MY FAVORITE MARTIAN (1963) 1-4 [retr•tv]

MY FAVORITE MARTIAN (1963)

My Favorite Martian first aired in September of 1963 on CBS and was probably one of the first sitcoms with a "bizarre" or fantasy premise to emerge in the early to mid 1960's. It joined the ranks with Mister Ed which began in 1961.The series centered around Tim O'Hara (Bill Bixby), who worked as a reporter for The Los Angeles Sun. Tim stumbled across a space-ship that crashed and discovered a Martian. Tim became friends with the Martian (Ray Walston) and began passing him off as his Uncle Martin. After all it wasn't that hard to pass him off, he could speak English and looked human. The only thing physically odd about him was that on occasions he would reveal a retractable antennae that would come out of the top of his head. Martin made it clear that he wasn't going to reveal himself to anyone other than Tim and he worked on his space ship while staying with Tim in the apartment above the garage of Mrs. Lorelei Brown (Pamela Britton), and when he wanted to, he would display his abilities that included, telepathy, moving objects just by pointing and he could make himself invisible.



1. My Favorite Martin (pilot) 9/29/1963

In the pilot episode, Martin's spacecraft has a close encounter with the X15 and crash lands on earth. He meets and moves in with Tim O'Hara.

Writer: John L. Greene

Director: Sheldon Leonard

Guest star: J. Pat O'Malley (Harry Burns) , Ina Victor (Annabelle Erickson), Simon Oakland (Lieutenant Murphy), Herbert Rudley (Colonel Whitehead), Lee Krieger (Radarman), Marc Towers (Plainclothesman), Ann Marshall (Angela Brown)



2. The Matchmakers 10/6/1963

Tim and Martin find a dog that needs their help. It turns out that the dog is love-struck.

Writer: John L. Greene, Paul David

Director: Sidney Miller

Guest star: Ann Marshall (Angela Brown), Laura Shelton (Marsha Carson), Linden Chiles (Howard Loomis)



3. There is No Cure for the Common Martian 10/13/1963

Martin loses his powers when he gets sick. He has contracted the common cold, a condition that martians are not familiar with.

Writer: James Komack

Director: Sidney Miller

Guest star: Willard Waterman (Mr. Trimble), Sharon Farrell (Gloria Trimble), Phil Garris (Delivery Boy)



4. Russians "R" in Season 10/20/1963

Martin finds out about the Government space strategy. He knows from experience that the plans are doomed to failure. But he finds no audience when he attempts to warn them.

Writer: James Komack

Director: Alan Rafkin

Guest star: Richard Deacon (James J. Jackson), Frank Aletter (Agent #2), Edward Holmes (Agent #1), Bryan O'Byrne (Dr. Weisbord)



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