MY FAVORITE MARTIAN

"NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH"
Original Air Date: 1964 October 18
CAST

Uncle Martin (The Martian) .... Ray Walston
Tim 0'Hara .................... Bill Bixby
Mrs. Loralee Brown ............ Pamela Britton 
Henry ......................... Don Keefer
Stanley ....................... Rory Stevens 
Dulcy ......................... Yvonne White 
Police Sargeant ............... Stafford Repp  
 
SYNOPSIS 

During a test flight in the nearby hills, Martin's spaceship breaks 
down. Martin hides the ship in the underbrush while he repairs the 
parts at home. Just as he is about to bring the ship back in, Mrs. 
Brown's relatives arrive for a visit - her sister, Dulcy, her brother-
in-law, Henry, and her seven-year-old nephew, Stanley. Henry is a dry, 
pedantic, realistic, unimaginative man who builds computing machines. 
Stanley is a dreamy, imaginative, fanciful little boy. Stanley's 
flights of fancy are labeled "lies" by his father who is convinced 
there is no room for "make believe" in practical society. 
 
Because he's unable to land with a11 the visitors around 
Martin decides to bring his ship in the dead of night. However, 
Stanley awakens, sees the ship and joyfully reports to his father that 
he saw a Martian and a spaceship! 
 
Stanley is accused of lying, is told in no uncertain terms 
that there are no Martians and no spaceships and is punished. Martin 
is upset. Stanley was telling the truth. And if he weren't, even if he 
had imagined it, a child is entitled to an imagination. While Martin 
struggles to come up with something that will teach Henry there is a 
difference between imagination and a lie, another problem arises. The 
Fire Department is coming to check the premises for Fire Prevention 
Week and Martin must get his spaceship out of the garage and away. 
 
Martin decides to kill two birds with one stone - to teach Henry a 
lesson and resolve the problam of moving his ship. He arranges for 
Henry to be alone in the garden and then buzzes overhead in his 
spaceship. Henry sees the ship and is hysterical.
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