But nothing tested the show like Sinead O’Connor’s musical appearance on Oct. 3, 1992, when she stunned viewers — and the producers — by tearing up a photograph of Pope John Paul II, declaring, “Fight the real enemy.”
Two years earlier, O’Connor had drawn wide criticism for joining the cast member Nora Dunn in pulling out of an episode guest-hosted by the shock comic Andrew Dice Clay, in protest against his misogyny.
Source: Television - nytimes.com
