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.""
The McCoys start a roadside eggstand and, inadvertently, an egg war with neighbor Harry Poulson.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.""
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.
Grampa can't tolerate George's insincere method of gaining membership at the local lodge.
Grampa doesn't want to admit that he needs glasses to pass the test for his California driver's license..
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.
Mother Purvis comes for a visit, and Grampa warns Luke about mother-in-law trouble--but the trouble is for Kate.
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.
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.
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.
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.
When Flora's old flame returns and proposes marriage to her, Grampa decides he better put in a proposal himself.
Grampa schemes to allow Luke and Kate a getaway to make up for their lost honeymoon, but it turns out to be everything but relaxing and private.
Luke gets swindled into buying a swimming pool from a beautiful saleswoman, but Grampa has a plan to void the contract without hurting Luke's bruised pride.
Everyone is thrilled when a rich uncle visits the McCoy's ranch for a short stay--except for Grampa, who has to share his bed with him.
Grampa's method of keeping a calendar is off by a day, and he thinks that everyone has forgotten his birthday.
Grampa refuses to admit that the new doctor's treatment helped him get over a bad cold.
Pepino goes to work for George after Grampa refuses to give him a raise.
Grampa won't tolerate Kate working at home as a dress maker--until the local shop owner riles him up by trying to put an end to her success.
Grampa mistakenly gets a parking ticket, and he decides to fight it in court--but when he needs character witnesses, even his own family has to consider all of the fibs and tall-tales that he has told over the years.
A wealthy couple learns the joys of simple living from the McCoys.
Grampa thinks that he's the life of Kate and Luke's parties.
A marriage-minded widow is chasing George, and Grampa tries to put a stop to it.
Grampa refuses to let go of his old-fashioned ways of farming after a new county farm agent offers to help Luke modernize the henhouse.
Grampa tries to join the volunteer fire brigade, but they refuse him.
Grampa thinks he's the perfect role model for Little Luke--until the boy starts getting in trouble for telling fibs and using bad language.
The homeliest boy in class wants a date with Hassie, but she refuses.
Grampa comes to the rescue when an old photograph of Flora in a bathing suit gets people talking.
There's more than just pride riding on a McCoy in the school's eating contest--Grampa has bet Kate's prized laying hen that Little Luke will win.
Luke and Kate join a young people's recreation group and suggest Grampa join the ""Young Old Timers."" He refuses, saying they are all old fuddy-duddies with no family interests. After consistently being left alone, he finally decides to investigate the old-timers group and is acclaimed by them as an artist at whittling.
Luke and Kate decide the McCoys should have a new car and trade in their old Ford. When Grampa learns of the transaction, he's heartbroken at losing a ""member of the family"" and tries to get it back. Flora MacMichael, knowing how Grampa feels about the old car, has bought it from the junk man and returns it to Grampa.
Grampa is upset when he finds Hassie learning to dance to rock and roll music and using makeup in order to attract the attention of Tommy, the most popular boy in her class. When Kate convinces Grampa his ideas are old-fashioned, he and Luke decide to assist Hassie in her conquest.
Grampa has a scheme to get Little Luke a place in the school band.
When Kate is unsuccessful in trying to teach Luke to dance, she finally talks him into taking dancing lessons, much to Grampa's disgust. When Kate discovers the dancing teacher is a very attractive young lady, she becomes jealous.
Luke goes over Grampa's head when he hires a geologist to locate and drill the new well.
Grampa becomes involved with a couple of con men over a dog. He realizes they are trying to cheat him, and with the help of George MacMichael, they turn the tables on the crooks. Meanwhile, the entire McCoy family has become so attached to the dog, Mac, he becomes a member of the family.
Luke decides to prove to the family that he can really sing by entering a talent show being broadcast on the radio.
Luke and Kate have a spat when Luke and Grampa show their disgust for public kissing by the Emerys, who have been married over five years. It takes Grampa to clear up the situation by explaining that there's a time and place for kissing, and that a public display of affection doesn't necessarily denote love.
Grampa schemes at the county fair by a passing off a prized pig as his own.
Grampa tries to teach Tommy the way to handle women, and starts a war of the sexes in the McCoy household that threatens to ruin the upcoming dance for everyone.
George gives Kate an old vacuum cleaner--and Grampa is insulted by the act of charity.
Pepino goes out of his way to hire what he thinks will be a weaker co-worker so that he won't have any competition.
Kate likes the new neighbors, but Grampa insists that they are snobs.
Luke gets a job as a shoe salesman--and Grampa disapproves.
Grampa is worried that Kate will become disillusioned with farm life after they visit her old friend in Hollywood.
The McCoys have a chance for a bank loan--until Grampa almost ruins everything.
Luke digs up a valuable prehistoric bone--and the trouble begins.
A McCoy receives honors from the lodge--but it's Luke, and not Grampa.
Grampa refuses to give Kate driving lessons, but Luke gives in to her request.
Grampa delights in telling about his war adventures--until the truth comes to light.
Grampa does everything he can to put an end to the drought--including a rain dance with an Indian.
The McCoys all think that George is wonderful houseguest--except for Grampa.
The McCoy household is worried that Kate's widowed mom has been swindled into marrying a man who is really after her $40 a month income.
Kate is worried about her weight, so Luke tries to ease her mind by altering her dress.
Grampa thinks he's doing the right thing by escorting Hassie to the local hang-out for teenagers.
A young widow invites Grampa out, causing him to forget about his date with Flora.
Grampa talks Luke into becoming a little league coach.
Hassie thinks her family and friends are indifferent to her upcoming birthday, unaware that Grampa is secretly organizing a surprise party.
Grampa becomes a civil disobedience hero when he threatens to bypass the county road commissioner's rules and repair a pothole himself.
Luke and Grampa's nightly checkers games leads Kate to feel like she is being neglected.
Grampa puts on a show to convince the tax man that he is poor--and the neighbors believe it as well.
Kate is in line to win the homemaker contest, but Grampa has his eyes on the prize.
Grampa's latest scheme backfires when he witholds an insurance payment.
The McCoys are swindled by a shady paint salesman.
Grampa senses an opportunity to discredit Little Luke's new hero when the former city-dweller takes the neighborhood boys on a nature hike.
Luke aims to raise his standing with Little Luke by beating Grampa in the annual skeet competition.
Grampa doesn't let his lack of reading ability to get in the way of getting hired for a new job that requires answering mail.
A visitor trips on a post hole, and uses his acting skills to trick the McCoys into letting him have a long stay.
Little Luke loses the church money he has raised to a carnival shyster, and Grampa has a scheme to get it back.
Kate's "pickle-brained" ex-boyfriend visits the McCoys with his new bride, and Luke is envious of the old flame's unlikely success in the business world.
Grampa doesn't take George seriously as the new game warden--until he is issued a summons for hunting pheasant in the off-season.
The McCoy household dips into their meager savings to pay for Hassie's screen test.
After feeling unappreciated by the McCoy household, especially when it comes to her cooking, Kate undertakes some extreme measures to get their attentions.
Kate would love to get an invitation to the garden club--and Grampa schemes to get her one.
Grampa is thrilled to have a new neighbor--a single, middle-aged lady--until she outdoes Grampa in everything from farming to pitching horseshoes.
Luke gets tricked into stepping into the ring with a professional boxer, but Kate won't stand for it. With the McCoys' pride and $100 at stake, Grampa decides to take matters into his own hands.
Grampa takes a job at George's gas station, which leads to nothing but trouble.
Grampa sneaks into an Air Force base to complain about the low-flying jets that have been disturbing the farm.
Grampa sends Luke out to sell farm produce, but Luke winds up lending the goods to a struggling cafe owned by a widow and her lovely daughter. Kate is suspicious that something more might be going on, while Grampa sets out to either collect the cash or take back the produce.LESS
The McCoys are proud to receive a visit from a politician who campaigns on behalf of the farmers, but they soon realize that nothing seems to be adding up right for the candidate.
Grampa thinks that Pepino would work harder if he was a married man, so he convinces the farmhand to marry his latest girlfriend--but Grampa has to turn his scheme around when he finds out that Pepino would have leave the farm to provide the bride-to-be's expected lifestyle.
Grampa thinks that he's discovered a shortcut into town, but it's actually a drag strip for the local hot rod club.
Little Luke is terrified when he has to explore the local haunted house as a club initiation, so Grampa and Luke try to convince him that there's no such thing as ghosts.
Grampa has a scheme to prevent Sam from being deported: a quick marriage to Aggie.
Hassie has unexpected competition for her new boyfriend--Grampa and Luke need him to help build their boat from blueprints.
Grampa has a scheme to get rich after the junkman buys one of George's paintings for $20--until he finds out why the junkman wanted it.
Luke comes up with a new scheme for making money--selling perfume to sweeten barns.
Luke promises Kate and the kids that he'll buy a used television set, but Grampa has already committed the cookie jar money to buy an electric saw.
George drives into a ditch on the McCoys' property, breaking their water pipe in the process. Grampa claims he posted a warning sign, but George claims there was no sign. A lawsuit ensues.
Grampa manages George's campaign for town councilman, but trouble ensues when he starts favoring the opposition.
George's cousin stays at the McCoy's farm, and proceeds to take over the house.
Luke is headed for the gutter after Kate finds him bowling with a pretty girl.
Grampa has mixed emotions after Little Luke wins a prize by writing an essay about him.
Luke tries to put some backbone into his henpecked cousin.
The McCoys are excited to stay at a posh Los Angeles hotel for the annual Sons of the Mystic Nile convention. Unfortunately, Grampa finds out that the lodge is planning to introduce mandatory retirement for its older officers, and Kate has to worry about Luke and the bathing beauties at the pool.LESS
Little Luke gets a lot of ribbing from his friends after he draws Agnes' name as his partner, and schemes to take another girl to the school dance. But, Grampa and Luke have schemes of their own to convince the boy to play by the rules.
Grampa and George make a friendly swap of a couple of small plots, but begin scheming against each other after they separately discover oil on the land they previously owned.
Once again, Kate and Grampa argue about how to raise the youngsters of the family.
Grampa thinks that his court case against the telephone company will be a sure victory after he finds out that George is the jury foreman.
Little Luke does amazingly well after he starts delivering newspapers, but the rest of the family is even more astonished when the boy refuses to add his money to the McCoy cookie jar.
Kate defies Luke and Grampa to wear a new strapless dress to the Grange dance.
The local farmers form a co-op and decide to raise the prices of their eggs by holding on to them--but Grampa sees it as an opportunity to get rich by underselling his half of the McCoy's eggs to willing customers.
Grampa misunderstands why a couple of antique dealers paid a good price for some old furniture left to him by a late family member, and decides he can get rich by buying junk furniture and auctioning it off.
Kate refuses to believe that a visiting cousin is really the family jinx, despite Luke and Grampa's warnings.
Grampa proves to be a better schemer after he gets more votes than George to be a lodge delegate--but then Grampa finds out that he can't afford the trip to the convention in San Francisco.
An elderly financier decides to foreclose the mortgage she holds on the McCoy's farm, and Grampa can think of only one way to save the family's home--by marrying the lonely spinster.
Much to everyone's dismay, Hassie and her latest boyfriend have decided to get married, and Grampa has his own scheme to solve the problem.
After a destroyer with historical ties to West Virgina is slated to be junked by the navy, Grampa takes matters into his own hands to save the ship from the scrap heap.
Kate goes back to school--but learns the most valuable lesson from Grampa.
Things aren't so sweet between Kate and Luke after a company patents her preserves recipe.
Unknown to the McCoys, Pepino moonlights as a night-club singer.
Little Luke thinks that he doesn't have a sporting chance with Grampa as his relay-race partner.
Little Luke plants the seeds of trouble when he tells the McCoy household that he'd rather be a scientist than a farmer.
The rivalry between Grampa and George flares up again with the arrival of a pretty librarian.
Grampa gets fed up with the family's constant pampering.
Luke becomes frantic when he realizes that his green thumb doesn't work for what grows on top of his head.
Grampa takes on a scavenger hermit who is camping on the McCoy's land.
The McCoys are surprised to find out that George makes no mention of Grampa in his will.
The McCoys hire Nikko, a Japanese girl, to help around the house.
Grampa has no choice but to accept a horse as payment on a loan.
Problems arise when the McCoys take in a city boy and try to fit him into their style of living.
Cousin Claude talks Grampa into investing in an oil well.
Things backfire on Grampa when he schemes against a fellow fruit-stand operator.
Kate seems to be having too good of a time in Bakersfield, much to Luke's dismay.
Grampa feels the pain when George tries to collect on the McCoy's insurance policy after an accident.
Grampa battles the U.S. Army after they take one of his cows.
Rivalry insues when Luke and Grampa set up competing booths at the PTA bazaar.
The McCoys hire a beautiful housekeeper in Kate's absence, leading to widespread gossip.
Grampa has to teach Sunday school class after a failed scheme against the pastor.
Little Luke makes a few errors with his new girlfriend.
Grampa schemes against George after losing a role in the Grange play.
Grampa plots to keep George on his farm after retirement.
Pepino questions how to pay for his wedding, and Grampa has the answer.
Hassie does more than her best to convince a sorority that she shouldn't be overlooked for membership.
Kate comes home from the hospital, and tries to jump back into her household chores despite everyone's objections.
Grampa is convinced to stop using his cookie jar and to start putting the McCoy funds into the bank instead.
A civic group has their hands full after they try to fool Grampa.
The McCoys fly back to West Virginia to celebrate Great-Grandma's 100th birthday.
Grampa causes trouble for his relatives in West Virginia when he holds up a proposed plant expansion.
Grampa feels like he is young again when he encounters an old sweetheart.
Kate gets the wrong idea after Luke is complimentary about a new female neighbor's cooking skills.
Grampa is astonished when $200 falls mysteriously right out of the sky.
Little Luke thinks he is a knockout with his female classmates.
The McCoy's wealthy neighbors invite Hassie along for a trip abroad, but Grampa is obstinate.
Luke thinks his rural accent is holding him back, and takes elocution lessons.
A matador convinces Pepino that he was meant to be a bullfighter, but Grampa doesn't agree.
George's new housekeeper steals his heart.
Grampa's mouth doesn't go well with his new job as a salesman, and almost leads him to bankruptcy.
Trouble ensues on the McCoy's property when Luke allows to a man to park his trailer on it.
Luke is concerned when Grampa uses his nose to decide which crops will be planted.
Hassie gets a new piano as a result of Grampa's sharp wheeling and dealing.
Kate spends $46 on cosmetics when she falls for a slick salesman's pitch.
Kate wants Grampa to lower the rental fee of his fruit stand.
Grampa decides that George needs lessons in the McCoy style of courtship techniques.
An ailing Kate is having a bad Christmas, until Luke presents a diamond ring.
Luke finds out the hard way about what it takes to run the farm when a swindler gets the best of him.
Trouble ensues when Grampa meets Randy, Hassie's rich boyfriend.
The McCoys get a hot stock-market tip, but Grampa stubbornly refuses to invest.
Kate's visit to a marriage counselor upsets the McCoy household.
The household snubs Grampa when he refuses to buy a new washing machine for Kate.
Pepino prepares to take his citizenship test.
Hassie's hip friends ridicule Grampa.
Grampa goes to jail for burning trash.
George's nephew comes to visit before joining the Navy. It's not long before he's trapped in a web of lies.
Flora becomes fed up with Amos when he cancels their date in favor of going out with a more attractive woman.
Pepino falls in love with a beautiful Italian girl named Carla.
Kate becomes suspicious of Luke after she hears him muttering about his love for an unknown Margie in his sleep.
Grampa believes he's 7 years younger when he gets a letter from the government mistakenly stating his age as 61.
Trouble crops up when Luke takes charge of George's fruit stand.
Amos and George have a falling out over the true ownership of a plant sprayer they've been lending back and forth to each other for years.
George reacts wildly to Grampa's checkerboard: he's allergic to it.
When Grandpa is entrusted with $100 belonging to Pepino, he can't resist the temptation to settle a few of the McCoy's past due bills. Luke and Kate berate him for violating his trust. Then an unexpected liquid asset turns to straighten things out.
Pepino becomes suspicious when Grampa offers him a two-week paid vacation.
Pepino hires the Owl Woman to make a love potion; Grampa thinks he's being hoodwinked and interferes, prompting the woman to put a curse on the farm.
Grampa believes Cousin Sarah needs help with her marriage.
When Grampa and George win a baby pig in a raffle, Kate, Luke and Pepino want to keep it as a pet, but Grampa and George are thinking more along the lines of lunch.
Grandpa arranges for Tilda Hicks from Smokey Corners to join the McCoy family as housekeeper, and she immediately sets her cap for widower Luke McCoy. The arrangement proves highly successful until Tilda attends the neighborhood dance with Luke and scores an immediate hit with the local masculine populace.
Grandpa becomes romantically entangled with three matrimonially inclined widows when he encourages their interest just enough to promote some free housecleaning chores and a few well-laundered shirts. Luke and Pepino take a dim view of his scheme when it becomes apparent that the three marriage-minded women are literally doing all the McCoy housework in separate shifts.
George MacMichael's big moment during his election as commander of the local VFW post is shattered when Grandpa brings to the ceremonies three of George's buddies who know the real story of his ""heroic"" battlefield actions.
The wiles of a smooth-talking saleswoman embroil Luke in a roofing paint swindle that involves several of the McCoys' neighbors. Luke soon finds himself in such an embarrassing predicament that he needs the help of Grandpa to rescue him from it.
Grandpa becomes involved with diplomatic relations and the U.S. State Department when a foreign nation's farm tour visits neighbor George's ranch and Grandpa pursuades the group to detour by the McCoy farm. At first it appears Grandpa has committed a colossal faux pas, but his apparent blundering develops unexpected consequences.
Grandpa thinks he has discovered a gold mine in the sky when an Army paratrooper lands with destructive force on a dilapidated chicken coop that was already marked for the scrap heap. When an Army captain arrives to assess the damages, Grandpa paints a black picture. Luke, however, takes a dim view of Grandpa's shenanigans and bluntly tells him so.
Taina Engstrom, a Hollywood actress escaping from her hectic existence, finds peace and quiet at the McCoy farm and discovers that Luke has developed a strong attachment to her. Grandpa grasps the true situation and plans, with Tiana, to prevent Luke from receiving a major disappointment.
Grandpa proves an easy target for Mrs. Gaylord, an ambitious housekeeper who hopes her new position in the McCoy household may lead to a more permanent position for her unmarried daughter. The daughter, Mary, turns out to be an extremely healthy specimen who immediately makes a play for Luke.
Grandpa and Luke are left with an unproductive hired helper when Pepino apparently inherits a valuable Arizona estate. He warms up his romance with an old girlfriend and brings a flood of salesmen to his doorstep.
Afraid that Grandpa will disapprove, Luke pretends that the girl veterinarian secretly treating their ailing cow is one of his new girlfriends. When Grandpa learns that Luke's ""romance"" is actually only trying to cure Agnes, the sick cow, he explodes, ordering the girl off his property.
Luke lands the enjoyable job of teaching calisthenics at a ladies' health club. Grandpa decides that Luke's presence there may attract some business for the McCoy roadside fruit stand. Grandpa then surreptitiously tempts the dieting health club enrollees with a variety of tasty fruit products, thus undermining the efforts of unsuspecting Luke.
Grandpa and George take turns at playing Cupid when their respective farmhands, Pepino and Pedro, find themselves competing for the same girl. Grandpa steps into the romantic triangle because it turns out that Pepino's working efficiency suffers as he loses favor with his girlfriend, Chiquita.
Luke feels he has discovered a new source of income when he reports the gossip he overhears at the laundromat to the reporter of the local newspaper and is paid for the items. He runs into trouble with Pat Clemens, who runs a local gas station, when he reports that Pat is getting married.
A winsome dance instructor tricks Luke into signing up for a 20-year dance course. It is up to Grandpa to rescue him from this embarrassing situation with a devious plan that involves Grandpa's signing up for the course, too. He also saves George, who likewise was tricked into taking the course.
Luke gets a hair-raising ride in an airplane that leaves him dizzy when he tangles with a crop duster over the affections of a wealthy girl from Texas, and winds up on the short end.
Luke discovers a new romance when he meets an attractive widow, Louise Howard, after her runaway cow tramples the McCoy cornfield. Grandpa connives to promote a romance between Luke and Louise in a most surprising way.
Grampa picks a peck of trouble when he helps Louise harvest her tomato crop.
Grandpa bristles at Sir Fergus, head of the Scottish branch of the McCoy family, when he arrives and proceeds to exercise all the authority of the Laird of the Clan. Grandpa's anger erupts when Sir Fergus extends his influence to Grandpa's pet goose, Floyd. Grandpa begins one of his devious plots to oust the Scotch usurper from his position of power.
Greg runs away from home when his widowed mom, Louise, decides to move to Cleveland and remarry.
Luke joins the city slickers in his new job as a slogan writer for an advertising agency.
Aunt Win uses feminine trickery during Grampa's campaign to be elected grange president.
George loans Luke some money - thanks to the charms of Aunt Win.
Grampa's afraid of Luke getting married, and thus, leaving the farm.
Aunt Win sorts through a variety of single townsfolk, in order to find a suitable husband for Louise.
Luke and Louise feel they have a real problem with Greg, who is addicted to telling fantastic stories about imaginable playmates and people. When they return home from a day's outing, after leaving Greg with Pepino, he tells them three escaped convicts had been captured by the police at their home, and they decide it is just another one of his tall tales.
Luke takes a temporary job as Dogcatcher and winds up with a houseful of homeless pups.
George, Grampa, and Luke judge a homemaking contest, but the fix might be in.
George is doomed after Grampa curses him with the McCoy Hex.
Luke's boorish Uncle Rightly drops in for a surprise visit, while Grampa is out-of-town.
Uncle Rightly McCoy starts courting Flora, hoping she will finance his musical milker. When Luke informs George that Uncle Rightly is only interested in Flora's money, they decide to step in and break up the romance. Their scheme doesn't quite work out as they had planned.
Luke is horrified when Uncle Rightly promotes a corn growing contest at the Grange and is so carried away he volunteers a $500 award to the winner in Grandpa and Luke's name. When Luke learns Uncle Rightly doesn't have the $500, it becomes a major problem of raising the money and saving face with the Grange members, but Rightly solves the problem in an unusual way and comes up with the prize money.
While Grampa's out-of-town, Luke takes in a few jazz musicians as boarders, which results in much loss of sleep for Luke and Pepino.
Luke grows a full beard and a new rotten personality to go with it.
Luke blows Grampa's tractor payment on some worthless art at an auction.
Luke and Pat buy a boat. Sharing isn't easy.
Luke and Louise soon regret meddling in the Porters' squabble. Now they're at each other's throat.
Luke and Pepino regret trying to patch things up between George and his sister, Flora.
Luke runs smack into trouble when Greg spots him kissing his mother, Louise.
Luke schemes to get rich by selling Mama Garcia's bean sauce.
Richard Crenna, Kathleen Nolan and Tony Martinez look back on the original series.
