Here’s A Golden Treasury Of ‘Young Pope’ Memes Since Jude Law Loves Them

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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:

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

https://twitter.com/jimmymarks/status/817108643283955713
https://twitter.com/JesseDavidFox/status/816640372940083200

https://twitter.com/ShutUpAndrosky/status/816525943745355776

This one isn’t a meme, but it is nice.

https://twitter.com/the16thdoc/status/820864228601069568

“Hello, fellow kids.”

Some people had to kill the vibe.

https://twitter.com/JimmyDonofrio/status/820773044302073856

Not all of the puns were song lyrics.

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.

(Via Twitter, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Vulture, and The Playlist)