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My Favorite Martian Seasons
On DVD
My Favorite Martian Season 1
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MY FAVORITE
MARTIAN aired from 1963 to 1966, becoming one of the first
in a long line of situation comedies that adopt fantastical
premises. The story centered around Tim O'Hara, a bachelor
news reporter for the Los Angeles Sun, who stumbles one
night across a crashed spacecraft, and befriends its
occupant. Tim decides to take the Martian home and pass him
off as his Uncle Martin, giving rises to a series of comedic
near-misses where Martin's true identity is almost
discovered. Most bothersome is Tim's next door neighbor
Loralee, a meddling woman who is constantly intruding on her
neighbors' affairs. Although Martin looks human and speaks
English, he has a number of tricks up his sleeve that
include telepathy, the ability to make himself invisible,
and a troublesome antenna that sometimes emerges from the
top of his head, all of which threaten to give him away at
any time. In the first season, Martin becomes acquainted
with earthly events that are foreign on Mars, such as love,
lightning storms, toothaches, and the common cold, with some
rather unexpected results. Meanwhile, Tim has to deal with
inquisitive visitors, including a cousin who knows quite
well he has no Uncle Martin, while also experimenting with
telepathy himself, and using Martin's powers to further his
career. |
My Favorite Martian Season 2
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Tim O'Hara (Bill
Bixby) is a Los Angeles news reporter in this landmark sitcom
from the early 1960s. His life is turned upside down when he
discovers a crashed spacecraft one night on his way home. Tim
befriends its likeable pilot (Ray Walston), who appears human
except for a pair of retractable antennae, and takes both him
and his ship home. Passing the Martian off as his Uncle
Martin, Tim is now presented with the challenge of keeping his
new friend's identity a secret; Martin's alien characteristics
often manifest in powers gone awry, or in strange Martian
illnesses that are difficult to explain away. He also is given
to inventing strange gadgets and tools that wreak havoc on
everyone who encounters them. The unlikely duo's nosy
neighbor, Mrs. Lorelei Brown, doesn't make things any easier,
as she and her family are constantly coming upon things they
weren't supposed to see. The second season includes the
episodes "Uncle Martin and the Identified Flying
Object," where Martin loses control of his ability to
move large objects; "Once Upon a Martian Mother's
Day," where Martin encounters his mother's double; and
"The Green Eyed Martian," where Martin's
"irresistible spray" makes Mrs. Brown just that. |
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