Zig and Zag (puppets) Zig and Zag (puppets) Zig and Zag are a 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 22nd September 1987 on RTÉ's "Dempsey's Den". 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". Eventually Zig and Zag evolved into Jedward. During the 1990s the characters spawned a merchandising range of comic
The Big Breakfast famously went over 27 minutes for a game once, with the "Millennium Big Breakfast" actually being commissioned with extra time for Wonga. "The Big Breakfast" used to give out "wonga money" to people when they won money because they didn't want to give it to them on the show. They would give the real thing to them later. Each Friday the two main presenters and the whole crew would gather in the hallway for The Friday Song. The song would look back at events that happened on the show each week The lyrics to the chorus went as follows: ""Singing,