Archie McPhee News Blog of Fun

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 our podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play! Dogs playing blackjack is not funny. 

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 we did discuss toilet paper, cannibalism and the Hokey Pokey Sounds Machine.  See the pages we're discussing here! Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play! We also briefly discuss the time...

  Fuzz is a beloved, longterm employee of Archie McPhee. When he first started working for the company, he was the model for the Fuzz Action Figure. In this episode, David Wahl, Shana Danger, and Scott Heff discuss the Fuzz Action Figure with the ACTUAL FUZZ! We answer questions like, why we made an action figure of a regular guy, how it sold...

At one point, Archie McPhee and bacon were synonymous. In this episode, we (David Wahl, Shana Danger, and Scott Heff) give the first part of our bacon timeline and mention about half, or less, of the bacon product that Archie McPhee is responsible for. You'll be able to hear Scott Heff's reaction to eating Bacon Mints for the first time and...

  It's the second half of our interview with Kirk Demarais. David Wahl and Shana Danger interview him about his book Mail-Order Mysteries (as well as Life of the Party) and share lots of novelty nerd stories.  Find out about trading potatoes for orphans, Dracula Dirt, and inflatable lady legs. You can also follow Kirk on Twitter! Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes,...

In this episode David Wahl, Shana Danger and Scott Heff cover the history of Archie McPhee Bigfoot Products. Here's more info about Braco the Gazer, a link to the Richard III Society and a link to an article about Bigfoot changing into mist and then a deer.  Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play! David, Shana, and the Braco shirt: Our first Bigfoot product, the Bigfoot Action Figure:...

    In this episode of the podcast David Wahl, Shana Danger and Scott Heff cover the history of the Yodelling Pickle. Thanks to Joe J Thomas for the Yodel and his excellent blog post on the history of the pickle. Hire him for your voiceover needs.  Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play! Text from the Yodel Contest: We want your best yodel! We are looking for the...

In this episode, David, Shana, and Heff discuss how the Rubber Chicken Museum went with digressions into ghosts, fish bubbles, and clown graveyards. Also, mentions of Rubber Chicken Bandages and Magic Cat Notebooks.  Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play! Watch this video for Heff: Pulled the kids out of school early to make it for the ribbon cutting. Always tell the truth....

  Handerpants are one of our most popular products. Ever wonder how, or why, they came to be? Shana Danger, David Wahl, and Scott Heff talk about the trials and tribulations of selling underpants for your hands. The impracticality, harsh reaction, and whether or not Handerpanties would be funny. (They would not.) Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play! Uses for Handerpants:...

  We recorded this podcast before the actual opening of the Rubber Chicken Museum. In the picture above, you can see Mark Pahlow, Shana Danger, Kirk Demarais, and David Wahl, posing in front of some of the cases. The stained glass rubber chicken directly above Kirk's head. Check out the videos below for a more in-depth look at not just...

  It's episode two of our podcast, Finger Hands! We were lucky enough to have the model for the Finger Hand, Scott Heff, there to give us the perspective on what it was like to have millions of a tiny version of your own hand out in the world. Doing things. Sometimes questionable things.  Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play!...

Welcome to the first episode of our new Less Talk, More Monkey podcast! We wanted to share some of our behind the scenes stories and other fun stuff. This seemed like the best way to do it. Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play! In this episode, we discussed the Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Cats!  1. The kitty in the picture...