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The Best Episodes of The Real McCoys Season 1

Every episode of The Real McCoys Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Real McCoys Season 1!

The Best Episodes of The Real McCoys Season 1

The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto Productions", in association with Walter Brennan and Irving Pincus' "Westgate" company. The...
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 1 - Californy, Here We Come
    7.7/10(84 votes)

    #1 - Californy, Here We Come

    S1:E1

    The McCoys move from Smokey Corners, West Virginia., to a ranch in Fernando Valley, Calif., which Grampa McCoy has inherited from his brother Ben. They have also inherited Pepino, a ranch hand, and they meet their neighbors, Flora and George MacMichael. But Grampa finds himself homesick for ""West Virginny.""

    Director:Sheldon Leonard
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 2 - The Egg War
    8.1/10(55 votes)

    #2 - The Egg War

    S1:E2

    The McCoys start a roadside eggstand and, inadvertently, an egg war with neighbor Harry Poulson.

    Director:Sheldon Leonard
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 3 - Kate's Dress
    8.2/10(48 votes)

    #3 - Kate's Dress

    S1:E3

    The male McCoys try to outwit the female members by using money in the cookie jar to buy a shotgun rather than a dress for Kate to attend the PTA meeting. When the men concede defeat and they buy Kate a dress, things get even worse. Fortunately, the PTA president is able to correct their choice of dress.

    Director:Sheldon Leonard
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 4 - Grampa Sells His Gun
    8.4/10(44 votes)

    #4 - Grampa Sells His Gun

    S1:E4

    The McCoys find themselves in trouble when they need $150 to meet a mortgage payment. Checking through all their wordly goods, they discover their only valuable asset is a rifle handed down to Grampa by his great-grandfather. Grampa finally decides parting with his treasure is better than borrowing money from his neighbor George.

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 5 - A Question of Discipline
    8.1/10(39 votes)

    #5 - A Question of Discipline

    S1:E5

    Grampa McCoy takes over the supervision of Hassie and Little Luke when, after getting bad grades in school, Kate starts to discipline them. He soon learns it isn't as easy as he thought and is happy to turn the job back to Kate.

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 6 - You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
    8.2/10(40 votes)

    #6 - You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

    S1:E6

    Grampa thinks he's made a sharp business deal when he sells some useless farm land, until he finds out the freeway is going through that part of their land. Luke and Kate feel Grampa has been swindled -- but Grampa's native honesty saves the day for the McCoys.

    Director:Sheldon Leonard
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 7 - Luke Gets His Freedom
    8.2/10(32 votes)

    #7 - Luke Gets His Freedom

    S1:E7

    When Grampa thinks Luke is being henpecked by Kate, Luke decides to prove him wrong—and ends up sleeping on the couch in the living room.

    Director:Sheldon Leonard
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 8 - Grampa's Date
    7.8/10(33 votes)

    #8 - Grampa's Date

    S1:E8

    Luke and Kate urge Grampa to invite Flora MacMichael as his date to attend the Valley Ranchers annual fall dance and box supper. Grampa will have none of it until he hears that Flora is the best cook in the county.

    Director:Sheldon Leonard
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 9 - The Fishing Contest
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    #9 - The Fishing Contest

    S1:E9

    Grampa McCoy and his archrival George MacMichael enter a fishing contest. With the discovery that California fish are elusive if not intelligent, Grampa almost resorts to cheating.

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writers:Dick Wesson, Paul Henning

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  10. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 10 - It's a Woman's World
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #10 - It's a Woman's World

    S1:E10

    The McCoys' neighbor Mrs Webster asks their support in her race for a seat on the City Council, but Grampa feels women have no place in politics. When he learns it is necessary to read and write in order to vote, he tries various subterfuges to pass the reading test. His innate honesty prevails, and he also assists the neighbor in her political ambitions.

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 11 - The Bigger They Are
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    #11 - The Bigger They Are

    S1:E11

    Grampa's jealousy leads him to court and a confrontation with his romantic rival---the judge. Grampa finds a stranger beating his time with Flora and takes his revenge on Flora's apple tree. When Flora hauls him into court for refusing to pay damages, Grampa recognizes the judge as the ""stranger.""

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 12 - Gambling Is a Sin
    7.7/10(30 votes)

    #12 - Gambling Is a Sin

    S1:E12

    Grampa and Luke invite their minister to the house for dinner to help Kate get on a church committee. Before the minister shows up, Grampa has given a billboard salesman permission to use the barn roof for an advertisement for a gambling house in Las Vegas. Luke solves the dilemma by painting out some of the letters in the advertisement.

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 13 - Let's Be Buddies
    8.3/10(31 votes)

    #13 - Let's Be Buddies

    S1:E13

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    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 14 - Grampa and the Driver's License
    8.2/10(35 votes)

    #14 - Grampa and the Driver's License

    S1:E14

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    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 15 - The Lady's Man
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #15 - The Lady's Man

    S1:E15

    Luke becomes jealous when a photographer for a national magazine comes to their ranch to use Kate as a model and is over-attentive to Kate from Luke's viewpoint. Grampa eggs him on, and they are both humiliated when they learn the photographer is a happily married man. He tells Luke how lucky he is to have Kate for his wife.

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 16 - Luke's Mother-in-Law
    7.6/10(34 votes)

    #16 - Luke's Mother-in-Law

    S1:E16

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    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 17 - The Matchmaker
    7.5/10(29 votes)

    #17 - The Matchmaker

    S1:E17

    A hunting dog wanders onto the McCoy ranch, and when the owner, Joe Johnson, appears to claim him, Grampa tries to make a trade with him for the dog. Joe refuses until Grampa promises he will arrange a date for Joe with Flora MacMichael.

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 18 - The Goodys Come to Town
    7.8/10(33 votes)

    #18 - The Goodys Come to Town

    S1:E18

    The McCoys are visited by Frank Goody and his attractive daughter from Smokey Corners, West Virginia. When Elvira starts playing up to Luke, Kate becomes jealous.

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 19 - Little Luke's Education
    7.5/10(35 votes)

    #19 - Little Luke's Education

    S1:E19

    When Little Luke gets into a fight after classmates call him a ""hillbilly,"" the entire McCoy family becomes involved. Grampa finally sets things right when he is asked by the teacher to address the class, and he proceeds to tell them about the ""dumb hillbillies"" who helped build the country they are living in.

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 20 - Time to Retire
    7.4/10(31 votes)

    #20 - Time to Retire

    S1:E20

    When Luke and Kate learn mailman Mr. Perkins is retiring at the insistence of his children, they decide Grampa should take things easy. Grampa feels he is not needed on the ranch, and he pretends to be ill. The family decides he is not yet ready for retirement.

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 21 - Grampa's Proposal
    7.6/10(27 votes)

    #21 - Grampa's Proposal

    S1:E21

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    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 22 - The Homeymoon
    7.9/10(26 votes)

    #22 - The Homeymoon

    S1:E22

    After two years of marriage, Luke and Kate go on their honeymoon. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Kate: Kathleen Nolan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 23 - Once There was a Traveling Saleswoman
    8.1/10(30 votes)

    #23 - Once There was a Traveling Saleswoman

    S1:E23

    Luke falls head over heels for a pretty swimming-pool saleswoman. Miss Eberle: Peggy Knudsen. Luke: Richard Crenna. Kate: Kathleen Nolan. Grampa: Walter Brennan.

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 24 - My Favorite Uncle
    8.0/10(27 votes)

    #24 - My Favorite Uncle

    S1:E24

    Uncle Dave's tall tales impress all the McCoys except Grampa (Walter Brennan). Dave: Harry Shannon. Kate: Kathleen Nolan. Luke: Richard Crenna. Hassie: Lydia Reed.

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Real McCoys Season 1 Episode 25 - Grampa's Birthday
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    #25 - Grampa's Birthday

    S1:E25

    No description available

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Californy, Here We Come" is the best rated episode of "The Real McCoys" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 84 votes. Directed by Sheldon Leonard and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/3/1957. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Egg War".