The chocolate Easter bunny is still pretty much the chocolate Easter bunny. But not so for Peeps. I remember when they were one color, one species.
Maybe pink also, but most definitely not blue, orange, green and purple as they are today. And there were only the creatures that “peep,” you know, little chickies. No other sounds like rabbits and whatever else the Peeps factory is churning out. Probably even real human Peeps someday.
There’s even Peeps plush, Peeps apparel and all sorts of Peeps collectibles.
And can you believe it? There’s even a Peeps store.
If you want to find out where this is you’ll have to visit this blog, where I borrowed this photo from: http://hippwaters.wordpress.com/page/2/
I’d say Peeps are to Easter what Rudolph is to Christmas — not the main attraction (commercially speaking) but very, very important.
And the poor chocolate Easter bunny? Just the butt (no pun intended) of a joke.
Happy Easter!
PRODUCTION NOTES:
Programs: Photoshop (image retouching), InDesign (type and dingbats)
Font: Lithos
Images: Stock
Credits:
Peep Store photo:hippwaters.wordpress.com/page/2/
Cartoon images: pencilbugs.com
Easter Sunday used to be my best opportunity for throwing a magnificent, Oscar-worthy tantrum.
If I couldn’t find every single egg and fill my basket to overflowing I would scream and yell and cry until someone would sneak up behind me and magically fill it with eggs, jelly beans and of course Peeps.
Hope you have a very happy Easter. After all, I won’t be there to throw a tantrum and ruin it.
What a terrific post! Peeps and ampersands — it just doesn’t get any better. I had to come over from Susie’s party when I heard about this.
I say “Give Peeps a chance!” (from the million peeps march,
http://www.peepsshow.com/gallery/diorama/diorama.html )
This ‘Peep Show’ picture is a classic…
http://uploads.neatorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2347160738_80369de88a.jpg
I love this time of year, even more than Christmas! I love the Resurrection story and the assuring sacrifice of Jesus’ death for my sins! Love the (hopefully) warmer weather to come after a long, cold winter. Love the bunnies and chicks, too!
I’ve never been that much of a chocolate fan (save for Belgian truffles) but I LOVE Peeps! (Although they hurt my teeth now!) I had no idea how over-the-top the Peeps industry has become! Crazy!
And what a fun poster and a fun post!
I guess I went over the top with commercialism for my Easter post, didn’t I? Sorry, just can’t resist those cute little yellow things.
Funny, I don’t like chocolate either (as I’m eating a Hersheys bar because they were six for a buck).
Enjoy Easter Sunday immensely, and yes let’s hope it gets warmer for you.
I did not even know what a Peeps was until reading your article!
Then I’m glad I wrote it! You can’t go throughout life not knowing what a Peep is.
Love it!
You should add twitter and facebook shares!
Hmmm…I thought I did have those going out. I’m not the blogging guru that you are! BTW, I’ve got some people coming over to your place for your next Use Me Abuse Me party on — the 28th?
Thanks. I will. Although I’ll need to hire someone to do that for me. I just don’t have time, and besides I detest the dead blue background color of Facebook so I don’t like looking at Facebook pages.
You can have the peeps! Give me the chocolate bunny!
It’s all yours…I don’t like chocolate!
There’s also chocolate Peeps now too. Never tried them but they look and sound a little better than the pastel ones. Not quite so gaggy sweet. :)
Gaggy sweet? They’re delicious!
And have you seen the Peeps artist, David Ottogalli? He does some cool and funky stuff with Peeps. http://www.peepsshow.com/gallery/introduction/galleryintro.html
Thanks, Nancy. I’ve got to see David’s work. Kinda like Warhol and Campbell’s Soup?
Did you notice I pulled your original Easter cartoon for my article? I searched the web for that cartoon and yours had the best images (real chocolate bunnies, not drawn).
Happy Easter!