The children of south park form two battling contingents to get a playstation 4 or an xbox one during a black friday sale. But when stan and his dad become intrigued with the harrisons overwhelming happiness and the story of joseph smith. How did mormons react to the south park episode about. Lopez had cowritten the music for the musical avenue q the book of mormon follows two latterday. Afterbuzz tv hosts phil svitek, steph sabraw and christian bladt debate the best episode parodying religion of any kind on comedy centrals south park. In the south park version, martin harris takes the first 116 pages of the manuscript to his wife and explains how they plan to publish it as a book. South park retells the crucial story of joseph smith and martin harris losing the first book of mormon manuscript. The musical, orgazmo and south park, and he, matt stone and robert lopez created a play in 2011 titled the book of mormon, which also featured smith. Is the episode all about mormons accurate southpark.
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. All about mormons is the twelfth episode of season seven, and the 108th overall episode of south park. He appeared in the season seven episode, all about mormons. Top 10 south park episodes about religion in spring 2011, the creators of south park, trey parker and matt stone, debuted their highly anticipated broadway musical, the book of mormon. Parker and stone were best known for creating the animated comedy south park. Yes, the first 116 pages of the book of mormon were lost. The animation ive mad is in absolutely no way affiliated with either south park or the book of mormon.
In preparation for season 20 of south park, we created this special wisecrack edition exploring the shows philosophy of religion over the past 19 years. Check out this video of an actual mormon me lol and my first reaction to south parks 2014 episode all about mormons. First staged in 2011, the play is a satirical examination of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints beliefs and practices that ultimately endorses the positive power of love and service. Gary previously lived in utah, where he was a straighta student and captain of the wrestling team. 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.
Joseph smith official south park studios wiki south. An lds family discusses their divorce may 27, 2010. Mormon neighbors move into town, causing the citizens of south park to become mormons themselves. South park is an american animated television sitcom created by trey parker and matt stone for comedy central. Santa is stealing all the joy from the towns holiday season. Stan learns about the mormon religion after a new family moves to south park from utah. To the south park fan, the book of mormon is parker and stones chance to make a defiant statement on religion, well beyond anything theyve accomplished in 30 minutes of a south park episode. When my husband and i were first married we watched south park all the time. All about mormons official south park studios wiki. Theres even a lengthy, dramatic retelling of the story of joseph smith, the churchs founder. Best religious parody on south park south park weekly. Trey parker and matt stone had just finished working with composer robert lopez in the broadway musical the book of mormon before this season of south park commenced. The musical is a great glimpse into parker and stones future with hints of south parks demented comedy and the budding musical genius that would go on to create book of mormon. This is an early demo song from book of mormon, what would eventually become the all american prophet.
So happy to have the original cast immortalized, in a sense. The bible, part 3 book of mormonsouth park fan animation. Eventually, fox refused to air the show, which was later picked up by comedy central. Etpt on comedy central allnew season 23 episodes will be available to stream in hd exclusively on southpark. Weeeeeeeeeellll, kyles moms a bitch, shes a big fat bitch, shes the biggest bitch in the whole wide world. At the time, i thought it was telling the story mostly correctly but a few of the details were off, and it was kind of unfair to sing the dumb dumb dumb song when some people believe in it. Stacker, using imdb user rating data, however, compiled the 100 greatest episodes of the classic animated show.
The book of mormon original poster the book of mormon is a satirical musical with a book, lyrics, and music by trey parker, matt stone the creators of south park and robert lopez. Ive seen the all about mormons south park episode, and i am mormon. I clarify the joseph smith story and a few other things south park got. With more than 300 episodes of south park it can be hard to determine the best episodes ever made. Shes a stupid bitch, if there ever was a bitch, shes a bitch to all the boys and girls. So, sit back and enjoy the top 11 best south park episodes. Top 10 south park episodes about religion huffpost. Their testimony is found in the beginning of the copy of the book of mormon that the missionaries gave me. From south park, the story of how this evil, lying false prophet started the worlds stupidest most moronic religion ever. Ok, thats some pretty lazy, and intentionally misleading storytelling right there. During the collaboration, the duo offered lopez a chance to come to their studio to create an episode with them and workshop ideas.
And yes, joseph smith did decline to retranslate them. For instance, the 2001 episode it hits the fan broke the swearing record on tv by. With trey parker, matt stone, adrien beard, mona marshall. I just thought it sounded like it should be a south park song, so. 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 14 at the time that that happened, not an adult. By that point, i had already watched all episodes of south park up to that point and enjoyed the series. Garys dad starts to tell stan the story of joseph smith, founder of mormonism. However, the way that the south park episode tells the story is based on a book written by fawn brodie, an exmormon ucla professor. Stan is stunned by the harrisons family home evening, in which they tell stories, play music, sing, and most tellingly, share scriptures from the book of mormon.
Watch full episodes of south park online south park studios. Most of the foul language in the show comes from the people of uganda, who go above and beyond to express the fact that they hate god in hasa diga eebowai a made. Is there any truth to the south park episode all about. Caught up in the familyfriendly doctrine of the church, randy declares the marshes to be mormon as well. Trey provided it in super best friends and matt took over for the expanded role in all about mormons. David bailey on science and the lds church, and how science has strengthened his faith in god and the church june 17, 2010. The language used is more vulgar and frequent than most south park episodes. If you took a handful of the most offensive south park episodes ever written and. All rights belong to the respective companies and i hope so much that they dont kill me for what ive made. The series came from a pair of animated shorts titled the spirit of christmas, and was originally developed for the fox broadcasting company. Both trey parker and matt stone have provided smiths voice in the show. When a super nice mormon family moves to south park, naturally the boys first instinct is to kick the new kids ass. There were some elements of truth, but the story was grossly simplified and omitted important parts of the history. The musical is a great glimpse into parker and stones future with hints of south park s demented comedy and the budding musical genius that would go on to create book of mormon.
South park is the show, after all, that once featured paris hilton opening a chain of stores called stupid spoiled whore, and the book of. 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. Stan questions the proof of the joseph smith story and lets the harrisons know how he feels about their extreme niceness. But when stan and his dad become intrigued with the harrisons overwhelming happiness and the story of joseph smith, the marsh family. Meanwhile, randy takes a temp job as a security guard at the mall in order to make a little extra holiday money. After stan professes his ignorance of the joseph smith story, garys father begins telling the story of the mormon prophets vision. How to improve your marriage after one of you loses their testimony june 3, 2010.
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