dropped a coconut and pretended to crack the bridge, albeit accidentally. Zig and Zag also appeared on the annual HSV7 Good Friday Appeal, a telethon for Royal Children's Hospital, for more than forty years. In February 1999, Zig and Zag were named as Moomba Monarchs, a festival that they had been associated with for 44 years, but they were stood down before being crowned in March. Revelations of Perry's indecent assaults on his granddaughter, from his 1994 trial, were broadcast on current affairs show Today Tonight. Since the duo's act was always aimed at children, it was irreparably ruined, and after the scandal, McKenzie never spoke to Perry again. Members Doug McKenzie Douglas McKenzie (Zag) was born on 22 March 1918 in Gloucester, England. He later recalled that his father was "in heavy drama, graduated to producing, and finally wrote his own shows." His mother, Violet (née Viola Rene), was a soprano; the couple toured as a pantomime act and visited New Zealand before settling in Australia. McKenzie enlisted in the Australian Army on 12 July 1940 during World War II and, seven months after the fall of Singapore, became a prisoner of war at Changi. As a corporal, McKenzie, and another prisoner, Bill West, annually ran a mock version of the Melbourne Cup in the prison by using bull frogs. In 1942 his frog, Greenbottle, won the mock cup trophy: made of cardboard, which McKenzie cherished upon return to Australia in 1945 (see photo opposite). He was discharged on 17 January 1946. Whilst appearing on-air as Zag, he also produced many programs for HSV7, including Club 7, Hold Everything and Junior Jamboree. In 2002 McKenzie was the inaugural recipient of Variety's Heart of Show Business Award. Doug Christie, chairman of Variety, the children's charity, said that McKenzie was awarded for his long service to "Melbourne's entertainment industry and his commitment to children's charity". McKenzie died on 4 August 2004, aged 86. Jack Perry Jack Perry (Zig) was born on 31 December 1916 in London, England. During World War II he worked for Sutton Tool & Gauge, which was listed as "essential services" and so he did not enlist in the armed forces. After the war he turned to radio and, for 20 weeks, worked on 3UZ's Are You an Artist?. He later worked as an adult comedian at coffee lounges. By May 1958 he was married with three children.