Zig and Zag (Australian performers)

Zig and Zag - in real life Jack Perry and Doug McKenzie - were a clown duo who appeared on Australian television from 1957-1969 in Melbourne, Australia, beginning with Peters Fun Fair. Doug McKenzie (Zag) had been a prisoner of war at Changi in World War II. Dressed in costumes advertising Peters Ice Cream ("the health food of a nation"), and with the catchphrase "No trouble", the lyrics of their theme song (with Jack Perry on ukelele) began:

Related Topics:
Jack Perry - Doug McKenzie - Australian television - 1957 - 1969 - Melbourne, Australia - Peters Fun Fair - Prisoner of war - Changi - World War II - Peters Ice Cream - Ukelele

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:You, and me, can we be partners?

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:You, and me, can we be friends?

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:We'll be a great association

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:One that never ends...

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Zig and Zag appeared on the annual HSV-7 Royal Children's Hospital Appeal for more than forty years. In 1999 Zig and Zag were appointed Kings of Moomba, but stood down after it was disclosed that in 1994 Perry (Zig) had pleaded guilty at Heidelberg Magistrate's Court to charges of sexually assaulting his granddaughter 20 years earlier.

Related Topics:
HSV-7 - Royal Children's Hospital Appeal - 1999 - Kings of Moomba - 1994 - Heidelberg Magistrate's Court - Sexually assaulting

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Doug McKenzie died in August, 2004.

Related Topics:
August - 2004

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