My Favorite Martian Mistakes, Goofs And Oddities Season 1
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- 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!
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).
Oh no way! I didn't catch that! I'll have to check that out! 😄
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Hellooooo Lemon!😁
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.
Oh! That's fantastic! I wanted those as a kid too! 😁 How great of your dad to make you some! Bless your wonderful dad! That's awesome! 😁
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.
Trust me I know. But it's still fun to look back and see how they had to do things back then and how they were able to get away with a lot of stuff since we were watching on small TVs. I totally respect how much work went into making shows like this back in the day. But even as a kid I noticed a lot of these things.
Love the yellow hand glove on the stick pointer
Hahaha! 😁😄
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.
Oh wow! That's great to know that Ray was nice in real life. I agree! We had great shows back then. I was glued to the TV as a kid.
I loved that series. Anything sci-fi I watched. Thanks for sharing. 😎🇨🇦
I did too! I loved this show! 😁😄
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.
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.
Oh wow! I didn't know it aired in Japan. I bet it was difficult to translate some of the dialog in that show with all the scientific stuff! 😁
❤️ my favorite martain, used watch on saturday mourning 1970s
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.
Thank you! Yes I bet Billy Blackburn had fun working on these shows. It's nice that they let him film his own movies while he was on the set. I should be releasing season 2 on Thursday! 😁
whats the intro music you use?! its very delightful!!
Thank you. I found it on my phone. It's one of the ring tones! 😁
So many wires lol. This was a fun show to watch as a kid.
Wires everywhere! 😄😆
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.
Yes my friend had one of those. I remember it was plastic as well. I remember seeing those gimmicks in Spencer's and other novelty stores.
Producers could get away with a lot in the NTSC 640 x 480 era.
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.
Oh wow! That's very cool! I didn't notice that. That's a good one! 😁
Frank DeVol also wrote the My Three Sons theme song and played the saxophone on an episode of The Brady Bunch.
Yes he was the music man back in the day! Very talented!
Wow! At 28:02 we see a young Tom Skerritt. I remember him in the movie, Alien with a full beard
They also used nylon fishing line to make Mister Ed speak. They are visible in nearly ever episode.
Yes! I always noticed that too! I loved Mister Ed! 😁🐴
Ray walston also got attacked by a monkey 🐒 in the first season.
I love Bill Bixby!
Martin was always hiding. He should have become a professor like the show “Third Rock”. 😀
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.
Thank you! I'm glad you like them! I didn't know that about Daws Butler. Whenever I saw Allen Reed on other shows I was always fascinated to see that voice coming out of a real person! 😁
@@outsider238 He had such a great voice, no one ever came close capturing it. Another guy with an amazing voice was Marvin Miller, the voice of Robbie The Robot in "Forbidden Planet". He was a radio guy, and did an early morning farm report on 100's of stations across the US. I remember waking up every morning and listening to him on WHBC sounding like Robby giving me the farm report.
@@kelvington4182 Haha! That's hilarious! Yes Marvin Miller was the perfect voice for Robby!
Henry Corden also later voice Fred Flintstone. We had some truly great voice actors in the 50’s and 60’s. Marvin Miller,Bob McFadden,Dick Tufeld,Allen Swift,Norman Rose,Paul Frees,Stan Freberg,Ken Nordine,Dayton Allen,just too many to list.
@@Suddenlyits1960 That's an excellent list. Very true. Some great voice actors! I bet it was a fun job!
Did Ray W. have his naturally dark hair bleached blond for the show or was he wearing a wig?
I feel like they dyed it blonde in the early episodes. It looked more red when the show went to color.
I think his natural hair color was red. Being a redhead would explain his skin sensitivity to sunlight.
Very good work. I think My Favorite Martian could have actually been filmed completely in black and white. The color stipulation for all series came into effect in the fall of 1966. Which was at the end of the series. But some shows started to film in color in the fall of 1965. The series started out strong in the ratings and started to fall as it went on. I believe they starting filming in color to try to recapture some of its ratings. If the series had gone on to a 4th season Ray Walston's character would have been cut back to a Guest Star capacity. It would have revolved around his nephew and Tim.
Very interesting! I had a feeling they were planning on taking the show in a different direction by adding Andromeda to the cast. I got the feeling Ray Walston didn't really like doing the show. I'm currently working on the season 3 video.
@@outsider238 yes season 4 would have revolved around Tim raising him. I bet with falling ratings and Ray's limited involvment in the next season they decided to end the series.
@@martinbeneteau309 I wonder if Ray wanted to quit the show?
@@outsider238 I believe he wanted to continue in a very limited capacity. I saw a clip from an old talk show with Walston as guest after the completion of season 3 of MFM. He didn't seem to upset that the series was not returning for a 4th season.
@@martinbeneteau309 That's too bad. But they both went on to better things so I guess it worked out okay for them.
You missed Henry Gibson (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-ln) as Homer P. Gibson in episode "Danger! High Voltage". (credit as Olsen Gibson)
I totally did! I loved Henry Gibson! 😄
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.
Haha! Thank you! 😁 It gets a lot of compliments!
I thought the first oddity was the complete mismatch between the space suit and space ship between the animated intro and the show. I always suspected the artist was given a rough description and finished without seeing any filming.
So true! They're completely different. I'm sure you're correct as the animation probably had to be done way far in advance of filming. Plus budgetary issues might have come into play and they ended up going with a much more simpler space suit.
I love the mid century decoration in this show. I always wanted to live there, I loved the cool fireplace. :)
It was a cool little apartment that they had!
The reason My Favorite Martian went color in it's last season was because 1965 was the season all networks embraced 100% scheduled NTSC color.
It should also be added that My Favorite Martian was the CBS version of NBC's I Dream of Jeannie or ABC's Bewitched. Except the magical character in the CBS version was male. 😂😂😂
Thank you! I didn't know that about color TV back then. All I remember is that when we finally did get a color TV, we were shocked at what color everything was! 😂😅
@@outsider238 yeah beginning Sept 1965 was the big all color year when I Dream of Jeannie and Bewitched went color as well.
This is not Your Favourite Martian 😢😢😢
Why not just cut in the clips from the show and not use them on a TV? You could have created freeze frames and then continued the action when needed.
I only have my bluray player and it's much easier to just do everything on my phone. Makes it easier to edit as well. It takes a very long time to do these videos as it is.
Excellent observations.