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MY FAVORITE MARTIAN

"HOW TO BE A HERO WITHOUT REALLY TRYING" Original Air Date: 1963 December 29
CAST

Uncle Martin (The Martian) .... Ray Walston
Tim 0'Hara .................... Bill Bixby
Jennifer ...................... Kathy Kersh 
Stevie ........................ Butch Patrick 
Picnicker ..................... Richard Reeves 
Patrolman 1 ................... George Cisar 
Patrolman 2 ................... Dick Wilson 
 
 
SYNOPSIS 
 
Martin asks Tim to drive him into the country to find some 
glink, a basic ore which Earth hasn't discovered yet. Martin 
needs the metal for the repair of his spaceship and eventual 
return to Mars. However, Tim doesn't want to make trip on 
his day off. 
 
Tim changes his mind when he meets a lovely new neighbor, 
named Jennifer Richmond, and suggests that she, her little 
brother, Martin and he go on a picnic. With a bit of coaxing 
from Steve, the brother, the four drive to Sunset Mountain. 
After lunch, Martin excuses himself to look for the glink with 
Steve. The conversation is directed toward Mars by the 
space-minded youngster. Martin tells him he heard that 
gravity on Mars is so low that the people on that planet 
can scoot up mountains like flies. 
 
Steve recalls this after Martin disappears. The boy confronts 
Sunset Mountain and begins to climb it. He reaches a point 
almost to the top, when he gets stuck. Martin persuades 
Tim to climb the mountain with the help of the Martian's 
levitator. Tim, anxious to make a hit with Jennifer, agrees 
and succeeds in rescuing the boy. Tim, believing he ascended 
and descended the steep slope only because Martin's levitator 
was trained on him, is horrfied to learn the mechanism broke 
at the very start of his climb.