SEASON 1
Created by John L. Greene
Theme music composed by George Greeley
- 001. My Favorite Martin – 9/29/1963
- Los Angeles reporter Tim O’Hara (Bill Bixby) lives in an apartment above the garage of the home of his landlady Mrs. Lorelei Brown (Pamela Britton) and her daughter Angela (Ann Marshall). He works for the Los Angeles Sun newspaper, and has a flirtatious relationship with Mrs. Brown’s niece Annabelle (Ina Victor). One morning after resetting all of his alarm clocks and falling back to sleep, he awoken by all three ladies and told that his editor Harry Burns (J. Pat O’Malley) wants him ot Edwards Air Force Base to report on a test flight of the X-15 aircraft. By the time Tim arrives, he has missed a near collision between the X-15 what the pilot identifies as a flying saucer. However he is rushed out by Col. Whitehead (Herbert Rudley) before he can get the story. On his way home, he spots the UFO go down and follows it to its crash, where he meets a man who identifies himself as a visiting Martian (Ray Walston), who is an anthropologist and has been to Earth many times before. Tim takes him back to his house, and witnesses him raise his antenna and turn himself invisible so he can sneak in. Tim allows the injured Martian to stay with him until he can recover and repair his ship. He also learns that the Martian can read minds and teleport himself. Based on the information provided to him by the Martian, he publishes an article stating that the pilot of the X-15 claimed to see a flying saucer. O’Malley and Lt. Murphy (Simon Oakland) pay him a visit to find out how he got the story. When they see the Martian in his house, Tim tells them that he is actually his Uncle Martin. When Tim refuses to reveal his source, he is thrown in jail. Martin teleports himself into the jail and tells Tim to claim he intercepted their broadcast on his car radio. When Murphy hears him talking to someone, an invisible Martin convinces him that Tim is a master ventriloquist. When Tim tells them the story about the radio, it checks out thanks to some interference from Martin. Tim agrees to help Martin raise the money needed to repair his ship by playing in Las Vegas, while Martin agrees to help Tim get Award winning stories through his mind-reading. Lee Krieger is the radarman. Marc Towers is the plainclothesman. 4/14/20
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