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He mounted them too?"

"Inspired by the Folies Bergères of Paris, the Ziegfeld Follies were conceived and mounted by Florenz Ziegfeld..."

Lucky guy! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rearden Metal (talk • contribs) 22:28, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

This article has been repeatedly vandalized. KeithB's last revert doesn't seem to go back far enough to cover it all...

24.15.217.4 altered links both before and after KeithB's revert. They have been warned several times on their talk page for doing so, and banned at least once. So I'm assuming the changes are not valid.
71.255.56.61 replaced a paragraph with a POV comment.
206.183.13.34 deleted a section and inserted something incomprehensible.

So I'm reverting all the way to the point of AntiVandalBot's last revert. --Shyland 10:09, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...also removing (probably) bogus "Michael Panzer" entry from the 1927 lineup made by another IP address (140.233.208.90 11Oct2006). No hits on Google, and other such entries have been made. --Shyland 10:37, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Anna Held in the Follies

Anna held's listing under the Follies of 1907 is incorrect. Anna held never appeared live in the Follies, only once, on film, in the Follies of 1910. (This appearance is correctly noted.) I suggest whoever is in authority on this page make the correction. Fred Lane 19:18, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to correct it, with the comment note "per talk page" or a reference. -- Infrogmation 03:46, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Folies

"Folies" means "madnesses" in French. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:E35:8A8D:FE80:BDBF:FB0D:6B19:87F4 (talk) 09:05, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Row Row Row (in Legacy section)

This section seems to be about Aussie Rules football songs: two clubs have written new words for it. It's therefore arguably not the same song.

At any rate, I don't think it is helpful for people reading an article about the Ziegfeld Follies, to learn about how a song that was included in just one of the many productions has been bowdlerized by couple of Melbourne sports teams. I propose to delete the section. MrDemeanour (talk) 19:31, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it seems to be related closely enough to mention, but it was 'way overwritten. I've shortened it considerably. Take a look and see if you think it ought to be trimmed more, and if so, what is least useful in it. -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:39, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, @Ssilvers.

I think it could be cut still shorter. All of the words starting with "In 2014" are about a song called "We're from Tigerland", which didn't feature in any Follies production. I think it's enough to say that the tune (but not the words) from one song in one Follies production has been adapted by some football supporters. MrDemeanour (talk) 13:02, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I found a way to cut it down even further, but I think what is left is relevant to this article and satisfies WP:NOTEWORTHY and WP:BALASP. -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:44, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ssilvers, I can't complain about that. I think it's fine now. Thank you. MrDemeanour (talk) 11:51, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]