Mulray was well-known for his bawdy humor and charismatic larrikinism, with his style of free quips, parodies, and "unbridled naughtiness".
[3] In the late 1970s, he started a permanent job in Sydney with the newly formed Australian Broadcasting Corporation's alternative rock station 2JJ, in what would evolve in Triple J, where he built up a sizeable following.
He was known for his fictional characters, including Madam Zenda, who made outlandish comedic predictions about the future; Jack Africa, a man permanently paranoid who was convinced that chooks were out to get him; the Prime Mincer, a parody of the then Australian PM Bob Hawke; and Gloria, who was based on rival broadcaster Alan Jones.
[7] Mulray, however, would later return to Nine in 2002 to be a part of the special "Brian Henderson Toasted and Roasted" (even adding a subtle joke about his ban while Packer was in the audience), and also as judge on the 2005 series StarStruck.
On Full Frontal, this was parodied with a skit of Mulray hosting a lottery draw, making sexual remarks as the balls drop.
[11] In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Doug was part of the Channel Seven Australian Touring Car Championship and Bathurst 1000 commentary team headed up by Mike Raymond and Neil Crompton until Seven lost the rights in 1997.