All About Mormons/Trivia

Goofs

 * Heidi and Esther are seen playing together behind Gary. When the rest of boys are shown, same girls are playing behind them, though the're seen on the opposite side of Gary.
 * When Stan is introduced to Gary's family, Gary's older sister is named Jenny, but during the family home evening, it is told that she said a story. Mark, Gary's older brother says "That's a good story, Sarah" instead of "That's a good story, Jenny."

Cultural References

 * Gary's family was playing a board game called "Living" which is a reference to The Game of Life.
 * Mrs. Marsh calls Randy "Clubber Lang," the name of Mr. T's character in Rocky III.

Mormon Factuality
Claims regarding Mormonism in this episode were accurate. Joseph Smith allegedly translated 116 pages from the Book of Lehi and when he couldn't reproduce the exact text, he claimed God was angry and would make him translate from the Book of Nephi, which was very similar but different.(See The Book of Lehi and the Plates of Lehi) Stan asserts that Smith's inability to reproduce the text word-for-word is evidence of fraudulent behavior, not prophecy as Gary's family believes.

When questioning his newly found Mormon belief, Stan says that he learned in school that modern humans came out of Africa, not the Garden of Eden in Jackson County, Missouri, which Mormons believe is Adam-ondi-Ahman.