1963
TV-Y7
30m

Summary An exoanthropologist from the planet Mars, stranded on Earth, is rescued by Tim O'Hara, a newspaper reporter who introduces the Martian to his friends and the authorities as his uncle Martin. View more details

1963
TV-Y7
30m

My Favorite Martian

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Ray Walston Bill Bixby Pamela Britton Alan Hewitt

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Genres : Comedy Sci-Fi Family

Release date : Sep 28, 1963

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Production companies : CBS Television Network Jack Chertok Television Productions

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Genres : Comedy Sci-Fi Family

Release date : Sep 28, 1963

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Production companies : CBS Television Network Jack Chertok Television Productions

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Bill Bixby and Jill Ireland in My Favorite Martian (1963)

Linda Evans, Olan Soule, and Kim Tyler in My Favorite Martian (1963)

Ray Walston and Wayne Stam in My Favorite Martian (1963)

Ray Walston and Bill Bixby in My Favorite Martian (1963)

Bill Bixby in My Favorite Martian (1963)

Ray Walston, Bill Bixby, and Herbert Rudley in My Favorite Martian (1963)

Pamela Britton and Ann Marshall in My Favorite Martian (1963)

Ray Walston in My Favorite Martian (1963)

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Episode 1 • Sep 28, 1963

My Favorite Martin

Reporter Tim O'Hara, while covering a flight of the Air Force X-15, finds a spaceship that contains a genuine martian. The martian is a professor who specializes in the planet Earth and now has to repair his spaceship before he can go home.

Episode 2 • Oct 05, 1963

The Matchmakers

There is triple girl trouble in the O'Hara home. George, the dog Tim is looking after for Mr. Burns, wants Chloe, the dog next door. Tim tries to get George and Chloe together and falls for Chloe's owner, Marsha Carson. Angela is jealous.

Episode 3 • Oct 12, 1963

There Is No Cure for the Common Martian

Martin has a cold. When he sneezes, he changes to being visible at bad times. Tim is assigned to review Trimbles Department Store's outer space exhibit, rife with stereotyped caricatures. As an advertiser, Trimble expects a glowing review.

Episode 4 • Oct 19, 1963

Russians R in Season

Martin reads about a $2 billion American space program, one he knows is doomed. Tim fabricates a letter to the paper which includes Martin's nighttime musings, thinking they will fix the program. Tim is questioned under a lie detector.

Episode 5 • Oct 26, 1963

Man or Amoeba

A renowned scientist posits that life no more advanced than amoebas can exist on Mars. Martin helps Angela write a class report refuting his claims and she gets a "F". Martin's plan includes Tim planting a seed in the professor's brain.

Episode 6 • Nov 02, 1963

The Man on the Couch

To get some rarefied air, Martin goes atop a water tower. Passersby and police think he's a jumper and he's sent to the psych ward of the hospital. Martin goes for a quick release by reading the doctor's mind to say what he wants to hear.

Episode 7 • Nov 09, 1963

A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine, and Peaches

Curious, Martin experiences an emotion foreign to Martians: love at first sight. He falls for an exotic dancer and wants to marry her after they date once. But her previous suitor, Officer Thorp, explains he lied because he was an orphan.

Episode 8 • Nov 16, 1963

The Awful Truth

Martin agrees to give Tim a power of mind reading in limited form; it will expire the next day at midnight. Tim uses it indulgently. He hopes it will aid in an interview with a politician. But he is surprised and thinks Martin tricked him.

Episode 9 • Nov 30, 1963

Rocket to Mars

Junk men mistakenly empty the guy's garage instead of Mrs. Brown's, taking Martin's spaceship. She has no idea which junkyard but a neighborhood dog, Booboo, helps track it down. When they get to the junkyard, they find it has been sold.

Episode 10 • Dec 07, 1963

Raffles No. 2

After using a stranger's fingerprints to get a driver's license, Uncle Martin falls under suspicion of being a notorious jewel thief. Martin and Tim set a trap for the thief employing good old Martian know-how.

Episode 11 • Dec 14, 1963

The Atom Misers

Martin needs to make an alloy of silicon and cobalt he calls silibalt. But the cyclotron he has rigged in the kitchen is inadequate so he follows Tim on his interview at the university to access their cyclotron where a prodigy is at work.

Episode 12 • Dec 21, 1963

That Little Old Matchmaker, Martin

Tim is pursuing the seemingly unattainable Cynthia Parker. Martin reads her mind and finds she is passionate about classical arts: music, literature or art. She figures Tim is not, which is the truth. Tim tricks her into thinking he is.

Episode 13 • Dec 28, 1963

How to Be a Hero Without Really Trying

The O'Hara's have new neighbors, a boy Stevie and his adult sister Jennifer. The foursome go to picnic on Sunset Mountain as Martin needs to get an metal ore called "glink" for his craft. It is located there not yet discovered by humans.

Episode 14 • Jan 04, 1964

Blood Is Thicker Than the Martian

Tim's cousin Harvey visits so Martin must hide. They keep Mrs. Brown away as she would speak of Martin. Harvey is a mooch and wants to upgrade from his small town reporter job to where Tim works. The tiny apartment feels cramped to Martin.

Episode 15 • Jan 11, 1964

Poor Little Rich Cat

Tim writes a news article about a woman who left thousands in her will to a cat. Martin is furious. The attorney threatens him to write on it no more but says she had a second will donating to a children's orphanage. Martin holds a séance.

Episode 16 • Jan 18, 1964

RX for a Martian

Mars has deviated closer from its regular orbit temporarily and Martin can make it back. He has a 10 hour window. As he prepares to leave, he sprains his ankle which inhibits his antenna. But he escapes the hospital in time to try again.

Episode 17 • Feb 01, 1964

Going, Going, Gone

Something is causing Martin's metabolism to go haywire. In succession, he loses control of his levitation finger, he magnetizes his clothing, he levitates, he becomes electrically charged, he shrinks and then he disappears. He finds out the cause is an increased activity of sunspots, and on Earth there is no way to control their effects on Martians. After five days, the sunspots are still occurring and Martin is still invisible. The authorities, based on a recent insurance policy Mrs. Brown sold Martin with Tim as beneficiary, suspect that Martin's "disappearance" is due to Tim killing him for the insurance money. Circumstantial evidence points in that direction. Martin can't let Tim go to jail for this, and Martin decides to tell the authorities the truth about his Martian identity. Just then, the sunspots cease and Martin reappears, just in time to save Tim and protect his own identity.

Episode 18 • Feb 08, 1964

Who Am I?

Martin and Tim plan to see the foremost expert on rocket fuel. Martin thinks he can help him return to Mars. But Martin is hit on the head with a monkey wrench, gets amnesia and has no idea he's a Martian. They seek a doctor's diagnosis.

Episode 19 • Feb 15, 1964

Now You See It, Now You Don't

The museum's long-time curator is upset because the board is questioning the authenticity of his acquisition and has called in an independent expert, a man whose evaluation he once discredited. Martin can authenticate if he has access.

Episode 20 • Feb 22, 1964

My Nephew the Artist

Martin wants to help Tim with household expenses and without a job decides to sell art he's currently painting to relieve boredom. He can mimic any famous artist. An art gallery owner notices Martin's work and wants to do a showing.

Episode 21 • Feb 29, 1964

Hitch-Hike to Mars

A firm is launching a rocket to either Mars or Venus. The firm's president is indecisive but superstitious. Martin is resolute on getting him to choose Mars so he can be a stowaway. Martin takes on 2 things keeping him from choosing Mars.

Episode 22 • Mar 07, 1964

Uncle Martin's Broadcast

Tim discovers Martin's antennae can pick up police radio and hears about a robbery. He calls police for more information but they think he knows about it because he was involved and arrest him and Martin. Martin escapes and finds a shock.

Episode 23 • Mar 14, 1964

An Old, Old Friend of the Family

After Martin makes Tim miss a deadline, he gets Tim an exclusive interview with Jakobar, the rogue leader of Kobima. Martin was friends with Jakobar's great-grandfather, a founder of Kobima. Jakobar seeks an oil deal but has trust issues.

Episode 24 • Mar 21, 1964

Super-Duper Snooper

Mrs. Brown is taking a mail order course on how to be a private detective and her first assignment is to prepare a dossier on an unsuspecting person. She chooses Martin who is concerned about her discovering his Martian identity.

Episode 25 • Apr 04, 1964

The Sinkable Mrs. Brown

Pete Dudley, a shifty real estate salesman, convinces Mrs. Brown that she should sell her house which causes a problem for Tim and Martin, especially in hiding the spaceship. Dudley already has prospective buyers, Edgar and Emily Graham.

Episode 26 • Apr 11, 1964

Martin and the Eternal Triangle

Martin finds himself involved in a romantic love triangle.

Episode 27 • Apr 18, 1964

Danger! High Voltage

Martin overcharges himself prepping for a trip to Mars. In discharging himself, he blacks out half of Los Angeles. The power company is narrowing the source of the blackout to their neighborhood. His condition could lead to a plaid face.

Episode 28 • Apr 25, 1964

If You Can't Lick 'Em

To fool a local kid, Martin fashions toy antenna for Tim to wear when his is stuck in the up position. The idea catches on and soon a local man is making toy antennas that all the kids want to wear and offers Martin payment for the rights.

Episode 29 • May 02, 1964

Unidentified Flying Uncle Martin

Martin needs to fly his spaceship which is deteriorating due to inertia. Tim's fear is realized: Martin's flight is spotted as a UFO. Martin needs to take another flight but Mrs. Brown calls in UFO researchers who have a plutron detector.

Episode 30 • May 09, 1964

How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Pharmacy?

The Earthly environment causes a vitamin deficiency in Martin. He draws energy and vitamins from everything and everyone around him. The effect on people who look him in the eyes is they will fall asleep and objects he touches go haywire.

Episode 31 • May 16, 1964

Miss Jekyll and Hyde

Mrs. Brown's niece, a former child prodigy, visits and is too interested in Martin's gadgets. She does have a boyfriend, also an intellectual, but lacks basic beauty skills. Martin fixes that and gets Tim to take her out to distract her.

Episode 32 • May 23, 1964

Who's Got the Power?

In an electrical storm Martin gets an affliction called popsy. It causes him to appear and disappear uncontrollably. He needs to ground himself to cure it. Mrs. Brown accidentally completes the grounding and gets Martin's levitation power.

Episode 33 • May 30, 1964

Oh, My Aching Antenna

Martin finds that he is prematurely aging due to the increased gravity on Earth compared to Mars. Thus he goes through some anti-gravity therapy, which in turn causes havoc for those around him.

Episode 34 • Jun 06, 1964

The Disastro-Nauts

Martin has Tim use his connections for a tryout as astronaut for a rocket to Mars financed by a knockwurst tycoon. Martin's superior mental and physical performance wins him the job. Tim plans a delayed news story that Martin is a Martian.

Episode 35 • Jun 13, 1964

Shake Well and Don't Use

Tim and Mr. Burns' nephew are in the running for promotion to journeyman reporter. After learning Burns is a gourmet, Martin plans to cook him a gourmet meal using Martian seasonings but the seasonings cause Burns to move in slow motion.

Episode 36 • Jun 20, 1964

A Nose for News

Tim is mad at Martin for "disappearing and spying" when he has a date at the apartment. Martin makes up for this, covering a news story for him and phoning it in using Tim's voice. Burns is impressed, hires Martin when he learns his role.

Episode 37 • Jun 27, 1964

Uncle Martin's Wisdom Tooth

A toothache of his "eye" tooth keeps him from seeing. Tim takes him to his dentist but Martin begs off as he has 52 teeth. Tim takes his place in the dental chair. The remedy causes Martin's eye teeth to go cross-eyed as does his vision.

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