Imagine tuxedo-wearing 60-something Broadway goers entering a popular musical. Now imagine a talking taco defecating ice cream as it leads four children through an alien spaceship.

These two things wouldn’t usually be connected. But “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have changed this after their most recent creation, a satirical Broadway musical called “The Book of Mormon”, which premiered in March 2011. The play, which tells the story of two Mormon missionaries who are sent to war-torn Uganda, has been deemed the best musical on Broadway. It has achieved critical acclaim and won nine Tony awards.

Although it may be shocking to some that the creators of “South Park,” who are famous for episodes such as ‘Cartman’s Mom Is a Dirty Slut,’ have made a Broadway musical, it comes as no surprise that “The Book of Mormon” is riddled with content unlike the usual musical. With characters such as a Ugandan warlord named ‘General Butt-F****** Naked’ and continuous jokes about Mormons, the musical has offended some spectators, but attracted people not usually seen at Broadway musicals; South Park fans.

“I wouldn’t usually want to see a Broadway musical,” said VHS senior and “South Park” fan J.P. Graziano. “But the guys who made South Park made it, so it must be funny.”

Just in case you’re in the minority of high school students who have never seen “South Park”; the Comedy Central cartoon follows the many adventures of four trouble-making fourth graders in Colorado.  The now immensely popular show was created in 1997 by Stone and Parker, and has since been highly acclaimed, criticized and even sued sometimes sued for its hilarious but controversial subject matter, which has made fun of everything from Scientologists to Mel Gibson.

When you look at a crowd at “The Book of Mormon” you see two different types of people: Fans in their early 20’s who are there because of its ‘South Park-like’ material and older Broadway goers who are seeing the musical because of its impressive reputation. The same people who were at first appalled by Stone and Parker’s cartoon seem to have warmed up to their comedy style that has been so influential to the younger generation.      

 “The Book of Mormon” continues to be a huge success, and tickets aren’t available until September 2012. It appears that the perfect things to connect the young to the old are Mormons and fart jokes.