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Harmless fun, good acting and chemistry, except did not like the detective character or actor (who reminds me a little of news person Bill O'Reilly ). Agree with many of other posters so here are my different observations.
Really liked Tim's above the garage apartment, one of the simplest home sets of it's time.
I often felt a strong optimism underlying the show. The possibilities of space, discovery, and new technology (in line with the times). Tim's youth. The growth and development of Martin and Tim's relationship. The hope Martian can get back to Mars (although slightly bittersweet as that would probably end the show). A Camelot type feeling (even though Kennedy killed soon after it first aired).

Quickly checked an episode guide and appears Martin never got back in the end as I recalled. However I also recall a scene with Martin's ship heading off into a starry night sky and Tim watching it's fainting glow, he tears up and says to himself good-bye Uncle Martin. I do not think this was the end (or possibly even real, been over 40 years) but part of an episode in which it later it turns out Martin did not make it after all. Anyone else recall this scene or show?

One of my all time favorite shows. It would be nice if one of the umpteen cable networks would air it. Never jumped. I had the hots for Mrs. Brown too. I also liked Wilbur's wife on Mr. Ed.

This was show in which two adult men lived together and both were engaged in a constant struggle to keep the true nature of their relationship hidden from the outside world. The question: was this the first overtly gay sitcom or did something else come first? If so, what?

BTW, a lot of crappy old shows got rerun to death in the '70's and '80's. Not so with My Favorite Martian, it was not rerun nearly so much. Did even Nick at Night or TVLand play it? This was a great show: why is there a conspiracy against it?

Also, I agree with the previous poster who had a fetish for Mrs. Brown.

A truly wonderful show that spoke to me in 1963, and was a pleasant surprise and a great joy to see again on DVD. A multi-layered series with brilliant writing and acting, far superior to other, later "fantasy sitcoms" such as Bewitched and Jeannie. Never jumped.

i loved walston and bixby,but my favorite was pamela britton.i found her charming,funny,and lovely.the interplay between her and walston was my favorite part of the show,and the last season they they lost that,because the brennan character got more airtime.they should have kept the possibility of romance between mrs.brown and martin.

I was young enough to enjoy the show,and seeing the antennae extend and retract, along with the Therapin "tones"
used, made for a really fun show...for it's time.I tip my hat as well...M-H-B.

From MyBaby: Wow, does this show bring back memories. I was in 'lust' with Bill Bixby but actually in 'love' with Ray Walston. He was always my favorite. I agree with the storylines not always being the best. The ones toward the end there were ... just not up to snuff. But that didn't stop me from tuning in and seeing what my boys were doing. I know both actors had amazing careers after and before MFM but they both brought life to the characters on this show that made a comfort zone for me to enjoy. A tip of the hat to both of them.

The Introduction Of Andromeda was it, that lead to the end of the show on CBS. You can add based on that grouping the Filmation animated Martian jumped from day one. They used stock music and added a bully character to foil the animated Andromeda, neither Walston or Bixby returned to their roles. Neither did George Greeley the unsung hero of the show who's brilliant underscore helped make the show even at it's weakest point.

The instrument used for the ethereal sound in "My Favorite Martin" was not a Theremin. It was a mechanically-controlled audio oscillator played by the inventor of the instrument, Dr. Paul Tanner. Tanner was a session musician who used his invention in numerous recordings, including those for "My Favorite Martian" and the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations." I was very fortunate to obtain a video presentation of Tanner discussing his work on the music for "My Favorite Martian," in which he speaks highly of the show's musical content. Perhaps the incidental music was the best part of the program. The credit music is certainly memorable, in my opinion.

A show I enjoyed while growing up in the 70's- I agree with the above posters that Bixby and Walston seemed to have good chemistry. Interesting learning about the theremin- I remember wondering what created that sound when Uncle Martin levitated something. The episode where Martin accidentally shrinks his ship and a neighborhood boy mistakes it for a toy was a good one. Wasn't there another episode where a child spots Martin's antennae while they're up and it becomes a neighborhood craze where all the kids are running around with homemade antennae? From Applegate (the devil) in "Damn Yankees to Uncle Martin to Mr. Hand in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", Walston showed that he was a versatile actor.

MY FAVORITE MARTIAN was another of my favorite sitcoms from the 60's starring Bill Bixby as a newspaper reporter who takes in an actual Martian played by Ray Walston, whose ship I belived crashed in his garage or something. The writing and situations were predictable but Walston and Bixby had good onscreen chemistry and Alan Hewitt was amusing as Detective Brennan, the O'Hara's version of Dr. Bellows, always trying to catch Tim and Martin and expose Martin for what he actually was. Not exactly groundbreaking television, but it was fun and it really wasn't on the air long enough to jump the shark.

When Uncle Martin's "Nephew" shows up. This sort of coinicides with going color, but anytime you have to add a kid to try to save a series, you know it jumped the shark

A fantastic and fun show, excellently cast, scripted and scored. Bixby was only better in "The Hulk," and for Walston it was the role of a lifetime, one he never outran, a pity for him but not us. When he appeared in the film "Silver Streak," I hadn't seen him for years and yet I still saw Uncle Martin. Of course, Mrs. Brown and Detective Brennan sometimes stole the show, but that's fine. The stories were often funny and touching as well, and shows like it were rare then, and more so now. I refuse to pick nits with it or say it ever jumped. It's a solid classic.

The movie was horrible! Chris Lloyd should be ashamed! And I'm a big fan of his! The Cameo of "our Uncle Martin" finally going home was a nice touch but for a fan of the tv series saying that the martians looked like they did was blasphemy! No wonder Uncle Martin went home! I'll bet he was glad he did!

Holds the record for the most episodes ever produced for a sci fi comedy, so they must have done SOMETHING right. Unusually literate and fast-paced; the episodes written and/or directed by James Komack were something special. "Star Trek" scribe Gene Coon produced one in the third season ("Hate Me a Little") that ranks with the best. Bixby was never better ... Walston was a pro.