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S3 E7 The Fighter and the Lady

Western

22m

Sep 1, 1959

Luke gets tricked into stepping into the ring with a professional boxer, but Kate won't stand for it. With the McCoys' pride at stake, Grampa decides to take matters into his own hands.

Full Episodes

Season 3, 39 Episodes

The Farmer Took a Wife,

Kate's "pickle-brained" ex-boyfriend visits the McCoys with his new bride. Luke is envious of the old flame's unlikely success in the business world.

22m Jul 16, 1959

The Game Warden,

Grampa doesn't take George seriously as the new game warden. That is, until he is issued a summons for hunting pheasant in the off-season.

22m Jul 23, 1959

The Screen Test,

The McCoy household dips into their meager savings to pay for Hassie's screen test.

22m Jul 29, 1959

Work No More, My Lady,

Feeling unappreciated by the McCoy household, Kate undertakes some extreme measures to get their attention.

22m Aug 6, 1959

The Garden Club,

Kate would love to get an invitation to the garden club, and Grampa has a plan to get her one.

22m Aug 12, 1959

The Weaker Sex?,

Grampa is thrilled to have a new neighbor — a single, middle-aged lady — until she outdoes Grampa in everything from farming to pitching horseshoes.

22m Aug 25, 1959

The Fighter and the Lady,

Luke gets tricked into stepping into the ring with a professional boxer, but Kate won't stand for it. With the McCoys' pride at stake, Grampa decides to take matters into his own hands.

22m Sep 1, 1959

The Gas Station,

Grampa takes a job at George's gas station, which leads to nothing but trouble.

22m Sep 8, 1959

Grampa Fights the Air Force,

Grampa sneaks into an Air Force base to complain about the low-flying jets that have been disturbing the farm.

22m Sep 15, 1959

The Girls at Mom's Place,

When Grampa sends Luke out to sell farm produce he winds up lending the goods to a struggling cafe owned by a widow and her lovely daughter.

22m Sep 21, 1959

The Politician,

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.

22m Oct 7, 1959

Pepino Takes a Bride,

Grampa thinks that Pepino would work harder if he was a married man, so he convinces the farmhand to marry his latest girlfriend.

22m Oct 13, 1959

Grampa thinks he's discovered a shortcut into town, but it turns out to be a drag strip for the local hot rod club.

22m Oct 20, 1959

The Ghostbreakers,

Little Luke is terrified to explore the local haunted house for a club initiation, so Grampa and Luke try to convince him that there's no such thing as ghosts.

22m Nov 2, 1959

The Marriage Broker,

Grampa has a scheme to prevent Sam from being deported.

22m Nov 8, 1959

How to Build a Boat,

Hassie has unexpected competition for her new boyfriend when Grampa and Luke need him to help build their boat from blueprints.

22m Nov 12, 1959

Grampa has a scheme to get rich after the junkman buys one of George's paintings for $20.

22m Nov 19, 1959

The Perfume Salesman,

Luke tries to sweeten the McCoy bankroll by selling barn perfume.

22m Dec 3, 1959

The Television Set,

Luke promises Kate and the kids that he'll buy a used television set, but Grampa wants an electric saw.

22m Dec 11, 1959

Grampa threatens to sue George for ignoring a warning sign and driving into the McCoys' new waterline, but when the warning sign is missing, no one believes that Grampa posted it.

22m Dec 15, 1959

The Town Councilman,

Grampa manages George's campaign for town councilman, but trouble ensues when he starts favoring the opposition.

22m Dec 21, 1959

George's cousin stays at the McCoys' farm and proceeds to take over the house.

22m Jan 6, 1960

The Bowling Champ,

Luke is headed for the gutter after Kate finds him bowling with a pretty girl.

22m Feb 1, 1960

The Talk of the Town,

Grampa has mixed emotions after Little Luke wins a prize by writing an essay about him.

22m Feb 2, 1960

Once There Was a Man,

Luke tries to put some backbone into his henpecked cousin.

22m Feb 7, 1960

Weekend in Los Angeles,

The McCoys are excited to stay at a posh Los Angeles hotel for the annual Sons of the Mystic Nile convention.

22m Feb 10, 1960

Little Luke gets teased by his friends after he draws Agnes' name as his partner and schemes to take another girl to the school dance.

22m Mar 2, 1960

How to Discover Oil,

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.

22m Mar 8, 1960

A House Divided,

Once again, Kate and Grampa argue about how to raise the youngsters of the family.

22m Mar 13, 1960

Foreman of the Jury,

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.

22m Aug 2, 1960

One for the Money,

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, he chooses to spend the money on himself.

22m Aug 9, 1960

That Was No Lady,

Kate's newfound determination to wear a strapless dress to a church dance causes a rift in the McCoy family.

22m Aug 16, 1960

Grampa refuses to join the Grange co-op, so he strikes out on his own to make his fortune in the egg business.

22m Aug 23, 1960

Where There's a Will,

Grampa inherits some antique furniture from his recently deceased, 94-year-old uncle, Willie.

22m Aug 29, 1960

Kate refuses to believe that a visiting cousin is the family jinx, despite Luke and Grampa's warnings.

22m Sep 5, 1960

Amos and George stoop to dirty politics while campaigning for a trip to San Francisco as delegates representing the Ancient and Loyal Order of the Sons of the Mystic Nile.

22m Sep 12, 1960

In hopes of staving off foreclosure, Amos courts the elderly spinster holding the mortgage on the McCoy farm.

22m Sep 26, 1960

Teenage Wedding,

Much to everyone's dismay, Hassie and her latest boyfriend have decided to get married, but Grampa has a scheme to solve the problem.

22m Oct 2, 1960

When a destroyer with historical ties to West Virginia is slated to be junked by the Navy, Grampa takes matters into his own hands to save the ship from the scrap heap.

22m Oct 6, 1960