# Father Guido Sarducci and other little remembered SNL characters. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409 "2010-04-17T00:10:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/1 "2010-04-17T00:10:35Z")
Left work today with an “Arrivederci, America!” and no one knew who I was imitating. Not even the people older than me. Which led to me missing my bus because I got into a conversation about SNL characters that few remember. It killed me that quite a few remembered the Making Copies guy but only me and one other person remembered Candy Slice. How can you not remember Candy Slice?!! Now I’m wondering about great characters that I don’t remember. Any you liked but are little known? ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/2 "2010-04-17T00:12:59Z")
Lazlo Toth ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/3 "2010-04-17T00:20:15Z")
For those who don’t know, [Candy Slice.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMF7JrPHT74) ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/4 "2010-04-17T00:46:57Z")
I forget their names, but I LOVED the fey 17th century guys. Candy Slice was my absolute favorite Gilda character. And Lazlo was only a pen name - he never actually portrayed Lazlo, did he? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/5 "2010-04-17T00:50:43Z")
Do puppets count as characters? Anyone remember Scred and the other critters from the Land of Gorch – the only video I could find was [Scred singing with Lily Tomlin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb68zu_dTmU). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/6 "2010-04-17T00:53:57Z")
Lazlo/Guido Sarducci were both aliases of Don Novello. My favorite forgotten SNL character were Scred, Ploobus, Peuta, and The Great Favog of the [Land of Gorch](http://www.toughpigs.com/anthgorcha00.htm) sketches. Adult Muppets (and yes, Jim Henson was involved, at least at the start). Scred’s [duet with Lily Tomlin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb68zu_dTmU) was one of the greatest moments of the show. I also liked Michael O’Donoghue’s odd bits (one of the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players, though quickly dropped). ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/7 "2010-04-17T00:55:23Z")
Irwin Mainway. “This is a fun little product we like to call Bag o’ Glass!” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/8 "2010-04-17T01:02:13Z")
[Theodoric of York: Medieval Barber](http://www.hulu.com/watch/3529/saturday-night-live-theodoric-of-york) ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/9 "2010-04-17T01:02:52Z")
I’m just here to cheer for da Fadda. Miss that guy! ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/10 "2010-04-17T01:18:38Z")
Mr. Mike and his evil stories for children … like “The Little Engine that Died”. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/11 "2010-04-17T01:25:06Z")
> [@mswhatsit](#): > > irwin mainway. “this is a fun little product we like to call bag o’ glass!” invisible pedestrian!!! ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/12 "2010-04-17T01:27:48Z")
Mr. Robinsons neighborhood the devil-John Lovitz I’m from jersey-Piscopo ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/13 "2010-04-17T01:47:09Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Lazlo/Guido Sarducci were both aliases of Don Novello. Yep, I just wanted to see who would recognize the name - not an SNL character, but his “Letters from Lazlo” is one of the funniest books ever. A bit dated now . ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/14 "2010-04-17T02:25:40Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Mr. Mike and his evil stories for children … like “The Little Engine that Died”. I liked his impression of what Tony Orlando and Dawn would sound like if they had needles stuck in their eyes: AAAAUUUGH!!! MY EYES!!! AAAAAAAAAAAA!! ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/15 "2010-04-17T03:20:29Z")
When I was 11 or 12, I literally fell off the couch laughing at [Little Richard Simmons](http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/little-richard-simmons-show/280641/). ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/16 "2010-04-17T03:49:34Z")
“Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute” ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/17 "2010-04-17T04:25:51Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > I liked his impression of what Tony Orlando and Dawn would sound like if they had needles stuck in their eyes: > > AAAAUUUGH!!! MY EYES!!! AAAAAAAAAAAA!! Don’t you mean the [Mormon Tabernacle Choir?](http://www.hulu.com/watch/4106/saturday-night-live-mr-mikes-mormons) Man, I sure miss him. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/18 "2010-04-17T04:41:44Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > When I was 11 or 12, I literally fell off the couch laughing at [Little Richard Simmons](http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/little-richard-simmons-show/280641/). THANK YOU! I haven’t seen that in, must be almost 30 years, but I always remembered that last bit of the song. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/19 "2010-04-17T04:44:20Z")
[The Herlihy Boy House Sitting Service](http://www.hulu.com/watch/2330/saturday-night-live-the-herlihy-boy-house-sitting-service) [Matt Foley](http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/1007583/) ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409/20 "2010-04-17T05:32:05Z")
Whoa…whoa…whoa… You mean SNL was actually once good? It actually had funny skits and memorable characters?! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-guido-sarducci-and-other-little-remembered-snl-characters/536409.md?page=2)