Videos: Trey Parker-Matt Stone’s The Book of Mormon on Tony awards, 60 Minutes

Talk about staying power. This week, 60 Minutes aired immediately before the Tony Awards -- but rather than conduct an interview with a new nominee, the venerable program rebroadcast a September interview with Colorado alums Trey Parker and Matt Stone. And then, the awards themselves kicked off with a star-studded...
By Michael Roberts
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Talk about staying power. This week, 60 Minutes aired immediately before the Tony Awards — but rather than conduct an interview with a new nominee, the venerable program rebroadcast a September interview with Colorado alums Trey Parker and Matt Stone. And then, the awards themselves kicked off with a star-studded scene from The Book of Mormon, still Broadway’s hottest show more than a year later.

Look below to see the 60 Minutes interview (featuring more Broncos logos than the typical game), plus a web extra in which Parker and Stone detail how they meet South Park‘s crazy weekly deadline and that highly entertaining opening number.

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword‘s news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor’s degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

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