The Real McCoys was a televisionsituation comedy. The program aired on the ABC network from 1957 through 1962. It aired for one more season on CBS before its end in 1963. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... 2002 identity of the ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The series revolved around the lives of a mountain family who originally hailed from West Virginia. The McCoys moved to California where they became dirt farmers. The family consisted of Grandpa Amos McCoy (the head of the family; Walter Brennan), his grandson Luke (Richard Crenna), Luke's new bride Kate (Kathleen Nolan), teenage sister Hassie (Lydia Reed), and 11-year-old brother Little Luke (?) (Michael Winkelman). Walter Brennan Walter Brennan, (born 25 July 1894 in Swampscott, Massachusetts; died 21 September 1974 in Oxnard, California) was a veteran character actor, notably in westerns. ... Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1926 - January 17, 2003) was an American actor. ...
Just before the show ended its run on ABC, Nolan decided to leave the show due to a contract dispute, so her character was killed off for the final season. The beginning of the final season also saw Hassie leaving home to attend college and Little Luke joining the army. Luke became a widower and many of the stories revolved around Grandpa trying to match him up with a new wife.
"The Real MacKay," a phrase that was said to appear first in 1856 as "A drappie [drop] o’ the real MacKay," by the Scottish National Dictionary; the same work says that the phrase was later adopted as a slogan to promote G Mackay and Co Ltd's whisky.
The McCoy family of an infamous family feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys on the West Virginia-Kentucky border in the United States in the late nineteenth century.
McCoy pottery was made by the McCoy family in Ohio, United States, through most of the 20th century.
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