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| Breakfast in Heaven | ||||
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| Released | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Label | Warner Brothers | |||
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Breakfast in Heaven is a comedy album by Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello), released in 1986 by Warner Brothers. [1] [2] It was recorded at Washington Hall, University of Notre Dame. [3] It was Novello's second album. [4]
The Fresno Bee called the album "funny and well-done, with one very annoying flaw ... the laughs that follow each gag are clipped, obviously cut short in the studio." [5] The San Francisco Chronicle wrote that "Novello is an underrated comic, maybe because his style is so understated, but there's not a wasted moment on this clever, hilarious album." [6]
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