Who knows Ziggy?
By Toni
@toniganzon (75255)
Philippines
March 4, 2026 3:39am CST
I'm referring to that American cartoon character from a comic strip in the 70s.
I didn't read that comic strip. I couldn't even read when I first got a glimpse of Ziggy. Got a glimpse of Ziggy? From where?
In the early 80s, Tang came in a big glass jar and there was a free Ziggy finger puppet in it. I would dig the jar just to look for Ziggy and I would jump with glee each time I got a new one.
The fun thing was, there's always a new design each and every single time my mom and I would open a new jar.
When I checked google about it, it said the free Ziggy finger puppet was exclusively distributed only in the Philippines. Guess Ziggy got a huge fan base here then.
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@LindaOHio (217094)
• United States
4 Mar
I remember Ziggy very well. Your Ziggy puppets might be worth something now.
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@toniganzon (75255)
• Philippines
4 Mar
Yes, I saw some people selling them on Facebook. Unfortunately, my mother must have thrown away all our Ziggy collections.
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@toniganzon (75255)
• Philippines
5 Mar
@LindaOHio Yes, my mother has thrown or given away all our toys. I remember my sisters had a box full of paper dolls. When I was old enough to want to play with them, I couldn't find them anymore. My mom said she threw them away. So I bought my own paper dolls.
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@toniganzon (75255)
• Philippines
4 Mar
He must not have been popular in Australia.
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@toniganzon (75255)
• Philippines
5 Mar
@JudyEv It wasn't really on tv. It was a cartoon character in a comic strip.
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@JudyEv (375159)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Mar
@toniganzon It might have been once my boys were too old for cartoons and I just never saw it.
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@toniganzon (75255)
• Philippines
4 Mar
The only time I really saw Ziggy is in Tang. Don't remember seeing him in the papers I was reading later on. Guess he wasn't that popular in our generation anymore when I started school.
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@toniganzon (75255)
• Philippines
4 Mar
Ziggy is quite funny looking with a bald head and a huge nose.
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@pitsipeahie (5593)
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5 Mar
I know Ziggy. The character with an endless stream of misfortunes haha.. But he's cute.
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@toniganzon (75255)
• Philippines
4 Mar
Yeah, David Bowie but not the cartoon character Ziggy.
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@toniganzon (75255)
• Philippines
5 Mar
@mememine It wasn't in our local papers anymore when I started reading the news in the 90s. But it was during the early 80s.
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@mememine (23)
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5 Mar
@toniganzon I used to see your Ziggy in my local paper (back when we had a local paper and I used to read it but that was long ago)
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@toniganzon (75255)
• Philippines
4 Mar
Like I said, I never read the newspaper since ei was too young to even read so I have no idea.













