Entertainment & Arts
After crafting an 8-character show from her past, Nora Dunn can look to the future.
Aug. 3, 1997
Television
Good thinking on the parts of Nora Dunn and Sinead O’Connor for boycotting “Saturday Night Live” on May 12.
June 3, 1990
Music
Hot-selling pop singer Sinead O’Connor decided Wednesday to pull out of her scheduled appearance on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, saying she did not want to appear on the same program with guest host Andrew Dice Clay.
May 10, 1990
Former “Saturday Night Live” star Nora Dunn and “Seinfeld” writer Carol Leifer headline “Choose to Laugh--Laugh to Choose,” a benefit for the National Clinic Defense Project being held tonight at the Comedy Store in Hollywood.
Nov. 18, 1993
Starr Is Dim on Dice: Don’t look for Starr Parodi, the keyboardist on the Arsenio Hall talk show on KCOP Channel 13, to be tickling the ivories tonight when controversial comedian Andrew Dice Clay guests.
July 10, 1990
I’m not entirely sure why Nora Dunn’s one-woman show is called “Small Prey,” but I accept it.
July 12, 1997
In her past appearances on TV’s “Saturday Night Live,” Nora Dunn gave every indication that she belongs in the tiny band of elite comedic actresses that includes Lily Tomlin, Catherine O’Hara and Whoopi Goldberg.
Aug. 5, 1991
* “Small Prey”--Nora Dunn, left, plays seven offbeat characters in an encore run of her solo show, opening today at the Coast Playhouse. * “Paquito’s Christmas”--A family musical about a young runaway who finds the meaning of Christmas opens Friday at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. * “Bob’s Christmas Office Party”--A comedy set at an insurance agent’s holiday party for his offbeat, accident-prone clients opens Saturday at Theatre/Theater.
Dec. 4, 1997
Raunchy comedian Andrew Dice Clay’s controversial appearance on “Saturday Night Live” drew substantially higher ratings to go with the hecklers and protests it generated, NBC said.
May 14, 1990
Movies
If “Bringing Up Baby” is the acme of screwball comedy, “The Awful Truth,” released in 1937, is not far behind.
Aug. 6, 1995