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[edit] "Bringing It Home To ME" usage

I believe that the section stating that "Bringing It Home To ME" was first used as a slogan in 2004 is inaccurate. Although the slogan was first set to music in Prime/GWN's idents in 2004, I am very sure they started using it in idents since they changed to their current logo in 2001(?).

Before 2004, they used another song as background music for idents ("Streets Of Your Town" by The Go-Betweens, I believe) - sometimes vocalled, but more often instrumental - showing either video of (what's meant to be) regional Australia or Seven celebrities. However, they still used "Bringing It Home To ME" as a slogan underneath the "PRiME" logo (or GWN, depending on where you saw it) at the end of these idents.

I would edit it myself, but I can't remember exactly when the first usage of the slogan was so any potential edits I could make would just confuse that section of the article even further. -Spiky Sharkie [ talk ] 12:09, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, The slogan "Bringing It Home To ME" first started in 2001 with the song "Streets of Your Town", as I recall. I also remember there was videos of regional Australia as well. Uncke Herb 09:06, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Prime Possum

This is a superb and true piece of literature and i am writing here to question why it keeps getting removed? I am a great friend and colleague of master Daniel and i know it hurts him very much so that the article he has worked so hard for his whole life is getting repeatedly deleted. I believe i talk for everyone when i say i think he deserves and has earnt the right to have this article here written about him. He is an inspiration to our future mascots and it is very sad to all involved with master Daniel that he does not get the recognition he deserves. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.149.119.2 (talk • contribs).

The text in question is as follows:

Prime Television's loveable furry mascot, Prime Possum is played by many talented individuals across the states of Victoria and New South Wales. None, however, fill the role as fittingly as master Daniel Rooke. He covers all areas around Albury and Wodonga, and troubles himself to sometimes venture as far afield as Wangaratta. Once he steps into the suit, he excells in every area and truly is a fine pioneer in the art of mascotting.

It was a dark day on the 6/9/05 for Master Daniel amid claims of paedophilia, and this put his future career in mascotting into jeopardy. However, a strong case against with the assistance of Barney the purple dinosaur led to a victory in the case, and Prime Possum was free to disperse and distribute balloons and lollies once more. Since that fateful day and the following events, everything has gone uphill for Master Daniel and Prime Possum.

At the beginning of March this year, rumours arose that Daniel and the Prime network were set to acccept a multi-million dollar offer from Channel Ten for the rights to Prime Possum. These rumours were vigorously denied by Daniel and his management team and he proved true to his word and stayed with Prime TV where he is believed to be earning in excess of $6.9 million annually

My reasons for removing said text is are:

• NPOV: The tone with which the mascot and Daniel Rooke are described is absolutely biased.
• Notability: The person who dresses up as Prime Possum is not notable, not encyclopaedic. It does not add anything to this article.
• Verifiability: There is no evidence on Google connecting "Daniel Rooke" and "Prime Television", nor "Daniel Rooke" and "Prime Possum." Also no evidence can be found that any of the mentioned claims (paedophilia, multi-million dollar deal) are true.
• The claims here are simply ridiculous. "Barney the purple dinosaur" is alleged to have helped resolve claims of paedophilia. Channel Ten would not offer millions of dollars for a mascot that relatively no one in metropolitan areas would have heard of. And the claim that someone would earn $6.9 million annually for dressing up in a possum costume in a small area of regional Australia is absurd.

Tntnnbltn 09:51, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

As both Barney The Purple Dinosaur and a close friend of one Master Daniel Rooke, a.k.a Prime Possum, I believe that I am aware of the circumstances of this matter to a greater degree than anybody else. I find the claims of Tntnnbltn quite ridiculous. Why, as respected members of society would both prime possum and myself be lying on the before mentioned issue? How can a text on Prime Possum be biased? Excuse me if I'm mistaken, but Prime Possum is loved by all and sundry and aside from the paedophilia incident, of which the claims were deemed to be false, and that night we had in Vegas(remember the strippers), Prime Possum has a completely clean record. Further to your claims that people in metropoliton areas are unaware of Prime Possum, a recent survey undertaken by Dr. J.R. Fudd has determined that in excess of 69% of people are aware of Prime Possum and 83% of people who are aware abide by his guidelines and don their sleeping garments and catch some shut-eye around the hours of 7:30pm. This can be read in a favourable light when compared to a survey undertaken by myself which declares 98.2% of people regard Tntnnbltn as an individual of little importance. I ask you how you can declare Daniel Rooke as not notable? This just so happens to be the same young man who has achieved many remarkable feats such as kissing yours truly and taking advantage of a mute that just so happened to be suffering from Bung Eye Syndrome.

Reply to post by 'Tntnnbltn'

Absolutely Biased? It may seem like that, but when someone is as skilled in their art as in this case it's hardly possible. Also by claiming that Prime Possum is not notable i would daresay that you have very little of the population in agreeance with you. You obviously have no prior experience with anything involving mascots. For your information, all of this article is true, proof may not be found on google, but google does not know all my friend. There are so many people just like you, they think that they know and can find out anything at the touch of a button and with the assistance of a search engine. Is it so hard to sit down for a few hours, even a week, and do some hard, solid research? The mascotting world keeps very very much to itself and no evidence of the paedophilia case can be located because of privacy laws.

I have no idea where you are coming from in saying that no one in metropolitan areas has heard of Prime Possum, a survey recently conducted notices it as the most recognisable mascot throughout Australia. You also claim that an annual salary of $6.9 million is absurd. Another factor of the mascotting world you obviously know nothing or very little of. Salary's in excess of $2.5 million are quite common, and to me and most other people it is highly believable that $6.9 million could be earnt annualy by as such high profile figure as Master Daniel Rooke.

I know Barney the Purple Dinosaur well, more commonly recognised as Dr. of Philosophy, Andrew Barned, and it in incredulous that you claim he did not assist in resolving claims of paedophilia. He put in hours and hours of hard work for a little over two months and i believe was the difference in the case, leading to the jury handing down a positive result for all involved with Master Daniel, Prime Possum and indeed the whole mascotting world.

I put it to you, sir/madam, of the user name Tntnnbltn, that you are very uneducated in any matters involving the mascotting world and should not poke your nose into business you really have no idea about. If you think this whole thing is a joke you are seriously mistaken and i whole heartedly recommend you stick to issues you are more learned in.

I sign off on a somewhat lighter note,

Prime Possum is high up in a tree,

Prime Possum, soft and cuddly,

Prime Possum loves every boy and girl

So lets help Prime Possum, to make a better world.