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4 unusual facts about Don Novello


Breakfast in Heaven

Breakfast in Heaven is a comedy album by Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello).

Intentionally blank page

Humorist Don Novello's 1977 book The Lazlo Letters ends with several otherwise-blank pages marked "FREE PAPER!".

Lazlo Toth

Lazlo Toth, pen name under which comedian Don Novello wrote a series of letters to public figures and corporations; the name is derived from that of the Pietà vandal

Olympia Cafe

According to Don Novello, who penned the first Olympia Cafe sketch, the diner was based on the Billy Goat Tavern on Lower North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, which is still operating (and part of a small chain).



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