My Favorite Martian
My Favorite Martian
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My Favorite Martian

6.0 / 10
1963
3 seasons
107 episodes
Sci-Fi & FantasyComedyFamily

Newspaper reporter Tim O'Hara finds a crashed alien spaceship that contains one live alien. Not wanting to be discovered by the authorities, the Martian assumes the identity of Tim's Uncle Martin and begins to repair his spaceship so that he can return to Mars.

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Seasons

  • My Favorite Martin

    1.My Favorite Martin

    29-09-196330m

    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 Eart...

  • The Matchmakers

    2.The Matchmakers

    06-10-196330m

    There is dual girl trouble in the O'Hara household. George, the dog who Tim is looking after for Mr. Burns, is in love with Chloe, the dog from next door. Through trying to get Geo...

  • There is No Cure for the Common Martian

    3.There is No Cure for the Common Martian

    13-10-196330m

    Martin comes down with a common cold, which is not so common but rather debilitating for Martians. Meanwhile Tim is sent to Trimbles Department Store to review their outer space ex...

  • Russians R in Season

    4.Russians R in Season

    20-10-196330m

    Martin reads about a $2 billion American space program, a program he knows is doomed for failure. Not wanting to see the American government waste $2 billion, Tim writes himself a...

  • Man or Amoeba

    5.Man or Amoeba

    27-10-196330m

    Renowned scientist Professor Newton Jennings posits that life no more advanced than amoebas or jellyfish can exist on Mars. Martin helps Angela write a report refuting Jennings cla...

  • The Man on the Couch

    6.The Man on the Couch

    03-11-196330m

    To get some rarefied air, Martin goes atop a water tower. Passersby, including the police, think he's a jumper and he's promptly sent to the psychiatric ward of the hospital. Marti...

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

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

    10-11-196330m

    Martin allows himself to experience an emotion foreign to Martians: love at first sight. He falls hard for Peaches Ancream (Kathie Brown), that being her real given name since her...

  • The Awful Truth

    8.The Awful Truth

    17-11-196330m

    Tim talks Martin into temporarily giving him a Martian power. Martin decides to give him the power of levitation for a 24 hour period. When he thinks the power practically useless...

  • Rocket to Mars

    9.Rocket to Mars

    01-12-196330m

    When the junk men come by, they mistakenly empty Martin and Tim's garage instead of Mrs. Brown's, and in doing so take Martin's space ship. Mrs. Brown has no idea the name of the j...

  • Raffles No. 2

    10.Raffles No. 2

    08-12-196330m

    When Martin almost gets a parking ticket, Tim thinks it might be a good idea if Martin legitimizes his Earthly driving by getting a driver's license. Down at the Department of Moto...

  • The Atom Misers

    11.The Atom Misers

    15-12-196330m

    Martin needs the hardest substance possible to repair his spaceship, the substance he has in mind is silibalt, an alloy of silicone and cobalt but one that has not yet been invente...

  • That Little Old Matchmaker, Martin

    12.That Little Old Matchmaker, Martin

    22-12-196330m

    Tim is pursuing who seems to be the unattainable Cynthia Parker. Through reading her mind, Martin finds out that Cynthia is passionate about the classical arts whether it be music,...

  • How to Be a Hero Without Really Trying

    13.How to Be a Hero Without Really Trying

    29-12-196330m

    The O'Hara's have new neighbors, the Richmonds, within the family being young Stevie and his grown up sister Jennifer. The foursome go on a picnic to Sunset Mountain, since Martin...

  • Blood Is Thicker than the Martian

    14.Blood Is Thicker than the Martian

    05-01-196430m

    Tim's cousin Harvey is coming for a visit, which means Martin is going to have to go into hiding since Harvey would know that Tim has no Uncle Martin. And they have to keep Mrs. Br...

  • Poor Little Rich Cat

    15.Poor Little Rich Cat

    12-01-196430m

    The stupidest idea Martin has heard of since he's been on Earth: Rosemary Willis leaving her cat, Max, $650,000 in her will. Morton Beanbecker, the lawyer for the estate, is threat...

  • Rx for Martian

    16.Rx for Martian

    19-01-196430m

    Martin can make it back to Mars since Mars has deviated from its regular orbit temporarily and is thus closer to Earth than usual. Martin has a 10 hour window of opportunity. Just...

  • Going, Going, Gone

    17.Going, Going, Gone

    02-02-196430m

    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...

  • Who Am I?

    18.Who Am I?

    09-02-196430m

    Martin and Tim are on their way to interview Professor Eugene Downey, the foremost expert on rocket fuel - Martin thinks the professor can assist in getting him back to Mars - when...

  • Now You See It, Now You Don't

    19.Now You See It, Now You Don't

    16-02-196430m

    At the museum, Martin discovers that the long-time curator, Wilbur Canfield, is very unhappy. He has just acquired a new expensive Egyptian piece for the museum, but the museum's b...

  • My Nephew the Artist

    20.My Nephew the Artist

    23-02-196430m

    Martin wants to help Tim with the household expenses, and without a money earning activity, decides to sell art he's currently painting to relive boredom. Martin can paint in the s...

  • Hitchhike to Mars

    21.Hitchhike to Mars

    01-03-196430m

    The Inter-Galaxy Corporation is launching a rocket to either Mars or Venus. Martin needs to convince them to choose Mars, so that he can stowaway and get home. J.M. Buckley, Inter-...

  • Uncle Martin's Broadcast

    22.Uncle Martin's Broadcast

    08-03-196430m

    Tim discovers that Martin's antennae can pick up radio and television signals and other things. While Martin's asleep, Tim tunes him into a police frequency hoping for a newspaper...

  • An Old, Old Friend of the Family

    23.An Old, Old Friend of the Family

    15-03-196430m

    After Martin makes Tim miss a deadline, Martin decides to help Tim get an exclusive interview. Jakobar, the rogue leader of Kobima, is the story's subject matter. Martin is a legen...

  • Super-Duper Snooper

    24.Super-Duper Snooper

    22-03-196430m

    Mrs. Brown is taking a course on how to be a private detective, and her first assignment is to prepare a dossier on an unsuspecting person. Her choice of subject is Martin. Of cour...

  • The Sinkable Mrs. Brown

    25.The Sinkable Mrs. Brown

    05-04-196430m

    Pete Dudley, a real estate salesman, convinces Mrs. Brown that she should sell her ramshackle of a house, which causes a problem for Tim and Martin, especially in hiding the spaces...

  • Martin and the Eternal Triangle

    26.Martin and the Eternal Triangle

    12-04-196430m

    Since Tim is unavailable for an outing, Martin asks Mrs. Brown out on a "date". Mrs. Brown herself can't make it since surprisingly she already has a date for that evening. Martin...

  • Danger! High Voltage!

    27.Danger! High Voltage!

    19-04-196430m

    Martin needs to electrically charge himself for his trip back to Mars. However he overcharges himself. He needs to rid himself of the excess electricity, and when he initially trie...

  • Ep 28

    28.If You Can't Lick Them

    26-04-196430m

    Martin can't work on his spaceship because neighborhood boy, won't leave him alone. Martin is so stressed that his antennae get stuck in the up position and he loses some of his po...

  • Unidentified Flying Uncle Martin

    29.Unidentified Flying Uncle Martin

    03-05-196430m

    Martin needs to fly his space ship, 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...

  • How Are You Gonna Keep Them Down on the Pharmacy?

    30.How Are You Gonna Keep Them Down on the Pharmacy?

    10-05-196430m

    The Earthly environment is causing a vitamin deficiency in Martin. He draws on energy and vitamins from everything and everyone around him. The effect on things is for them to go h...

  • Miss Jekyll and Hyde

    31.Miss Jekyll and Hyde

    17-05-196430m

    Mrs. Brown's niece, Paula Clayfield, comes for visit. A former child prodigy, Paula has always relied on her brains to mask insecurities in her personal appearance. Despite her Pla...

  • Who's Got the Power?

    32.Who's Got the Power?

    24-05-196430m

    During an electrical storm, Martin gets an affliction called popsy, which causes him to appear and disappear uncontrollably. With Tim's help, Martin needs to long ground himself el...

  • Oh, My Aching Antenna

    33.Oh, My Aching Antenna

    31-05-196430m

    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 tho...

  • The Disastro-nauts

    34.The Disastro-nauts

    07-06-196430m

    Martin convinces Tim to use his connections as a reporter to get Martin a tryout as the astronaut for a Mars destined rocket, privately financed by Omar M. Keck. Despite a slew of...

  • Shake Well and Don't Use

    35.Shake Well and Don't Use

    14-06-196430m

    Tim and Mr. Burns' nephew, Freddie Carson, are in the running for promotion to journeyman reporter at the newspaper. After finding out that Mr. Burns is a gourmet, Martin decides t...

  • A Nose for News

    36.A Nose for News

    21-06-196430m

    Tim gets mad at Martin for "disappearing and spying" on him while he has a date at the apartment. To make up for this, Martin covers for Tim when he goes missing from the office an...

  • Uncle Martin's Wisdom Tooth

    37.Uncle Martin's Wisdom Tooth

    28-06-196430m

    A toothache of his "eye" tooth causes "eye" problems for Martin: he can't see. Tim takes him to see his dentist, although Martin doesn't have typical human teeth. He needs dental e...

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