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I i Prime-time nielsens Network Shame SECTION frsaas has cam TV Radio E3 THURSDAY Fun Games li(i TV RADIO 3 ENTERTAINMENT 4 TELEVISION 5 COMICS 6 BACK TALK 8 Sounw Naim Mada Rmwch THE FRESNO BEE THURSDAY APRIL 16 1998 TELEVISION Wild and crazy guys: Matt Stone left and Trey Parker certainly know how to grab all of the attention By Rick Bentley THE FRESNO BEE a voung woman struggled with the contents of her purse desperately trying to find the identification she needed to prove she was old enough to enter Jax House the Tower District night spot Behind her potential patrons waited some patiently others not so patiently They were all trying to get in to do what members of Generation Next do whim they go out dance drink toss out a few lame pickup lines and watch cartoons Watch cartoons? Since the beginning of the month Jax House has become the gathering spot on Wednesday nights for fane of Comedy Central's irreverent animated series 1B1I1111 Besides WHEN IT 01 Park9 creators stand out in a crowd movie If you have been visiting Pluto recently deals with the lives of four third-graders who live in a small quiet Rocky Mountain community actually quiet in the same way "Twin waa These aren't your typical animation stars For example if one of their residents Cartman were asked about the success of Parker and Stone he would say are so blee want to puke I just wish why the show has been called on add To bring these twisted characters to life Parker and Stone opted for aa simplistic a form of animation as you will find The series looks like a modified version of Colorforms Please see Creators Page E2 By Rick Bentley THE FRESNO BEE PASADENA -Trey Parker Stone were easy to spot stood in a comer of the In a room filled with critics and cable executives were the only ones wearing Broncos football jerseys had spent the extra bucks their names stitched on out in a crowd has the norm for this pair It 28-year-old Parker and Stone who pint-sized blue-talking cast of "South year the two-dimensional have given Comedy its biggest hit and a multi-million dollar merchandising business pretty cod for a couple who look like they could a live-action and i DARRELL WONQ THE FRESNO BEE Laughing rr ur Fans react at Jax House during a Wednesday night showing of Comedy PARK" to pm Wednesday Comedy Central and Matt as they room television they Denver Both to have the back Standing become was the the 26-year-old created the Kenny-kUUng Park? In a characters Central launched That's of guys star in graders patrons get to participate in trivia games sponsored by KFRR (FM 1041) or as they like to call it New Rock 104 Even if someone leaves the bar alone at the end of the night he can at least take home a consolation prize of a T-shirt poster or bumper sticker featuring those orb-faced kids Such an emit isn't new i i i have never dime anything like said Joe Chabala KFRR promotions manager this was the first television show that really matched our alternative What Jax House owner Joe Harp has gotten from the deal has been another way to lure a crowd to his dub On the first night the "South Park1 viewing waa held the dub waa packed Although it waa a full crowd the second week the number of fans was down Harp speculated Spring Break could have been the culprit Please see South Page E2 Over the years bars and radio stations have joined forces to stage Place and of nights It took just the right combination for Park" Sisters busy selling sororilies decades later Leaving a child in the hands of a stranger The scrapbook pages are frayed the newspaper dippings yellowed but still there is a curiosity that turns the pages in one book and then another There are pictures of women wearing dresses heels hats and sometimes gloves There are women pouring tea from silver pots There are women sipping lemonade poolside There are women mnriwling the latest fashions of the There are women volunteering at the dd county change her diaper The poor kid was fireball red There were still 10 diapers in the bag She had sat all day long without a diaper Matthews says Matthews a Clarkston Mich resident and his wife Tamara fired that sitter and began searching for a new one Ike couple who now have three daughters already had tried a live-in nanny who stole from them and left behind a huge phone bill Tikp thousands of working parents the Matthews were struggling to find good quality chud care at an affordable By Jack Kresnak KNIGHT R1DDER Michael Matthews was in a rush that day in 1993 so he didn't have time to change his 18-month-old daughter diaper before ping the baby off at the neighborhood sitter's house running late I just got her out of bed still in her pqjamas and hasn't been Matthews tdd the sitter handing her a bag containing 10 dean diapers When he picked Paige up after work waa real crabby and He found out why when he got her home and laid her down to DETROIT FREE PRESS All in the family: Michael and Tamara Matthews with daughters (from left) Paige Sydney and Paris Jinmitnl They a are women representing membership to incoming college freshman said transfer students and to encouraging community service Nancy McNeil Jeanne Berry Jane McCoy and Bo Eriksen alumnae of different sororities Please see Baiberich Page E2 price not talking about hiring a baby-sitter to go to a movie" Matthews says talking about the most developmentally impor tant years of a life And you're leaving this precious little person in tthews made 125 pages Please see Child Page E2 17 national collegiate sororities who joined together 60 years ago to form the Fresno Panhellenic Association a group devoted to selling the benefits of sorority I ft TT.