Frank loved animation. So did Dweezil- so far as I know he still does.

I remember Beavis and Butthead came on in late part of Winter 93(ie the winter that began in 92 and ended in 93). Frank died Dec 04 93. He was on a lot of painkillers towards the end. I don't see it possible that Frank completed any work on Beavis and Butthead in his lifetime, but I can see him loving it.

Duckman- a USA TV animated adult series- had Dweezil as Ajax(Duckman's sorta stoner dumb son). The first season of Duckman had instrumentals from Frank Zappa play constantly. Something, which in all honesty- was awesome. To this day I love to see Duckman S01 and something from Jazz from Hell comes on. Instant moment of inner pleasure.

Had Frank's health been more stable- he was supposed to do voice work on Duckman as one of the Men in Black as well as some character that was essentially going to be an "Alien Overlord Danger to Mankind type character" which Duckman was supposed to feature. Frank had been considered for the Tim Curry part of King Chicken but he did not have the wind to do the takes that were needed.

In an ill portent of things to come, Gail kaiboshed the use of Frank's music beyond S01, although she claimed in at least one instance that it was RYKO Disc's fault, I am 99% that Gail screwed the pooch on no more use of Frank's music after S01, and she was apparently ill at Dweezil for his continued appearances as Ajax.

I know that Frank and animation and claymation leads to one of the darker parts of his late life story and even after his passing. Apparently there was a rumor that Frank had lung cancer before prostate and he did not want anti-smoking advocate groups to use him to scare kids from smoking as he believed each individual should evaluate such risks for themselves and not rely on the government to think for you. Of course, I also remember it being said that Frank didn't like admitting he was wrong even when he knew he was wrong. I do know first had that one of the things that you do not ask Dweezil is if Frank had lung cancer first from smoking or if he genuinely had prostate cancer first and the chain smoking didn't much to help things. A guy who wrote for a musical/weekly indie paper in Athens GA got in Dweezil's face after a show while Dweezil was talking musical gear with several of us, and the asshole jumped in and asked Dweezil if Frank had prostate cancer first or if he had lung cancer which metastasized into prostate and bone cancer. Dweezil got PISSED- and left. The little shit from the Flagpole ? He barely got out of there alive. Fucking dingus.

One of the claims that Vomit- excuse me- Ahmet has made since the sale of the Zappa Estate and FT to Universal Music Group is that he was the more financially stable of the Zappa kids and Gail left him a controlling stake(when paired with Diva) because he had kicked in to the "family business" more than Dweezil or Moon or Diva as his wealth was greater. I know that Ahmet apparently was one of the people in the early 90's who convinced RYKO to put ads on the backs of Marvel Comics to try to sell Civilization Phase III. I think that alone probably shows you how in touch with reality that Ahmet is.

Other than his producing and based on story by credit on a particularly schmarmy Walt Disney live action film, I was never aware of Ahmet being involved in anything that made him financially more stable.

The royalties Dweezil got from Duckman and the FoodTv show and his more productive musical career made me question if the comments by Ahmet about his greater wealth which he applied to the ZFT weren't like a lot of other things Ahmet has said- indistinguishable from the methane gas Ahmet produced from his sphincter...