Zig And Zag videos
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Zig And Zag had been popular on Irish television since the late 1980s, but it was with their move to the UK on Channel 4's wacky morning show 'The Big Breakfast' in 1992 that they became household names, where they would interview various celebrities. Popular with adult viewers as well as children, it was only a matter of time before Zig And Zag were given their own full TV series, followed by numerous other merchandising spin-offs including t-shirts, comics, toys, puppets, TV advertising for Golden Wonder Crisps and also a record release. 'Them Girls' entered the UK charts at number 5 on 24th December 1994 and remained there for 9 weeks.
Zig and Zag are an Irish puppet duo performed by Mick O'Hara and Ciaran Morrison.The characters are a pair of furry extraterrestrial twins from the planet Zog. They made their television début on RTÉs, Dempsey's Den, in 1987. A year later they won a Jacob's Award for TV Personalities of the year. In 1992 Zig and Zag found fame in the UK when they joined the team of the Channel 4 breakfast show The Big Breakfast. During the 1990s the characters spawned a merchandising range of comic books, videos and embarked on a recording career – scoring a UK top five single with "Them Girls Them Girls".
In 2010 the characters saw a resurgence in their popularity as they joined the Big Brother's Little Brother A brand new TV bloopers show hosted by Zig and Zag entitled Zig & Zag's Superbloopers was announced on the RTE TV website in June 2011 with a full series of the show broadcast in September 2012.