My Favorite Martian
How to Be a Hero Without Really Trying
TV Flash files “How to Be a Hero Without Really Trying” as hour 13 of 107 in the TV Flash guide — My Favorite Martian (1963–1966) on CBS, season 1, episode 13, aired 1963-12-29, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E13: listed hour 13 of 107 in the My Favorite Martian guide, hour 13 of 37 in season 1. It aired 1963-12-29 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “That Little Old Matchmaker, Martin” (S01E12). Next is “Blood is Thicker than the Martian” (S01E14).
Viewer FAQ
Where does How to Be a Hero Without Really Trying sit in the My Favorite Martian guide?
S01E13 is listed hour 13 of 107 — hour 13 of 37 in season 1, season 1 episode 13.
When did My Favorite Martian S01E13 air?
How to Be a Hero Without Really Trying aired 1963-12-29 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Uncle Martin hiding powers in Tim O'Hara's household is the roommate contract: Walston deadpan, Bixby straight man, antenna gags. Weekly near-misses, not a serialized invasion.
In the series
Why this series still plays
My Favorite Martian is the alien-roommate sitcom before Trek made space solemn: Ray Walston's Uncle Martin crash-lands, sprouts antennae, and hides in Bill Bixby's reporter household. Levitation gags and invisibility bits do the weekly work. Walston's deadpan extraterrestrial against Bixby's straight man — family-hour sci-fi that treats a Martian like a difficult relative with better technology.
The flash is an antenna on a Los Angeles cover story. Ray Walston's Uncle Martin crash-lands, sprouts the week's tell, and hides in Bill Bixby's reporter household while Pamela Britton's Mrs. Brown and the nosy neighbors almost catch the levitation gag. My Favorite Martian, CBS 1963–1966 — three seasons, 107 episodes — from John L. Greene. Walston's deadpan extraterrestrial against Bixby's straight man. **They are not amicable, the powers and the lease.** Family-hour sci-fi that treats a Martian like a difficult…
Filed against
- Ray Walston as Uncle Martin
Ray Walston played Uncle Martin on My Favorite Martian, the 1960s alien-roommate sitcom before space got solemn — crash-landing, antennae, hiding in Bill Bixby’s reporter household. Levitation gags and invisibility bits as weekly work. TV…
- Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara
Bill Bixby’s Tim O’Hara hid a Martian in a 1960s catalog reporter household, then The Incredible Hulk recast the nice-guy face as David Banner’s tragic road. TV Flash files him as the straight man who learned how to hitchhike: antennae…
- Pamela Britton as Mrs. Lorelei Brown
Pamela Britton played Mrs. Lorelei Brown on My Favorite Martian, the 1960s alien-roommate sitcom before space got solemn — Ray Walston’s Uncle Martin crash-landing, antennae, hiding in a reporter household. Levitation gags and…