Palin Peeps Show? (Updated With Photo!)
~~Peep hunting from a helicopter. The "not quite ready for prime time" diorama entry from Hannah Voorhees and Sandeep Jani of Eagle River, Alaska. Mudflats gives it honorary first place!
Regardless of how divisive politics can get, there’s another issue in America that sees its people sharply divided, and unwilling to try to understand the opposite point of view. And it always rears it’s ugly, sugar-coated head right around this time of year.
I refer to ….. the peep. Yes, that little 98% sugar, 2% artificial color treat that adorns Easter baskets across the land. You either love them or you hate them. You were either the kid that left them in the basket until they were petrified (usually about 3 days) and then tossed them in the garbage can, or your’e the kind that still, as an adult, slips a box into the shopping cart hoping nobody will realize they’re for you.
But here’s a feel-good event that might serve to bridge the gap between those who peep and those who do not. It’s the Washington Post’s Annual Peeps Diorama Contest. This year’s competition had over 1100 entries. No worries about the art going bad. The half-life of a peep is reported to be about a half billion years. So, yes, it’s great news that even peep-haters have gained new respect for the little creatures, and peep-eaters realize that their most noble purpose may not be sending your pancreas into spasms of insulin overdrive. So, it’s nice that we’re all singing kumbaya on the issue of peeps, but what does this have to do with Alaska politics? Let’s ask Dan Zak of the Washington Post talking about the finalists.
Shockingly, we had less than 10 dioramas depicting Sarah Palin — one had her shooting chicks from a helicopter, one had her slaughtering a Thanksgiving turkey. If those dioramas had been a little more put-together, they surely would’ve gotten through.
Yes, sadly not one Palin-peep made it to the finals. But you heard the man. It wasn’t because of the theme, it was just the execution (begs pardon for the turkey pun). So, start planning your diorama now. I have a feeling Palin may win it next year.
Meanwhile, enjoy the top 40 entries HERE, featuring Edward Hopper Night Peeps, Mrs. Peepcock in the Conservatory with the Revolver, Aretha Franklin’s Inaugural Hat Peep, Bernard Peepoff, and the Octo-Peep.
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Peeps!!!
Wow AKM , did you eat some peeps ?? You are dishin’ it out today !! Love it !!
I love me some Peeps, and some dioramas of Peeps. Can’t eat them if they aren’t perfectly fresh, tho.
GGGOOOOOOOOO Peeps!!!
LOL Ripley…
I am the opposite EWWWWWWWWW Peeps and then to make it worse add SP double EWWWWWWWWWW
I loved the Dexter Diorama
…I was the kid who would save the peeps, let them harden, then I had pets for my Barbie dolls…until my mom found them and quietly threw them away…
*hangs head in shame*
lol, that is the saddest looking peep I’ve seen in a long time.
In my house the half life of a peep is about 30 seconds.
Yes, I eat them. In fact, I like to slit the package and then wait a few days until they’re stale. Then eat them.
The winner was great, but no way I believe they put 90 hours into that.
Ahhh peeps…. I cannot tolerate the marshmallow freakishly colored abominations! I love to go to the websites that did *things* to and with peeps. My son and I have a rather unpleasant neighbor and we are going to buy a bunch of half priced Peeps and stage a peep attack on his yard and truck late one night. all that neon dye getting rained on and spreading on his grass..gives me endless amusement just thinking about it, forget eggs and TP.. GO PEEPS!!!!!!!!!
How funny that there were so many poorly executed ones about SPee. Strangely appropriate, given her track record! All that executive experience she has, you know…she is a comedic gold mine.
Fun with Peeps!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I18FIrE5xfk
The Hooper “nightpeeps” was just as spooky and creepy as the original!!!
Here’s some food for thought…..
http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/
OT:
From Newsminer.com
•Gov. Sarah Palin committed a “terrible breach of respect” to the Legislature by yelling at the staff of the House speaker, Mike and Tim Bradner report in their latest newsletter.
The Bradners’ Legislative Digest reports that Palin was upset about an aide to House Speaker Mike Chenault who printed details on her scheduled trip back East for 36 hours during the final days of the Legislature. She “forcefully” scolded the aide, the newsletter says.
“This lack of decorum has never happened before,” say the Bradners, who have been tracking legislative matters longer than anyone in Alaska.
Reposting as this is slightly more OT here:
I was taking a trip down memory lane yesterday and replayed the turkey pardoning video on ADN. After Palin is asked what she is grateful for, she launches into the phoney family bit… Around 1:45 to 1:49 she tilts her head to the side and makes a weird snarky comment. So obviously insincere. What does anyone make of that?
@BPOINT, to your interesting info…It’s yet ANOTHER recent instance of Palin exhibiting signs of mental health distress in public, IMHO.
Two-ish years ago, in South Carolina, I walked through the traveling Peeps Diorama Bus. They had a diorama for every major holiday, and and their theme was “not just for Easter”. They have big ambitions, those Peepsters.
I was not surprised to see so many dioramas have a political or cultural theme. When most of the media drops the ball, so to speak, it is up to artists and citizens to speak truth to power.
I don’t think I could have gotten through the Bush years without Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show.
yeah, the Dexter peep was funny and immediately recognizable. Geez, what does that say about me???? bwahahahaha. There was also one of Cheney with his hunting buddy. . . that was pretty funny.
I love sugar – I put it in my tea and I love chocolate. But not peeps. They’re too much, even for me. So seeing them in dioramas is about their only useful purpose, as far as I’m concerned.
Too bad the SP ones didn’t make it through – it would have given us more entertainment watching the guv self-destruct, I’m sure. As much as she’d like to present that “I’m a tough cookie” image, she’s really not. And I’m all for watching her crumble. But I’ll need more tea.
http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/04/sarah-palins-new-disaster.html
If you haven’t already seen this, it’s worth a good long look. W.A.R. is toast… hopefully.
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Hi all!
Mmmmmm, just had a Peep for lunch dessert…(hadn’t hardened enough yet though…
).
Peepless in Seattle.
I once was a Peeps person but no more. Sugar high became too much for me to tolerate. I do like looking at them tho’ and once saw and 18 wheeler drive by with the Peep logo on the side of the truck! Now THAT was cool! Also saw an ad by Lenox china for salt and peeper (haha) shakers ( shaped like the pink bunny peep and the yellow chick peep). They were “super cute” but not something I could justify dishing out 30 bucks for…maybe next year. Alas, no Peeps adorned our baskets this year. In 2 days, the an army of rejected peeps will find their way to my office for any sugar addicst to indulge in…not me. Jelly (not lima) beans are my choice of sugar this time o’ year!
I love the Peeps contest. One day I am going to do one.
I loved the Miracle on the Hudson.
Thank you so much, I have never heard of this before. It is great, they are so cute, now I have to read to see all the details. Such as prizes, are they sent in for the contest or are they photo’s of their exhibits? To my surprise one of the exhibits is from my town, too funny. I think the one I liked best was the Roller Peeps, it showed lots of imagination..
13 BPOINT Says:
April 13th, 2009 at 12:33 PM
OT:
From Newsminer.com
•Gov. Sarah Palin committed a “terrible breach of respect” to the Legislature by yelling at the staff of the House speaker, Mike and Tim Bradner report in their latest newsletter.
I went lurking at c4p . GINO is throwing Rep Jay Ramras under the bus BIG time , calling him a hypocrite & that the democratic party is whining that she is taking a 36 hr vacation so she can do charity work etc. The Whole article is soooo full of crap
(*waves at GottaLaff*)
It’s always fun when the Carnival comes to town!
@C.Rock, #25. C4pee(ps) is like an Internet high school fan club for “Brangelina” or “The Hills.” Their comments are about on that level: “Isn’t she pretty?” “What was she wearing?” “H8terz!”
All this peep talk reminded me of ‘The Brotherhood 2.0′ Videos. Did anyone else ever watch them? I spent an entire year (2007) addicted to them. Briefly two (20-something) brothers spent a year communicating daily by videoblogs (not emailing, texting or phoning). One of the brothers (John Breene) is an awarding winning author of young people’s books and the other (Hank Greene) is a committed environomentalist (ecogeek.com).
The brothers would give ‘punishments’ to each other if they broke the (communication) rules. One of the punishments if I recall was one brother (Hank) had to purchase 100 peeps, eat as many as he could in 6 minutes while discussing the situation in Rwanda. He then had give the rest of them away to people on the street. I think he ate about 12 of them. One alarming, hilarious and strange fact he brought up in the video is that 4 Bunny Peeps are 31 grams and contain 33 grams of carbohydrates. IOW, bunny peeps contain more sugar than bunny!
If you have never watched a Brotherhood 2.0 video, I recommend them. But I warn you they are addicting – kind of like peeps
Here is a link to the Peeps punishment…
Oops – here is the link…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptjMRDUX744
Should I be glad or sad this passed me by growing up in Europe? I easily get addicted, so I opt for glad.
I don’t like Peeps myself…but I’m glad someone can put them to good use.
How uniquely clever and imaginative! …some are sicker than others, but so creative. Who’d a thunk it?
Maybe palin can be kneaded and positioned like a peep. Again, at least that would put her to good use! …(mumbling under breath) lyin’ piece of waste that she is. oops, this was suppose to be about peeps.
Loving the peeps stories! Personally I can’t stand to eat them.
Sunshine1970 – Hold your head high! My sister and I did the same thing except for after they had dried up enough we cut them up like mini roast chicken and fed them to baby sis. Boy did we get in trouble the year we got busted!
She is 45 now and still eats them VERY stale. Hee-hee (o:
mlaiuppa, moose pucky also prefers peeps on the chewy side.
Alaska House voted 40-0 to take the stimulus money.
Palin has voted to leave town this week.
The trick is to let them get stale. Increases the fiber content!
I loved the slide show!
Yes votes now at 64% on Juneau Empire’s new poll:
Should Senate Democrats continue to reject Gov. Sarah Palin’s appointments to the Juneau seat until she sends forward one of the four names recommended by the local Democratic party?
Keep ‘em coming.
http://www.juneauempire.com/
The Queen wanted fame and international recognition.
Now she has it.
A real feather in her cap.
But she’s made the mistake of counting eggs before they were in her basket.
Grifters like to feather their nest.
The sky is falling, The sky is falling. No Sarah that’s Mt Recoubt.
More later?
http://tizona.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/ultimate_peep_show.jpg this is my favorite peep show. =)
lettersfromeurope – I would be glad to have never tasted a peep in my life (o:
Wish I would have made a Palin peeps diorama. Miniatures are my passion and I’ve done a few in my time.
My Granddaughter made an awesome diorama for school about the Ojibwa Tribe. Mini doeskin on stretching rack, birchbark canoe and much more. All genuine materials with only guidance from Papa and I. Oops didn’t mean to go on so long!
Unmitigated Gall.
andrewhalcro.com/
Great article and wonderfully researched.
I think even the republicans are getting sick of sp.
Peeps are amazing the way they inspire such creativity. http://www.peepsshow.com/
“Yes, sadly not one Palin-peep made it to the finals.”
Par for the course.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peeps,
How many pickled peeps did Peter Piper pick?
(Couldn’t get that out of my head….now, you won’t either.)
The peep show one came from the Pioneer Press (local paper) contest. This year, however, they did not post pictures online. Why? Probably monetary constraints. This is the sixth year they’ve held them.
I didn’t see the Dick Cheney one when I browsed the WaPo entries before. Now, I will have to look again. The Hopper one wasn’t my favorite, but I usually don’t like the winners of contests much (except, the important November contest. I like that winner just fine).
I don’t like peeps. Never had, probably never will.
Greytdog, where is the Dick Cheney one? I can’t find it!
@lettersfromeurope
Be glad, they can be addictive. When our daughter was an exchange student in Denmark, she stayed with a family that had a son who had been an exchange student in the US the prior year. When we went over to visit her in the Spring, we asked her if we should bring anything along. The son wanted us to bring peeps.
Never heard of a peep before, the diorama scenes are fun though.
This is OT and you may or may not be interested, but it made me choke up, and it has apparently gone viral since it aired on Sat night. Think of it as a mental health break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
Yeah, that Susan Boyle lady has got IT! I don’t even particularly like the style of song she picked, but she nailed it, alright.
Peeps make me sick just looking at them, which is exactly how I feel about Sarah Palin.
31 Lainey Says:
I don’t like Peeps myself…but I’m glad someone can put
Maybe palin can be kneaded and positioned like a peep. Again, at least that would put her to good use! …(mumbling under breath) lyin’ piece of waste that she is. oops, this was suppose to be about peeps.
She kinka like an overdose of empty calories though.
OT – Sorry
I saw this post from BPOINT, but can’t find this story at newsminer.com:
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From Newsminer.com
•Gov. Sarah Palin committed a “terrible breach of respect” to the Legislature by yelling at the staff of the House speaker, Mike and Tim Bradner report in their latest newsletter.
The Bradners’ Legislative Digest reports that Palin was upset about an aide to House Speaker Mike Chenault who printed details on her scheduled trip back East for 36 hours during the final days of the Legislature. She “forcefully” scolded the aide, the newsletter says.
“This lack of decorum has never happened before,” say the Bradners, who have been tracking legislative matters longer than anyone in Alaska.
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Cany anyone link it please?
Thanks and I HATE Peeps – They rate right up there with candy corn – yuck!!
33 Moose Pucky Says:
Alaska House voted 40-0 to take the stimulus money.
Oh Excellent.
Round one to Leg for getting her to sign by the due by date.
Round two to House.
Rouund Three ??
I like my Peeps a bit stale
But this year -
hubby ate them before they got stale
Sad state of affairs when the Annual Peeps Contest has a more thorough vetting process than the Republican Campaign for VP….
UK Lady,
Susan Boyle has an amazing voice….thanks for posting that!!!
New Thread alert!
UK Lady,
That was wonderful!!!
I know this is off topic, BUT….I sure do hope we will see some Impeach Palin signs tomorrow at the demonstration at the Capital Building. Let’s just get this ball rolling! I will put one up in my yard, if you put one up in your yard? Any takers?
I’m sorry for being off topic but Obama needs a little love.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29493093/
@Terise–the Bradners’ Legislative Digest is a subscription only publication, so there’s no link available to the article. Here’s a link to the website though: http://www.alaskajournal.com/bradners
If you want to put a sign saying “Impeach Palin” in your yard, then by all means, put one there. palin or her royal subjects can’t do a damn thing about it! (except send their thugs around ripping them down)…and until she secedes your state and makes it her monarch, it’s still the United States of America. It’s everybody’s right to express themselves and God knows she’s earned this one!
My ex and his brother used to hold Peep Fencing Matches:
Take two Peeps, stick a toothpick in the right side of each one, place facing each other– but not touching– on a plate, microwave on high. First Peep to poke the other wins!
Eating of the hot, melty Peeps optional.
I bought Peeps for my Husband over three weeks ago and hid them from him until Easter. I am still not sure where I hid them!
I bet they will be tasty (NOT) when I find them in six months!!
Hannah Voorhees and Sandeep Jani of Eagle River, Alaska get MAD PROPS from me!
Impeachment is up to the Legislature. Recall is up to US! Forget that impeach crap, lets get a recall going!
Dan Zack should learn the difference between ‘less’ and ‘fewer’ if he’s going to write professionally.
love the glasses on the killer peep, I mean governor peeplin
empish – yes!!! One by one it all adds up! Please, somebody start the process! Start with family and friends, person to person , village to village, town to town, city to city, it starts small and grows. Connect with each other and you will make an impact. I wish I could sign a petition for Palin’s recall along with 99.9% of people I know. The majority of the country supports the true values of the people of Alaska from what I hear.
BTW – AKM thanks for the peeps update. Ack! I left this comment sitting forever
I watched the video of Susan Boyle on Yahoo but it did not show all this U-Tube one did. I love peeps,jelly bans and Acorns too.This year because my daughter and family are out of town for a week ,No easter candy.Now You guys made me hungry for them maybe it is time to get out of the hose and see if there are any left. I was going to say about Susan maybe now people will look at whats inside and look at the whole package not just the outside after all the old saying that beauty is only skid deep is very true
Peeps… made by Just Born, Inc., in Bethlehem… therefore, very apropos to Palin.
I think Sarah Peeplin shooting the creature peeps from a helicopter could have easily been in the top forty! Love it.
P.S. I finally caved and watched the Susan Boyle video. It amazes me that people are amazed she can sing. I mean, I have read the comments, and I know people don’t think she’s attractive, but singing (as with many talents) is not predicated on looks. Besides, I think she’s rather pleasant-looking myself.
She is the anti-Palin. She may not have the most appealing package, but she packs a wallop on the inside.
The Susan Boyle youtube was indeed a mental health break.
Thanks other ‘flatter!
AKM, I know many readers want you to stick to political blogging, but I love your perceptive take on human nature: it’s true that the candy-eating population is sharply divided on the issue of Peeps. I love ‘em – the colors (yellow’s a classic, but that vivid blood red that’s been introduced recently is fantastic, and the turquoise blue gets points for the way it defies any color occurring in nature,) the shapes (the chicks are cuter than the bunnies,) and the way they swell to many times their original size when placed in the microwave for a few seconds (WATCH THEM CAREFULLY – more than a few seconds and they’ll explode all over the inside of the applicance. You can remove the goo with a paste made of baking soda a water, but please, don’t subject yourself to that, or deny yourself the pleasure of eating the hot, squishy micro-toasted Peep, which is even better if you place it on top of a small chocolate egg to “hatch” as it cooks.)
@Terise–turns out the Bradners have let Andrew Halcrow post the newsletter on his blog. Check it out there (see AKM’s link to his blog up there on the right under the Alaskan Blogs section).
Hope by this time next year Palin’s 15 minutes will finally be up and we will be on to new topics for peep dioramas.
Frankly, I think they lost out due to their graphic content.