This man may well be the
inspiration (
in nomine) for
Lazlo Toth, the
SNL comedian/
guerilla letter-writer/prankster
pseudonym of
Don Novello, who in some letters wrote to
Anheuser-Busch in the
1980s pushing
Bush Beer, a "
kinder, gentler" beer; in others wrote to
Nixon, supportively, during
Watergate; and wrote frequently to the
Vatican regarding the possible sainthood of
Father Guido Sarducci, following a rumored miracle on a
New Jersey turnpike. The naivete and
subtle humor is only strengthened by the commonplace, complete
hoodwinking of the
target. The collected works of Lazlo can be found in the
books