Jimmy and Cookie...Evil Fred and Wilma Flintstone?
It seems to me that they patterned the two parents after Fred & Wilma.
A hot-blooded bickering couple who love each other in spite of their mutual despicable hatefulness.
What they need is a pair of next door neighbours who are sweet-natured Canadians; the husband a dumpy but likeable blond and his wife a giggly brunette.