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Remember him? I never had laughed so hard:

Father Guido Sarducci
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Don Novello as Fr. Sarducci
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Don Novello as Fr. Sarducci

Father Guido Sarducci is a fictional character made famous by American
comedian Don Novello. Sarducci, a chain-smoking priest with tinted
eyeglasses, works in the United States as gossip columnist and rock
critic for the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano.

Novello created the character in 1973, after he purchased the outfit
(consisting of big floppy black hat, white clerical collar, and a long,
red-trimmed black coat with cape) for $7.50 at a St. Vincent de Paul
thrift shop. The character was featured in 1970s cartoons by
underground cartoonist Dave Sheridan, appearing in person in the 1975
Smothers Brothers' TV show. His most prominent appearance was on
Saturday Night Live in the late 1970s, during which time Novello was
also a writer for the show. During the 1980s and 1990s Sarducci
appeared on other television shows, including Fridays, Married... With
Children, Blossom, It's Garry Shandling's Show, and Square Pegs.

In 1981 Novello made newspaper headlines when he visited Vatican City
wearing the full "Father Guido Sarducci" costume. After taking
snapshots in an area where photography was prohibited, he was arrested
by the Swiss Guards and charged with "impersonating a priest". These
charges were later dropped.

The character also appeared on the Handsome Boy Modeling School albums
So... How's Your Girl? and White People, telling biographical stories
of the life of a professional male model in the latter.

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