Meanings of bavarian illuminati in English

And everybody knows people who worry about the Bavarian Illuminati are crackpots.

Because the Bavarian Illuminati aren't Bavarians, you understand.

It's some kind of poker-faced joke and is affiliated with the Bavarian Illuminati, another bizarre bunch at the Berkeley campus of the University of California.

"Oh, I see here that it's the Bavarian Illuminati, not the Prussian Illuminati, pardon my mistake." He flipped a few more pages.