Zig and Zag on the Den

[jedsithor]

I WASN'T!

It's 4am and I've decided to watch all these. Is that sad? Yes. Is it also awesome? Yes.

[niphelan]

Ray Darcy with hair!



[patrickleydon]

dustin sounds like a heroin addict!

[DiscoStorm]

epic tv.podge and rodge were a poor mans zig and zag

[uarecheap]

They were genuinely better times back then, especially for kids growing up. Political Correctness destroyed 'The Den'. I feel sorry for the kids growing up these days who have to watch condescending, censored crap that's on RTE2!

[planstore]

I can just picture Dustin stealing park benches on Zog.

Children's TV these days need to be smart like this was. Modern kids are growing up stupid watching whats on nowadays.

WE (Zig & Zag generation) all grew up smart with an appreciation for wit.

And fun.

[planstore]

Wow 17 years. Ray hasn't changed a bit....

The rest of us have,

[cliffola26]

best programme ever , irish humour bet into us ,,, god bless the den .

[TheKillianegan]

That looks like a young Brian Tuberty

Is that him when he was younger....?

Wasn't around for this

There such D4's

[facup88]

These whole episodes should be brought out on DVD.

[Doeney]

Yer only man.

[sweetestperfection90]

dustin sounds so different to nowadays! that interlude thing is so trippy too!

[katieh7585]

zig and zag are legends hey does ne1 remember gerry may

[davidgrealy]

Ha! I remember entering the 'design a beetle' contest! This must be early 1994 if there was a World Cup Qualifier on the same week....

[irishmusiccentral]

@davidgrealy Republic of Ireland 1-1 Northern Ireland: 17/11/1993

[tishdadish]

oh memories- they got it right for so many years!!!! Recenlty saw it now.....absolute rubbish???

[tosspot86]

this is why i hated the big breakfast back then cause they stole these two legends away from us

[theemurf]

Haha i feckin love this! Drinkin the tae and whistlin at the girdles.

[peri525]

it was a good day

[yermanoffthetelly]

Ahh, old Ireland before it was ruined by political correctness. Great stuff.

[theemurf]

@yermanoffthetelly Political correctness is killing the national characters of everyone, even we Irish!

[bushwhack69]

the good auld days when rte didnt treat kids like retards

[mikeybarrel]

Ha ha, I used to hate it when the budget was onand The Den finshed early!! ha ha

[loikeroysh]

Prince of Bel Air... Jaysus this is old.

[pyote5]

I wish the Den was like this now for kids,

They really look like they are just having fun.

[MeggyBecky]

omfj!!! mary robinson?!!!? that was a "while" ago anyways!

[jimshady06]

i loved the way when they came back off of break anything could be going on and they never got ready they were always talking through the break and when the camera came back on and they just left it run class!!

[samsunghp550]

well they're stii on rte but not as zig and zag but podge and rodge

[PPF75]

Ah the memmories!!!!  This is where Zig And Zag started and I really wish they'd come back to some other RTE Irish TV programme!!!

They then moved to THE BIG BREAKFAST On CH4!! Another Really missed programme!!!

BRING BACK ZIG AND ZAG!!!

[KINGofkings49er]

hahah dustin

[trevtrickster]

fuckin memorys back when life had no worries only worry was what was for dinner and how long i would get out play before i got do homework lol

[turkyish]

@trevtrickster , spot on

[nobueais]

The stuff Dustin got away with saying; slagging off RTE, talking bout ripping off tickets and not getting a TV license! You'd never get away with writing that into a kids TV show now. Gas.

[nobueais]

Ray IS actually losing the rag. It's so funny you can actually see it. hahaha

[bagsnotdoinit]

i cant stop laughin! this was such quality! Ray is almost loosing the rag at points!

[patrickd161]

this brings back memories of life in ballymun :(

but the tv show has soul! (:

[torque234]

much better than the rubbish thats on today.

[mullinavegas1986]

Does anyone else remember Herbie Corkie Jr?!?!...the sound man?

[kentrel2]

Wow, suddenly I'm just home from school, and sitting in front of my TV with my dinner (potatoes,carrots and lamb chops!)

[Blarneymansays]

me too... doing homework and preferring ray, zig, zag, zuppy, dustin and rodge over the shows!

[vegunited06]

they should come back!

[slainte5767]

I have got such hilarious memories of 'The Den' with Zig and Zag! Classic stuff and then they were purloined by the likes of Channel 4! They sold out!! However, their Christmas single in, was it 1991?, was a BONANZA!!!! Slaintes all round!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where are they now?????????

[0GEEZER9]

they are podge and rodge

[beanhead1996]

Lovely shirt ray..where can i get such embarrassment??haha

[lyndabynda]

the works! anybody have any videos of the works?

are ya laughin?!

i'm laughin!

:D

[dodonoghue]

iotas for you

[UrharRar]

Total Classic, Ray Darcy is a legend, no one presented the show as well as he did, like the man said a reunion with Ray & all the gang would be fantastic.

[Blarneymansays]

so true... they had chemistry

[DJEMMEY25]

dustin sounds away diffrent back then lol the den was better back then

[jonspawnjovi]

Classic tv Channel 4 ruined them!!!bring them and Dustin back

[Ailish1985]

Oh that was what I called tv

[jake0112]

Ah, brilliant!

Now look at the den... with its rules and its stuff you cant say. ... and its professionalism.

[darrin42]

And its Gayness! These days will never again re-appear on Irish Television. It makes me so sad. One thing tho...does anyone else here the weird Robotic voices, which seem to come and go sometimes, when people talk?

[clairebear8]

dustin was better back then

[erinah88]

Oh Zig and Zag!!! I watched this as a kid!

[Nigo82]

Nigo82

Oh yes. Absolute Legends those guys!!

[Aaathan]

is this really meant for kids? :D

[Ormond1]

The Budget used to wreck my head when i was a kid. Interupting the Turtles.

[jackeens]

Love to see a reunion with darcy, dempsey and dustin, zig and zag

[masonchat]

does anyone remember the den with ian dempsey at the start , happy days

[wexxie06]

gRay had more hair and less grey. I loved the den then.

[peteandurnot]

Hard to believe these are the same Guys behind Podge and Rodge and the Bronx Bunny Show :)

[RiplyLv426]

classic. its a pity ray is such a pr..k since going to today fm. he thinks he is funny or something. dustin ak John Morrison sounds different.

[daveyddunne]

FUCKIN HELL THEY USED TO WIND UP RAY UP SOMETHING TERRIBLE. The den used to be fantastic!!! And this used to be a kids show!!!

[darkfaceintheclouds]

We had fresh prince on the den?

Don't re,member that =[

[AceOfHearts]

ahh good memories: eatin super noodles after school infront of the den with my sister. watchin a bit of it now, there is quite a bit of adult humour, and dustin sounds so different.

thanks for puttin these up, its a nice reminder!!

[rtenewsontwo]

"U2 are supporting her in the Wexford Inn, ah yeah she's gonna be huge". that gets funnier everytime i hear it.

[RiplyLv126]

Thanks for posting this . Jesus its bringing back so many memorys. Again thanks

[lifewing1]

1 man, a video recorder and a computer! ;-)

[waffles2beans4rusks6]

don't want to be rude or nosy.. but i was just wondering who exactly you are lifewing and is ur whole house full of den videos?.. coz that would be some fun house!!! the videos are great, thanks for putting them up here to remind all irish people under 25 of their childhoods!!!

[peteandurnot]

..and for reminding all those aged 30 and over of their Teenage Years!! :)

[taraw1979]

I have happy memories of The Den. It is so funny. It's hilarious when Ray laughs and doesn't know what will be said next. I remember now that Dustin was a builder and was always doing nixers!

[megmegmockmock]

oh god i wanna be a child again!but why does dustin sound so different??

[dannyod]

Ever watch 1 of de 1st episodes of de simpsons. Every1 sounds different. Can't imagine it being too easy to be able to do de same voice for oer 10 yrs.

[captainlucy]

Isn't it obvious? Dustin spent much of the late '90s and early 2000's living the typical rock'n'roll lifestyle once he was free of Zig & Zag! Nights out on the tiles with Shane Magowan and Calum Best, his choice of the best hen-totty from McClatchey's Egg Farm, and then of course there was that famous stay at The Priory following the close run-in with Bernard Matthews in December 2003; he's never been the same turkey since.

[thormihai28]

used to love the den aswell,its true since d brits stole zig and zag fom us and ray darcy left the den has never been the same.

[Pamultimate]

I used to watch The Den in Ireland on holiday for 6 weeks every year. I'd tell my friends in England about Zig & Zag and how brilliant they were, then they turned up on The Big Breakfast, I was well chuffed!. I remember Bosco as well!.

[lambie1985]

zig and zag omg i used alz say boresville new mexico forgot where i had got from wen i was a kid love it how d4 is zig lol

[buckl3y]

They really don't make kids shows like this nowadays. You seea kids ahow now and they act like their audience are mentally slow.

The Den was genuinely witty and great comedy in it's own right. Glad i was of the age to really cherish it. And i listen to Darcy on the radio to this day. Probably purely for nostalgic reasons.

[Currow20]

Man the Den was the Sh!t

[Mick342]

I Hated "The Works" Bleedin' Mary Kingston.

[thomaszaei]

Take another iota!!! Ha! "I'm laughin'!"

[Arkadji]

fucki seabert!!!!! LEGEND!  "seabert the seal is on his way, seabert the seal is here to stay, whatever the case may be he'll win the victory, lets hear it for seabert.. HORRAY!!" (from memory ;))

[lars3939]

panda free zone!

[alegaleagle]

Brilliant!!! 100%, though Dustin sounds strange, not how i remember him!class act all the way.

[chocolatecauldrons]

Oh my God...it's like going back in time! I even remember that set. Podge came in though the window and broke Ray's clock and Zig got the blame!!

Do you have any of the Christmas episode? You're such a legend for uploading this!!

[bmcc123]

his PIERRE DU PLONK CLOCK !

[chocolatecauldrons]

Yeah!!! And that year a load of parents wrote in to complain about Podge because he was giving all the children nightmares. :O

I felt so bad for Zig. I think I was going to write a letter. :P

[emptyst202]

i wrote a letter but it never got sent:D

[EndaMcGlynn]

Batman AND Fresh Prince :D

[covmeister]

hahahhaha

COZ ITS SEXIST

[covmeister]

nostalgia city , pupulation - ME!

[darkfaceintheclouds]

i miss the old den with zig and zag and when dustin and socky were together and the young podge and rodge and ZUPPY!!

[Mick342]

Park Benches Are Very Difficult To Find On Zog.....Class

[bonoman1982]

Hhahahahahah the giraffe joke is hilarious!

EEEHM EHHM THERE WAS EHM THIS GIRAFFE EHHM EHHM HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Good days.