https://twitter.com/soalexgoes/status/816506519927734273
The Young Pope — starring Jude Law as a young Pope — premiered on HBO Sunday night (our review here). Not surprisingly, the title of the show alone has spurred the creation of memes. But Jude Law himself was unfamiliar with the concept of memes, telling Stephen Colbert last week that he’d just learned what a meme was the day before and he loves them.
He echoed that sentiment at the Television Critics Association press tour on Saturday. He admitted, “At beginning of the week, I was completely unaware of what a meme was. I’ve become very aware and I love them. They’re very funny, and they’re very imaginative.” He went on to say, “I hope it will just provoke and prompt interest and intrigue. One of the most exciting facts I think, from the screenings in Europe, was the high number of young people that got involved. I don’t know if meme trends are reflective of young people’s interests, but if it is, then I’m very excited.”
The youths are indeed interested in Young Popin’, and we’ve been collecting our favorite tweets.
Some of us had to wonder how the pitch meeting with HBO must have gone:
— Horse Washington (@stodgeoff) January 5, 2017
GERGE: its a show about a young pope
HBO PRESIDENT: excuse me a YOUNG pope?
GERGE: everybodys doing old pope -we'll do young pope pic.twitter.com/fe7AZC460v
— Seinfeld Current Day (@Seinfeld2000) January 16, 2017
I am so excited for this show pic.twitter.com/cHd4p2lfNj
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) January 5, 2017
This guy should probably get some royalties:
https://twitter.com/sonicdork/status/300952798252654592
The primary meme was the rewritten song lyrics, of course, and there have been plenty more of those since the last roundup:
https://twitter.com/ericeidelstein/status/816849461620207616
YOUNG POPIN'
check it and see
i got a fever and the whole papacy— Bill Hanstock (@sundownmotel) January 5, 2017
he's a young pope
he loves his Father
loves Jesus
and the Vatican too— Xena Worrier Princess (@marianbull) January 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/jimmymarks/status/817108643283955713
https://twitter.com/JesseDavidFox/status/816640372940083200
*marilyn manson voice* Jude Law stars now / in the pope show
— 'Weird Alex' Pareene (@pareene) January 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/ShutUpAndrosky/status/816525943745355776
Take me down to the Vatican City, where the popes so young that his face is zitty
— John E. Cakes (@mattytalks) January 7, 2017
🎶 there's a lady who's sure
if she fucks the young pope
she'll be buying a stairway to heaven 🎶— Danny Bowes (@bybowes) January 5, 2017
🎶 All I wanna do is have some fun
And I've got a feeling, so does the pope that's young 🎶— John E. Cakes (@mattytalks) January 5, 2017
This one isn’t a meme, but it is nice.
https://twitter.com/the16thdoc/status/820864228601069568
“Hello, fellow kids.”
[white smoke billows from the sistine chapel]
cardinal: behold. a new pope has been chosen
young pope: it’s not smoke it’s vapor— dan mentos (@DanMentos) January 6, 2017
TEEN 1: Church is so boring.
TEEN 2: It's so out of touch.
THE YOUNG POPE approaches pulpit: "Some…BODY once told me–"
TEENS: HOLY SHIT— anne t donahue (@annetdonahue) January 5, 2017
YOUNG POPE: "We ask for God's blessing"
TEENS: "Ugh"
YP: "As we open up this MOSH PIT"
*teens cheer as Diane Keaton shreds on double guitar*— anne t donahue (@annetdonahue) January 15, 2017
Some people had to kill the vibe.
https://twitter.com/JimmyDonofrio/status/820773044302073856
Jude Law is 44. If he were a woman the show would be called The Old Pope.
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) January 6, 2017
THE YOUNG POPE SPOILER ALERT: the Catholic Church has paid over 3 billion dollars to sex abuse victims also theres a kangaroo in the Vatican
— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) January 16, 2017
Not all of the puns were song lyrics.
The Young Pope: he's young, dumb, and full of Dóminum Deum nostrum.
— Neven Mrgan (@mrgan) January 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/Molly_Kats/status/820823081254027264
https://twitter.com/aedison/status/818205093405294594
But let’s stop before we jinx this hot new Young Pope.
if you guys ruin the goddamn young pope with your memes i swear to god i will burn this social media platform down
— Brian Grubb (@briancgrubb) January 5, 2017
(Via Twitter, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Vulture, and The Playlist)
