TERI GARR DEAD AT 79

 

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She starred as Mary McGinnis in the Batman Beyond franchise, and appeared as Amelia Adams in an episode of Sesame Street; as herself in an episode of The Weird Al Show; and as Sandy Gordon in an episode of What’s New, Scooby-Doo?

THE FLINTSTONE COMEDY SHOW (1980)

 

THE FLINTSTONE COMEDY SHOW (1980) / FLINTSTONE FROLICS / THE FLINTSTONE FUNNIES
(NBC, November 22, 1980-October 24, 1981)
 
Hanna-Barbera Productions

 

MAIN CAST:
Henry Corden – Fred Flintstone
Mel Blanc – Barney Rubble, Captain Caveman/Chester, Dino
Jean Vander Pyl – Wilma Flintstone
Gay Autterson – Betty Rubble, Wiggy Rockstone
Russi Taylor – Pebbles Flintstone, Cavemouse
Michael Sheehan – Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Punk Rock
Mitzi McCall – Penny Pillar
Don Messick – Schleprock
Lennie Weinrib – Moonrock Crater, Sgt. Boulder, Mr. Redbluff, Hotwire Harry
Frank Welker – Shmoo, Rockjaw, Clownfoot, various
Charles Nelson Reilly – Frank Frankenstone
Ruta Lee – Hidea Frankenstone
Paul Reubens – Freaky Frankenstone
Zelda Rubinstein – Atrocia Frankenstone
Kenneth Mars – Lou Granite, narrator (“Captain Caveman” segment)
John Stephenson – Mr. Slate, various

 

 For the history of The Flintstones, check out the post here.

The Flintstone Comedy Show was an anthology series featuring the Flintstones characters; the first series to debut in the 1980s and the second to use the title (The Flintstone Comedy Hour was renamed as such after it was shortened to a half hour). It was broken up into six unique segments over the course of 90-minutes; however, the characters weren’t exclusive to those segments and crossed over frequently.

The Flintstones and Rubbles together again on another crazy adventure.

The Flintstone Family Adventures were the continuing misadventures of Fred (Henry Corden), Wilma (Jean Vander Pyl), Barney (Mel Blanc) and Betty (Gay Autterson) as they went about their modern Stone Age lives in the town of Bedrock. Of course, elements were updated to reflect the changing time, including the fact that Wilma and Betty were now working for The Daily Granite newspaper under editor Lou Granite (a parody of Lou Grant, voiced by Kenneth Mars).

Fred, Barney and the Shmoo are on the case!

Bedrock Cops featured Fred and Barney as reservists in the Bedrock police force. They were partnered with the shape-shifting Shmoo (Frank Welker), a trainee and holdover from the previous Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo series, under the command of Sgt. Boulder (Lennie Weinrib). This was a concept that had been in development at Hanna-Barbera for a few years under the title The Flintstone Fuzz, as revealed by Fred’s original voice actor Alan Reed in a 1975 interview with radio historian Chuck Schaden. It would have been a satire of popular police programs. Unfortunately, Reed died in 1977 and was unable to see it come to fruition.

When a mummy gets involved, you know Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are gonna find trouble!

Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm was a new entry into Hanna-Barbera’s “mystery-solving kids and a pet” format popularized by Scooby-Doo. After being reduced back to toddler age for The New Fred and Barney Show, Pebbles (Russi Taylor) and Bamm-Bamm (Michael Sheehan) were aged back up to teenagers for Comedy Show; however, they were just a bit younger than they were in The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show. Together with the Flintstone family pet, Dino (Blanc), they solved seemingly-supernatural mysteries they encountered around Bedrock. Occasionally joining them were their Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm friends, Penny Pillar (Mitzy McCall), Wiggy Rockstone (Autterson) and Moonrock Crater (Weinrib).

Wilma, Betty and Captain Caveman unmask an impostor.

Captain Caveman served as a prequel to Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels. It followed Captain Caveman (Blanc) during his time in Bedrock before he ended up frozen and reawakened in the future. This segment was a send-up of DC Comics’ Superman, as Cavey adopted the “secret identity” of mild-mannered copy boy Chester and worked at The Daily Granite with Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble. This “disguise” was comprised of a pair of glasses and a bowtie, with his spotted cape worn as a coat. The fur that covered his face was also removed, exposing fleshy lips for the first time. Whenever trouble called and Captain Caveman was needed, Chester would dive into a coatrack for a quick change and clumsily save the day. This was the only segment to feature a narrator (also Mars) in true superhero fashion.

A rare instance of Dino getting his hands on Cavemouse.

Dino and Cavemouse was the last project worked on by legendary animator Tex Avery before his death. Similar to Tom and Jerry, these short segments focused on Dino at odds with a pesky Cavemouse (Taylor) that liked to help himself to Fred’s food and made himself a general nuisance in the Flintstone household. Of course, attempts to get rid of him resulted in wacky shenanigans and hijinks that often left Dino and Fred the worse for wear. Two of these segments aired per episode.

The second incarnation of The Frankenstones from the prime time specials.

The Frankenstones was the first starring feature of the Flintstones’ monster-esque next door neighbors; a Stone Age spin on The Munsters that would replace the similarly-themed Gruesomes from the original series. The name “Frankenstone” had been used on The Flintstones many times previously as a Stone Age pun of Frankenstein. The Frankenstones as official characters first appeared in an episode of The New Fred and Barney Show as the owners of a spooky “condorstonium” development Fred and Barney considered moving into; populated by all sorts of creepy characters including the Gruesomes (although renamed as the “Ghoulstones”). Frank, based on Frankenstein’s monster, was portrayed as calm and gloomy, voiced by John Stephenson with a Boris Karloff impression. His wife Hidea (Autterson) was likewise based on The Bride of Frankenstein. Atrocia was their teenaged daughter voiced by Vander Pyl, and Freaky their young son voiced by Jim MacGeorge. While Frank’s design was reused for the Frankenstone Monster (Ted Cassidy) created by Count Rockula (Stephenson) in the 1979 Halloween special The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone, the Frankenstone family wouldn’t return until the following series of prime-time specials that aired on NBC between 1980 and 1981. However, his wife was renamed Oblivia (Patricia Parris), their daughter was now Hidea (Julie McWhirter), and their son was now Stubby (still MacGeorge), who resembled a dimunutive Frank. While initially clashing, the entire Flintstone family became friends with the Frankenstones.

The third incarnation of The Frankenstones: Hidea, Frank, Freaky and Atrocia rocking out with some of their creatures.

These Frankenstones were yet another version of that family. They were comprised of Frank (Charles Nelson Reilly), who was hot-tempered and became riled up at the drop of a hat—especially when dealing with Fred, whom he despised; Hidea (Ruta Lee), Frank’s wife who was good friends with Wilma (which annoyed both husbands); Atrocia (Zelda Rubinstein), their young daughter that had magical powers; Freaky (Paul Reubens), their teenaged son who was friends with Pebbles; and Rockjaw (Welker), their green furry pet monster that often caused trouble for Fred and Barney while they were on their police patrols. Their house, Frankenstone Manor, was a tall and foreboding stalagmite structure surrounded by a moat that always had a thundercloud floating overhead. Vulturedactyls tended to roost all over the manor’s surface. The interior was dismal and cavern-like, full of Rocksylvanian artifacts, rooms that defied the laws of physics or were inhabited by strange creatures, and a living grass-like carpet with rocktopus-like tentacles.

Captain Caveman as mild-mannered copy boy Chester.

In addition to the story segments, there were several wraparound features with the various characters between them. They would either joke about a scene they’re in; Pebbles would teach the viewers a dance move demonstrated by Fred; Pebbles would try unscrambling a word; an arts and crafts project split into two parts before and after a segment; and Fred hosting a guessing game where other characters had to determine the identity of a historical figure or fictional character in a scrambled picture based on clues he gave. Additionally, there were educational spots, games, and how-to-draw features.

Cavemouse turning himself into a ghost for a ploy against Dino.

The Flintstone Comedy Show debuted on NBC on November 22, 1980, airing internationally under the name Flintstone Frolics. It was the only series comprised of new material to debut on the network’s Saturday morning schedule that season; the remainder comprised entirely of reruns either independently or as part of packaged programs. The series was written by Gene Ayres, Haskell Barkin, Anthony Bonaduce, Celia Bonaduce, Douglas Booth, John Bradford, Don Christensen, Nancy Clements, Tom Dagenais, Don Dougherty, Diane Duane, Carl Fallberg, Donald F. Glut, Ralph Goodman, Gary Greenfield, Dale Hale, Orville H. Hampton, Len Janson, Jack Kinney, Dale Kirby, Earl Kress, Glenn Leopold, Jack Mendelsohn, Chuck Menville, Ron Michaelson, Charles Mulholland, Bob Ogle, Ray Parker, Ria Parody, Virgil Partch, Duane Poole, Paul Pumpian, Lane Raichert, Dick Robbins, Reed Robbins, Misty Stewart-Taggart, Tom Swale, Warren Taylor, Ernest Terrazas, Len Udes Jr. and Tom Yakutis. Avery, Booth, Menville, Parker, Poole, Robbins, Swale, Cliff Roberts and Chuck Couch all served as story editors, and Dagenais, Fallberg, Hale, Yakutis, Cullen Baine, Robert Dranko, John Freeman, Gary Goldstein, Gary Hoffman, Chris Jenkyns, Emilie Kong, Larry Latham, Lewis Marshall, Hal Mason, Bill Perez, Don Ruch and George Singer were story directors. Characters were designed by Jaime Diaz, Jim Franzen, David Hanan, Willie Ito and Scott Shaw. Hoyt Curtin was the musical director with Paul DeKorte as music supervisor. A reworking of Curtin, Joseph Barbera and William Hanna’s “Meet the Flintstones” theme from the original series was used for this show’s opening.

The series ran for two seasons, with the second reduced to 60 minutes eliminating all the bonus segments. For the 1982 season, reruns of the segments were repackaged as the half-hour The Flintstone Funnies; alternating between two or three segments per episode. It ran for an additional two seasons in that format before the franchise left the network entirely in 1984. The next incarnation would air on ABC as The Flintstone Kids beginning in 1986. Reruns of Dino and Cavemouse would return to television in 1991 as filler material for Jump, Rattle and Roll, the only Hanna-Barbera series to ever air on The Disney Channel, while Captain Caveman was featured on Chip and Pepper’s Cartoon Madness back on NBC. The Frankenstones largely disappeared from Flintstone media altogether; with only the monstrous version of Frank appearing in The Flintstone Kids #10 comic published in 1989 by Marvel Comics’ Star Comics imprint and The Flintstones #15 published in 1996 by Archie Comics (albeit with a different design in both), the 1991 video game The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy, and as a statue in the TV film Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby. Cavemouse would make an appearance on the back of a 2011 box of Pebbles cereal.

Character model of Frank Frankenstone.

Worldvision Home Video released two VHS collections: The Flintstone Comedy Show: 25^th Anniversary Special featuring the segments “Mountain Frustration”, “Potion Problem”, “Camp-Out Mouse”, “Clownfoot”, “The Ghost Sitters” and “Sands of the Sarahastone”, and The Flintstone Comedy Show 2: Curtain Call featuring the segments “Gold Fever”, “A Night on the Town”, “Monster Madness”, “Arcade Antics”, “Follow that Dogasaurus”, and “Be Patient, Fred”. The series was streaming on the Boomerang service under the Frolics title until it was shut down in 2024. For Halloween 2024, The Frankenstones segment returned to television on retro animation network MeTV Toons’ Flintstones Family Sunday programming block.

 

EPISODE GUIDE:

Season 1:

“R.V. Fever / Fred Goes Ape / The Ghost Sitters / Clownfoot / Mouse Cleaning / Quiet Please! / Birthday Boy” (11/22/80) – Fred and Barney are taken for a ride when the trailer they’re in unhitches from the car. / A gorillasaurus escapes from the zoo when Fred and Barney are assigned to keep watch while the zookeeper is away. / A babysitting gig turns into a wild ghost-filled chase for Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm and Dino. / Cavey tracks a pair of bank robbers to the circus and captures them with the aid of Wilma and Betty. / Fred turns to his new computer to eliminate his mouse problem, but none of its suggestions work. / Dino is allowed to stay inside as long as he keeps quiet, but Cavemouse makes that an impossible task. / Pebbles must disguise herself as a witch to attend Freaky’s unhappy birthday party.

 

“Sands of the Sarahastone / Off the Beaten Track / Secret of Scary Valley / The Masquerader / Camp-Out Mouse / Piece O’Cake / Potion Problem” (11/29/80) – A vacation in Algeriastone ends when sheiks abduct Wilma and Bett to add to their harems. / Fred and Barney are thrilled to be assigned to guard the Turbo Rock I racecar at the Bedrock Grand Prix. / Being chased by aliens leads Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm to figure out the mystery of Scary Valley. / Cavey is framed when the Masquerader robs the Vlanderslate Art Museum disguised as him. / When Cavemouse follows Dino and Fred on a camping trip, Dino attempts to catch him using their picnic basket as bait. / Cavemouse destroys the surprise birthday cake Fred baked for Barney. / Frank uses Atrocia’s hate potion to end Freaky and Pebbles’ friendship, but it ends up hitting Fred and turning him into a sweetheart.

 

“Gold Fever / A Bad Case of Rockjaw / The Witch of the Wardrobe / The Animal Master / Beach Party / Ghost Mouse / A Night on the Town” (12/6/80) – Fred and Barney discover a gold mine and try to keep it from claim jumpers. / Fred, Barney and Shmoo must stop Rockjaw from destroying the trees in Bedrock Park. / A witch ruins the best fashion show of the year by turning all of the featured fashions into rags. / Tigra uses a magic flute to control the local animal population, and Cavey, Wilma and Betty investigate. / Cavemouse decides to ruin Fred and Dino’s day at the beach. / Cavemouse disguises himself into a ghost to make Dino believe he killed him. / A double date between the Flintstones and Frankenstones ends up in disaster.

 

“Bogged Down / Follow that Dogosaurus / Monster Madness / The Mole / Disco Dino / Going Ape / Out of Their League” (12/13/80) – Barney is happy to sell a dilapidated resort he inherited until Fred discovers oil on the property. / Fred, Barney and Shmoo are put on the case of numerous dogosaurus thefts. / Retrieving their baseball from an abandoned house puts Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm and Dino in peril by various monsters. / Wilma and Betty are sent to investigate the disappearance of half of Bedrock. / Cavemouse uses disco music to disrupt Dino’s nap. / Cavemouse must keep an escaped gorillasaurus safe from Dino who wants to collect the reward for his return. / Fred challenges Frank’s team to a baseball game that ends up turning into a heated battle between the two of them.

 

“Be Patient, Fred / Mountain Frustration / The Show Must Go On / Rollerman / Finger Lick’n Bad / Wet Paint / Clone for a Day” (12/20/80) – A sick Fred is mistaken for another patient due for extensive surgery. / Fred, Barney and Shmoo are sent to Mount Bedrock to investigate strange noises and footprints. / Pebbles decides the abandoned Bedrock Bijou would be a great place for the school’s talent show…unfortunately, it appears to be haunted. / Rollerman confidently challenges Captain Caveman to foil his robberies. / Cavemouse finds numerous ways to torment Dino when he’s home alone. / Dino and Cavemouse spoil Fred’s efforts to beautify his home to win a contest. / Frank’s inheritance is reliant on his not losing his temper for a day, and his family tries to help by keeping Fred away from him.

 

“Country Club Clods / Bedlam on the Bedrock Express / The Beast of Muscle Rock Beach / Vulcan / Flying Mouse / Rocko Socko / A Stone is Born” (12/27/80) – Fred wins the membership drive at his country club, but havoc and terror follows the Frankenstones joining up. / Fred and Barney accidentally stack a fortune in gold onto a bank robber’s railcar instead of the Bedrock Express. / A trip to the beach puts Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm at odds with a beast that inhabits it. / Vulcan holds Bedrock for ransom by promising to reactivate its dormant volcano. / Dino is charged with protecting a picnic basket, but Cavemouse is determined to get the goodies inside. / Angry that Dino hasn’t gotten rid of Cavemouse, Fred purchases a robot that will do it instead. / When an argument erupts over Frank accidentally ruining Fred’s live commercial, the two are found hilarious enough that an agent wants to hire them as comedians.

 

“The Rockdale Diet / Hot Air to Spare / In Tune with Terror / Punk Rock / Aloha Mouse / Arcade Antics / A Rocks-Pox on You” (1/3/81) – Wilma makes sure Fred sticks to the Rockdale Diet. / Fred and Barney escort Hotwire Harry to the jail, but he tricks them and makes his escape. / Pebbles and her friends investigate the disappearance of a music star. / Punk Rock kidnaps Betty and buries Cavey under tons of warehouse crates. / Cavemouse disrupts the Flintstones’ cruise. / Dino and Cavemouse team-up to stop a thief from robbing an arcade. / A case of rocks-pox sees Frank quarantined with the Flintstones.

 

“Dino’s Girl / Rockjaw Rides Again / The Curse of Tutrockamen / Braino / Come Home, Dino / Robin Mouse / The Luck Stops Here” (1/10/81) – When Fred accidentally brings home Mr. Slate’s pet dinosaur, Dino falls in love. / Fred and Barney discover Rockjaw is the cause of weird geological activity in the Bedrock Valley. / Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm and Dino sneak into the museum to retrieve Pebbles’ ring only to end up being chased by a mummy. / Braino steals all of Bedrock’s power and kidnaps Wilma and Betty. / Cavemouse removes Dino’s license tag and lures him into the waiting net of the animal catcher. / Cavemouse teams-up with rodent hero Robin Mouse to disrupt Fred and Dino’s fishing trip. / Fred changes Frank’s bad luck by causing him to break a mirror, losing him the chance to win the Awful Award from Battered Homes and Gardens magazine.

 

“The Gourmet Dinner / Pretty Kitty / The Hideous Hiss of the Lizard Monster / The Incredible Hunk / A Fool for Pool / L’il Orphan Alphie / The Monster of Invention” (1/17/81) – The Flintstones invite the Slates to a dinner at the Frankenstones’ for a meal prepared with traditional Rocksylvanian ingredients. / After saving a wealthy woman’s sabretooth tiger, Fred and Barney are tasked with finding out who’s eating all the food at her garden party. / Looking for Dino in an abandoned mine leads Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm into encountering a horrible lizard monster. / The Incredible Hunk from Sinister Swamp kidnaps Wilma and seeks to destroy Bedrock. / Dino chases Cavemouse through Fred’s new pool table, ruining it. / An orphan mouse gets waited on hand and foot by Cavemouse, Dino and Fred after sharing his tale of woe. / Fred and Frank compete for the grand prize at the Inventor’s Fair but end up creating the same thing.

 

“The Stand-In / The Roller Robber / The Legend of Haunted Forest / Iceman / Abra-Ca-Dino / The Bedrock 500 / Rock and Rolling Frankenstones” (1/24/81) – Fred and Wilma are asked to be stunt persons in their favorite stars’ new film. / Fred, Barney and Shmoo attempt to stop the wheeled Roller Robber. / Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm come across a notorious thief’s disguise to keep people away from his lair. / Iceman and Snow Bunny create a blizzard to cover their robbery of the biggest diamond store in Bedrock. / Dino uses Fred’s new magic kit on Cavemouse, turning him into a giant. / Dino steals Fred’s race car in an attempt to win the race for him. / Frank’s temper turns him into a superstar.

 

“Go Take a Hike / Put Up Your Duke / Double Trouble with Long John Silverock / The Mummy’s Worse / Who is What? / Pow-Pow the Dyno-Mite / Sand Doom” (1/31/81) – Fred’s boasting of his woodsman abilities leads to him taking over guiding a hike from the local forest ranger. / Fred and Barney guard the Duke of Feldspar who ends up the victim of a pickpocket. / Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm take refuge from a storm in Richstone Manor and become suspicious of two carpenters there. / Cavey and Wilma end up trapped in the Bedrock Historical Museum by an ancient mummy attempting to reclaim his treasures. / Cavemouse believes he’s gone ill when Fred dons a Dino costume to confuse him. / Fred promises a permanent home to Dino’s second cousin Pow-Pow if they can capture Cavemouse. / The Flintstones and Frankenstones end up sharing the same cabin when they go away on vacation.

 

Season 2:

“The Great Bedrock Air Race / Undercover Shmoo / A Night of Fright / Pinkbeard / Goofed-Up Golf / Sleepy Time Mouse / Pet Peeves” (9/12/81) – Fred and Barney assemble and race Mr. Slate’s new Aerosubmabus in the dangerous Great Bedrock Air Race. / Fred and Barney infiltrate the Hole in the Head Gang and must prove their loyalty by stealing a valuable object. / Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm seek shelter from a storm in a haunted house. / Pirate Pinkbeard plots to make Betty and Wilma walk the plank while stealing the luxury ship The Queen Elizarock. / Dino and Cavemouse’s antics somehow help Fred’s golf game. / Fred encourages Dino to get a good night’s sleep to catch Cavemouse, and Cavemouse plans to make him too tired for the chase. / When an animal star disappears, Fred and Frank are determined to ensure their pet replaces her in the film.

 

“Fred’s Last Resort / On the Ball / The Dust Devil of Palm Rock Springs / The Blimp / S’No Place Like Home / Super-Dupes / The Charity Bizarre” (9/19/81) – Fred escapes rough treatment at a spa and finds himself in prison. / Fred and Barney are forced to miss the Policeman’s Ball when they’re assigned to catch a jewel thief. / Escaping the desert heat in an abandoned resort has Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm encountering a menacing dust devil. / Cavey, Wilma and Betty must save a group of famous people who have been vacuumed up by the Blimp’s vacuum. / Cavemouse invites himself along on Fred and Dino’s ski trip. / Dino and Cavemouse recruit superheroes to feud for them. / Officers Fred and Barney serve the Frankenstones with an eviction notice unless they can pay up their back rent by 6:00.

 

“The Not-Such-A-Pleasure Cruise / Shop Treatment / Dino and the Zombies / Futuro / Dinner for Two / Invasion of the Cheese Snatchers / Getting the Business” (9/26/81) – Fred’s vacation ends up disrupted by pirates. / Fred, Barney and Shmoo must stop Rockjaw from eating all the merchandise in the Bedrock Department Store. / Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm investigate the disappearance of a thief in the cemetery. / Cavey heads to Mars to rescue Wilma and Betty after Futuro sends them there. / Dino helps Cavemouse get to his date, but then realizes the potential for mice offspring! / Fred, Dino and Cavemouse try to help an alien mouse find fuel for his spacecraft. / Fred and Frank end up partners in a catering business when Fred scams Frank out of money by selling him a lemon car.

 

“Fred’s Big Top Flop / Country Clubbed / The Ghost of the Neanderthal Giant / Mr. Big / Handle with Scare / The World’s Strongest Mouse / Ugly is Only Skin Deep” (10/3/81) – The Flintstones and Rubbles are mistaken for a circus act. / A thief tricks Fred and Barney as they guard the grand prize at a golf tournament. / Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm are scared off by a huge primitive man after they find gold in the haunted caves. / Mr. Big causes chaos around Bedrock, putting The Daily Granite in peril. / Cavemouse disguises himself as an escaped explosive red robot mouse. / Fred provides Dino with a motivational recording, but it works on Cavemouse instead. / When Wilma and Hidea contract the Dinosaur Flu, Frank and Fred take their places in a beauty contest.

 

“In a Stew / Barney and the Bandit / Creature from the Rock Lagoon / Stormfront and Weathergirl / Bat’s All / Trick or Treat / Three Days of the Mastodon” (10/10/81) – Fred’s clientele keeps his dreams of impressing a food critic with his new diner at bay. / Fred and Barney call on Captain Caveman and Shmoo to help retrieve their stolen motorcycle. / A sea creature captures Pebbles, Dino, Bamm-Bamm and their friend. / Stormfront and Weathergirl attack Bedrock Labs in order to use its secrets to take control of Earth’s weather. / Cavemouse uses a lost Batmouse to outwit Dino and eat all of the food in the house. / Fred tries to console Dino over his lousy Halloween with a relaxing record, but Cavemouse replaces it with one of howling monsters. / Frank and Fred must have a prank war over three days to see who gets initiated into the Mastodon Lodge.

 

“Fred vs. the Energy Crisis / Shore Thing / Dino and the Giant Spiders / Crypto / Do or Diet / Mouse for Sale / First Family Fiasco” (10/17/81) – Fred believes his invention will solve the energy crisis; a storm proves otherwise. / Fred and Barney must stop Rockjaw from eating the pier. / Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm take refuge from a storm in the lair of the Spider Woman and her giant pets. / Cavey must keep Crypto from stealing the faces off of Mount Rockmore. / When Fred and Dino go jogging, Cavemouse protects their food from a robber. / Fred and Dino attempt to give Cavemouse to a lab, but they end up caught in an electrical current. / Frank and Fred enter a heated competition to be the most helpful and win the coveted First Family of Bedrock award.

 

“Fred’s Friend in Need / Rotten Actors / The Ghastly Gatorsaurus / Presto / Maltcheese Falcon / Invisible Mouse / House Wars” (10/24/81) – Fred attempts to help a once-rich old friend secure a loan by having their families pose as his servants to impress the banker. / Fred and Barney guard a movie set, not knowing a staged robbery is in the works. / Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm must rescue Dino from a concrete-eating gatorsaurus. / Magician Presto escapes from prison and seeks revenge on Cavey, Wilma and Betty. / Cavemouse poses as a gangster to trick Dino out of Fred’s food, but ends up getting the three of them arrested with his convincing performance. / Fred’s invisibility spray allows Cavemouse to become invisible. / While their wives are gone, Frank and Fred try to make it so that the other moves away.

THE GHOST AND MOLLY McGEE

 WARNING: This is about a recently-cancelled series. Some spoilers may follow.

THE GHOST AND MOLLY McGEE
(Disney Channel, Disney+, October 1, 2021-January 13, 2024)
 
Disney Television Animation

 

MAIN CAST:
Ashly Burch – Molly McGee
Dana Snyder – Scratch
Jordan Klepper – Pete McGee
Sumalee Montano – Sharon McGee, Nin Suksai
Michaela Dietz – Darryl McGee
Lara Jill Miller – Libby Stein-Torres

  

This is the story about a young girl and her best friend. …Who happens to be a ghost.

Molly and Scratch.

The Ghost and Molly McGee was created by Bill Motz and Bob Roth. It centered on the titular Molly McGee (Ashly Burch), an extremely optimistic 13-year-old Thai-American who moved with her family to the town of Brighton; a downtrodden town whose chief export were turnips, since it was founded by turnip farmers. She was pleasantly surprised to discover their new house came with a live-in best friend: a grumpy lazy ghost named Scratch (Dana Snyder), whose only desire was to spend his afterlife relaxing and pigging out in solitude. Scratch was initially less-enthusiastic about his new roommates and attempted to scare them out; both for his own peace and to remove the curse he accidentally placed on Molly that bound them together until she moved out. Reluctantly, Scratch warmed up to Molly and found himself reciprocating her friendship and becoming a welcomed part of her family.

The McGees: Darryl, Molly, Pete and Sharon.

Molly’s family was comprised of Pete McGee (Jordan Klepper), her Irish father who worked as a civil engineer and City Council member. He often meant well, but could be a little dimwitted and accident prone. Sharon McGee (Sumalee Montano) was her Thai mother who once abandoned her dreams of becoming an artist. She made a living by doing odd jobs found through an app called Gig Pig (a play on Task Rabbit), and could be very competitive—especially with board games. Darryl McGee (Michaela Dietz) was her mischievous younger brother who was always running some kind of scheme and claimed to many connections that allowed him to get whatever he needed. He had a pet tarantula named Heidi Hairylegs (of which Molly was afraid). Occasionally they would facetime with or be visited by Sharon’s headstrong mother, Nin (also Montano), who was very wise but a poor communicator—especially where Sharon was concerned. Her culture made her very familiar with the concept of living with a ghost and therefore nonplussed by their new family member. Scratch became very enamored by the kind of food Nin could cook, since she was once a restauranteur, and they developed a very strong bond (Scratch would call Nin his “favorite McGee”).

A slumber party with Libby and Andrea.

Molly was on a mission to “enhappify” the world, making Brighton the perfect place for her as it was deemed one of the most miserable areas in the country. This often put her into contact (or at odds) with many of Brighton’s citizenry. At Brighton Middle School, she met her human best friend Libby Stein-Torres (Lara Jill Miller), a book and turtle-loving introvert with a deeply-hidden inner confidence that often had bad luck, clumsy tendencies, a strong conspiracy theorist streak that had her digging into all of the town’s dirty secrets; Andrea Davenport (pronounced AHN-dree-uh if you want to stay off her bad side, voiced by Jules Medcraft), the most popular and richest girl at school whose absentee parents owned the profitable Davenport’s department store (the name came from Davenport, Iowa where producer Britta Reitman grew up); Sheela (Aparna Nancherla), once a contender for Molly’s best friend who had an abrasive but ultimately good-natured personality; and Kat (Eden Riegel), Molly’s helpful and kind pink-haired friend. The Brighton Hills Retirement Home where the McGees often volunteered saw Molly befriend one of its residents, Patty (Jenifer Lewis), who led a long and interesting life and was in love with one-time bad boy Bobby Daniels (Danny Trejo).

Molly with Mayor Brunson and Patty.

Other characters in the human world included Principal O’Connor (Eugene Byrd), Brighton Middle School’s uptight principal that was often targeted by Darryl’s pranks; Miss Lightfoot (Julia Jones), a science teacher who was always worried she’d offend Andrea and had the annoying tendency to microwave fish in the teacher’s lounge; Mrs. Roop (Jane Lynch), a history teacher with such a passion for the subject that she’d consider flunking anyone for merely making fun of it; Mr. Pham (Andrew Phung), a drama teacher who lost his love of life and teaching to stress and fatigue; Mayor Stu Brunson (Patton Oswalt), the often inept Mayor of Brighton who came from a long line of politicians and was always looking for ways to outdo aptly-named rival town Perfektborg; Weird Larry (Trevor Devall), the eccentric pawn shop owner with a pet skunk who tended to ask for help with the most uncomfortable of favors; Irving the Illusionist (Devall), a street magician who got a thrill out of bewildering passersby with his tricks (as bad as they were); Leah Stein-Torres (Pamela Adlon), Libby’s mother who owned the Book Marks the Spot bookstore; and the Davenports Maxwell (Thomas Lennon) and Dorothea (never revealed on the show but instead via a now-deleted tweet by Roth, voiced by Jessica Keenan Wynn). Film director Greta Gerwig made a cameo appearance in “Hooray for Mollywood!” as the director Andrea hired to direct the film she hijacked from Molly and her friends.

The Chairman and the Ghost Council: Lucretia, Sir Alister, Grimbella and Bartholomew

As much as he wished it was, the afterlife wasn’t all fun and games for Scratch. He, like other ghosts, were charged with maintaining their designated haunting’s misery levels through scares in order to feed their boss: a tall, looming grim reaper-like being known as The Chairman. Failure to do so would result in banishment to the Flow of Failed Phantoms. Ensuring his will was carried out was The Ghost Council, comprised of the Barrister Ghosts Lucretia (Grey Griffin, Greg Baldwin in the pilot), Sir Alister (John DiMaggio), Grimbella (Kari Wahlgren using a British accent), and Bartholomew (Baldwin). They resided in the Ghost World, which was accessed by a ghost conjuring a swirling vortex. Scratch was often put into a position where he had to choose preventing his banishment by doing his required scares or preserving his budding friendship with Molly as she actively caused Brighton’s misery numbers to fall.

Scratch flanked by Geoff and Jeff with Abraham Lincoln, Grimbella, Barthrolomew and some other ghosts.

Other ghostly characters included Geoff (originally named Kevin, voiced by Eric Edelstein), a goofy and dimwitted spook that considered Scratch his best friend and who had been in a 100-year relationship with a buff ghost also named Jeff (albeit with a different spelling, voiced by Vincent Rodriguez III); Ghost Bouncer (DiMaggio), the bouncer of the Haughty Haunts Club responsible for keeping the riffraff out; Abraham Lincoln (Kelsey Grammer), the 16^th President of the United States; Ezekiel “Tug” Tugbottom (Chris Diamantopoulos), once believed to have been the great hero of Brighton until it was revealed he had just stolen the credit from his sister, Sally (Kerri Kenney-Silver); Franklin Roosevelt (DiMaggio), the 32^nd President of the United States; Jinx (Liza Koshy), a joy hunter dispatched by the Ghost Council to eliminate Molly; and Sobgoblins (Griffin), tiny ghosts that feed on misery and sadness and make it hard for those feelings to disappear.

Early concept art of Molly facing off against the Ghost Council on Scartch's behalf surrounded by the Flow of Failed Phantoms.

The series was first conceived back in 2007, then known as The Curse of Piper McGee. It would have focused Piper McGee going to Transylvania on a family vacation where she would be cursed by a vampiric ghoul called the Count for accidentally disturbing him. The series would have played out the same way: with the gloomy Count bound to the eternal sunshine of Molly and being forced to partake in her adventures. Motz and Roth pitched it to Nickelodeon, but they passed on it. After being signed to an overall deal with Disney, they pitched the series again; this time titled The Curse of Molly McGee, which received a much better reception. The series was greenlit by Disney Channel in July of 2019 to be produced by Disney Television Animation under the title it would eventually air; which was felt better reflected the relationship between Molly and Scratch. Molly was originally conceived as being half-Black, but ultimately became half-Thai; making her the second Disney Thai-American protagonist after Anne Boonchuy in Amphibia. The setting was also relocated to a town inspired by Motz’s childhood home in the Quad Cities region of Illinois and Iowa after it suffered an economic downturn when International Harvester’s Farmall Works Plant in Rock Island closed in 1985.

Jinx and the Sobgoblins.

Following a first-look during a panel at 2020’s New York Comic Con, The Ghost and Molly McGee debuted almost a year later on Disney Channel on October 1, 2021; with the first 5 episodes being added to Disney+ on October 6^th and further episodes being added to the service in batches after or preceding their televised airings. The series was written by Motz and Roth with Charley Feldman, Sammie Crowley, Katie Greenway, Paul Chang, Peter Limm, Maiya Williams, Madison Bateman, Cynthia Furey, Peri Segel, Jase Ricci, Ricky Roxburgh, Mia Resella, Brandon Hoàng, Sam Cherington, Gloria Shen, Jenava Mie and Mariam Girgis. Justin Rodrigues was the lead character designer, working with Karl Cruz, Claire Nero, Elsa Chang, Ham Firouzan, Harley Huang, Baptiste Rogron, Kali Cruz, and Phillip Light. Some members of the crew were very active on social media and often posted behind the scenes information about the episodes they worked on after they aired. The series’ theme was written by Motz, Roth, Allie Feder and Mike Kramer and performed by Burch and Snyder. Along with the score by Kramer, each episode contained a 1-minute humorous song number tied into the plot written by Rob Cantor. Those songs were performed by the characters involved. 

Molly on her mission to enhappify the world.

The first season largely followed Molly and Scratch as the former explored and sought to make positive changes in Brighton where she could, while the latter dealt with his growing affection for Molly and place within the McGee family that put him at odds with his job and the threat of banishment by the Chairman. Ahead of its premier, the series was renewed for a 2^nd season which saw a bit of a shift in the status quo. The Chairman ended up being destroyed, with Scratch appointed to reluctantly take his place. The naturally lazy Scratch decided to abolish the old Chairman’s rules and only donned the cloak to bark out an order or use its special powers when it served his purposes—which often ended up backfiring spectacularly. A mystery began unfolding as Molly took an interest in uncovering Scratch’s forgotten past. A discontinued strawberry soda unlocked a flash of his adventurous best friend, Adia Williams (Kimberly Brooks), who had moved away when they were children and gave him that soda to always remember her by.

The Ghost Chaser Chens: Ollie, Ruben, Esther and June.

The McGees also gained new neighbors in the Chens, who seemed to be a perfect match for the McGees. Unfortunately, there was one problem: they were ghost hunters. Patriarch Ruben (Leonard Wu) was scared by a ghost as a kid, and dedicated his life to studying and eradicating the supernatural when he wasn’t brewing his own root beer. He was joined by his wife, Esther (Stephanie Sheh), and his children Juniper (Sue Ann Pien, who was autistic like her character), an inventor responsible for much of their gear, and Oliver (Alan Lee), their research specialist. They documented their exploits and posted them online as The Ghost Chaser Chens. It also didn’t help matters that Ollie was Molly’s ideal boyfriend while she was best friends with a ghost.

Molly as a wraith with her soulless body.

Disney had commissioned the writing of 10 scripts for season 3 in anticipation of the series continuing to be a success; bolstered by the response the first batch of season 1 episodes received on Disney+. Season 3 would have seen Ollie become the Chairman after Scratch gave up the cloak and struggling to balance between the worlds. As a result, he was beginning to forget about his life due to all his time spent in wraith form; a ghost-like form a living person could assume to travel to the Ghost World while their body continued performing basic tasks and functions sans personality. Other stories would have seen Libby struggling with writer’s block; Ruben Chen becoming a full-time brewmaster after backing from Dorothea Davenport; Andrea would have had a relationship with her crush, Alina Webster (although this did make it into the Chibi Tiny Tales short “Scratch, Molly’s Third Wheel”); a Purim holiday special; a revolt against the recorder; and Molly attempting to rekindle Mr. Pham’s love of teaching.

Saying goodbye.

However, without the same marketing support of the first episode drop onto Disney+, the second in December didn’t perform as well. Despite the next drop improving, Disney had decided to cancel the 3^rd season by June of 2022. A glimmer of hope for a decision reversal came during the internal upheaval that would see studio head Bob Iger return to replace the embattled Bob Chapek, but that required an even higher threshold of viewership that the series just could not meet. Motz and Roth always had a clear ending in mind for the series, but now lacked the space in which to tell that story. They were surprised when their request for an additional episode to wrap everything up was granted. Before the official word of the cancellation came down, social media posts by Motz on Instagram with the cast wrap party and on Twitter gave all indication that this was the ultimately the series’ fate.

The mysteriously cancelled book.

A book adapting “First Day Frights” had appeared on online retail sites for pre-orders, but ended up cancelled for unspecified reasons by Disney Books. Disney slapped a promotional image on t-shirts, totes and pillows for sale in the Disney Channel Fan Shop on Amazon in 2021. DisneyNOW hosted a game called Bandshell Boo-Nanza on its website, where Molly was in charge of keeping the crowds happy during a week-long talent show. Tasks included making coupons, clearing customer lines, serving ice cream, fixing faders, plugging in plugs, and cleaning up litter. Scratch could help with some of these tasks provided Molly collected enough food. Molly and Scratch were also included in the 2019 game Disney All-Star Racers until the DisneyNOW app was shut down in 2024.

Molly and Scratch amongst other Chibified Disney characters from DuckTales, Big City Greens, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Amphibia, Phineas and Ferb and The Owl House.

Along with appearing in several Chibi Tiny Tales shorts, Molly and Scratch have starred in new segments of the anthology series Chibiverse. They and other characters have also participated in the Disney Channel short segments Broken Karaoke, Theme Song Takeover, How NOT to Draw and Random Rings that aired during commercial breaks. A collection of these from other programs were presented in a half-hour special called Spring Shorts-Tacular with the Ghost and Molly McGee, with Molly and Scratch featured in new hosting segments at various intervals. Along with being on Disney+, several episodes and various clips have been uploaded to the official Disney Channel YouTube.

  

EPISODE GUIDE:

Season 1:

“The Curse / First Day Frights” (10/1/21) – Scratch unintentionally curses himself and Molly to be bound together until they move out of the house. / Scratch tries to make matters worse for Molly at school when she ends up angering popular influencer Andrea Davenport.

 

“Howlin’ Harriet / The (Un)natural” (10/2/21) – Molly goes camping with the Wilder-Scouts to pick out her human best friend, and Libby’s ghost story ends up becoming a reality. / Molly joins the school’s terrible baseball team and Scratch ends up using his powers to cheat so they can win.

 

“Getting the Band(shell) Back Together / The Greatest Concert Ever” (10/6/21 D+, 10/9/21 DC) – Volunteering at a retirement home inspires Molly to try and resurrect the town’s bandshell, long destroyed by a hurricane. / Needing a performer for the restored bandshell, Molly meticulously plans to get country superstar Kenny Star.

 

“Mama’s Gotta Hustle / Hooray for Mollywood!” (10/6/21 D+, 10/16/21 DC) – When the McGees are unable to afford to fix their van, Sharon begins taking odd jobs through the Gig Pig app. / Molly and her friends get squeezed out of their own horror movie when Andrea gets involved.

 

“Not So Honest Abe / The Best of Nin-tensions” (10/6/21 D+, 10/23/21 DC) – Scratch has Geoff pretend to be Abraham Lincoln so Molly thinks he knows him, but Geoff’s faulty information causes Molly to fail her report. / Molly and Scratch attempt to fix the rift between Sharon and her mother.

 

“Mazel Tov, Libby! / No Good Deed” (10/30/21) – Molly attempts to jazz up Libby’s Bat Mitzvah, but it ends up just giving her a panic attack. / Molly, Darryl and Scratch must spring their teachers from prison after Darryl uses the nice lesson Molly gave him to get them incarcerated.

 

“The Trump Twist / All Systems No” (11/6/21) – To outdo Perfektborg for next month’s issue of Midwest Monthly, the Mayor places Pete and Molly in charge of the Turnip Festival—which Scratch must ruin or face banishment. / Molly and Scratch challenge each other to only say “yes” or “no” respectively for an entire day while the McGees try to get a bee out of their house.

 

“Monumental Disaster / Talent Show” (11/13/21) – After meeting the ghost of the legendary town hero, Molly and Libby are determined to expose him as the fraud he is. / Libby accidentally signs up to be in the talent show and Molly encourages her to do it—until she learns that Libby can’t sing.

 

“Scratch the Surface / Friend-Off” (11/20/21) – Molly tries to create an alter-ego to tell Libby anything since she can’t relay her adventures with Scratch, but Libby just thinks Molly doesn’t want to be friends anymore. / Molly sets up a scavenger hunt to try and bring Libby and Scratch together, but they end up turning it into a competition to see who Molly’s best friend is.

 

“Festival of Lights / Saving Christmas” (11/27/21) – The McGees spend their first Hannukah with the Stein-Torres family as a blackout hits Brighton. / Molly takes inspiration from A Christmas Carol to try and get Mr. Davenport in the holiday spirit and save the town’s Christmas celebration.

 

“Ice Princess / Read, Set, Snow!” (2/12/22) – The spirit of a failed ice skater brings major snow storms with her as she tries to perfect her routine, and Pete reveals himself to be a former ice skater as he steps up to be her partner. / Molly desperately wants someone to play in the snow with her, but everyone just wants to try hygge.

 

“Game Night / The Don’t-Gooder” (2/19/22) – Scratch uses the McGees’ love of board games to cheat his way out of cleaning the downstairs bathroom. / Molly gets tired of being outdone in charity work by Andrea when she does practically nothing and stumbles upon a secret that could expose Andrea once and for all.

 

“Innocent Until Proven Ghostly / Twin Trouble” (2/26/22) – Scratch is accused of eating the anniversary cake Pete baked, but Molly holds a trial to prove his innocence. / The arrival of Pete’s bullying twin siblings causes the depression-feeding Sobgoblins to come to the McGee household.

 

“Goat Your Own Way / A Very Hungry Ghost” (3/5/22) – Molly tries to prove her way of training a goat for the country fair is better than the prescribed way while Scratch trains Pete to get him a fried food platter. / Nin visits to celebrate Sart Duan Sib (a feast for ghosts) which excites Scratch—until Geoff ends up inviting every ghost including the Ghost Council.

 

“Scare Tactics / The Bad Boy Bobby Daniels” (3/12/22) – While Molly nervously searches for Heidi after she gets loose in the house, Scratch and Geoff ditch their yearly scaring seminar. / Molly and Scratch attempt to reunite Patty with her long-lost love.

 

“Citizen McGee / The Internship” (6/11/22) – Molly volunteers to be “Mayor for a Day”, but ends up with the job permanently as Brunson finds it too stressful. / Molly is disappointingly assigned to be Weird Larry’s intern while Scratch gets an intern of his own.

 

“The Lucky Penny / Lock, Stock, and Peril” (6/18/22) – Disasters occur when the already-lucky Andrea ends up possessing a luck-infused penny. / When the others get trapped in the basement, Molly and Scratch go to get Weird Larry to get them out but keep getting distracted along the way and missing him.

 

“Out of House and Home / Home is Where the Haunt Is” (6/25/22) – The McGees all chip in when Pete gets himself hurt, but along the way end up evicted after forgetting to pay the mortgage. / The McGees live in their van in the woods while Scratch tries to scare away any potential buyers for the house.

 

“The Jig is Up / Molly vs. the Ghost World” (7/9/22) – The Ghost Council sends Jinx to find out why Brighton’s joy is going up, and Scratch learns the truth about why ghosts are required to do scares. / Molly becomes a wraith and heads to the Ghost World with Geoff to rescue Scratch from his trial with the Ghost Council.

 

Season 2:

“The New (Para)Normal” (4/1/23) – Scratch reluctantly becomes the new Chariman while the McGees make friends with their new neighbors, the Chens—who happen to be ghost hunters.

 

“Book Marks the Sprite / Dobule, Double, Darryl & Trouble” (4/2/23 D+, 4/8/23 DC) – Molly keeps Ollie busy while Libby and Scratch deal with a story sprite that’s consuming all the stories in the book store. / Darryl becomes a wraith to have fun while his body does all the work, and comes to think everyone prefers his well-behaving body to his true self.

 

“Faint of Art / A Soda to Remember” (4/2/23 D+, 4/15/23 DC) – Sharon becomes intended by the blank canvas when she sets out to do some painting in the basement. / Molly and Libby attempt to obtain a discontinued brand of strawberry soda to help Scratch retrieve memories of his past life.

 

“A Period Piece / It’s Always Sunny in Sunnyland” (4/2/23 D+, 4/22/23 DC) – Molly becomes jealous of the new bond Andrea and Libby form after Libby gets her first period. / Molly creates a theme park experience in their home when their vacation plans get cancelled, but quickly grows tired of planning things out as the week goes on.

 

“I Wanna Dance with Some-Ollie / Davenport’s on Demand” (4/2/23 D+, 4/29/23 DC) – When Molly confesses that she has a crush on Ollie, an upset Scratch ends up finding himself in one of the Chens’ traps. / Andrea’s new app for her store is such a hit that it ends up threatening all the small businesses in the town.

 

“A Doll to Die For / The (After)life of the Party” (5/6/23) – Scratch traps a troublemaker named Lord Doom in a baby doll and Molly attempts to teach him how to be nice. / Scratch plans to ditch Geoff’s party to go to the one being held by the much cooler Jeff.

 

“Frightmares on Main Street” (5/13/23) – When Scratch enlists the aid of other ghosts to turn Molly’s charity haunted house into a success, it attracts the attention of the Ghost Chaser Chens.

 

“The Unhaunting of Brighton Video / 100% Molly McGee” (5/20/23) – Molly, Libby, Scratch and Ollie attempt to get a ghost out of the old video store so that it can become a new community center. / A visit from relatives leaves Molly feeling inadequately connected to her culture and hunkers down to make herself more Thai.

 

“All Shark No Bite / Nin-dependence” (6/28/23 D+, 7/8/23 DC) – Attempting to prove ghost sharks aren’t real, Scratch ends up summoning one that prowls the McGee household. / The McGees become overprotective and smothering of Nin after she hurts herself.

 

“Like Father Like Libby / Dance Dad Revolution” (6/28/23 D+, 7/15/23 DC) – Libby gets a chance to see her dad and is excited about all the things they could do together only to learn he’ll be extending his book-writing tour. / Molly helps Pete get his messages across with viral dance videos, but internet fame goes to his head and he begins to forget his original intent.

 

“Jinx! / Let’s Play Turnipball!” (7/22/23) – Jinx curses Scratch with bad luck until he gets her to say his name three times. / Ollie becomes the star player of the Turnipball team by pure luck, however his misinterpretation of the rules benches him and allows Perfektborg to pull ahead.

 

“The Ghost IS Molly McGee / All in the Mind” (7/29/23) – Molly and Scratch decide to switch bodies to fix Molly’s problem with the school play and Scratch’s problem with the Ghost Council. / Molly and Scratch head into Scratch’s mind to find out the cause of the bubbles developing on his body.

 

“Carbon Zero Heroes / Davenport’s in Demise” (8/5/23) – Molly and Ollie dedicate themselves to a carbon-neutral lifestyle while Libby drags Scratch into her bunker to prepare for the climate apocalypse. / When a new mega-store outside of town drives Davenport’s out of business, Molly must help Andrea rebrand herself online and stop losing followers.

 

“Web of Lies / Kenny’s Falling Star” (8/12/23) – Molly and Scratch believe they accidentally killed Darryl’s spider and are wracked with guilt when they hide the evidence. / Kenny Star is hiding out in Brighton after being branded a sell-out, and Molly tries to help him rediscover his country roots.

 

“Welcome to NecroComic-Con / Fit to Print” (10/28/23) – Molly, Ollie and Scratch must attempt to get the ghost canister back from the Chens before they inadvertently open it and release the Failed Phantoms inside. / Molly becomes editor of the broke school paper and secures major sponsorship from Flavor Burger, only to uncover the scandal that their Turnip Burgers are actually made of Perfektborg parsnips.

 

“Smile Valley Farm / The Grand Gesture” (11/4/23) – The McGees become addicted to a new farming simulation game. / Molly’s attempts to ask Ollie to be her boyfriend are repeatedly interrupted—especially by a piece of Scratch’s ectoplasm that Darryl and June accidentally brought to life.

 

“The Many Lives of Scratch / Alaka-Sham!” (11/11/23) – Scratch’s friends throw him a “death day party” and share far-fetched stories about his death, since he can’t remember it. / Irving challenges Darryl to a magic competition when Darryl and Scratch start performing to sucker money from people.

 

“F.O.N.A.A.! / Game On” (11/15/23 D+, 11/18/23 DC) – Scratch curses Molly to be fear-free for 24 hours so she can go to the dentist, but she spends the day doing reckless things. / Principal O’Connor wants Darryl to join a team sport, but Darryl talks him into forming an e-sports team and bets him he can win on the first try.

 

“White Christmases / Perfect Day” (12/1/23) – As Molly prepares the perfect Christmas for the town seniors, Scratch stresses about finding her the perfect gift. / Molly asks Scratch to create a time loop so she can fix every mistake she makes on New Year’s Day.

 

“Jinx vs. the Human World” (1/13/24) – Jinx steals the Chairman’s cloak and uses it to conquer the Ghost World and restore misery to the Human World.

 

“The End” (1/13/24) – Molly, Geoff, Libby and Ollie discover that Scratch is actually the wraith of a very-much alive man, and Molly convinces him to take his old life back.

 

Special:

“Spring Shorts-Tacular”(5/21/22) – Molly drags Scratch into helping her show off a series of Disney shorts to mark the start of the Spring season.

 

Shorts:

Chibi Tiny-Tales:

“Scratch Haunts the Chibiverse” (10/3/21) – Scratch haunts other Disney Channel characters to raise his scare chart.

 

“Mansion Madness” (10/8/21) – Molly and Scratch make themselves unwelcome at the Haunted Mansion.

 

“Scratch’s Sugar Rush” (10/17/21) – Scratch goes candy-crazy on Halloween.

 

“The War of Décor” (4/3/22) – Molly and Scratch have a disagreement over how their room should look.

 

“Springtime for Mama Scratch” (5/1/22) – Baby animals mistake Scratch for their mothers.

 

“Scratch, Molly’s Third Wheel” (4/15/23) – Scratch looks for someplace else to sit at a concert when Molly sits next to Ollie.

 

Broken Karaoke:

“Broken Scary-oke” (12/5/21) – Scratch sings about haunting people during the holidays.

 

“I Just Wanna Eat Bread” (8/13/22) – Scratch and Molly sing an ode to bread and salad.

 

“Ways We Feel Anxious” (10/10/22) – Libby forms The Stress Girlz with Candace Flynn (Phineas and Ferb), Marcy Wu (Amphibia) and Gloria (Big City Greens) to sing about what makes them anxious.

 

Theme Song Takeover:

“Andrea Theme Song Takeover” (6/12/22) – Molly and Scratch must deal with Andrea’s theme for The Most Fab Andrea Show.

 

“Libby Theme Song Takeover” (5/3/23) – Libby belts out how she’s unable to do a much-requested theme song takeover.

 

“Darryl Theme Song Takeover” (6/24/23) – Darryl’s theme song takeover highlights his many business schemes.

 

Disney Random Rings:

“Scratch Calls the Haunted Mansion” (9/25/03) – Scratch tries to wrangle a referral from one of the other residents so he can move into the Haunted Mansion.

 

How NOT to Draw:

“Scratch Comes to Life” (2/24/24) – Scratch tries several different schemes to get his hands on the animator’s lunch.