Talk:Molly Meldrum

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Deletion that needs NPOVing

removed paragraph that was originally in the Molly Meldrum article which has now been merged here, as it is incoherent and needs npoving clarkk

Molly was involved in a TV roast by the Nine network. The Roast was hosted by "who wants to be a Millionare,s" Eddie Maguire and featured the footy show,s Sam Newman. Unfortunately Some of the comments made by Eddie were far too derogatory and the roast went horribly wrong, resulting in it being described as a "Gay Bashing" by Molly.

Gee, that Lana Cantrell gets around

This article states that a publicly reported engagement to singer Lana Cantrell was soon revealed to be a hoax. Wasn't that Graham Kennedy who had a hoax aborted engagement to Cantrell (mentioned on Kennedy's Wikipedia entry though I have read about it in a separated book as well) or did Meldrum go down that path as well? MinorEdit July 9, 2005 06:19 (UTC)

Lana Cantrell wasn't enagaed to Molly Meldrum,the hoax enagagement was to Graham Kennedy.

Molly

The human name "Molly" is perceived as a feminine name. How common do males get called by names that the American English mind commonly percieves as feminine?? Georgia guy 18:59, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Meldrum is gay. In earlier decades it was common for gay men to nickname one another with a feminine name, hence "Molly". It was widely known that "Molly" was a nickname, he was frequently also named as "Ian Meldrum" in the press, etc. It is not at all common for a man to be called "Molly"! Meldrum is rather an unusual figure, the odd name being just one eccentricity. Asa01 05:20, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was No consensus. —Wknight94 (talk) 01:25, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed to move to Molly Meldrum

This page was listed at Wikipedia:Requested moves requesting that it be moved to Molly Meldrum because "He is better known as Molly Meldrum". Is there agreement here for making this move? —Centrx→talk • 02:25, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose move. 'Ian' is his proper name, 'Molly' is a silly nickname. – Axman (☏) 09:39, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

I am for this move. Molly is what he calls himself, is referred to in the press and is what everyone refers to him as. Infact many would be unaware Ian is his first name. Similarly we don't call Doug Walters Kevin Walters.

I think this one is six of one, half a dozen of the other. Ian and Molly are both recognisable - while Molly is more in use in Australia, most references to him in the US are to Ian, since Molly doesn't translate all that well. Yes, there are references to him in the US - he was turned away at the airport for having the wrong visa when the "anti-terrorist" changes started kicking in. Hey, that should go in the article. Trishm 00:18, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cite needed for "gay"

While I have no doubt Meldrum is gay, I had a terrible time searching the web for a reliable source that indicated such. Does anyone have such an animal? A cite, I mean. :) -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 01:55, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What about the Michael Jackson scoop!

Molly first interviewed a very young and shy Michael after he ventured out as a solo performer in his teens and was later rewarded with another(guarded)interview which, by my memory, was something of a world scoop at the time... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.239.211.251 (talk) 05:41, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:59, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Did Molly Meldrum have a show on US MTV?

I remember receiving some older VHS tapes from a generous individual who had recorded a few Molly Meldrum specials that aired on US MTV back in the mid - late 1980s and I was wondering if he had either had his own program on US MTV or if it was from another source and rebroadcasted on that channel. I'm having trouble locating an entry on IMDb that matches the name of the program I saw and I know for sure it was on US MTV since the bumpers clearly show it as having been aired there. Thanks. 68.94.173.228 (talk) 23:05, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ian Meldrum's hometown

I am very sure Ian Meldrum is from the town of Kyabram in Victoria, Australia. Though it shows Melbourne on the wikipedia page. Should it be changed to his proper hometown or just leave it on Melbourne? Thanks. Cadbury egg (talk) 11:32, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this, which otherwise seems to contain only factual information, says he was born at sea off the coast of South Yemen!! Or is that just an anagram of "youth semen"? -- JackofOz (talk) 19:39, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Uptight

I remember him as a regular commentator on Ross D. Wylie's show Uptight. We make one passing reference to this show, but nothing about the early profile that Uptight gave Meldrum. It was as big as Countdown in its day. What ever happened to Wylie anyway? -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 11:27, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relative?

Is Meldrum related to US conspiracy author, Bruce Porter Roberts? This is claimed by 137.219.163.98 on 2 July 2010 and by 137.219.163.89 on 28 August. I have reverted both of these edits and request a reliable source for the claim. The exact nature or extent of their relatedness is not explained and so the significance of the relation can not be determined.

If, in fact, they are closely related a statement could be included in Meldrum's 'Personal life' section but without significant influence on Meldrum's life Bruce Porter Roberts should not be included in the Lead. For comparison: his brother, Robert, is mentioned in the 'Personal life' section but he is not a notable influence on Meldrum's public life and so Robert is not included in the Lead.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 22:16, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone lock this page!

Im new so i dont no how to do it but can someone make it so non users cant edit this article. There is about to be heaps of vandalism due to recent events --Gcluti (talk) 10:16, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've left a request for semi-protection (stops unregistered editors from editing) at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 11:46, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

should also be locked due to recent death