Jeepers, Creepers where'd you get those peepers?? At Roni-Sue's Chocolates, where else! Here's lookin' at you kid--but no tasting. . . these eye-popping Halloween treats are for adults only! Empty Valrhona Ivoire white chocolate shells reminded Roni-Sue of eyeballs, go figure! So she filled them with dark chocolate pomegranate ganache and a float of gelled pomegranate liqueur (jeepers they're good). They'll make for a bloody awesome Halloween! While supplies last!
The phrase and song further spread in popular imagination thanks to a 1939 cartoon starring Porky Pig who is investigating a haunted house. The cartoon, playing off the scary-sounding creepers, helped associate the expression with fear and horror, though often humorously so.
Jeepers creepers peaked in use around the late 1940s and early 1950s. Using it might sound old-timey or might allude to the popular song or classic Looney Tunes cartoons that feature the song or phrase.
On a more serious note, the 2017 premier of Jeepers Creepers 3 was met with protests because director Victor Salva, who also directed the first two films in the series, was convicted of sexually abusing a minor in 1988.
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