Monday, August 13, 2007

Father Guido Sarducci (aka Don Novello): Papal Jest.


Father Guido Sarducci (aka Don Novello) in Denver during World Youth Day, which Pope John Paul II starred at, in 1993. Spotted in the crowd of fake Pope-hat vendors.

I enjoy Novello's original book of prank letters under the name of Lazlo Toth (The Lazlo Letters), as much as his work as a writer and performer on the original Saturday Night Live. Novello inspired me, for a short time in the early '90s, to follow a similar path: penning dubious correspondences to politicians and companies.

Arrivederci
, Sarducci! Come back again, soon.

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