Crossword clues for peepshow
peepshow
- When there's nothing on to watch?
- Coin-operated entertainment
- Something to watch when there's nothing on?
- An exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass
- A short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth
- Midway lure
- Raree
- Voyeur's entertainment
- Short mildly erotic film seen from a coin-operated booth
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
alt. 1 An exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass. 2 A sexual or pornographic display through a small slot, generally equipped with a timer to automatically close the slot when payment has expired. n. 1 An exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass. 2 A sexual or pornographic display through a small slot, generally equipped with a timer to automatically close the slot when payment has expired.
WordNet
n. an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass [syn: raree-show]
a short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth
Wikipedia
Peepshow is the title of a 1992 comic book collection and an ongoing autobiographical comic book by American cartoonist Joe Matt, both published by Drawn and Quarterly. The book collects strips published in various publications from before the Peepshow series started.
Peepshow is the ninth studio album by the English band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in September 1988 on Polydor. It was their first record as a quintet. With the arrival of multi-instrumentalist Martin McCarrick, the group recorded a multifaceted album with a variety of influences. Including the singles " Peek-a-Boo" and " The Last Beat of My Heart", the record was a commercial success, peaking at No. 68 on the Billboard 200 chart in the week of 3 December 1988. It spent a total of 20 weeks on that chart.
Peepshow was widely acclaimed by critics. Praise centred around the unpredictability of the orchestrations and new nuances in Siouxsie's voice. This album was reissued in a remastered version with bonus tracks in October 2014.
Peepshow is a burlesque show created by Jerry Mitchell and the longest-running live show at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. The show ran from April 2009 to September 2013.
Celebrities who headlined the show include:
- Playboy Playmate and actress Kelly Monaco (AprilJune 2009)
- Singer and former Spice Girl Melanie Brown (AprilJune 2009)
- American Idol contestant and Broadway performer ( Tarzan) Josh Strickland (April 2009September 2013)
- Reality TV Personality Holly Madison (July 2009October 2012)
- Broadway singer ( Wicked) Shoshana Bean (JulySeptember 2009)
- Singer, dancer, and former member of Danity Kane Aubrey O'Day (OctoberDecember 2009)
- Singer, dancer and comedian Cheaza Figueroa (March 2010September 2013)
- Dancer Angel Porrino (October 2012December 2012)
- Model and reality television personality Coco Austin (December 2012September 2013)
The production premiered in April 2009, with Kelly Monaco and Melanie Brown as its initial headliners, and with a plan to replace both headliners every three months to keep the show fresh. Monaco performed the non-singing role of Bo Peep, with Brown portraying the singing Peep Diva. While the show does feature nudity, neither Monaco nor Brown appeared nude. Monaco performed in the production until her 3-month contract expired in June 2009. Although it was briefly rumored that Lindsay Lohan would replace her, the role of Bo Peep ultimately went to Holly Madison. Madison started with a three-month contract, but was so popular that she was renewed for another three months, and then assumed the role on a permanent basis.
Melanie Brown portrayed the role of Peep Diva from the opening of the show until her three-month contract expired in June 2009, when she was replaced by Shoshana Bean, who also had a three-month contract. In September 2009, it was announced that Bean would be replaced by former Danity Kane member Aubrey O'Day. Both Madison and O'Day, unlike their predecessors, performed topless in the show. Blogger Perez Hilton created a brief controversy when he posted unauthorized photos of O'Day's topless performance, criticizing both O'Day's performance and her physique.
The show closed briefly from JanuaryMarch 2010, while it was retooled. A new version of the production opened on March 1, 2010, with Holly Madison as the sole female celebrity lead performer as Bo Peep, along with American Idol alum Josh Strickland as the male lead (Strickland had been playing the role since the show started, but the role was expanded in retooling). The role of Peep Diva still existed in the show, but it was no longer reserved for celebrities, and was filled by singer Cheaza Figueroa (who had been the understudy in the role for all previous Peep Divas).
For one week from September 13 to 19, 2010, the role of Bo Peep was played by Angel Porrino, who gained celebrity as Madison's personal assistant on her reality TV series Holly's World. In October 2012, Madison left Peepshow because of her pregnancy, and Porrino once again stepped in as a temporary replacement (with a contract from October 22 to December 2).
On December 3, 2012, Coco Austin assumed the role of Bo Peep. She continued to play the role until the show's last performance on September 1, 2013.
Usage examples of "peepshow".
Amina's assiduity seeps into me, and more ominous things‑clattering footsteps, my mother's need to plead for money until the napkin in my father's lap began to quiver and make a little tent‑and the cremated ashes of Arjuna Indiabikes, and a peepshow into which Lifafa Das tried to put everything in the world, and rapscallions perpetrating outrages.
A Dilli‑dekho man with a peepshow machine, a mongoose‑and‑cobra trainer wearing a paper hat like a child's sailboat, a girl in a cinema box‑office who retains her nostalgia for her childhood as a sorcerer's apprentice… like fishermen, they point with fingers.
For a moment it was impossible to regard the bipeds as other than a peepshow, put on for the convenience and possible edification of Partussy's sons!
He felt like a man at a peepshow, or, worse, like a spectator at the scene of an accident.
It had been in Russell's adolescence that all the shops had begun installing peepshow booths, within which a man could see two minutes of grainy eight millimeter porn for a quarter.