When finished, this book of mormon visual library will include up to 180. After stan professes his ignorance of the joseph smith story, garys father begins telling the story of the mormon prophets vision. Stan learns about the mormon religion after a new family moves to south park from utah. 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. So happy to have the original cast immortalized, in a sense. The book of mormon meets south park in fantastic hello. Subscribe for the latest videos, performances, and more. Book of mormon 2 nephi chapter 25 by awitness4jesuschrist michael corbett 10. South park all about mormons tv episode 2003 trivia on imdb. The episode is basically about martin harrises foolishness in believing the book of mormon to be authentic when he hadnt seen it. Mormon stories listeners, yesterday i spent an hour on the phone with a.
South park creators make book of mormon one of the. This is a great season of south park,the last of the classics in the south park series. The book of mormon, a new musical collaboration between south park creators trey parker and matt stone and avenue q composer robert lopez, will. And yes, joseph smith did decline to retranslate them. The mixs james valentine talks to south park creators trey parker and matt stone about their musical the book of mormon, which is on show in melbourne. South park part 4 translating the book of mormon life. Is the episode all about mormons accurate southpark. It was made out of a genuine love for both the tv show and the stage musical. In this ordinance according to reports an apostle washes the feet of the. For two guys who say they dont even believe in god, parker and stone have devoted significant time and energy lampooning religion in all its forms.
The official youtube channel of the book of mormon musical. 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. It shows joseph smith putting two seer stones into a hat, then burying his. The book of mormon, the broadway musical by the creators. 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. 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. With trey parker, matt stone, adrien beard, mona marshall. The animation ive made is in absolutely no way affiliated with either south park or the book of mormon. The book of mormon 4 stars sydney lyric theatre, march 9. I keep hoping that one day, maybe after the musical has done its run which may never happen, its so popular that it might roll like cats and never stop that they would animate the whole thing in south park style and put it out as an hourlong special.
The whole thing plays out like an episode as it is. South park and avenue q guys bringing book of mormon. 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. The book of mormon was conceived by trey parker, matt stone and robert lopez. A recent episode of south park called all about the mormons focused on the story of joseph smith and the origins of the book of mormon. They dont mention that later on martin harris did get to see the book of mormon, and the angel moroni. The new book of mormon videos will be similar to the life of jesus christ bible videos that were completed in 2016. A forum for exmormons and others who have been affected by mormonism to share news, commentary, and comedy about the mormon church.
Is there any truth to the south park episode all about. However, the way that the south park episode tells the story is based on a book written by fawn brodie, an exmormon ucla professor. Why broadways new hit book of mormon and south park have more in common than you think by vogue. The story of the book of mormon episode 1 the genesis of mormon by the book of mormon. He even testified to hearing the voice of god declare the translation to be correct. There were some elements of truth, but the story was grossly simplified and omitted important parts of the history. The book of mormons website says, this hilarious broadway musical about a pair of mismatched mormon boys sent on a mission to a place thats about as far from salt lake city as you can get.
All rights belong to the respective companies and i hope so much that they dont kill me for what ive made. When my husband and i were first married we watched south park all the time. 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. Many lds church members are unaware that a secret lds temple ordinance called the second anointing is regularly being administered by lds church apostles to elite friends, family, and leaders mostly stake presidents, temple presidents, mission presidents, and lds general authorities, along with their wives. The day i spoke with stone, i coincidentally ran into a group of mormon missionaries in the lobby of a mall. The book of mormon youtube challenge home facebook.
This fuller understanding helps make sense of joseph smiths interpretation of this figure and plausibly situates such it in an ancient egyptian context. Former the book of mormon costars cody jamison strand and jacob ben widmar stop by to chat about broadways high school throwback concert at. This season goes up to the 100th episode and a few beyond. Chris thomas as we discuss his book a pentecostal reads the book of mormon. A film adaptation of the first two books in the book of mormon, a religious text of scripture, the film was given a limited theatrical release on. South park all about mormons tv episode 2003 trivia. Your resource to request a copy of the book of mormon, share your witness, and read the testimonies of others. However, it is not version of the story accepted by the church or most of its members.
Translating the book of mormon south park depiction of the translation of the book of mormon is more accurate than the most mormons realize. A mashup of the book of mormon and south park seemed inevitable, but we might not have expected such a well constructed fan video. South park creators trey parker and matt stone on the book of mormon the mix duration. Had the creators trey parker, robert lopez and matt stone not called this the book of mormon, they could have called it. 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.
South park creators trey parker and matt stone on the book. Caught up in the familyfriendly doctrine of the church, randy declares the marshes to be mormon as well. Parker and stone grew up in colorado, and were familiar with the church of jesus christ of latterday saints and its members. Parker and stone cocreated the music with lopez, who also cowrote and cocomposed avenue q the show pokes fun at judeochristian religions and traditional musical theater, reflecting the creators lifelong.
South parks pranksters take aim at the latterday saints in broadways most obscene andyesirreverent musical yet. Heres your first look at the new book of mormon videos. 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. 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. The story of the book of mormon episode 1 the genesis of mormon duration. Yes, the first 116 pages of the book of mormon were lost. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music. 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.
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. 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. 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. See more ideas about book of mormon stories, book of mormon and mormon stories. Book of mormon 2 nephi chapter 23 by awitness4jesuschrist. 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. Their testimony is found in the beginning of the copy of the book of mormon that the missionaries gave me. On todays episodes of mormon stories, we interview dr. Ive seen the all about mormons south park episode, and i am mormon. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The best source for the book of mormon videos, tickets, and the book of mormon information. 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. The story of the book of mormon episode 2 happygolucky mormons.