HAHAHA I DIDNT EVEN NOTICE UNTIL JUST NOW

Wait I thought Grant and Green were talking to each other!

he doesnt tho. he just bends a bit to make the HAVE FUN IN HELL part more menacing. He keeps his look level. If he was talking to a kid he would have done like the guy who asks "Are these your kids?"

So I was at school and my friend was walking and a child ran into my friend and then the child's friend said that my friend should go to hell.

LOL Mormons don't even believe in Hell

Joy Loh careful bud cause he will leave come back in a few hours and have the whole musical memorized for you just to convert you lol I would know my best friend is Mormon he’s still haven’t given up on me after 25 years lol

Had one painting my shed and singing this song. Be careful lol,

Dude I’m Mormon and have this song memorized. Be careful.

RecklessRobert y lol, my friends arnt Mormons and I don’t try to convert them

YES

And it's AMAZING.

L

They move their arms around tho.

I mean …… it’s a bit more than that 🤣

They are effing BRILLIANT

E L Elder White is easily my favorite

he totally owned the stage for 3 seconds there

E L iconic

RNApol He’s at 2:25

Benjamin Schrader! He's a gem!

Well now I can never unsee that.

Why are you right?

That’s just what Mormons look like

All those high wasted Asian American women!

John Mulaney is a catholic that looks like a mormon who married a jew

Yes! Genius

Who doesn't love Ben Schrader? His Ugandan Elder shares his last name XD

Haha, thats the part I have in my production

Gets me everytime

Forescore not true at all, where are you finding this information? Because that is not what Mormons believe

That’s great.

Same

apparently this is VERY common! I haven't heard if it's because it gets more attention to them or because some are trying to counter "misconceptions" the musical gives

@@blackdahlia42 I assumed it was because they had a somewhat captive audience and saw it as an opportunity for proselytizing. It doesn't matter if the audience knows Mormons are parodied in the musical. Proselytizing isn't really about converting outsiders. It's about reinforcing to the musical that the outside world is bad and safety can only be found within the religion. Encountering hundreds of skeptical theater attendees is a great way to send a "The outside world hates you" message to a missionary.

@@blackdahlia42 Yeah, it's usually because of both of those reasons, (coming from a Mormon) I've known of missionaries who just took it as another opportunity to share the Book of Mormon with the few people who were nterested in the actual religion. (Same as when you see a movie that says "based of a true story" some people typically research how much was true)

Ah, but it was written by Joe Smith.

@@albertmozart6086 i can't tell if ure joking or not AND i love it

@@albertmozart6086 if you say joe smith fast enough it sounds like joseph

@@spacecthulhu296 True

I can confirm this. I have converted no less than four people to worshipping my dachshund (wiener dog) by asking them to change religions. X3

Yeah 😂😂😂

YAS

+Nikki Dolten YAAAAAS

Hahaha

i see Datth Vader everytime i see James Earl Jones.

I DIDNT UNTIL NOW YOURE A GENIUS

i would just love to see him in this! MC Hyland

+joanne adeyemi Holy crap, he was born for it.

YAS

+joanne adeyemi That would be AWESOME!

well, *real *in the sense that it's a thing that exists ** not in the sense of failing to be a complete rip-off of the Bible by con artist Joseph Smith who passed off a fragment of the Tibetan Book of the Dead as being the Book of Mormon written in Reformed Egyptian

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The book has changed your life lol

You should try actually reading it.

​@@guidadiehl9176 just to confirm it's more fucked than this musical?

That had me laughing

I know, right!?? That had me split a gut.. 😆 if I were there, I'd be like, "IT'S MR. JONES!!!!" just before shoving the man singing over..🙄

Karley Pamer that was hilarious

I died at that part 😂

The best part!

Lol me too

kirbywinter we can become friends and then I'll sing it right back at you 😂

you need better friends

kirbywinter My last name is Price. I told one of my friends this they said “Hello, my name is Elder Price.”

Or when I hear a doorbell

+Joe D poor man. cursed with legions of Star Wars fans, until the end of time.

@@TheLastHylianTitan he's also Mufasa

It sounds ✨AMAZING✨

Agreee!!

YES

Everyone loves it but as an ex mormon I’m literally so triggered 😂 it’s like very classic sounding mormon hymn and music and choir esc

Even the way the pronounce the word Mormon, spacing the word out into segments and emphasizing the hard R and N sounds that most songs avoid. Subtle comedy and satire happening at every level. It's amazing and hilarious.

Michelle Barnes they wear black backpacks and ride bicycles where I’m at too! I actually thought it was normal for Mormons? Back then I never knew they were Mormons (I didn’t even know Mormons existed). I kind of thought they either attended private school, were travelers, etc. Don’t see them much anymore, I guess they finished their round here, but they always caught my eye.

While I was in elementary I've been seeing mormons everywhere I'm not American so I was really surprised when I saw one of them having blond hair I thought it was golden and beautiful that I thought he was the archangel Michael They were really nice but some say they're a cult or something

the next guy by strict definition that’s true, but that doesn’t mean they’re like, sacrificing babies or something. Cult doesn’t have to mean Klu Klutzy shit automatically so no need to worry.

@@verycoolman8190 dude I'm not comparing mormons to kkk

the next guy of course not, I was just clearing it up just in case

Same. If someone came to my door singing this song. I would gladly take the book and read it.

Same lol

+kara smith I would actually *pay* for the book, because I want them to keep doing this

I have the book, I stole it from a hotel. I plan on whipping it out if a missionary visits my home.

Evan Stidolph well I'll sing this song when I become a missionary

Even Mormons think it's funny too!

Some Mormons think its funny. I personally am Mormon and I find it both funny and annoying. There are a lot of misconceptions peoole have asked me about due to this play, and I don't like talking to people very much.

hello maybe a book to change your life?

Really I just have two beefs about this song. One is that Missionaries travel in twos, they don't go to doors alone. The other is that in the BoM Jesus did not live there. He ministered after he died in Jerusalem. Those complaints aside I still love listening to this song.

The musical understands they travel in twos - there are other songs about it. For purposes of an opening segment, visually, it plays better with one person ringing a doorbell that is not there ...

I'm surprised the missionary didn't ask for one. I was raised in the church Mormon Church and there's a lot of Star Wars fans there.

It's even funnier when you've seen the play. No spoilers.

Jared C bless this comment.

@@ethanswimmer1287 ?

Best comment ever

@@ethanswimmer1287 That's not even what most satanists believe???

Lol

do you know any of them? sounds to me like youre unlucky

well they knock at my door, and have very strange creepy smiles and end up advertising for about 35 minutes

its all honestly about the area and the mission president. I suppose there is something for the awkward ones to learn where you are at :)

if I was a missionary, this is how I would do it, I might be able to give away a few bibles!

Yes, the goal is to be friendly. the creepy guys are generally more shy. and bu the way, thanks for letti g them talk to you for 30 minutes, its demoralizing to them after the 100th slammed door in a day.

Yeah. There's so much delightful beauty behind the comedy.

The comedy is the beauty.

They are doing tours all over the US, I'm gonna get tickets for the Orlando show this week.

D Lo i was thinking the same thing about the harmony

D Lo definitely!!! If you have the chance, go for it. I saw it not long ago in London and it was FANTASTIC!! I would watch it 1000 x. So amazing and hilarious

I am altering the deal pray I don’t alter any further

Annabelle Aldaco I'm not a Star Wars geek, so I hadn't thought about poor James Earl Jones. He does one little bit of voice acting and spends the rest of his life signing Darth Vader pictures!

***** you do realize that he is an oscar nominated actor?

Fuckball McGee I like his voice.

Annabelle Aldaco me too. it makes me horny

Fuckball McGee lol me too!! hahaha

HELLO WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE RELIGIONS I HAVE A BOOK WRITTEN BY JESUS

Same

my exact thoughts when I saw the musical lol

Especially when you're "baptizing" I bet.

People imagine they’d be Elder Price but I really am Elder Cummingham

SWOON

What Benjamin Schrader. He plays elder white.

Lip sync

@@stevemiller1345 no it's not

​@@stevemiller1345 nobody Lip syncs on broadway so why would they for a performance on a show? Think 😂

lauren! lawson I'm tempted to use that response now.

Some Crazed Nerd I read this as it was said lol

You have a lovely home!

I LOVE YOUR PROFILE PICTURE

@@aidenoliver1681 no duh it's newsies everyone loves newsies

The Road to Cosplay and Comic Con yasss

Which one of them? There is a cut between two people in this part

@@b.d6642 The guy at 1:00, I think. lol Edit: He plays "Elder White".

Truly Heavenly Father can use anything, even a parody of the Gospel, as a proselytising tool.

That sounds fun lol I’m lds my sister jsut got back from her mission a month ago

I'm LDS too, and helping my son prepare to serve a mission in a few months!! I'm so excited for him to serve the Lord. However, I've heard this musical is a mockery of the gospel and the Lord.

@@gabrielahales8125 you can flee the cult, i believe in you

@@gabrielahales8125 To be fair, there is much to mock.

Yeah fine like in hell

Timestamp?

Chloe Valentine - 1:38 😊

HELL....O! My name is Walter Diest

HEY NOW

I would listen... Then slam the door in their face.

Obe day I light

Lol

After watching this and seeing two as I went to the mall.. I wanted this to happen :(

woo hoo 81 likes lets keep going son!

Literally same I can't stop replaying it ㅠㅠ

My favorite part is at the end when they're were singing "This book will change your life one day so you won't burn in" "HELL-HELLO" And so on

For me the best part is Elder White at 2:25

“Are they your kids” 😂 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️

There is a Fananimation that puts this into south park and by that line he realy sees Jesus :D

omg!!

I thought that too!!

lol, I thought that Elder White was Jon Cozart for a second

King George III send me that fully armed battalion daddy

tHAT WOULD BE AMAZING

doyouwannabshowtime I'm never gonna unhear that. 😂

*whispers* connor?

doyouwannabshowtime you’ve ruined me

Total Randomness Hello! My name is Elder Wand! Harry Potter Fan: YAY POTTERHEAD MORMON!

I actually met an Elder Berry. I said "you get teased all day long, don't you?"

😂😂😂😂😂

Or, when you get old you are an elder wand.

That was so totally random 😏

I noticed that too when I watched it again. His cheek rises and gets wrinkles. It's subtle, but you can totally see he's cracking up. :D

@@TheMrRuttazzo it is so not subtle, the corners of his eyes crinkle :D

I saw that too funny

@@TheMrRuttazzo the is

@@rachelminnaar9270 coffee

…Well I have this free book written by Jesus 😃

Cornflack even my Mormon grandma who gets offended by a lot of stuff loves this musical! XD

I’m mormon and I watched it in Salt Lake City lol I live in Utah. There are some things that makes me a tiny but uncomfortable with the play but I think it’s hilarious! Haha and I always get the songs stuck in my head!

Bela Romano 1 being that they rang the doorbells?

Cornflack 6

Hey. 2 years late here, but yes. There are 2 groups of Members of the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. 1 group, gets offended by every little thing about this play. The other group, the ones here, are just as awesome as any Member of the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, however, the do NOT get offended by this musical.

Same 😂😂

Who, exactly, are you talking about?

Fix it Felix Jr. Try to keep up

Andre Lavandero Fix it Felix Jr, sir, from the game... Fix it Felix Jr!

Yes!!!!!

fucking same

So what you will about Trey Parker and Matt Stone, they are really factual when they make fun on something. My morman friend actually really enjoyed this musical except the fuck you god song. Wouldn’t have it removed but doesn’t enjoy it on a personal level.

Ooo opportunity you will be found I mean saved

@Madison and Emma Pheysey I am also a member, and can say that this is the absolute crap that I get up for every Sunday morning. Not that the people who are part of the church are bad, I just personally love this entire play so much because I have been raised in this church and have hated it all of my life. A play making fun of this church is the absolute best thing ever.

mormonistan

Just spoke with a Mormon male in Louisville, KY. He knew the info in the Book of Mormon, but nothing outside it. He did not know that a Brigham Young statue had painted thrown on it. Our discussion about polygamy was insane. He justified it by saying an angel told Joseph Smith to do it, and said angel told them to stop it, He had no idea about all the bad things Brigham Young did.

Is this a parody Or genuine show made by Mormons ?

Christina G definitely my favorite!

He is definitely the MVP in this God squad

I could see this becoming a thing, hell, let's make it a thing! From now on neil Patrick Harris is our only lord and saviour! This religion is going to be LEGEND-wait for it-

@@b.d6642 -ARY!

I love the last part when they go "The book of Morrrr-munnnnn"

Versipellis the rogue Changeling, I like it.

I like this song too, but I also like Turn It Off.

7 actually

I get asked that from time to time when I'm babysitting and I just say no and refuse to explain. It usually makes them go away

None of those people you mentioned wrote the song nor the play. They plagiarized it from a fan. Many people know of this in Indiana. They have plagiarized other works too

@@banjoboymcgee proof or it didn't happen

I went in blind as well. 2 weeks ago on Broadway. It really is the best way to see it. I'm going to see the traveling cast locally where the people are more conservative so I'm hoping the crowd is as good as it was on Broadway. I told my friends to not even THINK about looking up any songs or what the musical is about.

Parker and Stone plagiarized it from a fan along with many of the other songs. Usually when you steal work you are supposed to give credit to the writer

@@banjoboymcgee Nice source. Oh wait.....

Did you ever get to see their first movie, "Cannibal! The Musical"?

They did have a lyricist to help with the music, same guy who wrote Frozen

@@banjoboymcgee Nice argument Senator, why don’t you back it ip with a source

i miss the joke?

@@xgalarion8659 the most powerful wand in Harry Potter is the Elder Wand lol

How about a missionary named "Scrolls"?

Hahahaa! That joke still makes me lough lol

I imagined Halle Berry becoming an Elder.

I could see a young him as Elder Poptarts lol.

I’ve been told I look like him.. oh no

Laura Kl. I know it's so cute

The best cast...

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Maia Adolphs Ben Platt will always be mine

Technically, darth Vader made a cameo in Book of Mormon

Don't forget Robert lopez, the master of Broadway musicals.

y e s

He's gay...which makes it ok . If straight... obliterate !

Scarlett Close what’s 50 shades of gay?

@@maxaustin3377 It's all the different variations of the color grey. You have light grey, dark grey, etc

imjordan61 50 shades of GAY? What?

His name is Josh Gad and he was the voice actor for Olaf from Frozen. All of the performers in Book of Mormon are super high calibers.

@@jaex26 that's not Gad. It's his understudy Jared Gertner who took over when Gad left to film Frozen.

His name is Josh Gad

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i don’t completely agree with that, i have grown up and am currently a mormon, and i do agree that most of them are so nice, but there are also a lot of them who are so pushy and always trying to guilt people. like i know they’re doing it out of love, but it sucks sometimes lol

Yeah! He reminds me of the actor Will Poulter😅

I am playing elder white in a production.... Its nice to know that the audience think he is good :)

Mormons aren't allowed to hug.

@@markcarls1896 whooooosh

Or Andrew Rannells as Elder Price!

+Legoindy7734 At least Rory O'Malley was in there...

+Legoindy7734 I just keep thinking of that annoying snowman from Frozen.

I love Ben Platt as Elder Cunningham personally :)

Brian Sears is an amazing Cunningham.

Try British...

Faisal Iftikhar was literally gonna say...

@@faisal1582 I concur on that one. Russell Howard's comedy is rife with it.

I would say the book of mormon stands out with that

It is actually a very new thing...the Brits have been great at this for a long time, but Americans generally did NOT have a sense of humor about themselves until recently and it is thanks a lot to Sacha Baron Cohen and 'Borat'....

Yes!!