Archie McPhee News Blog of Fun

Our Seattle store is open for curbside pickup and in-store shopping, but it has been hard to get the word out.  We're very excited that Seattle Met magazine has named Archie McPhee one the Top 20 Essential Seattle Shops. We're right there at the top alongside great businesses like Easy Street Records, Elliott Bay Book Company, and Scarecrow Video.  Here's what...

Long-time Archie fans will most likely know the rich history of the Wallingford Beast. If you have been to our physical store, you may have been privy to staff discussion about the complex relationships between the Beast and the other permanent residents of our Wallingford outpost: Captain Archie, The World's Largest Chicken and the Haunted Chicken.  If not, let's get...

Thank goodness it's fixed now, but, without letting us know, PayPal was blocking purchases of all our tardigrade products! In this episode, we're joined by Tim Ellis from GeekWire and Dispatches from the Multiverse to talk about how an arms dealer caused a tardigrade tragedy. Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play! Tim's GeekWire article The Vice article we mentioned The Tweet that started it all!...

In this episode of the Less Talk, More Monkey Podcast we're joined by Pat Cashman to discuss his excellent new podcast, Almost Live! Still Alive. Shana, Mark, and David talk with him about the rich history of the Seattle sketch show Almost Live!, Archie McPhee's history with the show, and his time as a horror movie host in Boise.  Listen...

I spent the weekend at a lake cabin with my family so I asked them to play The Fly Widow Game with me. While this is not technically a review, since I work for Archie McPhee, I thought I'd recreate how I explained and played the game with my family. So if you can imagine humanoid flies wearing Victorian-era outfits, then...

 We're back with a new Less Talk, More Monkey podcase! We talked about new products, replacement smiles, Jean-Claude Van Damme, the evolution of cockroaches, possums, tardigrade legs and much much more!

Rejoice Seattle! (At least the parts close to our store in Walingford.) Archie McPhee is doing deliveries on Fridays!  We are also open for in-store shopping and curbside pickup, but we realize that doesn't work for everyone. So, if you live near the store (see map below) and want your neighbors to be jealous when our sweet van pulls up to...

The Archie McPhee store in Seattle is open for business. That means you can go into the store and peruse the over 10,000 items we have in stock! All we ask is that you wear a mask and observe proper social distancing. If you prefer, you can also call (206) 297-0240 and place an order for curbside pickup.  Don't forget to tour the...

View this post on Instagram MUST. NOT. TOUCH. FACE. A post shared by “Weird Al” Yankovic (@alfredyankovic) on Mar 6, 2020 at 8:36pm PST   We love "Weird Al", so you can imagine how happy we were when he used Finger Hands to remind people not to touch their faces. You should follow him on social media and read Nathan Rabin's...

We're in quarantine! Just like most of the world, we're at home doing our part to make the world safer. We talk about what we've been up to, Shana's surgical mask, and watching pop culture respond to the situation. Here are a few links: Alton Brown's live cooking Ian Abramson SNL Conan uses a selfie-stick  The Beauty Hunters Jon Doe...