The Eggs (lost pilot of Australian-Canadian children's animated TV series; existence unconfirmed; 2000)
The soundtrack, supposedly containing pilot music.
Status: Existence Unconfirmed
The Eggs is an Australian-Canadian animated children's TV series created by Brendan Byrne and Tony Byrne for Nine Network. The series ran from 2004 to 2008 and gained a cult following. Xploshi, a YouTuber, helped the series get known by making memes about it and the characters, specifically Scramble. The series has been often criticized for poor animation styles and awful jokes and plots. The series revolves around 4 eggs named Benedict, Yolky, Scramble, and Sunnyside going on adventures from the planet Kazoo with their companion, Shelly. The whole series itself was also lost until Xploshi archived the whole series through Google Drive. The series was produced by Funbag Animation Studios (who at the time also animated other shows for Nine Network) and B&T Entertainment (founded by Brendan Byrne and Tony Byrne).
The Pilot
By many, it has been supposedly stated that a pilot was filmed for The Eggs back in 2000, being pitched to Nine Network. The pilot would've supposedly featured real actors in live uncanny-looking egg costumes, similar to Me and My Friends. The pilot also supposedly featured many more eggs and was apparently filmed and created by B&T Entertainment. The pilot was filmed in Collingwood Children's Farm. Many have criticized the style for being really creepy with the costumes that appeared on a soundtrack cover. The characters were Skegg, Florentine, Poach, Fried, Rotten, Googy, Gregg, Benedict, Scramble, and Sunnyside. Gregg, Benedict, Scramble, Sunnyside, Googy, and Rotten would be used in the pilot, but out of the 10, only Benedict, Yolky (which Googy was later adapted to), Scramble, and Sunnyside would actually be used in the final series.
Availability
No known footage or photos of the pilot have been found, and no one knows if a pilot actually existed or was filmed for the series in this form. All that's survived the test of time is an internal soundtrack and some art used for trademarking the series.[1] It has also been stated that the soundtrack went missing too, but was later found on August 1, 2022. So it is just speculation on what could be in this supposed pilot episode. If the pilot was produced, it would take quite a bit of searching to find it. If the pilot were to surface it would be if a creator was contacted about its existence.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack album for the pilot was made in 2001, but was cancelled and unreleased to the public.[2] However, DeltaHedron has the album, but won't share it due to unauthorized copying reasons. The soundtrack album contained 20 tracks.
- Yeah, Yeah We're The Eggs (1:03)
- Guess What (2:15)
- Groovy Googy (2:13)
- Friends Stick Together (1:58)
- Move with the Times (titled Move With Times in the album) (1:17)
- I Wear My Hat (1:37)
- Sheriff Gregg (2:54)
- Alphabet Song (1:39)
- It's Magic (2:20)
- Benedict's Song (titled Benedicts Song in the album) (1:56)
- Welcome to the Family (1:54)
- Get Myself a Grundle (1:59)
- The Eggmobile (titled The Egg Mobile in the album) (1:40)
- Rotten is My Name (1:56)
- Nigh, Nigh Time (1:41)
- Got to Eat Right (2:38)
- Go, Go Scramble (1:23)
- Big Fat Baboons (1:42)
- Closing Instrumental Theme (0:53)
- Make a Wish (2:26)
Most of the songs from the album were reworked into songs that would be used in the 2004 series including:
- Groovy Googy→Groovy Yolky (in the episode "Yolky Saves the Day")
- Friends Stick Together→Let's Sing Together (in the episode "One at a Time")
- Move with the Times→Groove with the Times (in the episode "Sunnyside Up")
- Sheriff Gregg→The Traffic Cop (in the episode "The Dangerous Driver")
- Alphabet Song→The Stringiest Bean (in the episode "The Stringiest Bean")
- Benedict's Song→Not So Bad (in the episode "A Visit to Oogy")
- Welcome to the Family→Back to Kazoo (in the episode "Counting the Beat")
- The Eggmobile→It's a Brand New Beginning (in the episode "The Beginning")
- Rotten is My Name→Scrambled was His Reputation (in the episode "Too Much of a Good Thing")
- Got to Eat Right→A Big Appetite (in the episode "Growth Spurt")
- Go, Go Scramble→That's Bloogle (in the episode "The Bloogles")
- Big Fat Baboons→Peanut (in the episode "Peanut Surprise")
- Closing Instrumental Theme→Space Race (in the episode "Which Came First")
Gallery
The art used for the trademark.
External Links
References
- ↑ Australia trademark website listing of The Eggs. Retrieved 20 Feb '22
- ↑ An article on The Age mentioning the soundtrack album for the pilot. Retrieved 27 Jun '23