My Favorite Martian

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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, who worked... more »

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, 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 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 Mrs. Lorelei Brown's garage and when he wanted to, he would display his abilities that included, telepathy, moving objects just by pointing and he could make himself invisible.

Lorelei Brown was your typical busybody who was always snooping around and Martin constantly always found himself almost being discovered by her. Angela was Lorelei's daughter. In 1963, Bill Brennan was introduced as Lorelei's boyfriend and yet another threat to Martin.

First Telecast: September 29, 1963

Last Telecast: September 4, 1966

Episodes: 107 Episodes

(75 B&W and 32 Color)

CBS Broadcast History

September 1963-September 1966----Sundays----7:30 p.m.

#10 in the 1963-1964 Season

#24 in the 1964-1965 Season

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  9.2 Superb

  Much more than a decent show. hide « show »

  It was definately ahead of its time. The best part of it was the comical chemistrey between the stars. Bixby and walston was a match made in heaven. My Favorite Martian is truely an American classic. The program was a huge stepping stone for both actors who moved on to bigger better things. In my opinion it was one of my favorite black & white comedies. Without any doubt I would rather laugh at an martian instead of being scared to death. My Favorite Martian eased many worries of the unknown. My Favorite Martian in my opinion is a classic.

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  oldtvlover Added May 26, 2007 All my reviews
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  7.8 Good

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  My Favorite Martian was a decent show that had comedy and humor all wrapped up in one. Though the show was probably a bit a head of it's time it still had a great following. The characters interacted with each other well. The humor seemed to come naturally between all the characters on the show. I think the show ran it's course however in the time it was on.

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  angelsxo Added Jan 30, 2006 All my reviews
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  8.5 Great

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  I think this show was the definition of a great show. I loved the way that Bill Bixby was on it and I thought Ray Walston did a great job as the Martian. I think it was a timeless show and even to this day is fun to watch.
  
  I loved the early special effects and things they did on the show and also I thought the actors were top notch.
  
  No matter what your age is or what your era you are from you always can enjoy this show.
  
  I think it would be fun to watch for anyone!

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  rpgfan88 Added Dec 21, 2005 All my reviews