Don Novello Video | Stand-up Comedian

Don Novello (born January 1, 1943) is an American writer, film director, producer, actor, singer, and comedian. Novello is best known for his work on NBC's Saturday Night Live, from 1977 until 1980, and again in 1985 & 1986, often as the character "Father Guido Sarducci". Novello has appeared as "Sarducci" on many television shows since then, including Married... with Children, Blossom, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Unhappily Ever After, Square Pegs and The Colbert Report. Novello was born in Lorain, Ohio. His father was a physician. He is of Italian and Irish descent. In 1961, he graduated... MORE

Don Novello (born January 1, 1943) is an American writer, film director, producer, actor, singer, and comedian. Novello is best known for his work on NBC's Saturday Night Live, from 1977 until 1980, and again in 1985 & 1986, often as the character "Father Guido Sarducci". Novello has appeared as "Sarducci" on many television shows since then, including Married... with Children, Blossom, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Unhappily Ever After, Square Pegs and The Colbert Report. Novello was born in Lorain, Ohio. His father was a physician. He is of Italian and Irish descent. In 1961, he graduated from Lorain High School. He graduated from the University of Dayton. In 1965, he graduated from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, AZ. In the late 1960s, Novello worked as an advertising copywriter for Leo Burnett in Chicago. Don Novello created the Father Guido Sarducci character in 1973 after finding a monsignor's outfit for $7.50 at a St. Vincent de Paul thrift shop. Adding sunglasses, a broom mustache, cigarette and a thick Italian accent, Sarducci became popular in a San Francisco nightclub. Sarducci appeared on San Francisco Channel 20's Chicken Little Comedy Show, and LESS