Archie McPhee News Blog of Fun

Ever wonder what the creator of Archie McPhee finds interesting in Seattle? Well, Stacy Booth interviewed our own Mark Pahlow about just that! He reveals all. Talking about the best places to shop, eat and drink. Also, he describes his perfect day!  Start the morning with an enormous pot of coffee. Peet’s Major Dickason’s Blend. Work Twitter and Instagram and...

George Takei called us "brilliant" today on his Twitter account! That right, he saw Jim Zielinski's fantastic picture of a squirrel in our Horse Head Squirrel Feeder and declared us geniuses. We'd like to thank George, Brad and the entire Takei social media team for the compliment!  Click here to buy your own! Great for photo ops! (Obviously...)

Anthony Bourdain came to the Archie McPhee store in Wallingford to shop for weird stuff. He was amazingly nice and seemed to have a really good time. He even said we sold serial killer supplies! Click here to watch a clip of the episode, but if you can watch the whole thing you'll get tips from Dan'l and Fuzz between...

Our very own Shana Iverson was featured in the Seattle Times "Cool Jobs" column. Shana not only manages the Archie McPhee Seattle Store, she also directs the wholesale part of our business, Archie McPhee Wholesale.  Best part of the job? I have a passion for our sassy products, customers and the people I work with. We share a strange vision...

The wonderful folks at Wired dropped by the Archie McPhee store in Seattle for a visit. Not only did they write amazing things about it, they took some absolutely gorgeous pictures.  Before the internet and eBay, Archie McPhee was a precious source of bizarre gags from around the world. My future parents-in-law got the catalog and cackled while showing me...