''The Eggs'' is a children's

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television program that broadcast on the

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on July 16, 2004 to May 15, 2009. There are 52 episodes of 12 minutes duration. Two episodes were usually screened together in a half hour timeslot. The Eggs was produced by Tony Byrne and Brendan Byrne (not related).

Series synopsis

The Eggs follows the colourful adventures of the four

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egg college graduates as they continue their mission through the Looneyverse to search out valuable new sounds for their music-loving home planet of Kazoo. On their travels, they visit many unique and strange different planets each with their own music and sounds.

Characters

Main

*Benedict (voiced by Mike O'Reilly (speaking); John Koensgen (singing)) *Yolky (voiced by Kate Hurman (speaking);

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(singing)) *Scramble (voiced by Terrence Scammell) *Sunnyside (voiced by

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Recurring

*Shelly (voiced by

) *Min (voiced by Kate Hurman) *Eggor (voiced by Rick Jones) *The Worms **Eeny (voiced by Terrence Scammell) **Meeny (voiced by Rick Jones) **Miney (voiced by Mike O'Reilly) **Fred (voiced by Terrence Scammell)

Voice Cast

Main

* Mike O'Reilly - Benedict (speaking), Miney * John Koensgen - Benedict (singing) * Kate Hurman - Yolky (speaking), Min *

- Yolky (singing) * Terrence Scammell - Scramble, Eeny, Fred *

- Sunnyside, Shelly * Rick Jones - Eggor, Meeny

Additional Voices

* Pierre Brault * Kate Hurman * Rick Jones *

* John Koensgen * Nancy Neilson * Mike O'Reilly * Terrence Scammell * Ross Wilson

Episode List

*The Beginning (airdate: July 16, 2004) *One at a Time (airdate: July 23, 2004) *The Worms of Ineptune (airdate: July 30, 2004) *Planet Jollywood (airdate: August 6, 2004) *A Lullaby for Shelly (airdate: August 13, 2004) *The Dangerous Driver (airdate: August 20, 2004) *Where's Shelly? (airdate: August 28, 2004) *There's Shelly (airdate: September 3, 2004) *Choog (airdate: September 10, 2004) *A Hairy Adventure (airdate: September 17, 2004) *A Hair Raising Tale (airdate: September 24, 2004) *The Ogre's Nose (airdate: October 1, 2004) *Yolky Saves the Day (airdate: October 8, 2004) *The Bloogles (airdate: October 15, 2004) *Peanut Surprise (airdate: October 22, 2004) *The Stringiest Bean (airdate: October 29, 2004) *Gulpy Wulpy (airdate: November 5, 2004) *Rubbish Shoot (airdate: November 12, 2004) *Sunnyside Up (airdate: November 26, 2004) *Which Came First (airdate: December 3, 2004) *The Black Hole (airdate: December 10, 2004) *Doh Rey Me (airdate: December 17, 2004) *The Missing Egg (airdate: December 24, 2004) *Growth Sprout (airdate: December 31, 2004) *Tune Up (airdate: December 31, 2004) *Counting the Beat (airdate: December 31, 2004) *Double Yolkers (airdate: January 7, 2005) *Cinderbot (airdate: January 14, 2005) *Message in a Bottle (airdate: January 21, 2005) *Music Trap (airdate: January 28, 2005) *The Big Freeze (airdate: February 4, 2005) *Too Much of a Good Thing (airdate: February 11, 2005) *Now You See Her (airdate: February 18, 2005) *Pet Show (airdate: February 25, 2005) *The Bubatuba (airdate: March 4, 2005) *The Silent Shell (airdate: March 11, 2005) *The Flying Pan (airdate: March 25, 2005) *The March of Ides (airdate: April 1, 2005) *Crosswinds (airdate: April 8, 2005) *Treasure Island (airdate: April 15, 2005) *Water Music (airdate: April 22, 2005) *Top of the Pops (airdate: April 29, 2005) *The Dance Craze (airdate: May 6, 2005) *Lost in Space (airdate: May 13, 2005) *Copy Cat (airdate: May 20, 2005) *Country Music Blues (airdate: May 28, 2005) *Plunka (airdate: June 3, 2005) *A Visit to Oogy (airdate: June 10, 2005) *Don't Go Home (airdate: June 24, 2005) *Return to Monotogmous (airdate: July 1, 2005) *The Deserter (airdate: July 8, 2005) *Homecoming (airdate: October 7, 2005)

References

External links

* 2000s Australian animated television series 2004 Australian television series debuts 2005 Australian television series endings 2000s Canadian animated television series 2004 Canadian television series debuts 2005 Canadian television series endings Australian children's animated adventure television series Canadian children's animated adventure television series Nine Network original programming {{Australia-tv-prog-stub