South Park Skewers Broadway

I never thought I hear the names Trey Parker and Matt Stone in the same sentence as the words "Tony Award winners", but then again...I never thought I see a Broadway musical where a dysentery outbreak was turned into part of a musical number.  Thanks to Matt and Trey's monster hit Broadway show The Book of Mormon, all of that has now happened.  Who knew?

A big part of the success of Book of Mormon is due to co-composer Bobby Lopez, who was also one of composers of the equally hilarious Sesame Street parody Avenue Q, and oddly enough, this summer's Winnie the Pooh movie.  Lopez joined Parker and Stone on this week's South Park episode, "Broadway Bro Down", which has Stan's parents Randy and Sharon becoming musical theater addicts after attending a touring production of the musical Wicked. 

Here's a (very) quick preview of the episode, courtesy of TV Blend.

OK, that was really short.  But the commercials running on Comedy Central for this episode also show Randy and Sharon tearing out of a performance of Broadway's Sister Act while the music to Book of Mormon's opening number "Hello!" is playing in the background.  That should be pretty hilarious.

At least they haven't let it all go to their heads.  South Park airs on Wednesday nights on Comedy Central.