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The Real McCoys Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
29 Episodes 1959 - 1960
Episode 1
The Farmer Took a Wife
Thu, Oct 1, 195930 mins
The McCoys expect company: Kate's pickle-brained ex-beau and his wife.
Episode 1
The Tycoon
Thu, Sep 29, 196030 mins
Grampa refuses to join the Grange co-op, so he strikes out on his own to make his fortune in the egg business.
Episode 2
Work No More, My Lady
Thu, Oct 8, 195930 mins
Grampa and Luke give Kate a break from her family chores, including the cooking.
Episode 2
That Was No Lady
Thu, Oct 6, 196030 mins
Kate's newfound determination to wear a strapless dress to a church dance causes a rift in the McCoy family.
Episode 3
The Game Warden
Thu, Oct 15, 195930 mins
There's a new game warden in town, and his name is George MacMichael.
Episode 3
Foreman of the Jury
Thu, Oct 13, 196030 mins
Grampa sues the electric company for leaving a gate open on the property, causing the death of his bull. The company wants to settle, but of course Grampa is sure he will win once he discovers that George is on the jury.
Episode 4
The Weaker Sex
Thu, Oct 22, 195930 mins
A new female neighbor makes a bad impression on Grampa by being better than him at almost everything.
Episode 4
One for the Money
Thu, Oct 20, 196030 mins
12-year-old Little Luke gets his first job as a paperboy, but when it comes time to deposit his earnings in the family cookie jar general fund, he chooses to spend the money on himself, instead.
Episode 5
The Screen Test
Thu, Oct 29, 195930 mins
Grampa resists tapping the cookie jar of the $25 needed to pay for Hassie's screen test.
Episode 5
The Jinx
Thu, Oct 27, 196030 mins
Harm befalls members of the McCoy clan when sharing a task with Cousin Orval so, when Orval visits the McCoy farm, Grandpa and Luke hastily develop excuses to avoid chores involving Orval despite Kate's fragile skepticism.
Episode 6
The Fighter and the Lady
Thu, Nov 5, 195930 mins
Luke is set up by a traveling show to take part in a boxing match. Kate objects which leaves Grandpa to defend the McCoy family honor.
Episode 6
Where There's a Will
Thu, Nov 3, 196030 mins
Grampa inherits some antique furniture from his recently deceased 94-year-old Uncle Willie.
Episode 7
The Gas Station
Thu, Nov 12, 195930 mins
George opens a gas station, and he makes the mistake of hiring Amos.
Episode 7
The Gigolo
Thu, Nov 10, 196030 mins
In hopes of staving off foreclosure, Amos courts the elderly spinster holding the mortgage on the McCoy farm.
Episode 8
The Girls at Mom's Place
Thu, Nov 19, 195930 mins
Grandpa and Kate are upset when Luke sells food on credit to a failing restaurant run by a widow and her daughter, but the McCoy patriarch softens his "no credit" stance considerably when he learns that the proprietress is attractive and spunky.
Episode 8
Teenage Wedding
Thu, Nov 17, 196030 mins
When 16-year-old Hassie and her boyfriend Jerry impetuously announce their engagement, Grandpa's apparent approval causes considerable consternation among Luke, Kate, and Jerry's fastidious grandfather, J. Luther Medwick.
Episode 9
Grandpa Fights the Air Force
Thu, Nov 26, 195930 mins
Amos sneaks into an air base to complain about jet noise over the farm and accidentally touches classified material so when Luke and Kate come looking for Grandpa, they are all suspected of espionage.
Episode 9
McCoys, Ahoy
Thu, Nov 24, 196030 mins
Amos struggles against conflicting state government and military timetables to save a destroyer named after a West Virginian patriot when the ship is docked in Long Beach where it is to be scrapped.
Episode 10
The Politician
Thu, Dec 3, 195930 mins
The McCoys are initially honored by a visit from supposedly "pro-farmer" Congressional candidate Jim Slade, but they decide to turn the tables when they learn that he has never been a farmer and is interested mainly in self-aggrandizement.
Episode 11
Pepino Takes a Bride
Thu, Dec 10, 195930 mins
Granpda urges Pepino to marry his new girlfriend Rosita when he notices improvements in his work ethic, but the McCoys must first help him obtain a dowry by making a favorable impression on the girl's demanding Uncle Lopez.
Episode 11
The Delegates
Thu, Dec 8, 196030 mins
Both Amos and George stoop to dirty politics, while campaigning for a trip to San Francisco as a delegate representing the Ancient and Loyal Order of the Sons of the Mystic Nile.
Episode 12
The Ghost Breakers
Thu, Dec 17, 195930 mins
To join a secret club known as the "Imperial Demons", Little Luke must go into an abandoned "haunted" house at night and succeed in taking a light all the way to the top floor.
Episode 13
The Garden Club
Thu, Dec 24, 195930 mins
Kate is expecting some women from the Garden Club to visit, and is nervous about them asking her to join. Of course, Grampa makes the wrong impression and Kate is sure that she will not get the invite.
Episode 14
The Marriage Broker
Thu, Dec 31, 195930 mins
Grampa tries to marry off a friend in danger of being deported.
Episode 15
The Hot Rodders
Thu, Jan 7, 196030 mins
Grandpa is stubbornly opposed to Hassie's friendship with hot rod enthusiast Eddie Collins and must be convinced that the young man is a serious engineering student and mechanic rather than a "hooligan".
Episode 16
The Artist
Thu, Jan 14, 196030 mins
After Amos mocks George's painting, cheap junk dealer Daggett pays twenty dollars for a painting by George at the McCoy farm so Amos encourages George's painting to be his manager unaware that Daggett has actually paid for the frame.
Episode 17
How to Build a Boat
Thu, Jan 21, 196030 mins
Grampa and Luke attempt to build a rowboat.
Episode 18
The Perfume Salesman
Thu, Jan 28, 196030 mins
Luke tries to sweeten the McCoy bankroll - by selling barn perfume.
Episode 19
The Lawsuit
Mon, Jan 4, 196030 mins
Neighbor George drives into a newly dug ditch where Grandpa Amos was sure he put a warning sign. Everyone becomes upset after Luke and Pepino admit to not seeing the sign either when questioned. Little Luke's arrival back home clears things up.
Episode 20
The Television Set
Thu, Feb 11, 196030 mins
Everyone in the family wants to buy a TV with the $15 in the cookie jar. Well, almost everyone - Grampa wants a power saw, instead.
Episode 21
The Town Councilman
Thu, Feb 18, 196030 mins
Grampa manages George's campaign for town councilman.
Episode 22
Cousin Naomi
Thu, Feb 25, 196030 mins
The arrival of neighbors George and Flora's cousin and their sudden absence leave the McCoys in a bind. They invite Naomi to stay with them but her bossy nature causes turmoil in the house. Grandpa Amos comes up with a plan to solve the problem.
Episode 23
The Bowling Champ
Thu, Mar 3, 196030 mins
Kate becomes upset when she learns that Luke is teaching an attractive (and unattached) young woman how to bowl, but at Grandpa's urging she turns the tables by convincing a handsome younger man to provide her with bowling lessons of her own.
Episode 24
Talk of the Town
Thu, Mar 10, 196030 mins
Little Luke writes an essay revealing a secret about Grampa.
Episode 25
Once There Was a Man
Thu, Mar 17, 196030 mins
Cousin Charlie (Hal Baylor) brings his bride Ethel (Doris Singleton) to the farm to meet the kinfolk. The McCoy men are dismayed by the way Charlie is bossed around and give him some advice. Kate is also sharing ideas with Ethel which eventually leads to problems between Luke and Kate.
Episode 26
Weekend in Los Angeles
Thu, Mar 24, 196030 mins
Grampa, Luke, and Kate spend the weekend at a posh hotel in Los Angeles, while there to attend the Sons of the Mystic Nile convention.
Episode 27
How to Discover Oil
Thu, Mar 31, 196030 mins
Troubles flow when Grampa and George think they've struck oil on plots of land they've recently agreed to trade to each other.
Episode 28
First Date
Thu, Apr 7, 196030 mins
Little Luke is highly resistant to the idea of taking tall and awkward Agnes Maypole to a school party, but when Grandpa finds the girl to be kind and considerate he becomes equally determined to compel the boy to honor his commitment to go ahead with the date.
Episode 29
A House Divided
Thu, Apr 14, 196030 mins
Granpa causes problems when he questions the way Kate disciplines the younger McCoys.