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Hi Dave - I love your website. The Peeps are awesome! I haven't smiled this much in a long time.
I have always loved Peeps and they keep the kid inside me going for sure. Have you ever thought of doing
Aerosmith Wings in Peeps? (just a thought ) Hey, where are the interactive games? I want to build my own Peep!!
Connie (23-Mar-05) |
David, Your Peepsshow website was listed as a recommended site in our newspaper. I just checked in out and I'm totally
floored by your work. You're brilliant. We share a common thread in some of our works such as the shrine and the wedding
couple but I work in found objects from the street. I've been lazy and uninspired to do any work for some time now but
after looking at your pieces I feel a need and desire to get my head back into the work mode. Thanks for your great insight
in using what surrounds us in daily life to create thought provoking, fun, & visually inspiring pieces.
Best regards,
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I just gotta say that this is one cool site! I have loved peeps since a was a little kid. My favorite are the
chicks (any color). But regardless of what kind of peep I am eating, I like to bite off the eyeballs first. They
are kind of hard and I have no idea what they are made of, but it is a great feeling to bite them off. Also, my favorite
beverage with peeps is Guinness. The Guinness really balances out the sweetness of the peep. Thanks for the fun!
- Cheryl (22-Mar-05) |
Hi, thank you so much for sharing your art with the world! People think I am crazy because I save recycleables and make art
from it. Seriously, I stock up on Peeps to send to my son who is serving in the military. He dearly loves them and I can
not see him going without while in Iraq. Again, thanks for being you! Long live Peeps!
- Sue (21-Mar-05) |
I am so happy to see your web site. Before reading about you in our local paper, I had a little embarrassment in me when
I would go to the store to buy up boxes and boxes of peeps. I would go through the checkout and put them on the checkout
belt and look around me to see if anyone was watching me buying all these peeps. I just love them, especially when they are stale.
I have tried to figure out ways to make the staling process speed up, but they end up getting eaten before the process is over. I am
glad to see I'm not the only peep fan. Thank you.
- Denise (20-Mar-05) |
I LOVE Peeps and always have. My first memory of Peeps dates back to Parkersburg, Iowa , age 4, when my father
(also a Peeps fan) brought home a new yellow candy called Peeps, as an Easter treat. I became an instant fan. I like
all Peeps, but I really love yellow chick Peeps. They always seem to taste the best. I like Peeps when they are just fresh
from the nursery and also when they are a just little stale. However, last night at the Copia Exhibition, I learned from the
artist that they are also good fluffed up in the microwave. Peeps have affected my life in that all of my family are chocolate lovers
and I am the only Peep lover. They all stick their noses up at me in disdain as they salivate over the chocolate box. However, this
works well as then I have the entire Peeps package to myself. Happy Birthday to Peeps!!!.
- Ellen (03-Sep-04) |
How have peeps affected my life? I figure you might be the only person outside of "those who were there" that might appreciate this.
About 12 years ago (okay, I was a lot younger - about 30) my husband and I had an "End of Winter" party at our house with a bunch of skier friends. Well, I had just discovered Lemon Drops (you know, shot of vodka then lick the sugar off your hand and bite into a lemon). We unfortunately started very early in the day and being the wonderful hostess that I was, I was doing Lemon Drops with everyone who stepped up to the plate. Somewhere around 8:00, we ran out of sugar. No problem! Someone had graciously brought a large box of Yellow Peeps to the party. The Lemon Drops continued with a new choreography. Shot of vodka, a little lemon, then bite the head off the Peeps! (remember, we had already been drinking for HOURS). Great Fun. Well, as you can guess, about an hour later things started to go south for me. I ended up becoming spectacularly ill and spending the night sleeping on the tile floor in the bathroom. The next morning I awoke to the hangover of my life. This has remained the worst drunk / hangover of my life (so far). Since there were many witnesses to my vodka / Peeps escapade, it was the group's consensus that my demise was not caused by the alcohol, it MUST HAVE BEEN A BAD PEEPS CHICK! Since then, right around Easter time (without fail), I start receiving boxes and boxes of Peeps in the mail from friends all over. I am inundated with Peeps. No expanation, no card, just lots and lots of Peeps. Last year, I even got a string of Peeps outdoor lights (like Christmas lights, but covered with the precious little yellow chicks). I am desperately tying to find out where I can get more lights! So, Peeps are now thoroughly engrained in my life. I had never even eaten one before that fateful night. - Robin (14-Mar-03) |
I love your site! Besides munching many of the little critters we love to play with them, and am sad to admit, torture them.
For the amusement of kids and adults we nuke them to watch them grow huge and them deflate. The hardened corpses make great
decorations. As far as eating, batches left open until stale are cherished. Your site is now on my favorites list.
- Jane (02-Mar-03) |
I love peeps and my favorite are the yellow ones. They're so bright and sunshine-y.
I love the sweet grittiness of their exterior combined with the gooey sweetness of their marshmallow inside.
This is what true love is all about. I love peeps!!!
- Yvette (13-Dec-02) |
As many people know, peeps should not be eaten right out of the box.
Rather, like a fine wine, they should be aged. The best thing to do is to
cut several slits in your package and wait about 2 -3 weeks until they
become semi-hard. This is when they are at their peak. Interestingly,
however, not all peeps age at the same rate. Now that peeps come in all
different holiday shapes and colors, I recently conducted an intensive,
year-long study to determine whether there was a difference in the rate of
aging. What I found may rock the peep world. The fastest aging peeps are
the Christmas cookie peeps, followed by the original yellow chick peeps.
Amazingly, the strawberry flavored red heart peeps available during the
Valentine's season simply DO NOT HARDEN even if left to sit on top of your
desk at work for several weeks. I hope that this scientific study will
contribute to the peep enjoyment of the many legions of peep-eaters out
there.
- Gina (09-Dec-02) |
how scary...really. thanks for helping me ignore my studies another 30 minutes. :)
- alicia (06-Mar-02) |
YOU ARE THE COOLEST MAN ALIVE! WE LOVE YOU!
the four of us (colon, tia, isaac, and allison) are sitting at school,
searching for fun food for a science project when we stumbled upon your
glorious web site. You are our new god. You are amaizing. Peepsshow.com
is the greatest site known to man. We love you!
- Colon, Tia, Isaac, and Allison (13-Dec-01) |
"Who eats circus peanuts?"
My mother did. She was always buying them when I was a kid. I didn't like them but would always eat one whenever she brought a bag home. I guess I thought - what? - the flavor had changed? I'd acquired a taste? I guess it was because that was the only candy in the house and kids will eat bad candy over no candy at all. Oh - except for those peanut butter things in orange and black wax paper that they have at Halloween. When a house was giving those out during trick or treat the word spread fast and no one went there. Sadly, the owners threw the candy in the freezer and gave it out the next year. Of course, we avoided them again but I fear that that only perpetuated the cycle. Those folks are still around and there's probably peanut butter thingys in their freezer right now, which will emerge from cryonic sleep next month and be unleashed on unsuspecting tykes. That actually doesn't bother me too much. If my niece is any indication, all of the little girls are dressing as Britney Spears this year. What better discouragement to slutty dressing than a sack full of peanut butter candy? Back at circus peanuts (sorry to digress): I used to work with a woman named Meg and we worked in an office that was freezing in the winter. As part of her combat gear against the cold, Meg wore her "circus peanuts", which were a pair of pale orange, waffle weave socks that were heavy, warm and - yes - looked exactly like circus peanuts on her feet. I wish I had a picture of them to show. Perhaps you could elevate them to art. Anyway, I hate circus peanuts and I really hate marshmallow peeps in any color. I'm glad you've found a way to recycle them and put them to use. Great page. Carry on. |
I *adore* your site, but must express regret that my faulty vision won't allow me
to experience the full Onslaught. I am legally blind in my left eye, so I have
no depth perception. Bleah!
- Amy, New York.NY (18-Apr-01) |
I am speechless! Absolutely wonderful. We actually have an ongoing
"Peep" gag in the office...you know the typical kidnapping, extortion,
mutilation thing to that poor marshmallow creature (we only pick on the
yellow ones)...we have even overnighted the poor victim Peep, going as
far as to let it commit "Peep-acide"...I had no idea that the subject of
our playful derision could be so cool up on canvas. Well done! As an
artist myself, I consider such careful and deliberate articulation to be
nothing short of sublime and inspired! And besides, Peeps taste
terrible truth be told, they were never well suited for human
consumption…but darn if you have not fed my soul with your Peep art!
Thanks! ;-)
- Pat Leonard (13-Apr-01) |
Hi there! I just checked out your site. You're work with the peeps is awesome.
Thanks for refreshing my sense of the absurd. Keep in Peepin'
- Katy (11-Apr-01) |
Several months ago, my friend Lisa and I discovered your site and immediately e-mailed
you about how much we ADORED it! Unfortunately, you chose to INSULT us by not including
our comments in your comments gallery! Shame, shame, shame!
- Sadly, *Matt and Lisa (25-May-00) |
Thank you for bringing peeps to the forefront of modern art and giving them
the publicity they so richly deserve!! I love Peeps, I love you!!
- Chuck (11-Apr-00) |
Love peeps, always have, always will. Friends buy me extra at Easter and I
keep them a while. Have a hard time eating only one. They are good stale as
Karen said. Just saw a piece about you on the news and a look at your
display. Only in America. Glad you are enjoying such a simple pleasure of
life and giving it back to us to enjoy for ourselves.
- Roz (11-Apr-00) |
Yikes! You have raised a humble subject to high art-status. I especially like the Peeps
in various settings, both cute and alarming. And best of all, I can get a splitting sugar
headache without having to take a single bite. Talk about the transcendence of art!
Yowee! Happy Easter.
- LK Hanson, Minneapolis.MN (10-Apr-00) |
Oh my, not since the Bonk Business website have I grinned so at the monitor.
(In case you missed them at the embassy last year, Bonk Business emerged from
the tragic collapse of the Finnish anchovy industry in 1883, and now exhibits
a grand line of fully-defunctioned machinery, as well as innovative anchovt
products.) Your Peeps are a flash of hope in the face of looming biotech
disaster -- Monsanto will never capture Peeps! And please note that this
high praise comes from an area artist who makes nice jewelry from rubber
lizards!
- Carry on -- Worth (10-Apr-00) |
You are my hero! Simply put. I've adored peeps ever since I was a kid. I would have pleasant dreams
involving peeps. It's been so long since I've even thought of them. Thanks for bringing back the
memories of their shmushy goodness. Keep it up, oh angel of technicolor.
- Hero Worship, Dave (07-Apr-00) |
THIS site is pure craziness! i love it!
- Elisa (19-Mar-00) |
I have just finished Peep-rusing your site, wonderful! And to those who expressed
negativity, sorry you never got an Easter basket. I'm 42 years old, live in a 2 person
household but have a second refridgerator so I have a safe place for all the Peeps I'm
given by family and friends. I host many celebrations during the year and we always include
a Peep dish. Every Easter, once the sun has set, we light a BBQ and pay homage to
the Peep. We share Peep stories, memories, and eat "Peepsmores", a personal favorite.
This dish is only eaten on Easter so we really look forward to it and noone leaves
without the mandatory stomache ache.
Peepsmores (ingredients):
My mouth is watering !! Glad Easter is right around the corner. - Ozgirl (17-Mar-00) |
Hey, I love your page because it is so insanely moronic (no offense!) that it
becomes insanely halarious! How can I copy one of the pictures to use on my
desktop? They are too cute not to use!!!! Thanks!
- GrooveGirl926 (16-Mar-00) |
Dude, I never thought anyone would ever come up with a site half as cool as
yours is. I have a firm belief that Peeps will one day rule the world. I
stock up on them for Easter so I have enough for the rest of the year. I am
addicted to them and proud to be. I've actually done some Peep art of my own
before I even found this page. Once I get my scanner up and running, I'll
send you some pictures. Once again, that is the coolest site on the web and
congratulations for maintaining it so well. LONG LIVE PEEPS!!!!!!!!
- Pooka (15-Mar-00) |
Thanks for the site!! Peeps have been an Easter tradition with my brorther and
I for our whole life!!! It's the candy that we love to hate. There are so
many other uses for them, which I think you have shown so beautifully. We
like to pull the heads off and mount them back on different colored peeps.
It's breathtaking.
- Tammy (10-Mar-00) |
This is definitely a bold and daring site. It ranges from
whimsical to poignant and moving to offensive. "All Cooped Up" is certainly the
highlight - the Peeps are confined, creating a sense of claustrophobia, and also
accessable/inaccessable behind the chicken wire. The viewer can see the Peeps, and
touch them through the chicken wire, yet is unable to fully apprehend them - a testament
to the unknowable qualities of Peeps.
The subtle jabs at bunny false "peeps" are amusing - arranged as a target, portrayed as "devils," depicted in garishly hideous neon colors - and of course, the artist coyly proclaims his mock "innocence" with the drab "Rainbow bunnies." Hilarious! Unfortunately, the "Star Spangled Peeps" installation is quite shocking. Bunnies and oddly colored chicks, arranged to resemble the American flag - the implication being, of course, that America has become a brazen display of falsehood. In my opinion, this is a rather shallow characterization, which fails to match the playful subtlety and poignancy of the other works. Overall, Ottogalli's work shows an impressive boldness, and occaisional genius - though it is somewhat scatterbrained. The artist seems unsure whether to joke around, make intensely meaningful statements about the nature of Peeps, or engage in crass political commentary. However, it could be said that this approach is part of the appeal. In the future, I hope to see more focus and restraint in Ottogalli's work - more serious work with true yellow chick Peeps, and less self-indulgence in banal politics or fiddling about with false "peeps." - Mr. Ban (01-Mar-00) |
Are your Peeps Art for sale? I may have to get one for my
brother. I sent him a few boxes for Easter once and he opened them up to dry out for a
while. His wife ate one and I thought he was going to divorce her! He said there was
nothing in their marriage vows about Peeps!
- Julie (Jan-00) |
We laughed, we cried, we wanted to eat some peeps!
Thanks for a great chuckle and memories of childhood and Easter with peeps!
- Carmen and Greg |
I am a big fan of Peeps and I loved your website.
I stumbled across it and was stuck in there for hours! My husband thought I
was crazy about peeps.....wait until he gets home and sees the peeps on the screensaver!!!!:]
Thanks for making my day......peeplover especially after the package has been open for a week or so and they are kind'a stale!
- Melissa |
I love peeps - the only real peep to me is a stale one.
I didn't believe anyone liked them stale but our crazy family does and I am relieved
to find others of like persuasion.
- Karen |
I thought my brother in law and I were the only two sickies when it comes to
peeps but I'm proud to say there are probably millions just like us. There is no better candy - hard or
soft and what a treat to look forward to. Keep up the good work.
- Jerilynn |
You have such an awesome site!! I heard about it in the bLink magazine
for earthlink members. Congratulations on getting the recognition you deserve. My whole life, I
have LOVED peeps and bunnies (of course), but recently, on a morning radio show, they were discussing peeps.
They were commenting on how "disgusting" they are and that they believed nobody even likes them anymore.
I found myself so baffled. How could someone NOT like these wonderful pieces of heaven??
Thanks again.
- Laura |
I LOVE PEEPS!!!!! I can't wait until Easter every year so that I can stock up on
these marshmallowy, sugary, melt in your mouth delights! I like to carefully bite off all of the sugar around
the outside edges of any type of peeps, although it still works best with the original peeps, then I bite off
their little heads and then pop the rest in my mouth. Yum Yum, I can eat the little darlings all day long.
I have been know to get an awfully "peepy" bellyache occasionally. Anyhow, just wanted to say THANKS for the
adorable "peep show." It is comforting to know I am not the only peepaholic out there, even if I am 44 going
on 10. Peep up the good work!
- Momcat |
That was soooo cute....You have no idea how many peeps I have gotten for
Easter since I was a kid. At one point, I asked my mother to tell the Easter Bunny that all I wanted
in my basket was peeps....
- Cynthia |
I thought the person that made refrigerator magnets that look like reindeer out of
pull tabs on beer cans had time on THEIR hands, but, I think you may have beat them. You seem to really have
time on your hands. But, at least, you are having fun. Keep it up.
- Jo Anne |
I love peeps....... buy them early and let them dry out.... love them crunchy hard
peeps that no one else eats..... whoo hoo....
- unsigned |
Hi! We just perused your peepsshow site. To say the least, it is quite
different!!! Our daughter got a real kick out of it(she's 44)(but acts like a spoiled brat most of
the time). We were totally amazed at the things you did with the chicks and bunnies.
Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Roy, Cindy and Ruthann |
I went to our website. You found a niche, explored all angles of it, and
ended up making incredible art. Kudos!
- JetserMat |
Good Lord! You call that crud art????!!!!!
A two year old could of composed one of youre so called "masterpieces"!
Be more inventive! Don't just place those in rows! Make Shapes!
Actual Pictures would be nice at least!! Nobody visits this site to
see Bi-colored bunny wallpaper! They most probably come here to laugh maniacally
at your vast insanity and addiction to preservatives!!! Please consider some
change in your "art."
- unsigned |
I love your Peep-site. I also love to eat Peeps, and have done so since
I was a kid. A friend of mine from college sends me Peeps in the mail ( in an envelope) every year
at Easter time. They arrive squashed flat and stale, just the way I like 'em. She's been doing that
for almost 25 years now. I have a pet sparrow named Peep (along with 2 parakeets named Kiwi and Lee Lee.)
Peep up the good work!
- Kiwibrdi |
I can hardly sleep at night with all the dreaming of peeps......might have
something to do with the sugar.
- Laura |
Your art speaks to me, but what does it say!?!
- Ian |
Just a word of caution to fellow peepaholics. Do not try to roast them and eat them.
My sad sad tale involves a molten hot peep burning the #$%&* out of me.
- Ed |
I never imagined that someone could like the delectable Peep more than
myself! I am not worthy!! Your artwork is entertaining and unbelievable!!
Congratulations on a job well done!!
- Lucy |
Hi! My friends and I are in my room right now, and I had just said..."You
know? Someone has too much time on their hands..." But when I thought about it a second later, I
realized that I, looking AT your page, also have too much time on my hands....and I wanted to tell
you that we got a great laugh out of your funny funny peep page. We actually now have a deep passion
to use peeps for our own use...you see, we go to a school where the letters to our college are up on
a big green hill. Now that Easter is over, the candy(especially the Peeps) will be on sale...so
we're gonna take a whole bunch of Peeps and cover the sign with them. =)
Thanks for being our inspiration. =)
Okay Captain Peep....take care!
- Guadalupe |
Holy cow! I wish I had thought of this first! If I ever get around to creating
an award at my web page, I guarantee you will win the first "way too much time on my hands" award.
Thanks for the giggles.
- Mary |
We love peeps. One of the advantages of being a Senior Citizen is that
my children are grown, living away, and again I can enjoy the stale peeps. What a JOY. Thank you for
recognizing a true American icon.
- Irene |
Peeps are awesome. We keep them in the cupboard above the stove. (they dry out quicker)
Peeps are best after 2-3 weeks after being opened.Thank you for an enjoyable and fun product!!
- Kevin |
Thank you for bringing a smile to my face this pre-Easter week. What a
neat way to celebrate Peeps, my favorites, for many, many years. Am almost 80 years young, and have been
enjoying them for eons. Appreciate the great idea on e-mail and wishing you continued success
for Peeps to live on forever.
- Gratefully, A Peeper Fan |
When I was a child I had to beat my father to my Easter basket or else
I would not have any. It was and still is my favorite holiday candy! It was real exciting waking up on
Easter mornng, my older sisters would make bunny prints out of paper leading from my bed to my easter basket
and the antisapation when I was arose was far greater than Christmas. Thank you for the candy and the
wonderful memories.
- Bethanie |
A friend (if you can call him that) recommended your site, didn't tell
me what it was, just gave me the address. I gotta tell you, I'm strangely fascinated...I never knew
there was so much potential for artistic expression in those little blobs of marshmallow...I like all
the blacklight colors, too, that's always a plus...
- unsigned |
Some months ago I bought some soda pop at a discount store--it was
called "Alien Ale" and the different flavors had florescent pigment mixed in--put the soda under a
blacklight and it would glow blue, or green...it frightened me, for a while, and then I drank the stuff.
Keep up the Good Work!
- Rodd |
My brother just introduced me to your web-site. I would just like to commend you
on your look into this artistic endenvour. i think that you rate right up there with a 90's version of
Andy Warhol.
- MJ |