Yes. In Walter Brooks' 1937-1945 magazine short stories, Wilbur POPE lived in Mount Kisco, just north of New York City, and took the commuter train daily into the city to his Monday-Friday job. About the series' only wartime reference was one story in which Wilbur rides Mr. Ed from his home to the Mount Kisco train station instead of driving to save on rationed gasoline.
In the TV comedy, Wilbur POST moves out of the city (unspecified but strongly implied as Los Angeles) to "17230 Valley Spring Lane" in an unnamed suburb "to get a little closer to nature". He drove his own car, naturally, both because everyone in Southern California drives, but mostly because the TV program was originally sponsored by Studebaker. Guess what kind of car Wilbur drove prominently?
Yes. In Walter Brooks' 1937-1945 magazine short stories, Wilbur POPE lived in Mount Kisco, just north of New York City, and took the commuter train daily into the city to his Monday-Friday job. About the series' only wartime reference was one story in which Wilbur rides Mr. Ed from his home to the Mount Kisco train station instead of driving to save on rationed gasoline.
In the TV comedy, Wilbur POST moves out of the city (unspecified but strongly implied as Los Angeles) to "17230 Valley Spring Lane" in an unnamed suburb "to get a little closer to nature". He drove his own car, naturally, both because everyone in Southern California drives, but mostly because the TV program was originally sponsored by Studebaker. Guess what kind of car Wilbur drove prominently?
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