On Demand
Survival Kit
Sunday, November 09, 2003
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Don Novello
You may know him as Father Guido Sarducci, the chain smoking Vatican gossip columnist and rock critic who cracked up viewers on Saturday Night Live, or maybe as Lazlo Toth, concerned American, who has corresponded with world leaders and published their replies in a series of hilarious books (the latest is From Bush to Bush:The Lazlo Toth Letters). But the man behind these two outrageous characters is actually comedian Don Novello. Maybe we can find out who he really is when we take a look at his survival kit.
His List:
1. ashtray (for friends) and smoke alarm (for self)
2. Smokey Robinson CD (esp. the song “Lonely Summer”)
3. olive oil
4. worry beads
5. photos of my favorite authors
6. CDs by Italian singers: Pino di Capri (“Roberta”, “La Voce Delle Stelle”), Adriano Celentano (“Don’t Play It No More”), Rita Pavone
7. accordion
8. Koran and Talmud
9. Films: Fellini’s 8-1/2 The Easy Life (with Vittorio Gassman)
10. Doo-wop CDs: The Dells (“Stay in My Corner”) and and Chi-Lights (“Have You Seen Her”)
