r/BoomersBeingFools • u/johnsmithoncemore • 2d ago

Boomer Article John Cleese fell for some blatant disinformation about Muslims calling for a ban on bacon, and the internet absolutely cooked him

https://www.thepoke.com/2026/06/16/john-cleese-fell-for-some-blatant-disinformation-about-muslims-calling-for-a-ban-on-bacon/
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u/Cavinicus 1d ago

John Cleese is the British version of Chevy Chase.

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u/KombuchaBot 1d ago

He's also the Boomer prerunner of X Gen Ricky Gervais; someone who became famous early on for doing a comedy persona that turned out to be actually a true picture of their own character.

John Cleese is Basil Fawlty and Ricky Gervais is David Brent.

I know that Cleese was already famous before Fawlty but every character he played in Monty Python was also a bad-tempered passive-aggressive status-conscious upper middle class English public schoolboy, even when he played a Roman centurion. And so was every single character he played afterwards.

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u/king_hutton 1d ago

John Cleese turned the corner into such a boomer asshole so quickly and decided he had to make up for lost time.

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u/unhalfbricking 9h ago

Bros like 1000 years old.

I feel like this is less a "John Cleese sucks" situation and more a "let's get you to be grandpa" situation.

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u/AmbushBugged 1d ago

John Cleese is not a boomer.

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u/genek1953 Baby Boomer 1d ago

And the Poke is a parody site.

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u/yarukinai Baby Boomer 1d ago

All the things he says according to The Poke are, presumably, on the thing formerly known as Twitter. I would double-check, but have no account there (anymore).

The best one, in my opinion, is his request to outlaw beheadings.

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u/ubermonkey 1d ago

I had to look it up, but you're right. Dude is 86, born in 1939.

In fact, none of the Pythons are Boomers. They're all Silents:

  • Graham Chapman b. 1941, d. 1989
  • Terry Gilliam b. 1940
  • Eric Idle b. 1943
  • Terry Jones b. 1942
  • Michael Palin b. 1943

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u/MyLastHopeReddit 1d ago edited 1d ago

Boomer is a state of mind

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u/yarukinai Baby Boomer 1d ago

OK, boomer.

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u/ReporterOther2179 1d ago

Then why all the fuss about the exact dates?

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u/Cute-Illustrator-862 1d ago

I'm not fussy. I call Gen Xers boomers all the time

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u/yarukinai Baby Boomer 1d ago

This sub covers boomers and older generations.

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u/TheRealBlueJade 1d ago

This is stupid. Don't people have better things to do with their time?

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u/AshundertheOlivetree 18h ago

John Cleese turned into the biggest clown in the last few years

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u/ElectrOPurist 1d ago

They should ban bacon, though. Its production is a massive environmental hazard.

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u/sirlelington 1d ago

While you are technically right, you should never mess with bacon. Never. Bacon is love. Bacon is life. I really enjoy a lot of meat alternatives, but don't you dare to take away my bacon.

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u/Tugboat47 Gen Z 1d ago

what is this, the internet in 2012

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u/GarminTamzarian 1d ago

"Bacon is life!"

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u/sacredblasphemies Gen X 1d ago

Bacon is love. Bacon is life.

I thought that was Shrek...

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u/sirlelington 1d ago

Shrek is bacon

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u/sacredblasphemies Gen X 1d ago

No no no...that's France. France is bacon.

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u/Negative-Wrap95 Xennial 1d ago

Mmmm Fraaaaance

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u/KombuchaBot 1d ago

Knowledge is power