#6: The Peeps

LIVE NUDE GIRLS 25¢.

Peep Shows were a phenomenon as common to Times Square as slot machines to Las Vegas. Live Nude Girls became the neon community catchphrase. We visit Roger K as he creates the technology in his private laboratory at Show World.

: Roger K’s peep electronics lab was upstairs, at 8th Ave. & 42nd St., in 1984. (photo by Jeff Goodman, for Tales of Times Square)

: panels from early comix by Josh and Drew Friedman

: A peep show dancer’s view, if you were to shine a light. (panels from early comix by Josh and Drew Friedman)

: Coin of the Realm: Live Nude Currency at many emporiums throughout the Square.