Chester McGuinness wants you to stop bugs from crawling in your ears while you sleep with Ear Guards! This infomercial deals with a very real problem: spiders crawling into your ears while you're sleeping and laying eggs inside so that when those eggs hatch the baby spiders will eat your brains. Ear Guards stop that! A few Chester McGuinness quotes:...

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...

She's back and better than ever! By popular demand we present in her big comeback battle, the PUNCHING NUN! She's got a new face, but the same old fighting attitude.   Click here for details about buying a brand new Nun Punching Puppet! Fight for what's right (The original writeup) The symbolism and possibilities of this item completely overwhelm us. Nuntheless,...

We're world famous for our bacon products. In recognition of that fame, the Food Network show Unwrapped came to document the overwhelming baconosity of the Seattle Archie McPhee store. The best part is watching customers taste test Bacon Mints. So funny! Click here to watch the video!

This item has been discontinued and is no longer for sale. If you have a great memory of it or would like us to bring it back, leave a comment on this post and let us know. In the meantime, check out our other strange candy.  Lenin Head Pop  We still make weird candy, but one of our best-remembered forays...

S.S. Adams, now owned by Magic Makers, was the original American novelty company. For their 100th anniversary, they released a pictorial history of their products called, Life of the Party. Kirk Demarais, the author, agreed to answer a few of our questions. Kirk is not just an author, he’s also an ace designer and the blog-master of Secret Fun Blog. When...

In 2008 the Travel Channel visited our old Ballard Archie McPhee location for their show Extreme Superstores and produced this really fun video. Of course most of the products are no longer available, but it's a great time capsule of what our store was like before it moved to its current location in Wallingford.