My Favorite Martian
Pay the Man the $24
TV Flash files “Pay the Man the $24” as a desk essential hour — My Favorite Martian (1963–1966) on CBS, season 3, episode 32, aired 1966-05-01, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E32: listed hour 107 of 107 in the My Favorite Martian guide, last listed hour of season 3. It aired 1966-05-01 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “My Nut Cup Runneth Over” (S03E31). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “Pay the Man the $24”. Pay the Man the $24 closes three CBS seasons of antenna sitcom: catalog tail of a one-joke premise that kept paying.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Pay the Man the $24 sit in the My Favorite Martian guide?
S03E32 is listed hour 107 of 107 — last listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 32.
When did My Favorite Martian S03E32 air?
Pay the Man the $24 aired 1966-05-01 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.
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Filed against
- Ray Walston as Uncle Martin
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- Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara
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- Pamela Britton as Mrs. Lorelei Brown
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