

My Favorite Martian
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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1.My Favorite Martin
29-09-196330mReporter 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...

2.The Matchmakers
06-10-196330mThere 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...

3.There is No Cure for the Common Martian
13-10-196330mMartin 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...

4.Russians R in Season
20-10-196330mMartin 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...

5.Man or Amoeba
27-10-196330mRenowned 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...

6.The Man on the Couch
03-11-196330mTo 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...

7.A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine and Peaches
10-11-196330mMartin 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...

8.The Awful Truth
17-11-196330mTim 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...

9.Rocket to Mars
01-12-196330mWhen 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...

10.Raffles No. 2
08-12-196330mWhen 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...

11.The Atom Misers
15-12-196330mMartin 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...

12.That Little Old Matchmaker, Martin
22-12-196330mTim 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,...

13.How to Be a Hero Without Really Trying
29-12-196330mThe 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...

14.Blood Is Thicker than the Martian
05-01-196430mTim'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...

15.Poor Little Rich Cat
12-01-196430mThe 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...

16.Rx for Martian
19-01-196430mMartin 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...

17.Going, Going, Gone
02-02-196430mSomething 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...

18.Who Am I?
09-02-196430mMartin 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...

19.Now You See It, Now You Don't
16-02-196430mAt 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...

20.My Nephew the Artist
23-02-196430mMartin 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...

21.Hitchhike to Mars
01-03-196430mThe 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-...

22.Uncle Martin's Broadcast
08-03-196430mTim 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...

23.An Old, Old Friend of the Family
15-03-196430mAfter 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...

24.Super-Duper Snooper
22-03-196430mMrs. 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...

25.The Sinkable Mrs. Brown
05-04-196430mPete 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...

26.Martin and the Eternal Triangle
12-04-196430mSince 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...

27.Danger! High Voltage!
19-04-196430mMartin 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...
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28.If You Can't Lick Them
26-04-196430mMartin 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...

29.Unidentified Flying Uncle Martin
03-05-196430mMartin 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...

30.How Are You Gonna Keep Them Down on the Pharmacy?
10-05-196430mThe 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...

31.Miss Jekyll and Hyde
17-05-196430mMrs. 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...

32.Who's Got the Power?
24-05-196430mDuring 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...

33.Oh, My Aching Antenna
31-05-196430mMartin 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...

34.The Disastro-nauts
07-06-196430mMartin 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...

35.Shake Well and Don't Use
14-06-196430mTim 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...

36.A Nose for News
21-06-196430mTim 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...

37.Uncle Martin's Wisdom Tooth
28-06-196430mA 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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