My uncle from Mars

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Television series
German title My uncle from Mars
Original title My favorite Martian
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1963 - 1966
Episodes 107 (123)
idea John L. Greene
production Jack Chertok
music George Greeley
First broadcast September 29, 1963 on CBS
German-language
first broadcast		 May 15, 1976 on ZDF
occupation
synchronization

Mein Unkel vom Mars (original title My favorite Martian ) is an American sitcom , broadcast by CBS from September 29, 1963 to September 4, 1966 in 107 episodes (75 in b / w and 32 in color). In Germany, the series was first broadcast on ZDF in 1976 and has not been repeated to this day. The main characters are Ray Walston as Uncle Martin (the Martian) and Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara.

action

A human-looking alien from the planet Mars crash-lands his spaceship near Los Angeles . He's stranded on earth. Tim O'Hara, a young newspaper reporter, is on his way back to Los Angeles from Edwards Air Force Base , where he was writing a report on an X-15 flight , when he sees the spaceship crash.

Tim helps the Martian and takes him home, where he pretends to be his uncle Martin. Outwardly, Martin pretends to be a normal person, only Tim knows about his origin and his various special abilities, such as two extendable antennas, telepathic powers , the ability to talk to animals or to let things float by pointing a finger.

In several episodes, Martin builds special devices, such as a time machine , which Tim and Martin transports in several episodes to exotic locations such as old England or the Wild West. The episode "When You Get Back Home To Mars, Are You Going To Get It" was shot as the last episode and reintroduced Uncle Martin's Martian nephew Andromeda "Andy". In the US, the episodes weren't aired in production order, so viewers were wondering why Andy appeared in episode 99 but disappeared in episode 100 with no explanation. Andy should be a regular character in the planned fourth season. The fourth season was no longer shot. Some of the scripts for the planned fourth season were rewritten for the animated series by Filmation , and of course Andy was there too. The ZDF did not make the same mistake as the Americans and the result sent "Another one from Mars" as the last episode of the live-action series, making it a reasonable transition to the animated series was.

Episode list

production

The series was shot by Jack Chertok Television for CBS in the studios of Desilu Productions in 35 mm film format (1st – 2nd season) and in the studios of MGM (3rd season in color with new scenery). The rights later fell to Warner Bros. Television Distribution and returned to Jack Chertok Television in 1998.

comics

At Gold Key on the TV show appeared My Favorite Martian , a comic book series with nine issues in the US from October 1963 to July 1966. In 2011/2012 there was a new edition of Hermes Press in the form of two edited volumes with all issues. There was also a free reprint of a classic Gold-Key comic book by My Favorite Martian on American Free Comic Day 2012 .

Film music

George Greeley's score has been released on CD by La-La-Land Records. It was the first television series in which an electronic musical instrument was used, in which case Paul Tanner an electro-theremin plays. Tracks on the soundtrack CD (total length: 1:14:20): 1. Opening Titles (0:33), 2. A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine, and Peaches (4:32), 3. Raffles No. 2 (6:05), 4. The Party (source) (1:43), 5. Rocket to Mars (3:55), 6. Going, Going, Gone (2:10), 7. My Nephew the Artist (1:44), 8. Uncle Martin's Broad Cast (3:21), 9. Hitch-Hike to Mars (2:16), 10. An Old, Old Friend of the Family (5:13), 11. Unidentified Flying Uncle Martin (3:30), 12th Danger! High Voltage (4:15), 13.If You Can't Lick 'Em (4:46), 14. Oh, My Aching Antenna (2:20), 15. The Disastro-Nauts (4:00), 16 Shake Well and Don't Use (3:41), 17. Nothing But The Truth (3:43), 18. The Night Life of Uncle Martin (3:03), 19. Martian Report # 1 (1:13) ), 20.Won't You Come Home Uncle Martin, Won't You Come Home (2:19), 21.We Love You, Miss Pringle (3:17), 22.006 3/4 (6:05) , 23. End Titles (0:36).

In Germany there was another title song (text: "My uncle from Mars does the best things, my uncle from Mars makes people laugh. Does the world fly up, who was it? My uncle, my uncle from Mars. ..." ) by the orchestra Amper & Strittmatter ( Quirin Amper Jr. and Fred Strittmatter), available on several TV film music samplers and as an MP3 download. Quirin Amper Jr. (the father of Robert Amper and Thomas Amper ) and Fred Strittmatter also composed the German soundtracks for Beaubergende Jeannie and Verliebt in eine Hexe . The sheet music, the complete text and the melody of the German title song for Mein Onkel vom Mars were published by Music Notes.

synchronization

During the synchronization of the third season, which was the only one in Germany, the role of Uncle Martin (played by Ray Walston ) was spoken by Erich Ebert . The other main role Tim (played by Bill Bixby ) spoke Berno von Cramm . The synchronization took place in 1976 at FSM (TV studio Munich). Eberhard Storeck directed the dubbing .

Motion picture

The Uncle from Mars : In 1999 a movie was released with Christopher Lloyd as Martin and Jeff Daniels as Tim.

DVDs

The first two seasons were released in the USA in 2004 and 2005 on DVD by Rhino Entertainment. The third season was only released on DVD in October 2012. In Australia, all three seasons were released on DVD by Umbrella Entertainment in 2007-2008. In 2017 there was a remastered edition on Madman in Australia with new bonus material. Network plans to release the entire series on DVD in England. At the end of 2008 there was a large color advertisement from Laser Paradise in the magazine “Widescreen” for a German DVD release of “Mein Onkel vom Mars” on the back cover of the magazine. However, it was never published by Laser Paradise. In 2017, Pidax acquired the DVD publishing rights for Germany from Jack Chertok Television. Volume 1 of Season 3 of the series was released on DVD on April 23, 2018 on DVD by Pidax, Vol. 2 on June 29, 2018 and Vol. 3 on August 24, 2018. For Vol. 1, Pidax had the pilot episode of "ZDF not broadcasted" My uncle from Mars "for the first time in German.

Others

  • In 2011, Pegasus Hobbies released a plastic model kit of Uncle Martin's spaceship along with a figure of Ray Walston as a Martian.
  • At the end of the film Martians - An Alien Seldom Comes Alone , an alien started the theme song of the series My Favorite Martian .
  • In the TV series The Incredible Hulk (TV series) - Episode 3.05 My Favorite Magician Ray Walston and Bill Bixby had a joint appearance again.
  • With similar comic comedy, the television series Bechanting Jeannie (1965–1970) and In Love with a Witch (1964–1972) were inspired by Mein Unkel vom Mars , where the title character also had supernatural powers, but not with superior scientific technology, but with magic.

cartoon

An animated series was produced by Filmation and ran for 16 episodes between 1973 and 1975 on the CBS under the title My Favorite Martians , and in 1977 under the name Mein Onkel vom Mars on ZDF. At the end of the 90s it was synchronized with "SF - The Science Fiction Channel" ( DF1 ) under the new title Martians with a whistle .

For the cartoon series, some scripts from the no longer filmed fourth season of the real series were used.

ZDF used the same German title song for the animated series as it did for the real series (supplemented with some noises from the animated series), while DF1 played the original English song.

speaker

The English-speaking voice actors and their roles were Jonathan Harris as Martin, Howard Morris as Tim O'Hara, Lane Schiemer as Andromeda, Jane Webb as Katy O'Hara. Howard Morris also spoke Bill, Tiny, Crumbs, Chump and Okey. Jane Webb also lent her voice to the characters Lorelei, Jan, Coral and Miss Casserole. ZDF used the same speakers as in the real series.

Episode list

No. English title German SF / DF1 title German ZDF title ZDF first broadcast ZDF length
1. Check up The double Andy A rainy picnic November 26, 1977 21:51
2. Life style Journey into the imagination Who has green blood December 10, 1977 21:55
3. Home Schtick Homesick for Mars Homesickness April 1, 1978 21:53
4th Wall to wall flower Hildegard, the wallflower Cinderella Hildegard 4th February 1978 21:58
5. The Cleo Paper An ancient romance Does Cleopatra live here? March 11, 1978 21:58
6th Robot tailer A tin girl for everything The trip to the Himalayas January 14, 1978 21:53
7th Lonely Oki Animal friends Okie's new friend February 11, 1978 21:58
8th. Triple trouble Annoyed once too much The triple Andy March 25, 1978 21:57
9. The Incredible Shrinking Ship Spaceship Shrumpelstiltskin Where is Martin's spaceship? January 28, 1978 21:57
10. My Favorite Neighbor The favorite neighbor Andy misses the mark March 4th 1978 21:54
11. Allergy Full noses Andy goes into the air March 18, 1978 21:55
12. Truant Teacher A teacher disappears Miss Maria has disappeared January 7, 1978 21:53
13. Love - Martian's Style Tender band ice-cold What's the matter with Brad's monkeys? April 15, 1978 21:51
14th The Chump Who Cried Chimp Martin's miracle fertilizer Of happy plants and sad monkeys 17th December 1977 21:52
15th Credibility gap Bernice doesn't give up Visit from Pittsburg February 18, 1978 21:54
16. Garage sale The flying garage The bulldozer in the front yard 3rd December 1977 21:42

Web links

Commons : My uncle from Mars  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ My uncle from Mars. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on October 20, 2016 .