Archie McPhee News Blog of Fun

• Podcast ep 22: Mac and Cheese Candy Canes Go Viral! (and Heff buys canned clams!)

  Tue, Oct 16, 18

    We're slammed! In this episode, we talk about how the Mac and Cheese Candy Canes went viral, how the media covers Archie McPhee and what Heff thinks of canned...

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• Podcast ep 21: Treasure Box!

  Tue, Oct 16, 18

    About 20 years ago (give or take), David accidentally left a Medium Treasure Box in his trunk. It survived a leaky seal with Seattle rain, tremendous neglect, and multiple...

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• Podcast ep 20: The Wallingford Beast and Clamdy Canes

  Tue, Oct 16, 18

  This episode of Less Talk, More Monkey starts with a discussion of our own cryptozoological marvel, The Wallingford Beast! Where did it come from? What did children chant about it?...

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• Podcast ep 19: The Post Office and Einstein's Theory of Relativity

  Tue, Oct 16, 18

  Customer letters! Remember when people would write things down on pieces of paper and send them through the mail? We do! We even saved some of those letters to share...

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• Podcast ep 18: Horse Head Squirrel Feeder

  Tue, Oct 16, 18

  As long as they get fed, squirrels don't care about the humiliation of looking like a horse. David, Shana, and Scott Heff discuss the complexities of creating Archie McPhee's squirrel...

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• Podcast ep 17: Taking photos for Archie McPhee

  Tue, Oct 16, 18

    Working at Archie McPhee means being in and taking a lot of pictures. In this episode David Wahl, Shana Danger and Scott Heff talk about some of their favorite memories...

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• Podcast ep 16: Monsters, Loafman and Steve Q

  Tue, Oct 16, 18

  The return of Steve! Shana Danger, David Wahl, and Scott Heff are joined by former store-staffer Steve Q to talk about his favorite products, monsters, satanic panic, cheeks in a...

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• Podcast ep 15: The new first episode

  Tue, Oct 16, 18

    If you were looking for a place to start with our podcast, this is the one. David Wahl, Shana Danger, and Scott Heff talk about how the business is organized...

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• Podcast ep 14: Sticknic!

  Tue, Oct 16, 18

  This week on Less Talk, More Monkey David Wahl and Shana Danger are honored to be joined by Nancy Leson, KNKX food commentator and former columnist and restaurant critic for the...

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• Podcast ep 13: Fish Day, Bug Day and the hunchback craze of the late 1990s

  Tue, Oct 16, 18

  We finish up the catalog we've been talking about and go over old store events like the sidewalk sale, Bug Day and April Fish Day. David, Shana, and Scott talk about...

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• Podcast ep 12: Frog Chef, Fake Rock Trauma, and Dogs Playing Blackjack

  Tue, Oct 16, 18

  In the latest episode of the Less Talk, More Monkey Podcast we continue to talk about catalog 46 from 1996/1997. You can find the pages we're talking about here! Subscribe to...

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• Podcast ep 11: Catalog 46

  Tue, Oct 16, 18

  In this episode, Shana Danger, David Wahl, and Scott Heff discuss the first section of the 46th issue of the Archie McPhee Catalog from 1996/1997. We didn't get very far, but...

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