Congratulations to one of our favourite guests we ever interviewed. The amazing @cyndilauper on her induction into #therockandrollhalloffame this weekend. #zigandzag #thebigbreakfast #retrotv #channel4 #marklittle

Local guard dog on patrol! He’s there every day pacing back and forth making sure passers-by don’t get any ideas.

The collaboration that you didn’t know you needed! #zigandzag and hairybabytees Check out the official Zig And Zag store for the full range of tees and mugs. All based on our retro artwork and some new designs all drawn by us! The perfect Christmas giftaroonie! www.hairybaby.com/zig-and-zag

NEW! Totally Crazy T-shirt! Design from 1991 available now #hairybabytees Zig And Zag store! Only place to get official merchandise! #brandnewretro #zigandzag #tshirt #hairybabytees❤️❤️❤️

The lyric video you’ve all been waiting for. Happy Halloween feckers! But stay safe!

NEW! I can’t believe we didn’t do a ‘Ziggy’ design before now. And there’s a lovely #davidbowie connection -1995 MTV Europe awards Ziggy Stardust realises that this alien from Zog is named ‘Zig’ and a moment of respect is earned. T-shirt available in the #zigandzag shop over at Hairy Baby Tees

NEW! Brand new retro tee (does that make sense?) available m in the #zigandzag store from our pals at Hairy Baby This design appeared on kids tees in 1991 and features all #TheDen gang Zig, Zag, Zuppy, Dustin, original Podge puppet and Ted!😲 “Keep it down, Ted!” www.hairybaby.com/zig-and-zag

NEW! Check out the first new tee designs for Hairy Baby drawn by yours truly. There are two brand new (including this Jawz one) and retro designs ( 1991) being added to our #zigandzag shop just in time for Crimbo pressies! Will post the others each day. www.hairybaby.com/jawz?choose_...

Ghost Mastermind! Zig with his spookilist subject! #theden #raydarcy #zigandzag

Yes, we know he can write but can Ben Elton draw? 🤔 #zigandzag #thebigbreakfast #benElton

We occasionally challenge our pals Hairy Baby who run our official line of #zigandzag t-shirts and mugs based on our old artwork from the 1990’s to print some more old skool designs. We’ll let you know when they’re available! Teasers below www.hairybaby.com/zig-and-zag

Well you never know what you’re going to pick up at a record fair. Picked this up at @volumerecords.bsky.social record fair. Along with a deal for a bunch 70s Hall and Oates vinyl. So good especially the hair do’s. And seriously, John Oates doing a sexy Prince pose long before Prince. Yowza

MTV is shutting down its music channels. Er, music television 🤷‍♂️ .We got to make our show on MTV Europe at its peak. Two seasons of 13 eps with music videos, sketches and live bands. We also cohosted the EMA pre award shows with Ray Cokes in 1994/95! Great times! 🙌

A couple of years before we even knew that ‘Them girls them girls’ would be a single we’d often perform it with guests for fun. Here’s that time that #Shaggy joined in. ( with our much missed co-host Keith Chegwin) #zigandzag #thecrunch #thebigbreakfast

We stand with Ray! #theden #zigandzag #2phat

Well now, the new Ash album ‘Ad Astra’ is the absolute craic. We all need some of whatever they are on! Brilliant indie tunes, some space age mayhem and Graham Coxon popping in and ‘Jump in the Line’ just catches you by the hand and drags you in for a dance! Top marks guys! 😎😎😎😎😎 @gildedalm.com

Music Recommendation! Sprints are pure quality! Their debut was one of the best of 2024! And their new album ‘All That Is Over’ is class. Check it out! 🙌 #sprints @davegildedalm.bsky.social @gildedalm.com

So sad to hear of the passing of @janegoodall.org - she was one of the good ones. An inspiration. One of my favourite books is this one about her childhood lovingly put together by Patrick Mcdonnell of @muttscomics.bsky.social fame. Just gorgeous. #ripjanegoodall

@doublezcreative.bsky.social Lads, look what I found today It’s from 1989/90

Irish Presidential Election 1992 There should always be a wildcard candidate! #1992 #theden #zigandzag #dustintheturkey #rtenews #colmconnolly #bryandobson

American Zothic Artist: Michael Connor #zigandzag #artwork #retrotv #americangothic

TODAY AT 5! @cbeebies.bsky.social Dodge’s Pup School Season two, episode twelve ‘The Next Big Thing’ written by us! 🙌 Dodge’s new water bottle cover starts a trend in the class. Everyone wants one, but Dodge gets upset when Bertie is credited as the one who came up with the idea.

ON THIS DAY! 22nd September 1987 - Zig and Zag made their first TV appearance on #DempseysDen on @rteone.rte.ie That’s 38 years ago maths fans! Are you feeling old yet?! #ZigAndZag #IanDempsey #zigandzagday

That one time bass legend Mark King from Level 42 visited #zigandzag and Chris Evans in the #Bigbreakfast bathroom to play some slap bass. #markking #level42 #bass #bassplayer #chrisevans @channel4.bsky.social

Music recommendation! Really fun new album by @guerillatoss.bsky.social - ‘You’re weird now’ out on @subpop.bsky.social - funky, disco, indie pop joy with a good dose of weirdness. And @stephenmalkmus.bsky.social producing and guesting. Well worth checking out! @subpop.bsky.social @gildedalm.com

I wonder if Margot Robbie ever saw the #Storybud episode we wrote about her Margot Robot? Well, you can go see it on @player.rte.ie any time you want. Narrated by the awesome Amy Hubberman @rte.ie #margotrobbie

As purveyors of great taste we like to give a shout out to the new album ‘Cutthroat’ Shame @deadoceans.bsky.social so good that tiny hand Don can’t handle it and is in a right tizzy! 🤘🤘🎸 Get on it people. Live Dublin National stadium -12th Nov Cypress Ave Cork -13th Nov @gildedalm.com

Peak Irish childhood in a sheet of A4 paper!

Fixed it!! Zogglebox is on tonight on @virginmediatv.bsky.social at 9pm featuring a whole host of celebrities and of course The Den gang back together for one night only! We had a lot of fun hanging out with Dustin and Ray! #zigandzag #dustintheturkey #raydarcy #gogglebox

..and oh, she was the Sunday in every week... Or Met her at the bus stop of the 46A GLORIOUS! @doublezcreative.bsky.social #speirgorm #Sunday

We’re getting the band back together for Celebrity Gogglebox Ireland. Coming soon on @virginmediatv.bsky.social #zigandzag #dustintheturkey #raydarcy

Love this book series by Ben Sanders Just finished the third instalment ‘Mission Impossi-hole’ so inventive and love the humour and the style of artwork 👏👏 #graphicnovel #agentharrier #kidslit Picked up in @dubraybooks.bsky.social

Absolute banger from Fangclub 🤘🎸 youtu.be/f7wzPtimEMc?...

Happy album release day to Dinosaur Pile-Up. They mix killer riffs, nihilism and tongue-in-cheek humour with genuine sweet songs. Been a fan since they were a nerd rock band in the mid 90’s (see pic 3 😂) but seriously since 2008. Check out ‘I’ve Felt Better’ wherever you stream/ buy music! (I buy!)

Playing catch up and really loving the series ‘Shrinking’ Funny, touching and seriously sharp writing. And a super cast. 👏

Does everyone of a certain age say ‘It puts the lotion on its skin’ every time you put on sunscreen…or is it just me 👀

OUT NOW! The Zoasis t-shirt is Definitely Zogly happening over Hairy Baby shop. Our brand new t-shirt available now! Go to the Hairy Baby website Zig and Zag store and boom! 🙌 www.hairybaby.com/zoasis #zigandzag #tshirt #humour #fashion #teeshirtdesign #tee

There’s no band as cool as Geese. Fact! They’re part -Stones, part-Flaming Lips part madness and fully original! youtu.be/nT43dsYhw0k?...

In 1994 #zigandzag got their own weekly video sketch show on @mtvuk Europe. We shot links, sketches and live band performances in the studio in Camden. Here are some concept drawings (marker pens on paper) by Ciaran to get the ball rolling. #mtvema #mtv #mtveurope #zigandzagshow #1994

Flashback! 20 years ago we released the third VHS compilation of #podgeandrodge ‘A Scare At Bedtime’ And on this VHS we had a smoking Spunky puffing on a cigarette for ten minutes as a bonus feature. Value for monkey right there! Classic design too by Noise Multimedia #podgeandrodge

Now that’s a good horror movie! youtu.be/kBskrYZfhw8?...

Flashback! September 1987. Our first photo shoot for promo cards (that we’d post out to fans) with Ian Dempsey on the set of Dempsey’s Den. Mon- Friday 4pm-6pm @rteone #zigandzag #iandempsey #dempseysden #rte #theden #retrotv

Flashback! 1989 #zigandzag mugs available in Ireland. Did you have one?

We’re getting ready to launch another #zigandzag pop culture skit t-shirt with Hairy Baby. On ‘Smells like Zag’ design Zag was naked and had a willy. This new T-shirt also features a nude Zag. We got a note from the boss requesting a willy. (Not even joking!) Should there be a willy or not?

m.youtube.com/watch?v=-iEV... Need to share this with you. #ZigAndZag

T shirts and mugs available over at our #zigandzag store www.hairybaby.com/zig-and-zag

We’re already planning another t-shirt design idea! News soon! #zigandzag

This guy is going around claiming he's Zig from Zig and Zag @doublezcreative.bsky.social

OUT NOW! The Zoasis t-shirt is Definitely Zogly happening over Hairy Baby shop. Our brand new t-shirt available now! Go to the Hairy Baby website Zig and Zag store and boom! 🙌 www.hairybaby.com/zoasis #zigandzag #tshirt #humour #fashion #teeshirtdesign #tee

Watch this space…