My Favorite Martian is the story of Tim O’Hara – a reporter for the Los Angeles Sun newspaper – and his “Uncle Martin”, a visitor from Mars (Martin, get it?).
One morning, while driving to an interview, Tim witnesses a UFO crash-land. He investigates and befriends its pilot, a professor of anthropology from Mars whose speciality is the primitive planet Earth.
Tim takes the stranded Martian to his apartment at 21 Elm Street, in a home owned by the good-natured and kindly (though highly illogical) Mrs Lorelei Brown (Pamela Britton).
To protect his true identity, the Martian adopts the alias of Uncle Martin, a relative who has come to live with his nephew, Tim.
While Martin seeks a way to repair his spaceship (hidden in the garage), he struggles to adjust to a more primitive world and keep his true identity a secret.
His task is complicated by Detective Bill “Bulldog” Brennan (Alan Hewitt) of the LAPD’s 12th Precinct, who is suspicious of both Tim and Martin.
Uncle Martin has many special powers: He has the ability to project his dreams, can read minds (unless there is a conscious effort to shut him out), speak to and understand animals, levitate (with his right index finger) and appear and disappear at will (by raising the antennae at the back of his head).
Thunderstorms are his worst fear on Earth because if struck by lightning and not properly grounded by his antennae, he gets “Popsy” – a condition that causes him to appear and disappear uncontrollably.
Tim is never quite sure when Uncle Martin will next employ his Martian powers, but he almost always uses his unusual abilities to get into the strangest types of trouble.
Detective Brennan always shows up at the worst possible moment. Mrs Brown is usually the unwitting target of Uncle Martin’s pranks. She also has romantic designs on Uncle Martin.
One morning, while driving to an interview, Tim witnesses a UFO crash-land. He investigates and befriends its pilot, a professor of anthropology from Mars whose speciality is the primitive planet Earth.
Thunderstorms are his worst fear on Earth because if struck by lightning and not properly grounded by his antennae, he gets “Popsy” – a condition that causes him to appear and disappear uncontrollably.
