• tarmac@lemm.ee
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      I’m guessing it means the horse is going to talk, in an interrogation sense. I don’t know for sure though.

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      I’m not sure but maybe it’s “talk or we’ll let the lion eat you”.

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      8 months ago

      Yeah, the key phrase here is “made to talk” as if he’s being threatened or intimidated into talking.

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      I don’t mean to be old-splaining here, but familiarity with Mr. Ed helps. It was in syndication during the '80s, so I remember it as a hokey show with a pretty catchy theme song. The question of “how did they get that horse to move his lips” in time to the voiceovers was a valid question. (Answer: mostly peanut butter).

      In the Larsenverse, however, the horse requires no voiceover. He just needs to be properly motivated.