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- ↑ Matthew Hays, "Quebec comics star in Peepers". Playback , November 25, 2008.
- ↑ Warren Clements, "Turning the binoculars on the peeping Toms". The Globe and Mail , November 3, 2011.
- ↑ Brendan Kelly, "Two Montreal films, Peepers and Good Neighbours, lead the race for the Canadian Comedy Awards". Montreal Gazette , June 10, 2011.
