My Favorite Martian Mistakes, Goofs And Oddities Season 1

Clips courtesy of Jack Chertok Productions and CBS Television
Well, here we go again. I realized that My Favorite Martian had a lot of bloopers in it as well and I figured I'd go ahead and do a series on this show. So sit back, relax and enjoy!

[RJSchex]

The real blooper from Season 1 occurred on the first seven episodes, in which the copyright date during the closing credits was misprinted as "MCMXLIII" (1943).

[Stansman]

I was a big fan of this show and I pestered my late dad to make me a set of martian antennae, he went into his work shed and made them out of metal wire..I remember that they looked good and were quite comfortable to wear..thanks dad.

[Suddenlyits]

Ray Walston was a very kind person in real life. I’ve read stories from those who met him in the 60’s when this show was on the air. One person said he saw him at a drive in restaurant and he actually sat down with his family and spent a half hour talking with them while he ate.
The 50’s and 60’s were a great time for tv. Mister Ed, Twilight Zone, Lost in Space, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Star Trek. It’s too bad we don’t have shows like these anymore.
The dog in the one episode was also used in Andy Griffith and other shows. I believe he was one of Frank Inns animals.

[richardwilliams]

Love the yellow hand glove on the stick pointer

[richardwilliams]

Wow! At 28:02 we see a young Tom Skerritt. I remember him in the movie, Alien with a full beard

[stevenj]

Thanks for the video I always was a big fan of my favorite Martian!! I feel that back in the 60s and very early 70s. Every show was so unique and since the mid 80s onward you can plug-in anybody any nationality to do the act the scripts because they’re also mishmash now. The television shows for much more creative back in the day.

[joekouyoumjian]

It's nice to see that you're back with more of the behind the scenes oddities. Billy Blackburn was probably the most interesting character actor who never said a word yet conveyed so much. I saw his home movies from Star Trek which were really entertaining. By the way, Ray Walston and David White were in the movie "The Apartment" as Jack Lemmon"s co-workers who used his apartment for their shenanigans. Thanks for your video; look forward to the next one.

[eric_in_florida]

So many wires lol. This was a fun show to watch as a kid.

[masudashizue]

This series is severely underrated. Incidentally, I watched this series entirely in Japanese, and the voice actors made a tremendous effort to make this show a success. Many Japanese of my generation fondly remember My Favorite Martian, although I believe it was titled "Bravo Kaseijin (Martian)" since there was not a good equivalent for "My Favorite Martian" in Japan. I can't remember how they handled the mixup between "Martian' and "Martin" in the Japanese language version.

[petermerz]

I loved that series. Anything sci-fi I watched. Thanks for sharing. 😎🇨🇦

[williampetersen]

In the episode My Nephew The Artist; in the 1st scene of Martin at the Art Gallery, if you'll look closely at one of the paintings on the gallery wall, you'll notice that it's the same painting that hung over the bed of Ricky Ricardo in I Love Lucy. Not too surprising when you consider MFM was shot at Desilu studios.

[nativevirginian]

Martin was always hiding. He should have become a professor like the show “Third Rock”. 😀

[macfixer]

I can’t remember if I actually had a trick lightbulb like that when I was a kid? I might just remember it from a Johnson Smith catalog, or from a shop at the local mall that sold a lot of those Adams brand tricks and other JS-like junk? Anyway I remember a plastic lightbulb with metal bottom parts, and the bottom screwed off to put in a AA battery. It came with a plain metal ring you put on your finger. When you touched the ring across from the threaded part to the end of the bulb it would light up. On a hunch I just looked on eBay and found several different kinds, both vintage ones and modern ones. Of course everybody remembers Uncle Fester with a lightbulb that would light up when he put it in his mouth on the Addams Family. That would be a fun show to see mistakes from too.

[billsantospianomore]

Frank DeVol also wrote the My Three Sons theme song and played the saxophone on an episode of The Brady Bunch.

[myfavoritemartian]

You must understand that it was a long time ago. Everything was analog, a 2 transistor radio was a big deal. Stop motion animation was THE big thing. The Gemini missions had just started and we were into anything space. We wanted to believe, so our minds just tuned out what we wanted.

[bradmartin]

Thanks for taking the time making these videos. Your "hand" pointer is a simple but very effective tool for pointing out the right place to look on screen.

[kelvington]

I really enjoy these videos, they are a lot of fun. Just so you know, Daws Butler was the original voice of Fred Flintstone in the pilot, and then Alan Reed became the voice during the original series.

[nativevirginian]

I love the mid century decoration in this show. I always wanted to live there, I loved the cool fireplace. :)

[Suddenlyits]

They also used nylon fishing line to make Mister Ed speak. They are visible in nearly ever episode.

[thomasbinninger]

Ray walston also got attacked by a monkey 🐒 in the first season.