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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whew again! Night Court's John Larroquette proves himself a wonderful comic foil. Here he is a man sworn to maim anyone who attempts to trifle with Nadia, his former love. Guess who tries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Knockoff Blind Date | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

When Walter first sees lovely and demure Nadia--and it's only through a match light, since she's blown a fuse in her hotel room--he is, to say the least, pleased...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Date Misbehavin' | 4/10/1987 | See Source »

With thick dark bangs, a prissy hairstyle and a dire need for some face powder, Basinger doesn't look as good as usual, but she is a striking presence in her little red suit. Before the dinner, Nadia and Walter attend an art exhibit that will strike Northeasterners as very L.A., and he shyly asks her what a nice girl like her is doing with a free evening...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Date Misbehavin' | 4/10/1987 | See Source »

...question. With a chemical allergy to alcohol, the tiniest bit of champagne completely uninhibits prim Kim and turns her into nasty Nadia. She undoes the floral arrangement, curses at the waiter in French, trips the pockets off all the men's jackets ("It's the new style," she exclaims), and convinces the Japanese client's obsequious Geisha Doll of a wife to leave him and claim the 50% of the property she's entitled to by California law. Walter is not pleased...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Date Misbehavin' | 4/10/1987 | See Source »

...blind date gone rotten, Blake Edwards leaves no nightmares undreamt. Houses that have always stood in one place are suddenly carried away and beds that have always been sturdy cave in. Following the dinner fiasco, the rest of the night is spent in a California-freeway car chase with Nadia's homicidal ex-boyfriend David (John Larroquette), who also happens to be a trial lawyer...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Date Misbehavin' | 4/10/1987 | See Source »

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