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- An exoanthropologist from the planet Mars, stranded on Earth, is rescued by Tim O'Hara, a newspaper reporter who introduces the Martian to his friends and the authorities as his uncle Martin.
- 1963–196630mTV-G7.4 (57)TV EpisodeTim's cousin Harvey visits so Martin must hide. They keep Mrs. Brown away as she would speak of Martin. Harvey is a mooch and wants to upgrade from his small town reporter job to where Tim works. The tiny apartment feels cramped to Martin.
- Something is causing Martin's metabolism to go haywire. In succession, he loses control of his levitation finger, he magnetizes his clothing, he levitates, he becomes electrically charged, he shrinks and then he disappears. He finds out the cause is an increased activity of sunspots, and on Earth there is no way to control their effects on Martians. After five days, the sunspots are still occurring and Martin is still invisible. The authorities, based on a recent insurance policy Mrs. Brown sold Martin with Tim as beneficiary, suspect that Martin's "disappearance" is due to Tim killing him for the insurance money. Circumstantial evidence points in that direction. Martin can't let Tim go to jail for this, and Martin decides to tell the authorities the truth about his Martian identity. Just then, the sunspots cease and Martin reappears, just in time to save Tim and protect his own identity.
- 1963–196630mTV-G7.2 (49)TV EpisodeThe Earthly environment causes a vitamin deficiency in Martin. He draws energy and vitamins from everything and everyone around him. The effect on people who look him in the eyes is they will fall asleep and objects he touches go haywire.
- A renowned scientist posits that life no more advanced than amoebas can exist on Mars. Martin helps Angela write a class report refuting his claims and she gets a "F". Martin's plan includes Tim planting a seed in the professor's brain.
- 1963–196630mTV-G7.2 (47)TV EpisodeMartin finds himself involved in a romantic love triangle.
- Mrs. Brown's niece, a former child prodigy, visits and is too interested in Martin's gadgets. She does have a boyfriend, also an intellectual, but lacks basic beauty skills. Martin fixes that and gets Tim to take her out to distract her.
- Martin finds that he is prematurely aging due to the increased gravity on Earth compared to Mars. Thus he goes through some anti-gravity therapy, which in turn causes havoc for those around him.
- Mars has deviated closer from its regular orbit temporarily and Martin can make it back. He has a 10 hour window. As he prepares to leave, he sprains his ankle which inhibits his antenna. But he escapes the hospital in time to try again.
- Junk men mistakenly empty the guy's garage instead of Mrs. Brown's, taking Martin's spaceship. She has no idea which junkyard but a neighborhood dog, Booboo, helps track it down. When they get to the junkyard, they find it has been sold.
- Tim and Mr. Burns' nephew are in the running for promotion to journeyman reporter. After learning Burns is a gourmet, Martin plans to cook him a gourmet meal using Martian seasonings but the seasonings cause Burns to move in slow motion.
- Mrs. Brown is taking a mail order course on how to be a private detective and her first assignment is to prepare a dossier on an unsuspecting person. She chooses Martin who is concerned about her discovering his Martian identity.
- Martin agrees to give Tim a power of mind reading in limited form; it will expire the next day at midnight. Tim uses it indulgently. He hopes it will aid in an interview with a politician. But he is surprised and thinks Martin tricked him.
- There is triple girl trouble in the O'Hara home. George, the dog Tim is looking after for Mr. Burns, wants Chloe, the dog next door. Tim tries to get George and Chloe together and falls for Chloe's owner, Marsha Carson. Angela is jealous.
- Pete Dudley, a shifty real estate salesman, convinces Mrs. Brown that she should sell her house which causes a problem for Tim and Martin, especially in hiding the spaceship. Dudley already has prospective buyers, Edgar and Emily Graham.
- 1963–196630mTV-G7.1 (86)TV EpisodeMartin has a cold. When he sneezes, he changes to being visible at bad times. Tim is assigned to review Trimbles Department Store's outer space exhibit, rife with stereotyped caricatures. As an advertiser, Trimble expects a glowing review.
- 1963–196630mTV-G7.4 (60)TV EpisodeMartin needs to fly his spaceship which is deteriorating due to inertia. Tim's fear is realized: Martin's flight is spotted as a UFO. Martin needs to take another flight but Mrs. Brown calls in UFO researchers who have a plutron detector.
- Martin and Tim plan to see the foremost expert on rocket fuel. Martin thinks he can help him return to Mars. But Martin is hit on the head with a monkey wrench, gets amnesia and has no idea he's a Martian. They seek a doctor's diagnosis.
- In an electrical storm Martin gets an affliction called popsy. It causes him to appear and disappear uncontrollably. He needs to ground himself to cure it. Mrs. Brown accidentally completes the grounding and gets Martin's levitation power.
- Rusty wants to go on a weekend saddle trip with his friends. Instead of asking Danny right out, he tries to con him into getting permission. Danny isn't fooled and says no, so Rusty goes on a hunger strike.
- Charley pulls a prank on Bunny while they're playing charades with Danny and Kathy. Bunny gets even by enlisting the Williams's help to convince Charley he has ESP.
- Linda promised she wouldn't touch Danny's tape recorder. Danny promised Linda could go on Art Linkletter's show Kids Say the Darndest Things. When Danny discovers Linda has recorded over all the material for his new act, she gets a spanking and grounded for the weekend: a promise is a promise. Linda tells Danny she can't stay in her room the ENTIRE weekend, she's supposed to be on the show Saturday. Linda is mad and repeats back to him: a promise is a promise. Now Danny's worried what she might say.
- The baby is due in a few days and Charley is jumping every time the phone rings. He wants to know where Bunny is every second and he can't sleep. Danny gives Charley a tranquilizer to calm him down so he can get some sleep - better take two. Kathy finds the bottle laying out and gives Bunny a few so she can put one in Charley's milk each night until the baby comes, but Bunny slips him two.
- Danny receives a letter from Uncle Tonoose that he's sending Danny's cousin for help getting into show business. Danny's expecting a shy young man. What he gets is an overconfident, arrogant, smart-aleck. Danny decides to give him a large dose of humility.