South park all about mormons tv episode 2003 trivia on imdb. Part comingofage story, part buddy comedy, the show mocks mormons cleancut. The episode included modern adventures of the south park gang dealing with a new lds family in town but also depicted scenes from early church history and in particular joseph smith and the events of early church history. South park part 4 translating the book of mormon life. When the irreverent animated comedy south park first became a hit back in the late 90s, few couldve guessed that the shows cocreators, matt stone and trey parker, would eventually become the toast of old broadway. The episode features a subplot about the founding of the religion by joseph smith and. And yes, joseph smith did decline to retranslate them. Some of the artwork is better than others, but its a great way to teach children the book of mormon stories. The animation ive made is in absolutely no way affiliated with either south park or the book of mormon.
But when stan and his dad become intrigued with the harrisons overwhelming happiness and the story of joseph smith, the marsh family. Mormon and his teachings by the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Their testimony is found in the beginning of the copy of the book of mormon that the missionaries gave me. The book of mormon, a new musical collaboration between south park creators trey parker and matt stone and avenue q composer robert lopez, will. Trey parker and matt stone prepping book of mormon film. South park and avenue q guys bringing book of mormon. From trey parker and matt stone, the creators of south park, comes a new broadway musical called the funniest show ive ever seen, by far entertainment weekly and so good it makes me angry. How did mormons react to the south park episode about mormons. As you read these stories, remember that they are about real people wh.
The book of mormon follows two young missionaries who are sent to uganda to try to convert citizens to the mormon religion. A mashup of the book of mormon and south park seemed inevitable, but we might not have expected such a well constructed fan video. The thing about joseph praying in the woods and seeing heavenly father and jesus christ is mostly deadon, except that, according to most accounts, smith was. With 16 seasons of south park in the bank, it was inevitable that thered be. Lehi warned the wicked people in jerusalem that they would be destroyed if they did not repent, but the people didnt listen.
The animation ive mad is in absolutely no way affiliated with either south park or the book of mormon. The book of mormon, new musical from south park team. Caught up in the familyfriendly doctrine of the church, randy declares the marshes to be mormon as well. The book of mormon, the broadway musical by the creators of south. The musical is a true fusion, too, of the cleverness laced with cruelty of south park and avenue q. On todays episodes of mormon stories, we interview dr. South park 1997 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24. The official youtube channel of the book of mormon musical. The musical 1993, their first experience with movie musicals.
Even before penning the tonywinning the book of mormon, south park creators trey parker and matt stone never bothered to hide the influence of musical theater on their work. The episode revolves around the religion and culture of mormons, as a mormon family moves to the town of south park, and influences the beliefs of the family of character stan marsh. Theres no timeline given for the movie, but if we had to guess wed say it would be one of the first projects they chose to develop. But when stan and his dad become intrigued with the harrisons overwhelming happiness and the story of joseph smith, the marsh family decides to convert to mormonism. It was made out of a genuine love for both the tv show and the stage musical. The book of mormon, the new musical that theyve written in collaboration with robert lopez, the cocreator of the equally irreverent muppetsstyle musical avenue q, sends up the church of jesus. Everything you need to know about the book of mormon london. South park creators make book of mormon one of the. Stones tradition of satirizing every organized religion from catholicism to scientology, the musical, called the book of mormon, will juxtapose a tale of two young mormon missionaries with the story of joseph smith, who founded mormonism in the 19th century a topic that the south park guys have. Then they have a fight, and at the end the mormon boy teaches him a moral lesson.
However, it is not version of the story accepted by the church or most of its members. Five south park episodes we see in book of mormon seattle met. A new family, the harrisons, move into south park, and their son. The story of joseph smith s founding of mormonism and the origin of the book of mormon is told through a number of comedic 19thcentury flashbacks, with a. All about mormons official south park studios wiki south park. Not long afterward, the pair was discovered by hollywood. Stone and parker are going to finally bring the book of mormon to film. The book of mormon is a musical comedy that follows the adventures of a pair of mismatched missionaries who get sent halfway across the world to spread the message. Parker and matt stones successful broadwaywest end musical the book of mormon. Blasphemy on broadwaysouth parks controversial creators take on broadway. From south park, the story of how this evil, lying false prophet started the worlds stupidest most moronic religion ever. South park creators trey parker and matt stone on the book of mormon the mix duration.
The stories are taken from a book that is sacred because it came from heavenly father. Book of mormon stories by the church of jesus christ of. The story of the book of mormon by reynolds, george, 18421909. Translating the book of mormon south park depiction of the translation of the book of mormon is more accurate than the most mormons realize. Weird al yankovic all about the pentiums tedo 1674 2. But south park creators trey parker and matt stone say they have also created a heartwarming story of two young present day mormon missionaries sent to. The residents of their famously excitable colorado town have always burst into elaborately choreographed song at the drop of a hat especially in bigger, longer, and uncut, the south park feature film, which is a musical. Its more than likely that parker and stone will never.
How did mormons react to the south park episode about. The poking fun of the church history made me roll my eyes, but the mormon. With trey parker, matt stone, adrien beard, mona marshall. One missionary, elder price, is an enthusiastic gogetter with a strong. This episode is currently not available at south park studios. It shows joseph smith putting two seer stones into a hat, then burying his.
The lord told lehi to take his wife, sariah, and their sonslaman, lemuel, sam, and nephiinto the wilderness. Comedy central yanked the episode from its web site, but its available here. However, the way that the south park episode tells the story is based on a book written by fawn brodie, an exmormon ucla professor. This is a great season of south park,the last of the classics in the south park series. Though some of the facts are distorted by the humor of the show, the basic underlying story that was shown in that humorous. Or that their musical the book of mormon would go on to win nine tonys. Throughout the episode, characters ask questions about mormonism, and the story. In this episode, a new family from utah moves into south park, and their son. This season goes up to the 100th episode and a few beyond. A south park episode entitled all about mormons in 2003 aired that parodied.
Look, maybe us mormons do believe in crazy stories that make absolutely no sense, and maybe joseph smith did make it all up, but i have a great life and a great family and. This first in a planned series of films devoted to telling the tale of the mormon faith in america, the book of mormon charts the recorded history of nephi noah danby as he leads his people from. South park creators hit broadway with mormon musical reuters. However, after studying the book of mormon and mormon history as part of my theological studies, i have found that much of what south park showed in a comical manner is actually true to what mormons believe. Garys dad starts to tell stan the story of joseph smith, founder of mormonism. The story of the book of mormon paperback october 15, 2011 by florence pierce author see all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. South park all about mormons tv episode 2003 trivia. South parks pranksters take aim at the latterday saints in broadways most obscene andyesirreverent musical yet. I have no doubt in my mind that this is a true book and that the church of jesus christ of latterday saints is the only true church on the earth. Yes, the first 116 pages of the book of mormon were lost. Had the creators trey parker, robert lopez and matt stone not called this the book of mormon, they could have called it. For example, the story implies that only joseph smith saw the metal plates on which the book of mormon was engraven, but in reality over a dozen people saw them. They became friends at the university of colorado boulder and collaborated on a musical film, cannibal. In the episode all about the mormons, a mormon family moves to south park, and one of the boys finds out that theyre pretty nice.
The book of mormon, a larky buddy story about two american mormons who go to uganda in an attempt to convert the natives, is utterly irresistible. The book of mormon meets south park in fantastic hello. Ive seen the all about mormons south park episode, and i am mormon. The book of mormon was conceived by trey parker, matt stone and robert lopez. Is there any truth to the south park episode all about. When a super nice mormon family moves to south park, naturally the boys first instinct is to kick the new kids ass. Hyrum parry, publisher collection americana digitizing sponsor. South park creators hit broadway the south park guys take their act to broadway. I had determined then that, at most, the setting of the events described in the book consisted of an hourglass shaped land mass that had dimen.
Many people who are not familiar with the mormon church were baffled at the story as depicted by south park, wondering how accurate it tells the mormon story. The book of mormon is the buddy story of the mismatched elders, price and. Stan learns about the mormon religion after a new family moves to south park from utah. I am a very strong member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints, married in the temple, and just saw my son make the choice to be baptized this year. Is the episode all about mormons accurate southpark.
All rights belong to the respective companies and i hope so much that they dont kill me for what ive made. Creators of south park defend their broadway debut, book of. In episode 12 of season 7 of the irreverent comedy central cartoon south park viewers were treated to a story all about mormons see the full episode on. But as the episodes b story reveals, hell, fiery damned pit that it is, is also where satan takes part in big musical numbers. Mormon stories exploring, celebrating and challenging. All about mormons full episode season 07 ep 12 south park. When my husband and i were first married we watched south park all the time. There were some elements of truth, but the story was grossly simplified and omitted important parts of the history. What do latterday saints mormons think of the book of mormon musical. How cult cartoon potty mouths matt stone and trey parker reinvented musical theatre. Parker and stone grew up in colorado, and were familiar with the church of jesus christ of latterday saints and its members. All about mormons is the twelfth episode of season seven, and the 108th overall episode of south park.
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