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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story
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'In 1974 Ian 'Molly' Meldrum was working as a record producer and music journalist when he was offered the chance to host a new music show called Countdown. It was a show that would run for the next thirteen years and become one of the most-loved and most-watched programs on Australian television. It also turned Molly into a national institution (or 'mental institution' as one of his friends put it). During that period he not only became the most influential voice in Australian music, he endeared himself to millions of viewers with a uniquely unpolished interviewing style and a tangible on-screen passion. For better or worse, whether interviewing Prince Charles or Sid Vicious, Molly was always Molly. Along the way he talked, partied, argued, exchanged blows and became firm friends with a rollcall of the world's greatest musical names. Filled with outrageous anecdotes, an incredible cast of musos, deadbeats, transvestites and international superstars, The Never Ever Ending Story is Molly's hilarious, vivid, warm and always compelling memoir of these incredible years.' (Publication summary)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Molly Matt Cameron , Liz Doran , ( dir. Kevin Carlin ) Australia : Mushroom Pictures , 2016 9076046 2016 series - publisher film/TV

'From humble beginnings in Quambatook, Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum rose to become the most influential and well known name in Australian music. Molly tells the story behind the rise: the music, the bands, the parties, the celebrities, the politics, the girlfriends and boyfriends, The Hat, and most of all, the story of Molly himself. Ian Meldrum: the country boy from humble beginnings who grew up searching for a sense of belonging. Molly Meldrum: the man whose passion for music and life found him a place in the heart of an entire nation.'

Source: Blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2014 .
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      Extent: xxii, 457 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of platesp.
      Description: illus. (some col.)
      Note/s:
      • Published November 2014
      ISBN: 9781760112059 (hardback)

Works about this Work

Romp through 50 Years of Glitz and Glamour Michael Dwyer , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 January 2015; (p. 20)

— Review of The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story Jeff Jenkins , Ian 'Molly' Meldrum , 2014 single work autobiography
Molly Meldrum's Tales of Ratbaggery Owen Richardson , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 30 November 2014; (p. 17) The Sunday Age , 30 November 2014; (p. 17)

— Review of The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story Jeff Jenkins , Ian 'Molly' Meldrum , 2014 single work autobiography
The Unsinkable Molly Meldrum David Free , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 November 2014; (p. 19)

— Review of The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story Jeff Jenkins , Ian 'Molly' Meldrum , 2014 single work autobiography
Molly’s Still, Um, Doing Us a Favour Biggest Star of All Still Twinkling Peter Wilmoth , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 16 November 2014; (p. 25) The Canberra Times , 16 November 2014; (p. 15)
'Twenty-seven years on from the last Countdown episode, the former host is back in the spotlight, writes Peter Wilmoth.'
Nothing Hum Drum Ian 'Molly' Meldrum , 2014 extract autobiography
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 19 October 2014; (p. 40-41)

— Review of The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story Jeff Jenkins , Ian 'Molly' Meldrum , 2014 single work autobiography

'In these extracts from his new autobiography,to The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story, Molly Meldrum relives a pub brawl with the Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious and an excruciating Countdown interview with Prince Charles.'

Nothing Hum Drum Ian 'Molly' Meldrum , 2014 extract autobiography
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 19 October 2014; (p. 40-41)

— Review of The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story Jeff Jenkins , Ian 'Molly' Meldrum , 2014 single work autobiography

'In these extracts from his new autobiography,to The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story, Molly Meldrum relives a pub brawl with the Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious and an excruciating Countdown interview with Prince Charles.'

The Unsinkable Molly Meldrum David Free , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 November 2014; (p. 19)

— Review of The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story Jeff Jenkins , Ian 'Molly' Meldrum , 2014 single work autobiography
Molly Meldrum's Tales of Ratbaggery Owen Richardson , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 30 November 2014; (p. 17) The Sunday Age , 30 November 2014; (p. 17)

— Review of The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story Jeff Jenkins , Ian 'Molly' Meldrum , 2014 single work autobiography
Romp through 50 Years of Glitz and Glamour Michael Dwyer , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 January 2015; (p. 20)

— Review of The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story Jeff Jenkins , Ian 'Molly' Meldrum , 2014 single work autobiography
Molly’s Still, Um, Doing Us a Favour Biggest Star of All Still Twinkling Peter Wilmoth , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 16 November 2014; (p. 25) The Canberra Times , 16 November 2014; (p. 15)
'Twenty-seven years on from the last Countdown episode, the former host is back in the spotlight, writes Peter Wilmoth.'
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