<P> The Real McCoys is an American sitcom co-produced by Danny Thomas's Marterto Productions in association with Walter Brennan and Irving Pincus's Westgate Company . The series aired for six seasons, five on the ABC - TV network from 1957--62 and a final year, 1962--63 on CBS . Set in the San Fernando Valley of California, the series was filmed in Hollywood at Desilu studios . </P> <P> The Real McCoys revolves around the lives of a family from the Appalachian Mountains who originally hailed from fictional Smokey Corners, West Virginia . The McCoys moved to California to live and work on a farm they inherited from a relative . The family consists of Grandpa Amos McCoy (Walter Brennan); his grandson Luke (Richard Crenna), Luke's new wife Kate (Kathleen Nolan), Luke's teenage sister Tallahassie "Hassie" (Lydia Reed), and his 11 - year - old brother "Little Luke" (Michael Winkelman). The double - naming of the brothers is explained in the first full episode, when the elder Luke introduces Little Luke to Pepino Garcia (Tony Martinez) and says, "Well, you see, in the excitement of having him, Ma and Pa' plum' forgot they already had me ." Only Crenna appeared in all 225 episodes . </P> <P> The McCoys' farm had previously been owned by an uncle, Ben McCoy, who died . The former West Virginians join the Grange farm association and hire Pepino as a farm hand after he informs them that he had worked for Ben, serving as his "foreman" on the property . In the episode that aired on January 8, 1962, Pepino becomes an American citizen and takes the surname "McCoy". The McMichaels, a brother and sister combination played by Andy Clyde and Madge Blake in twenty - nine and twenty - one episodes, respectively, lived on the hill not far from the McCoys . Amos McCoy and George McMichael, both mischievous, crotchety old men, would sometimes quarrel, particularly over their games of checkers and horseshoes . Kate is friendly with the much older Flora McMichael, George's sister, and becomes involved with life in the community . </P> <P> Though still in her twenties, Kate serves as a mother figure for Luke's younger siblings, Hassie and Little Luke, and one episode shows her bewilderment in trying to entice the children to take responsibility for their school studies . Many episodes have a moral theme consistent with the conservative views of Walter Brennan, such as two 1957 segments entitled "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man" with Joseph Kearns, later of Dennis the Menace, and "Gambling Is a Sin", in which Amos allows a casino to advertise on McCoy property before the ethics of the matter is brought to his attention . Other such episodes are "Go Fight City Hall", "The Taxman Cometh", "You Can't Always Be a Hero", "You Never Get Too Old", "Where There's a Will", "Beware a Smart Woman", "Money in the Bank", "How to Win Friends", "You're As Young As You Feel", "Honesty Is the Best Policy", and "Never a Lender Be". </P>

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