My Favorite Martian
Go West, Young Martian (1)
TV Flash files “Go West, Young Martian (1)” as a desk essential hour — My Favorite Martian (1963–1966) on CBS, season 3, episode 1, aired 1965-09-12, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E01: listed hour 76 of 107 in the My Favorite Martian guide, first listed hour of season 3. It aired 1965-09-12 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Portrait in Brown” (S02E38). Next is “Go West, Young Martian (2)” (S03E02).
Essential hour: “Go West, Young Martian (1)”. Go West, Young Martian (1) opens season three as a two-door lark — the alien still hiding in a Los Angeles cover story.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Uncle Martin rigs up a time machine and Detective Brennan messes with it and causes Uncle Martin and Tim to go back in time.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Go West, Young Martian (1) sit in the My Favorite Martian guide?
S03E01 is listed hour 76 of 107 — first listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 1.
When did My Favorite Martian S03E01 air?
Go West, Young Martian (1) aired 1965-09-12 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…