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My Favorite Martian (Television Series) #MyFavoriteMartian

John Mayo, of ComicBookPage, and Kay Kellam, of PopArtsPlace, have a spoilers filled discussion about the My Favorite Martian television series that ran from 1963 to 1966.  A Boxed set of the three season just came out on DVD, with a slew of Bonus features, prompting this review of the series, and the DVD.  Included on the Season 1 DVDs is a 1 hour Soundtrack, featuring the music of George Greeley.

From the Box for the DVD:   MY FAVORITE MARTIAN marked the beginning of television s fascination with fantasy themed comedy series, originally airing on CBS-TV from 1963-1966.

Debuting in the top ten upon its premiere season, MY FAVORITE MARTIAN stars BILL BIXBY (The Courtship of Eddie s Father, The Incredible Hulk) as newspaper reporter Tim O Hara and RAY WALSTON (PIcket Fences) as the Martian whom Tim discovers and passes off as his Uncle Martin. PAMELA BRITTON plays their snoopy landlady Lorelei Brown. This complete series collection features all 107 unedited episodes along with hours of special bonus material.

Among the guest stars who appear are LINDA EVANS, GAVIN MacLEOD, MARLO THOMAS, JAMIE FARR, BERNIE KOPELL, ALAN HALE JR., MADGE BLAKE, BUTCH PATRICK, RICHARD DEACON, ALLAN MELVIN, DORIS PACKER, MICHAEL CONSTANTINE, HENRY GIBSON, ELVIA ALLMAN, HAL SMITH, STAFFORD REPP, PAT PRIEST, DAVID WHITE, FRANK DeVOL, MADGE REDMOND and SHELLEY MORRISON.

Links:
My Favorite Martian @ IMDB.com:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056775/
My Favorite Martian @ Amazon http://amzn.to/1PQGQan
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