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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 comics|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 (television)|Blossom]]'', ''[[It's Garry Shandling's Show]]'', and ''[[Square Pegs]]''. In 1995, he appeared as a priest trying to perform an exorcism in the movie ''[[Casper (film)|Casper]]''. The same movie featured a cameo by fellow SNL alumni Dan Aykroyd as a "Ghostbuster". |
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 comics|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 (television)|Blossom]]'', ''[[It's Garry Shandling's Show]]'', and ''[[Square Pegs]]''. In 1995, he appeared as a priest trying to perform an exorcism in the movie ''[[Casper (film)|Casper]]''. The same movie featured a cameo by fellow SNL alumni Dan Aykroyd as a "Ghostbuster". |
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He first appeared on an SNL piece called "How To Pay For Your Sins" on a 1978 episode hosted by Richard Dreyfuss with musical guests Jimmy Buffett and Gary Tigerman, albeit in crutches due to an injury sustained from a dress rehearsal sketch two weeks prior. Most of his appearances on SNL have been on Weekend Update, but he has appeared in three cold openings in the 1979-1980 season (on episodes hosted by Teri Garr, Elliot Gould, and Rodney Dangerfield), two commercial parodies (MX-5 Tampons on the 1981-1982 season Christmas episode hosted by Bill Murray [with musical guest The Spinners] and Bocce Ball My Way on the last episode of the 1985-1986 season hosted by Anjelica Huston and Billy Martin [with musical guest George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic]), and two monologues on the 1985-1986 season (the first one on the Madonna/Simple Minds episode where Madonna shows a video of her wedding to [[Sean Penn]] [played by [[Robert Downey, Jr.]]] and the second one on the Christmas episode hosted by Teri Garr [with musical guests Dream Academy and The Cult]). |
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While on SNL, he appeared in a commercial parody for tampons. He acknowledged in the commercial that is was strange for a man to be in a tampon commercial, but he decided to endorse the product because it promised that the user could jump on a trampoline while wearing this particular brand of tampons. Other tampons only promised that the user could run, swim, or play tennis. |
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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 Guard]]s and charged with "impersonating a priest". These charges were later dropped. |
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 Guard]]s and charged with "impersonating a priest". These charges were later dropped. |
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Revision as of 04:49, 14 June 2006
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 1995, he appeared as a priest trying to perform an exorcism in the movie Casper. The same movie featured a cameo by fellow SNL alumni Dan Aykroyd as a "Ghostbuster".
He first appeared on an SNL piece called "How To Pay For Your Sins" on a 1978 episode hosted by Richard Dreyfuss with musical guests Jimmy Buffett and Gary Tigerman, albeit in crutches due to an injury sustained from a dress rehearsal sketch two weeks prior. Most of his appearances on SNL have been on Weekend Update, but he has appeared in three cold openings in the 1979-1980 season (on episodes hosted by Teri Garr, Elliot Gould, and Rodney Dangerfield), two commercial parodies (MX-5 Tampons on the 1981-1982 season Christmas episode hosted by Bill Murray [with musical guest The Spinners] and Bocce Ball My Way on the last episode of the 1985-1986 season hosted by Anjelica Huston and Billy Martin [with musical guest George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic]), and two monologues on the 1985-1986 season (the first one on the Madonna/Simple Minds episode where Madonna shows a video of her wedding to Sean Penn [played by Robert Downey, Jr.] and the second one on the Christmas episode hosted by Teri Garr [with musical guests Dream Academy and The Cult]).
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. Novello also released a comedy album as Sarducci titled Breakfast In Heaven.