Matt Stone, Trey Parker, South Park, The Book of Mormon and World Potty Satire Domination.

St. Malachys Church has been a theatre district staple since the performing arts renaissance of the 1920s.

Guess who put that up?

he asks, and then pauses.

The Mormons… thank God for them.

On Broadways biggest stage, The Tony Awards, Parker, Stone and co-creator Robert Lopezs efforts were justified.

A cheers to Randy Marsh, says Steven Sondheim, one of the greatest Broadway composers of all-time.

The buzzing atmosphere of the theatre calmed my nerves.

It all felt spacey and welcoming.

If this is Mormon heaven, then maybe they have this religion thing figured out.

I am Jesus, a voiceover says to begin the show.

It is a familiar sound.

Although the actual lines arent overly witty, the recognizable voice ignites laughter.

Every Mormon I know is a really good person.

Parker says in the DVD commentary for the 2003 episode All About Mormons.

So I cant really rip on them.

That was hardest thing about this episode, Parker recalls.

We love telling practicing Catholics about it, Stone says in the commentary.

The NC-17 ratedOrgazmo, didnt stymie Parkers hunger to continue Joseph Smiths story.

The idea was, lets do the Joseph Smith story as a musical.

We pretty quickly realized that wouldnt make a very good one, Parker said in aninterviewforThe Book of Mormon.

While it is all really fascinating, none of those characters were that great of people.

South Parkis seen through the eyes of children mature for their ages.

The Hello number is a side of Mormon missionaries most people can relate to.

At some point everyone has turned away someone going door-to-door preaching about Jesus.

[We thought], what would that look like?

Parker said in aninterview.

What would an atheist love letter to religion look like?

Parker and Stone contend that they give every religion fair treatment, even spending a two-episode arc on atheists.

[Trey and I] never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology.

Parker, Stone and Lopez found something beautifully uncertain and funny in that.

Fuck off, it works for me, he says.