Editing Matt Stone (section)

==Early life==
Stone was born in [[Houston]], [[Texas]], to economics professor Gerald Whitney Stone and Sheila Lois (Belasco). He is of [[Irish Americans|Irish-American]] heritage from his father's side and [[Jewish]] heritage from his mother's side.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/apr/01/art.artanddesign|title=The Observer profile: Matt Stone and Trey Parker|last=Harris|first=Paul|date=April 1, 2007|work=The Guardian|access-date=February 25, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200508/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/apr/01/art.artanddesign|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/south-park-at-200-trey-parker-and-matt-stone-apologize-to-no-one/|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title='South Park' at 200: Trey Parker and Matt Stone Apologize to No One|first=Dave|last=Itzkoff|date=March 10, 2010|quote=My mom is Jewish, we've certainly done our share of making fun of Jews. It just didn't feel totally honest not to do it because of that.|access-date=September 6, 2017|archive-date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208040147/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/south-park-at-200-trey-parker-and-matt-stone-apologize-to-no-one/|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''South Park'' characters [[Gerald and Sheila Broflovski]] were named after them. Stone and his younger sister Rachel were raised in [[Littleton, Colorado|Littleton]], [[Colorado]], a suburb of [[Denver]], where they attended [[Heritage High School (Littleton, Colorado)|Heritage High School]].<ref name=Bio.com>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/matt-stone-20989817#awesm=~oFvIkTQn7Q6WOw |title=Matt Stone biography |publisher=Biography.com |access-date=April 26, 2014 |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002020135/https://www.biography.com/people/matt-stone-20989817#awesm=~oFvIkTQn7Q6WOw |url-status=live }}</ref> He attended the [[University of Colorado Boulder]]. His father was worried he would "become a musician and a bum", so he insisted that his son major in something "practical". They compromised on Matt's majoring in both mathematics and film. Stone graduated with a double-major [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1993.<ref>[https://medium.com/@EricWoodliff0/trust-your-instincts-it-made-matt-stone-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-35925f977399 Trust Your Instincts: It made Matt Stone Hundreds of Millions of Dollars!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200852/https://medium.com/@EricWoodliff0/trust-your-instincts-it-made-matt-stone-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-35925f977399 |date=June 24, 2021 }} medium.com. September 2015. Quoting professor Ralph Byrnes via Facebook.</ref>