"My Favorite Martian" is for Science Fiction what "Bewitched" and "I Dream of Jeannie" are for Fantasy: a sitcom based in a fantastic scenario. Bill Bixby (later Doctor David Banner in "The Incredible Hulk" TV series) is Tim O'Hara, a journalist in which roof a flying saucer fells. The occupant of the saucer is a Martian with retractile antennae and the capacity to became invisible and levitate objects. Stranded in Earth, the alien is forced to disguise himself as O'Hara's Uncle Martin. For then on, O'Hara and Martin lives in a "Odd Couple" situation. The Martian's unfamiliarity with Earth customs provided much of the comic situations. The high point of "My Favorite Martian" was Ray Walston's characterization of Uncle Martin. The chemistry between Walston and Bixby was a decisive factor to the success of the series. Walston can be seen in 1999's big screen adaptation, as Uncle Martin's (Christopher Lloyd) fellow countryman, stranded here in Earth since the sixties. The series opened in 1963. The first two seasons were in black and white, and the third in color.
After reading a claim of time compression by another reviewer,I checked the time of the pilot and it is 22 minutes and 29 seconds and not the 21 minutes that he claims. It has to be remembered that this was the pilot and not a regular episode so comparing times is not valid. Also if it was time-compressed the voices would be one semitone higher as they are on PAL versions of American shows in whuch the shows are sped up by 1/25th of a second. The voices sound exactly the same on the pilot as the other episodes. My verdict on the show,four episodes with clear pictures and good sound. A good job done by Rhino on this production. More Info about this DVD Director(s): Alan Rafkin - Byron Paul - James Komack - James V. Kern - Wes Kenney DVD Release Date: Released the 08 May 2001 Usually ships within 24 hours
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"It's been a long time since I was a pony." These immortal words launched one of television's most unlikely, but enduring friendships between architect Wilbur Post and Mister Ed, his talking horse. What better escape from the onslaught of reality television than a thoroughbred example of unreality television? Although, so convincing is Alan Young as Wilbur, and so easy his rapport with his equine costar, that you really do believe a horse can talk (Ed's voice is courtesy of Western character actor Alan Lane). This two-disc set saddles up 21 episodes from the first three seasons of this Golden Globe-winning series, which was recently added to the TV Land stable of '60s retro faves. Director Arthur Lubin knew his way around the barn. He directed the best of the Francis series of... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Alan Young - Connie Hines - Allan Lane Director(s): Ira Stewart - Rodney Amateau - Arthur Lubin - Alan Young - Jus Addiss DVD Release Date: Released the 13 January 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The Catalog of Cool describes Green Acres this way:
To be truly cool, one must genuinely understand the uselessness of logic and reason in a world gone mad.... Eddie Albert (ostensibly sane) spent six seasons appealing to the whacked out citizens of Hooterville to behave in a rational and orderly manner. Naturally, he got just what he deserved--the gradual erosion of his own mental stability. Aficionados of this show like to call it surreal. I call it real life.
All one can add to that, to paraphrase the classic title song, is that DVD is the place for Green Acres to be. Hooterville may have been condemned by critics as a vast wasteland, but as the first season demonstrates, it provides fertile ground for bizarre behavior for a gallery of... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Pat Buttram - Alvy Moore DVD Release Date: Released the 13 January 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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I don't own this DVD however I have seen all these episodes and as this has been on the market for sometime without any reviews or episode information, I have copied the episode guide from the website: www.TVShowsOnDVD.com This is a great website and I would recommend checking it out if you're interested in finding other old tv series that may be available on DVD such as this to purchase through Amazon. I gave this DVD 4 stars purely based on the episodes themselves as I don't know what the DVD quality is like.
Episode 1: My Favorite Martian (The Pilot)-Trouble begins when reporter Tim O'Hara spots the crash landing of a flying saucer in the nearby woods and he nurses an injured alien-who he introduces to neighbors as "Uncle Martin"-back to health.
Despite critical barbs as sharp as a Maroobi spear, Gilligan's Island has proven unsinkable. Its first season was 1964's top-rated show. The expository theme song is one of television's most quoted, and its characters--the Skipper (Alan Hale Jr.), first mate Gilligan (Bob Denver), the millionaire (Jim Backus) and his wife (Natalie Schaefer), a movie star (Tina Louise), "and the rest" (Russell Johnson and Dawn Wells, as the Professor and Mary Ann, wouldn't get their opening credit props until season two)--are pop culture icons. Revisiting the first season's 36 episodes is a not-guilty-at-all pleasure. Some sure and surprising hands piloted these inaugural episodes, including Ida Lupino, Jack Arnold (The Creature from the Black Lagoon), Christian Nyby (The Thing), and... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Ida Lupino - Richard Donner - John Rich - Rodney Amateau - Tom Montgomery DVD Release Date: Released the 03 February 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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