Without the public, you haven't got a job. He was an absolute hero to me. I was living in a flat and couldn't afford to pay the rent. I used to go to work by tram because I didn't have a car. Six months later, I was getting a Gold Logie, so mine was very sweet.
Every network promotes the hell out of how many Logies they've won.
They're standing by to capitalise on it. If they don't think that's showing a certain pride, I don't think they're being honest. There is the anecdote about the Australian actor who responded to an invitation to present a Logie with the curt brush-off to the effect that the only thing he could imagine that would be worse than receiving a Logie would be presenting one. But Innes, who worked with Peter Wynne on the 1995 production, notes that since the Denton years, it's easier to persuade people to participate. Now the Logies are popular as a program and as an event to attend.