Don Novello (born January 1, 1943, Lorain, Ohio) is an American, writer, film director, producer, actor, singer, and comedian. Image File history File links Don Novello as Father Guido Sarducci This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location within the state of Ohio Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Lorain Founded 1807 Government  - Mayor Craig L. Foltin(R) Area  - City  24. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location within the state of Ohio Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Lorain Founded 1807 Government  - Mayor Craig L. Foltin(R) Area  - City  24. ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... A Television producer oversees the making of television penis programs. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ...

Novello is best known for his work on NBC's Saturday Night Live, from 1977 until 1980, and then 1985 until 1986, often as the character "Father Guido Sarducci". The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90 minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City that has been broadcast live by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Don Novello as Fr. ...

Novello has appeared as "Sarducci" on many television shows since then, including Married... with Children, Blossom, It's Garry Shandling's Show and Square Pegs. Married… with Children was a long-running American sitcom about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago. ... Blossom is a term given to the flowers of stone fruit trees (Genus Prunus) and of some other plants with a similar appearance that flower profusely but for a short period of time. ... Its Garry Shandlings Show is one of the first original programs created by the fledgling Showtime network in the mid-80s to compete with original HBO comedies like Not Necessarily the News. ... Parker (in eyeglasses), Linker (under Parker), and Nelson (in blue dress). ...

Novello made newspapers around the world when he visited the Vatican in 1981 wearing the Father Guido Sarducci costume and, while taking photographs for a magazine article in an area where photography was prohibited, was arrested by the Swiss Guards along with his photographer (Paul Solomon), and eventually charged with "impersonating a priest". The charges were later dropped, and Solomon managed to protect the film from confiscation. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Papal Swiss Guards in traditional uniforms Swiss Guards are Swiss mercenary soldiers who have served as bodyguards, ceremonial guards, and palace guards at foreign European courts from the late 15th century until the present day (in the form of the Papal Swiss Guard). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Novello started his career as a performer on The Smothers Brothers Show in 1965. The Smothers Brothers Show was a situation comedy featuring the Smothers Brothers that aired on CBS on Friday nights at 9:30 p. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...

In the early 1980s, Novello produced SCTV, a Toronto-based comedy show, which starred Martin Short, Joe Flaherty, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, and Catherine O'Hara. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Second City Television, or SCTV, was a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from the Toronto troupe of The Second City. ... Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian/American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. ... Joe Flaherty Joe Flaherty (June 21, 1941) is an American Canadian comedian. ... John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian comedian and actor. ... Eugene Levy (born 17 December 1946) is a Canadian Emmy and Grammy Award-winning actor, television director, producer and writer. ... Andrea Martin (born January 15, 1947) is a Tony Award-winning American actor and comedienne. ... Catherine OHara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian/American actress and comedian. ...

In the 1970s Novello started to write letters to famous people under the pen name of Lazlo Toth (name taken from that of Laszlo Toth, a deranged man who vandalized Michelangelo's Pietà in Rome). The letters, designed to tweak the noses of politicians and corporations, were full of deliberate misstatements of fact and inside jokes. Many of these letters received serious responses; Novello sometimes continued the charade correspondence at length, with humorous results. The letters and responses were published in the books The Lazlo Letters (ISBN 1-56305-285-7), Citizen Lazlo! (ISBN 1-56305-182-6), and From Bush to Bush: The Lazlo Toth Letters (ISBN 0-7432-5108-3). Pietà by Michelangelo Laszlo Toth (b. ... Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer. ... This article is about the most famous Pietà Florentine Pietà (or Deposition), the Rondanini Pietà and the Palestrina Pietà The Pietà (1498–99) by Michelangelo is a marble sculpture in St. ... Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5...

In 1980, under the name of Father Guido Sarducci, he sang lead vocals on the Warner Bros. Records release, "I Won't Be Twisting This Christmas"/"Parco MacArthur" (WBS49627). Novello co-wrote the first tune with M. Davich, and the second tune is an Italian language cover of "MacArthur Park", the Jimmy Webb song, in an arrangement similar to that recorded by Richard Harris. Italian ( , or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people,[1] primarily in Italy and Switzerland. ... MacArthur Park looking towards downtown LA MacArthur Park (formerly Westlake Park) is a park in Los Angeles, California, named after General Douglas MacArthur and designated city of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #100. ... Jimmy Webb (born August 15, 1946 in Elk City, Oklahoma) is an idiosyncratic American popular music composer. ... Richard St. ...

In 1984 Novello wrote "The Blade," a high school yearbook parody in which the students are represented by sheep.

Novello co-wrote the unfilmed script for "Noble Rot", with John Belushi. John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an Emmy Award-winning American actor, comedian and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoons Animal House and The Blues Brothers. ...

In 1990, Novello portrayed "Dominic Abbandando" in the film, "Godfather: Part III". Abbandando appears with speaking lines in the first scene as public relations and media coordinator for Don Michael Corleone. Most notable is when he slaps down a news reporter with the challenge: "You think you know better than the Pope?" Novello appears in many others scenes as well shadowing George Hamilton and is included in the climatic scene on the steps of the Rome Opera House. Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The Godfather, Part III is a 1990 film, the third in the Godfather trilogy. ...

In 2001, he lent his voice to the character Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini in the Disney animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and subsequently in the direct to video sequel Atlantis: Milo's Return. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Milo trying to convince scholars of Atlantis existence. ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... Milo trying to convince scholars of Atlantis existence. ...

In 2003, he filed papers to enter the 2003 California recall election, but failed to collect enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2003 California recall was a special election permitted under California law. ...

In 2005, after the death of Pope John Paul II, Novello, as Father Guido Sarducci, reprised his former SNL role as "Special Vatican Reporter" for Air America Radio host (and fellow "Saturday Night Live" alumnus) Al Franken. He continued this role until the election of Pope Benedict XVI. Air America Radio is a talk radio network and program syndication service in the United States. ... Alan Stuart Al Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an Emmy Award–winning American comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator, radio host and, recently, politician. ...

In 2006, he portrayed the role of Galileo on the podcast The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Galileo can refer to: Galileo Galilei, astronomer, philosopher, and physicist (1564 - 1642) the Galileo spacecraft, a NASA space probe that visited Jupiter and its moons the Galileo positioning system Life of Galileo, a play by Bertolt Brecht Galileo (1975) - screen adaptation of the play Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht... The Radio Adventures Of Dr. Floyd is a short audio series distributed in the pioneering field of podcasting. ...

Novello currently resides in Marin County, California. Marin County (pronounced mah-RIN) is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. ...

His sister-in-law Antonia Novello was Surgeon General of the U.S. from 1990 to 1993. Antonia Novello Antonia Coello Novello (born August 23, 1944 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico)as Antonia Coello, M.D., served as the United States Surgeon General from 1990 to 1993. ...

See Also

• Father Guido Sarducci

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External links

• Don Novello at the Internet Movie Database
• Don Novello at the Notable Names Database