37 of the Funniest Tweets from Thursday, May 8, 2025

Though the Chicago-born Leo XIV may have been officially named as the New Pope — or “Da Pope,” as they call it in his hometown — Father Guido Sarducci had a much different idea about who’d become the new Pontiff. 

Earlier this week, the Vatican’s resident gossip columnist — who is definitely not a Don Novello character — managed to slip away from the confines of the (now-concluded) conclave to appear on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where he spilled some piping hot tea poured straight from the Sistine Chapel. “I think it’s fixed,” the ex-SNL staple told the talk show host, before naming Benedict XVI as his papal prediction. Though Colbert quickly corrected the religious leader, noting that Benedict XVI died back in 2022, Father Sarducci wasn’t swayed, noting that nobody had actually seen his pick since his funeral. 

While we’ll have to wait to see whether The Vatican backtracks, enstating “Benedict XVI the Second” as the new Pope, there’s one fact we’re much more certain of: Mel Brooks wasn’t always happy with the Monster’s now-iconic performance of “Puttin’ on the Ritz” in 1974’s Young Frankenstein. Before agreeing to Gene Wilder’s idea of adding top hats and sharp choreography to their now-legendary film, Brooks initially had qualms, concerned that the idea was “too far out.” 

“‘No, no, no, we can’t do that,’” Brooks recalled saying during their spat in a newly-unearthed interview with The Los Angeles Times. “It will make it silly.”

While Brooks famously changed his mind, we know you’ll always find these tweets hilarious. The funniest from today include those about female seahorses enjoying cigars, Brazilian mind lifts and the CIA’s pursuit of tasty beer.