Bobby Lopez Joins The "South Park" Writer's Room For "Broadway Bro Down" Airing Oct. 26

[robbie_731]

Posted: 10/24/11 at 2:55am

Episode 1511 "Broadway Bro Down" Press Release
From tomorrow's Comedy Central Press Release:

Randy has a new appreciation for Broadway musicals
in an all-new "South Park"
on Wednesday, October 26 at 10:00 P.M. on Comedy Central
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Robert Lopez, Co-Creator of THE BOOK OF MORMON with Matt
Stone and Trey Parker joins the South Park Writer's Room
for this Week's Episode!
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All-New Season 15 Episodes Available In HD Exclusively On
Xbox LIVE, iTunes, Sony
PlayStation Network, Amazon Video On Demand
New Episodes Also Available On SouthParkStudios.com

NEW YORK, October 24, 2011 - Randy's co-workers show him what's great about Broadway Musicals in an all-new episode of "South Park" titled "Broadway Bro Down" premiering on Wednesday, October 26 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central.

Sharon is thrilled that Randy is making an effort to do more things that she enjoys. But, after he takes her to see a hit musical in Denver, Randy becomes Broadway's biggest fan. Sharon is whisked away to New York and treated to every musical on the Great White Way.

[thismyshow]

Posted: 10/24/11 at 2:59am

YES! was so hoping we were going to get this episode this season

[pinoyidol2006]

Posted: 10/24/11 at 12:25pm

I love it!!!! Yay~

They have had Les Mis in the show before, though.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 10:26pm

Anyone else watching it? I laughed really hard at The Woman in White line.

[once a month]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 10:36pm

EXTREMELY funny,,,it was the first time I've ever seen this show. Great send-up of the entire scene...and why was I surprised when Spiderman caused a casualty?

[fingerlakessinger]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 11:08pm

LOVED IT
Seriously, my 2 fag hags and I were going bat-sh1t crazy. Especially when Sondheim and Schwartz popped up on our screens.
And the WICKED sequences...amazing.
2nd Favorite cartoon + favorite musical = gay boy freak out.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 11:29pm

Sondheim being a "bro" was hysterical. Loved the tie-in to the subplot with Shelley, too.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 12:13am

Good lord that was brilliant.

[Frank thebellhop]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 12:21am

Hilarious! I'd love to hear what Sondhiem, Schwartz, & ALW have to say about it.

[pinoyidol2006]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 1:48am

Loved it too!!!

I wonder what non-musical loving South Park fans thought of it. Seeing Sondheim in the show made my day... Now it's time to finish my presentation.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 3:56am

Well they've already got Sondheim in their corner after the movie so I'm sure he just loved this.

[rorschach37]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 9:46am

When Spider-Man made his appearance I nearly died of laughter. I also loved their little nod to BOM at the end.

[trentsketch]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 9:58am

I liked that they actually animated in accurate costumes for the Godspell revival. Great episode.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 10:25am

I can not believe how fun this was

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 2:05pm

West Side Story, bro! Sweeney Todd, bro! Merrily We Roll Along, bro!

[charlesjguiteau]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 2:23pm

Ok, as a lone grumbly voice in the wilderness who loathed just about everything about BOM, my opinion may not matter much on this thread of devout Parker-Stone acolytes. But...

Did anyone else find it strange that so much of the comedy revolved around an unspoken fact: at least 2 of the 4 composers who now call eachother Bro, hang out in Hooters and want chicks to give them bl*wjobs are of course OUT GAY MEN. Nothing funnier I guess, than seeing Sondheim behave like the cliche straight doofuses that populate South Park.

And for a friggin Broadway musical takeoff, why can't Robert Lopez and Parker/Stone bother to make the damn lyrics actually rhyme for once? just sayin'.

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 2:35pm

I loved the lyrics from the Wicked scenes..."No one cares about wicked people!"

Posted: 10/27/11 at 2:43pm

It made me sad for married heterosexual couples. Did you ever notice how few married couples on TV even like each other?

[auggie]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 2:54pm

Now get on your knees and put that heart to work!

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 3:13pm

That was fantastic.

[beagle]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 3:13pm

I guess I'll be another (sort of) dissenting voice. I've never been much of a South Park fan,even though I've watched a few episodes and tried to like it because so many people I know seem to love it. I watched this episode because of the Broadway theme. I guess I'd find it funnier if I was a regular SP fan. It did have moments, but for the most part I found it kind of one-note--basically just the same joke over and over. I do get the idea that part of the humor was about seeing Sondheim and the other composers portrayed in a way that is completely unlike their real selves, but again it was all so one-note. Is saying "b-job" over and over really supposed to be that hilarious? I thought the subplot with the daughter and her vegan "boyfriend" was actually funnier than the main plot.

[charlesjguiteau]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 3:17pm

^I'm totally with you, Beagle! (Curious to know what your reaction to Book of Mormon was. They go hand in hand for me.)

[beagle]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 3:24pm

Charlesjguiteau, I haven't heard much of Book of Mormon, mostly because I knew it was by the South Park guys and I don't really "get" their humor (which just seems very juvenile to me) a lot of the time. I did see the performance on the Tony Awards and was underwhelmed, so I didn't check it out any further. I will probably listen to the whole cast album at some point just so I can be better informed, but I'm not really all that interested in it at the moment.
Updated On: 10/27/11 at 03:24 PM

[mallardo]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 3:30pm

"Why don't you call it The Woman in White?" LOL!

[MiracleElixir]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 4:01pm

Absolutely adore "South Park" and The Book of Mormon. Thought this was a tremendously weak episode.