Wednesday November 19, 2003
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A new student, Gary Harrison, joins the 4th grade. Gary is a Mormon from Utah. The children decide he needs to get his ass kicked, and they choose Stan to do it. After an awkward exchange of words, Stan is invited to Gary's house, where he learns all about Mormons.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)The episode was funny and great to watch. even though it got the whole point of mormonism wrong. hide show
@mozartowns7
id just like to firstly point out that if your going to bash a religion get your facts straight first.
joesph smith never had a chance to "run to utah" because he was murdered. Im sure you dont care but if your going to say things that you think your some expert on maybe you should do some more research. Also, The things potrayed in this television show do not make everything fact. Facts are proven statements not words written by "Comedy central" writers. What you write is complete inorance.
The episode was good and got the basics of the religion it messed up on some things but it was to make it funny which acceptable considering its on comedy central.
Society is crappy and unaccepting hide show
As fate would have it, this episode happen to discuss the topics of religion of which I am involved with, or were raised upon. So it gets some of the stuff pretty right on, like some of the families are sometimes way too loving, but they are very happy people. What they don't portray (and should of) is the extreme views some mormons have on homosexuals, which Matt and Trey could of taken advantage of. However, they did set out to tell things like it was, and it's that mormons are shunned by a general population just for their beliefs, and believe it or not, most mormons are very accepting and loving people. But when the boys of south park treat a boy from the mormon family like sh*t, even when the boy is all accepting and loving, it only confirms the fact that how crappy society really is.
The episode has its weak points and seems to go off the deep end in spots, including the scene when the family shows up with paint on their faces (What's with that, I don't get it), but this show is known for being politically correct, and for most of the episode, it truly is.
Informative... and hilarious! hide show
I have to admit, when I saw this episode, not only was I laughing around every corner but I was thinking "dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb," myself. Now according to Wikipedia, there are a few inaccuracies, but on the whole... they nailed this one! In this episode a new (Mormon) family moves into South Park and their son, Gary, enrolls in South Park Elementary. The boys elect Stan to give the kid a "hazing" but before completing the job Gary invites him to dinner at his house where Stan learns all about the Mormons. This episode was not only hilarious, but really informative about the religion. I loved the wife of Martin Harris... "smart, smart, smart, smart, smart." If you haven't seen it yet, check it out!
I was cracking up at how accurate Stone and Parker were at portraying Mormons with this episode. There are a lot of Mormon kids at my high school, and no I don't live in Utah, and they act just like this. They are so ridiculously nice! (which is why about 80 percent of my friends are Mormon.) I've been over to their houses a few times, and they are just like the Mormons in the episode. They had a big family, they were all their together, we played some family games, and their shared all of their inside jokes. The Mormon religion is great, but I would never join it. I could never be so nice and happy ALL the time, it just seems like hard work. But it's just wonderful to know that I series like South Park would have an episode about some of the greatest people in my town.
A very accurate and funny portrayal of the most ridiculous religion to be followed by so many people. This episode contains animated events that are almost 100% historically accurate. Amazing parody. hide show
Hey seanny_db
Matt Stone and Trey Parker hit mormonism on the head, you tard. Just because you are a brainwashed mormon that tries to deny all the factual evidence that proves your religion is a farce, just like all other religions, doesn't give you the right to come on a website and say that FACTS are wrong. Just because you don'g like what you hear, doesn't mean it's wrong. Do some research. What was portrayed in this episode was PURE 100% FACT. Joseph Smith was a well-known scam artist that got run out of many towns before running to Utah.
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