This was one of the fantasy themed situation comedies of the 1960's and it is ranked with the other television sitcoms as "The Munsters", "Bewitched", "I Dream Of Jeannie", "My Mother The Car", "The Flying Nun", "The Beverly Hillbillies",and "Gilligan's Island" just to name a few that came from that decade. The half hour science fiction-situation comedy series "My Favorite Martian" premiered at a time when science fiction themed shows were the norm at the time where it combined comedy with out of the world special effects.
"My Favorite Martian" aired for three seasons on CBS' Sunday night prime time schedule where it was between "Lassie", and "The Ed Sullivan Show" and went up against strong competition with "The Wonderful World Of Disney " during its run. The series was the brainchild of creator and producer John L. Greene along with producer Jack Chertok and executive producer Harry Poppe, "My Favorite Martian" premiered on September 29, 1963 and lasted until May 1, 1966. The series was produced by Jack Chertok Productions in association with the CBS Television Network. A total of 107 episodes were produced with the first two seasons produced and filmed in black and white while the third and final season of the series was produced and filmed in color. A total of 75 episodes were produced in black and white from September 29, 1963 until June 27, 1965 and was filmed in Hollywood at Desilu Studios for Seasons 1-2. The third and final season of the series produced 32 episodes in color from September 12, 1965 until May 1, 1966 and was filmed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios.
The series starred Ray Walston(of "South Pacific", "The Apartment") and Bill Bixby(of "The Joey Bishop Show", and "The Courtship Of Eddie's Father ")along with Pamela Britton, Alan Hewitt, and J. Pat O'Malley. A human looking extraterrestrial in a one man spaceship collides with an Air Force rocket plane as it crashes nearby. A newspaper reporter locates the spaceship nearby and rescues the man from his spaceship whose secret identity is kept confidential between the reporter and the human looking extraterrestrial who goes by the name of "Uncle Martin". Only the reporter knows who he really is and the reporter treats him as part of the family never to reveal his identity as a Martian from another planet.as he attempts to rebuild his spaceship while being watched under the eyes of the police detective Bill Brennan whom Uncle Martin dislikes. The Martin's next door neighbor is the nosey Lorelei Brown.
This half hour comedy series had some impressive special effects of it day while providing the hilarious hijinks that follows in every episode. Top named directors from Sheldon Leonard(who directed the pilot episode) to Leslie Goodwins, Oscar Rudolph, James Komack, Sidney Miller, David Alexander, Jean Yarbrough, Alan Rafkin, James Kern to Bryon Paul contribute to some of the episodes. The best episodes were the pilot episode "My Favorite Martin", followed with"The Matchmaker" to "There Is No Cure For The Common Martian", "Man On The Couch", "Dreaming Can Make It So",to the two part episode "Go West Young Martian" that were among the others that made this series stand out even after 60 years later it still entertains.
"My Favorite Martian" aired for three seasons on CBS' Sunday night prime time schedule where it was between "Lassie", and "The Ed Sullivan Show" and went up against strong competition with "The Wonderful World Of Disney " during its run. The series was the brainchild of creator and producer John L. Greene along with producer Jack Chertok and executive producer Harry Poppe, "My Favorite Martian" premiered on September 29, 1963 and lasted until May 1, 1966. The series was produced by Jack Chertok Productions in association with the CBS Television Network. A total of 107 episodes were produced with the first two seasons produced and filmed in black and white while the third and final season of the series was produced and filmed in color. A total of 75 episodes were produced in black and white from September 29, 1963 until June 27, 1965 and was filmed in Hollywood at Desilu Studios for Seasons 1-2. The third and final season of the series produced 32 episodes in color from September 12, 1965 until May 1, 1966 and was filmed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios.
The series starred Ray Walston(of "South Pacific", "The Apartment") and Bill Bixby(of "The Joey Bishop Show", and "The Courtship Of Eddie's Father ")along with Pamela Britton, Alan Hewitt, and J. Pat O'Malley. A human looking extraterrestrial in a one man spaceship collides with an Air Force rocket plane as it crashes nearby. A newspaper reporter locates the spaceship nearby and rescues the man from his spaceship whose secret identity is kept confidential between the reporter and the human looking extraterrestrial who goes by the name of "Uncle Martin". Only the reporter knows who he really is and the reporter treats him as part of the family never to reveal his identity as a Martian from another planet.as he attempts to rebuild his spaceship while being watched under the eyes of the police detective Bill Brennan whom Uncle Martin dislikes. The Martin's next door neighbor is the nosey Lorelei Brown.
This half hour comedy series had some impressive special effects of it day while providing the hilarious hijinks that follows in every episode. Top named directors from Sheldon Leonard(who directed the pilot episode) to Leslie Goodwins, Oscar Rudolph, James Komack, Sidney Miller, David Alexander, Jean Yarbrough, Alan Rafkin, James Kern to Bryon Paul contribute to some of the episodes. The best episodes were the pilot episode "My Favorite Martin", followed with"The Matchmaker" to "There Is No Cure For The Common Martian", "Man On The Couch", "Dreaming Can Make It So",to the two part episode "Go West Young Martian" that were among the others that made this series stand out even after 60 years later it still entertains.