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Move over, Simpsons. Recently,
George Clooney lent his voice, panti-
ng and wimpering, as Stan's gay dog
Sparky, and Jay Leno did a voiceover
cameo as "Kitty." Jason Priestly, John
Cusack and David Caruso are report-
edly standing in line to lend their
talents.
Said co-creator Trey Parker, "I
think they'd rather be on the show
than have us rip on them."
Parker and his co-creator Matt
Stone are no strangers to South Park,
the real Rocky Mountain region
where they grew up. Both buds also
attended the University of Colorado.
But it wasn't until a short video
(The Spirit of Christmas) they made
as a holiday greeting card — at the
request of a Fox TV executive —
started making the rounds among
Hollywood's elite that their off-cen-
ter humor made them a natural for
cable's inconoclastic Comedy Cen-
tral.
So why's a nice Jewish gUy like
Matt Stone finding his garden of
Eden by taking the serpentine route
in "South Park"?
Just look at his hysterical history:
As a college kid, Stone made a video
featuring a Frosty the Snowman.
This Frosty turned on the kids who
created him and killed them.
But don't feel too badly for chil-
dren at the hands of Stone and Park-
er. The age of innocence isn't neces-
sarily a chronological thing.

Nasty and nefarious? Are kids real-
ly like this? "Eight-year-olds talk like
that all the time," says Stone. "It's
like watching chimpanzees. As soon
as you get close, they all shut up."
If the kids ape grown-ups, it's no
mere coincidence. Kyle, the Jewish

Kyle is the
Jewish imp
who must
defend his
Jewishness.

kid, reportedly reflects the muse of
Matt the Jewish cartoonist.
One thing's for sure in "South
Park": Kids say the darndest things
— or in this TV-MA version, the
damndest things.
The "South Park" pipsqueaks like
to think they're cool — is that why
TV's hottest new stars always wear
parkas and hats? "You've got to wear
a hat all the time in Colorado or you
freeze your ears off," says Stone.
Or as Kyle would say, freeze
your... ❑

Gail Zimmerman contributed to this
story.

The "South Park" Pilot
You'll Never See On TV

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he underground classic

The Spirit of Christmas
is the "South Park" pilot
that got the show snow-
balling. But you'll never seen it on
TV: It's too irreverent for Comedy
Central to air: something about a
battle between Santa Claus and
Jesus.
Well, here's your chance to see
"South Park's" pilot show and a
host of other irreverent cartoons
— over a dozen premieres, includ-
ing Jurassic Fart (definitely not
approved by Steven Spielberg),
The Booby Trap, Little Rude Riding
Hood, Barflies, Sea Slugs (a salty
dog spoof) and the all-time sick-
est, Steve Margolis' Sloaches Fun

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