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MY FAVORITE MARTIAN

"THE AWFUL TRUTH" Original Air Date: 1963 November 17
CAST

Uncle Martin (The Martian) .... Ray Walston
Tim 0'Hara .................... Bill Bixby
Mrs. Brown .................... Pamela Britton 
Mr. Burns ..................... J. Pat 0'Malley 
Daphne Joyce .................. Jackie Russell 
 

SYNOPSIS 
 
Martin reluctantly agrees to let Tim use one of his powers. Tim 
chooses levitation. For 24 hours he will be given the power to 
move objects at will. Tim's experiments with this new-found gift are 
successful, and he has difficulty moving objects because of a broken 
bone in his index finger. As a substitute for levitation Martin gives 
Tim the power to read minds for 24 hours. 
 
Tim first experiments with the mailman and then Mrs. Brown 
but discovers he is not in complete control of his power. His first 
encounter with trouble occurs when he takes Daphne Joyce out to 
dinner. Daphne tries to get out of keeping a date with him by telling 
him a series of lies, but his power enables him to confront her with 
the fibs and the results are a tossed salad in his lap. 
 
Tim, anxious to win favor with his boss, insists upon interviewing 
Councilman Jack Gramby, which causes same problems and a 
possible libel suit. A disconsolate Tim returns to his apartment 
wishing he didn't have the power any longer. That is, until his boss 
announces that there would be no suit and that the interview was a 
great benefit to the newspaper. 
 
Tim, elated, asks Martin for an extension of time to read minds, 
but Martin refuses. If Tim wants answers, he'll have to find his own way. 
 
Everything seems fine, especially when Daphne calls and Tim 
thinks that she is his girl again. But Martin knows otherwise. Daphne 
still has another boyfriend, even though she leads Tim to believe 
otherwise. But that little deception is a secret Martin does not share 
with Tim--only the audience.