He further lashes out at them for acting unusually nice all the time, claiming it blindsides stupid people like his father into believing in Mormonism (to which Randy Marsh responds with a determined "Yeah! When I ask if they saw the widely circulated five-minute clip of Romney appearing to flip out about his religion on a radio show, Stone admonishes me for having watched only the shortened version as opposed to the full 20-minute one. During one scene, Butters' father can be seen reading a newspaper with a front-page story about a historic health care bill passing, a reference to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was passed and signed the same week the South Park episode first aired. Parker found that younger audiences found the episode unfunny, but many of his Mormon friends found it hilarious.

Although the South Park boys wrote The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs simply to shock and offend people, readers delve too deeply into the meaning behind the book, finding hidden allegories and symbolism that the actual authors insist are not present.Garrison tells the students the book has only recently been lifted from South Park Elementary's banned books list, a reference to past censorship the book has received in public schools. Both The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs and The Poop That Took a Pee are banned as a result, and Butters is devastated, mainly because he was a devoted fan of Kim Kardashian. Butters experiences blackouts after reading The Catcher in the Rye and chanting "Kill John Lennon/ Ronald Reagan! Fearing that they will be reprimanded, the boys convince Butters that he wrote the book while sleepwalking.

They're glad that America's most famous Mormon, Mitt Romney, didn't win the election, but only because they think he wouldn't have made a good president, not because of his religion. Each entry is presented in full-color, featuring detailed plot descriptions, character sketches, pointless observations, pop-culture references, memorable lines, character debuts, body counts, behind-the-scenes info, colorful screen grabs, and more. Partly this comes from a sense of pride in their work, which has not dulled with wealth, and their fear of "fucking it all up" by letting any of their shows go slack.

It serves as a satire of pop culture criticism, and mocks people who find hidden messages in works which are not intended to be analysed.

This is something of an understatement: when Dawkins made an appearance in South Park he was portrayed as an intolerant snob who was so unobservant he didn't notice the person he was sleeping with was a man. 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.Inside you'll find entertaining, informative, and colorful descriptions of each episode of South Park from Season 1 through 5. Both have talked in the past about their fear of losing their edge with age, and they are in settled relationships. Barbra Streisand is reported to have attended the show, despite being portrayed in South Park as a demented robot who emits toxic gas from her nipples. Parker and Stone almost never vote, "because we're not allied to one particular side, so it feels painful", Stone says, but it's safe to assume that they veer more towards the left in their attitudes (in one South Park episode, Satan muses how he can win over the people on a particular issue.

Growing up in Colorado, Parker and Stone knew a lot of Mormon people, and Parker's high school ex-girlfriend was a Mormon, whose family he had visited while they held Family Home Evening. g. the precise location where Martin Harris lost the only transcript of the Book of Lehi given to him by Joseph Smith); furthermore, during the narration, an upbeat tune plays in the background, with a choral "Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum" following the lyrical lines of the song. Overall, I think its not much of a conversation piece but is something a loyal fan of South Park should check out. After finishing the book, one crazed reader crashes a taping of Keeping Up with the Kardashians and murders the entire Kardashian family in a mass shooting. The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs" is the second episode of the fourteenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 197th overall episode of the series.Entertainment Weekly television columnist Ken Tucker said it was better than the season premiere, which he also praised. Throughout the episode, characters ask questions about Mormonism, and the story then breaks off to a sub-story about Joseph Smith and the founding of the religion. A regular ratings monster and Emmy-winner, South Park is also an unlikely source of advice on all facets of life.