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MY FAVORITE MARTIAN

"THE DISASTRO-NAUTS" Original Air Date: 1964 June 7
CAST

Uncle Martin (The Martian) .... Ray Walston
Tim 0'Hara .................... Bill Bixby
Omar Keck ..................... Alan Hale 
Professor Crensnaw ............ Frank de Vol 
Mr. Burns ..................... J. Pat O'Malley 
Bruce Baker ................... Buck Taylor 
Walt .......................... Michael Barrier 
 
 
SYNOPSIS 



When Omar Keck, meat packing tycoon and inventor of the 
square meatball, decides to send an astronaut to our sister planet, he 
is unaware that the first man to go to Mars will turn out to be a 
Martian. As Uncle Martin points out to Tim, the missile will serve a 
double purpose: it will give him a way to get back home and will land 
someone who can explain Earthpeople to Martians and, as Tim must 
concede, "you Earthpeople can stand plenty of explaining." 
 
When Uncle Martin demonstrates his knowledge of interplanetary 
navigation and his athletic prowess he becomes the obvious choice
for the astronaut. On the eve of the takeoff, Tim leaves a taped article 
on his editor's desk which reveals that astronaut Martin O'Hara is 
actually a man from outer space. When the launching is delayed by 
unfavorable weather conditions, Uncle Martin is forced to leave the 
missile and rush to the newspaper office to recover the tape before it 
is played while he is still on Earth. After a breakneck dash, he and 
Tim manage to rescue the tape and race back to the launching pad just 
in time to see the missile take off on a successful flight to Mars. 
But, unfortunately, without astronaut Uncle Martin!