,

whether we should have
fish or meatballs for dinner.

Do you think that's an
intellectual conversation, Kay?

Only if it's in Latin.

Oh, doll, stop trying to compete

with that great brain
from Wilbur's past.

I'm sure Wilbur misses those
cultural moments he shared with her.

I wish I could fill
that void in his life.

The way you fill that
dress is all you need.

No, Kay.

Something new is
going to be added.

[mouthing]

Gosh, that Aristotle sure
had a great mind, didn't he?

Uh-huh.

Just like Plato.

He thought of the
universe as an ideal world,

an interrelated
organic system of...

Eternal, unchangeable forms.

Wilbur.

If you want it,
honey, you go buy it.

Wilbur.

Hm? Oh, I'm sorry.

What are you reading, Carol?

Aristotle's Metaphysics,
Rhetoric, and Poetics.

You ought to read it, honey.

No, I'll wait until they
make it into a movie.

Frank Sinatra should
be great as Aristotle.

Wilbur, do you know why they
called Aristotle's school the Peripatetic?

Hm?

Do you know why they called
Aristotle's school the Peripatetic?

Look, what am I having
here, lunch or a final exam?

You just don't want to discuss
anything intellectual with me.

You don't think
I'm on your level.

Carol, what are
you so upset about?

All you think I can talk about

is whether we have fish
or meatballs for dinner

or holes in your socks.

Holes in my socks for dinner?

Who can understand women.

Hello, is this J.P.
Allen the locksmith?

Good. I've got a stall
door that's jammed.

Would you bring
a blowtorch over?

Forget it. The
warden just came in.

I heard that, Ed,

and it's not going
to do you any good.

You will stay
locked in that stall.

- Like a prisoner?
- Like a prisoner.

If I'm going to wear stripes,
I might as well be a zebra.

You're acting like a jackass.

So now you're bringing
my relatives into this.

Oh, Wilbur, how about a pardon?

No, Ed.

Thanks to you I was up all night
copying Mr. Holbrook's plans.

Now, Wilbur, you know
I love you like a brother.

When you punish me,
you're only hurting yourself,

and I hate to hurt
you, so let me out.

Sorry, Ed.

Okay, then you'll have
to do it the hard way.

Sunday you'll go horseback
riding without a horse.

You ever hear of
renting a horse, Ed?

Oh, now, that's dirty pool.

If your wife was locked
up in the house for a week,

you wouldn't go out and
rent another wife, would you?

Well, I'll cross that
bridge when I come to it.

- [Mister Ed groans]
- I've got to deliver
Mr. Holbrook's plans now.

Wilbur, I'm going to give
you one more chance.

- What?
- Unlock the door!

- Goodbye, Ed.
- I hope you're happy
with your rented horse.

It'll be a change to
be with an animal

that doesn't talk back to me.

- [Addison] Oh, Wilbur. - Rog.

Wilbur, I'm returning
this lie detector.

Do you want to ride
downtown with me?

No, I've got to deliver
these plans, Rog.

Did you decide to invest
in this electric stool pigeon?

No. No, I couldn't make
a deal with the inventor.

What did you offer him?

20% of the profits.

Now, how could a man turn
down a proposition like that?

Maybe he was sober.

That was a cruel remark,

but just what you'd expect from
a man who is mean to his wife.

What are you talking about?

Carol telephoned Kay
and told her the whole story.

Your wife was just
trying to emulate

that blonde encyclopedia

you used to date at college,

and you made fun of her.

Gladys Hodges.

Oh, so that explains
this Aristotle.

You know, you and this lie
detector started the whole thing.

Wilbur, you've got
a very unhappy wife.

If I were you, I'd
go in and tell her

that she was the only
woman in your life,

that you love only her.

Okay.

[door closes]

Oh, honey, don't worry
about Gladys Hodges.

I didn't want to marry brains.

I wanted you.

W-What I mean is

brains don't make a marriage.

Honey, when I married you,
I knew what I was getting.

I was getting a sweet,
loveable, adorable...

- Village idiot. - Vi... No. No.

I love nobody but you.

Wilbur, admit it.

You haven't forgotten Gladys.

There are still some
warm memories.

Well, if they're warm, it's
because you're sitting on them.

[laughs]

Aw, sweetie,

look, I never got
close enough to Gladys

to fog her glasses.

- Really?
- Sure, who wants a girl
like that?

She's got spindly legs.

Does she really
have spindly legs?

Toothpicks.

Come on, sweetie,

I'm going to take you
out tonight, white tie.

We're going to go dancing,
nightclubbing, the works.

- Okay?
- Okay.

We'll take Aristotle
with us. We'll have a ball.

Ed, I want you to take...

[Mister Ed's voice] They haven't
made the stable that can hold this horse.

I hope you're happy
with that rented plug.

And don't look for me at
the Union Truck Terminal.

P.S. Whatever it
cost to fix the door

you can take out
of my allowance.

Oh, that crazy horse.

Honey, I'm all ready.

Oh, we're going to have
a wonderful evening.

Wait for me, Carol.

Where are you going?

Uh... uh, I've got to see
a truck about a horse.

[Man] Get up! Come
on, get up, now.

Get up!

Come on, get up, now.

[continues spurring]

Moo.

Hey, what are you doing here?

Moo.

[Man] Charlie, come here.

What are you doing
with a horse here?

This truck is for cows.

Well, he mooed.

Who mooed?

The horse mooed.

The horse mooed?

Honest, I'm standing
there, checking off the cows,

and this horse walks up to me,
looks me straight in the puss,

and says "Moo."

Look, Charlie, I've talked to you
before about hitting the bottle on the job.

Honest, boss, I'm standing
there checking off the cows.

Along comes this horse,
looks me straight in the puss,

and says "Moo."

All right, take
it easy, Charlie.

Go get yourself
some black coffee.

- I'll finish checking them off.
- Now, look, boss.

Like I told you, honest, I'm
standing there checking off the cows...

Beat it, Charlie.

When this horse comes
along, looks me in the puss,

and says "Moo."

Moo.

Hey, what's going on here?

Want some black coffee, Joe?

Wh... Who's is this anyway?

He says moo. Maybe it's one of
them cow ponies that grow'ed up.

Come on, go on. Go
on, get out of here.

Go ahead. Come on, we
don't need any horses here.

Geez.

Charlie, I know you heard it,

and I heard it,

but I still don't believe it.

You may think I'm
some kind of a nut,

but 5 will get you 10
that horse gives milk.

Uh-oh, here comes Wilbur.

Beat it, sister.

You can't walk around here

this time of night in a bikini.

[clamoring]

[chuckles]

- Ed.
- Why, Wilbur, what a surprise.

How did you know I was here?

Come on home, Ed.

I'm not letting you
run off like this.

[whimpers] Please, Wilbur,

don't make a scene.

Maybe I was a little
hard on you, Ed,

but I promise I'll never
lock you up again, okay?

Okay.

Ed, why are you crying?

Uh, I got scared.

I thought you'd never get here.

Oh, boy. Ah... Yeah, real fresh.

- Good morning, Ed.
- Morning.

Ah. [chuckles]

I see you got your
own breakfast, huh?

Yeah. It's great to have my
kitchen privileges back again.

It's great to have a
happy family again, Ed.

Carol and I had a
great time last night.

Good to see my
horse smiling again.

That's America,
Wilbur... Togetherness.

What you working on, buddy-boy?

Mr. Holbrook has a little change

he wants to make in his house,

wants to move the fireplace
from there over to here.

Where?

Wha...

Oops. Well, back to solitary.

♪ Send all my mail ♪

♪ To the Birmingham jail ♪

♪ Send all my laundry ♪

♪ To the Birmingham jail ♪

♪ 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 will talk
till his voice is hoarse ♪

♪ You never heard
of a talking horse? ♪

♪ Well, listen to this ♪

[Mister Ed] ♪ I am Mister Ed ♪

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