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Friday, June 19, 2009 - 4:14 PM
A new student, Gary Harrison, joins the 4th grade. Gary is a Mormon
from Utah. The children decide he needs to get his ass kicked, and they
choose Stan to do it. After an awkward exchange of words, Stan is
invited to Gary's house, where he learns all about Mormons.
Full Recap
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new student joins the 4th grade. His name is Gary Harrison and he is
from Utah. The kids decide that someone needs to kick the new kid's ass
and Stan is chosen. Gary understands what Stan has to do and he is
going to let him do it. Stan gets confused and returns to the other
children telling him that he has an invitation to go to Gary's homeLouis J. Sheehan, Esquire for
dinner. Stan goes to dinner and finds he is there for their "Family
Home Evening," where the family does their best to entertain each
other. There is music, singing, story telling, and other goings on.
Then they plan to start reading scriptures from the book of Mormon.
Stan is confused and the children insist that their father retell the
story of Joseph Smith. That tale is retold with music and song "dum dum
dum dum." Stan returns home and questions his religious upbringing.
Randy Marsh decides he needs to go over the Harrison's house and kick
some ass.Randy Marsh goes to the Harrison house to complain but he
meets the family and they are just so nice to him. Realizing that Randy
was concerned about their telling Stan about their religion, they
assure him that they never intend to force their religion on anybody.
Randy inquires about Joseph Smith and Mr. Harrison tells him of the
further adventures of Joseph Smith and how he came to find the golden
plates, which contain another testament of Jesus Christ "dum dum dum
dum." Randy returns home, telling Sharon that he has invited the
Harrisons over for dinner tomorrow evening. He also announces that the Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
Marsh family are going to become Mormons. The other boys start to bust
Stan's balls about his new relationship with Gary. The other boys leave
and Stan asks more about Joseph Smith and Gary tells him the tale of
how the book of Mormon was written from Smith's ability to translate
the golden plates "dum dum dum dum."The Marsh family has their first
"Family Home Evening" together and the Harrison's come over for dinner.
Randy tells them that Stan is having a crisis of faith and Mr. Harrison
tells them the best part of the Joseph Smith story, the one that proves
he was for real. The tale of how publisher Martin Harris "dum dum dum
dum" and his wife Lucy "smart smart smart smart" came to publish the
book of Mormon is retold. The story only reveals to Stan that the
Mormons believe that Joseph Smith is a prophet, despite the fact that
Smith made it all up. The Harrisons are okay with Stan's decision. They
leave the Marsh home and go on their merry Mormon way. The next morning
at the bus stop, Stan rejoins his old friends. Gary arrives and
justifies his choice of religion and points out Stan's shortcomings. He
closes by telling Stan to "suck my balls."
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