When I worked at Guitar Center (Pro Audio Mgr), one day I was in the Operations office killing time until I could clock in. Sitting there I saw a guiro percussion piece on the desk. The guiro had 2 holes that looked like eyes & I thought it would look interesting as a face. I grabbed a piece of paper & drew a mouth & then put a rubber bumper for a nose. Oh wait! here it is…
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So I did that & then clocked in. Several days later it was still like that. Several weeks later, still like that. Several years later… yep! Still like that. At some point shortly after I did that the Ops Manager zeroed it out of inventory & it kind of became an unofficial mascot. That manager was one of the best people I have ever had the pleasure of working with.
He said that EVERY time he saw the thing, it simply made him smile. He understood the value in that & since it had sat unsold for far too long as a guiro, when it came time to discount it he made it a store expenditure. Most of the time it sat in his office in front of a dry erase board that he would draw a word bubble with a message on, making it look like it was saying it. Every so often he would put it on a mic stand by the time clock with some message that he needed everyone to see. It was at that GC for close to 7 years & then went with that Manager when he changed stores.
So that is pretty much what inspired it, which also kind of answers the question of WHAT it is. As for what it actually is, you are correct. It is a mudhorn egg that I gave a goofy face. I didn’t have any direct inspiration for the face, although I would say the Muppets, & HR Puffinstuff had some influence (the latter resembling Grimace). I had Sooooo many mudhorn eggs from all of the Off world Jawas I got that I wanted to use them for something. I did one with a straw sticking out that I used in the early shots, & I cut 1 in half & scooped out the insides to make something to be used in the future. I made 2 with the goofy face & on 1 of them tapped out a neck post hole so it could be a head for something. So don’t be surprised when Eggnoggin shows up in one of my setups.
I am somewhat surprised eggy wasn’t noticed sooner as he was in the first shots of the shop. He did become more noticeable in the later shots though.
(There's so many opportunities here people......)
