The Romneys Set For Remake of 'Mister Ed'; Clint Eastwood Voicing Horse



Ed and Wilbur move into the governor's mansion!

Mitt and Ann Romney will star in an HBO remake of the classic series Mister Ed.  Their horse, Rafalca, will play the title character.  Clint Eastwood has signed to provide the horse's voice.

Mitt plays Wilbur in the update set in the governor's mansion.  Ed is a dressage horse owned by the couple and offers his snide comments on the human characters, including their snobby wealthy friends, crooked local pols, Red Sox fans, and the surviving Kennedys.

"Ed gets me in plenty of trouble with wisecracks that people think are coming from me," explained Romney, chuckling.  "Ed snaps on Catholic priests, Irish drunks, ghetto blacks, Harvard Jews, and anyone not speaking English.  I take the rap, of course, and get slammed as a racist ventriloquist, Edgar Bergen gone over the edge."

How will the governor get re-elected when the media portrays him as unbalanced and bigoted?  His wife has to convince voters he's a good man, husband, and church elder.  That won't be easy when Ed is outside their church yelling obscenities at the congregation!

"It will be fun," enthused Ann.  "Working with Mitt and Rafalca is a dream come true.  Mitt's a real ham, and you will believe a horse can talk."



This time, Clint's the horse!

The Romneys' five sons and eighteen grandchildren will appear on the show.  Each son will be married to an illegal alien, giving Ed plenty of ammo to crack wise on "slopes, wogs, and wetbacks".
The pilot's being written by Aaron (West Wing) Sorkin who jumped at the chance to make a statement using politics and a talking horse.


"Wilburrrrr"