Meanwhile, November 1980 premieres The Flintstone Comedy Show on Saturday mornings. The show features a weekly segment starring the neighboring Frankenstones. This version of the Frankenstones more closely resembles the version seen in The New Fred and Barney Show than the Frankenstones that just moved in next door in the prime-time specials.
This version of the family consists of:
- Frank Frankenstone
- Hidea Frankenstone, his wife (and previously the name given to their daughter in past specials)
- Atrocia Frankenstone, their kooky daughter who is now the youngest child
- "Freaky" Frankenstone, their son who is now a teen and friends with fellow teenager Pebbles Flintstone.
They now have a pet, Rockjaw, who devours anything. The previously soft-natured Frank is now hot-tempered and wired, with his voice now done by Charles Nelson Reilly in his traditional high-pitched hyper-whiny style. Frank now becomes volatile at the drop of a hat, especially when he has to deal with his annoying neighbor and rival Fred Flintstone. Both men are frustrated by the friendships between their wives and children, and they always seem to be thrust into one mess after another because of each other.
This series ran for two years, and consecutively with two more prime-time specials in 1981 (which both revert back to John Stephenson's version of Frank with his wife Oblivia, and children Hidea and Frankenstub). The continuity of the prime-time Flintstones and Saturday morning Flintstones drift farther apart because both have their own version of Frankenstone neighbors.
It is not revealed what happens to the Frankenstones or their castle after 1982. They do not appear in any later specials or movies. However, in one episode of The Flintstone Comedy Show, a dinosaur picks up and runs off with the Frankenstone castle, proving it is mobile.
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