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Archie McPhee Archive with Mr. Q: Teeth, feet, and a tiny...
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Podcast: Behind the scenes of our NBC Nightly News story
December 24 2019
Get the behind the scenes scoop on the Archie McPhee NBC Nightly News story. (Watch the story here.)We filmed a segment for NBC Nightly News. While they didn't use much of what they shot, we had a great time filming it. Hear about how Heff suggested an inappropriate flavor, David leaned, and Shana is shocked to learn that she's good...
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Archie McPhee on NBC Nightly New with Lester Holt
December 24 2019
Thank you to NBC Nightly News for filming a segment about our crazy candy canes! They sent a crew to Seattle to film us at one of our meetings and then got a group of kids to try some of our flavors. Spoiler alert: they didn't like them. If you'd like to try some of our candy canes, you can...
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Ep 63: Thumb hats and the "ya dumb" controversy.
December 11 2019
It's Less Talk, More Monkey. In this episode, we talk about Thumb Hats, the "ya dumb" controversy, David's episode of Dispatches from the Multiverse, our Seattle Channel story, and Kirk Demarais' Halloween Mask story.
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Rubber Chicken Choir Performs Jingle Bells
December 09 2019
We were inspired during the holiday season to get a group of five of our Biggest and Loudest Rubber Chickens and have them perform Jingle Bells. It worked out so well, we thought we'd share it with you! (Ok, so it's amusing, but not musically that great. What can you do?) Just so you know the World's Largest Rubber...
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Archie McPhee Archives with Mr. Q: Episode Two Werewolf Pants
November 11 2019
Mr. Q is back with more paraphernalia from the Archie McPhee Archives! In this episode, you can see everything from pink and yellow walking monsters to a pink ball with a human mouth and feed. Not to mention the blue-eyed locals, spacemen, cavemen, and finally werewolves with various lengths of pants on. Mr. Q loves a good werewolf, especially one with...
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Archie Mcphee Archives with Mr. Q: episode one
November 08 2019
Where does Archie McPhee get their inspiration? One way is our incredible archive of old toys and novelties. Our archivist, Mr. Q, has agreed to give you a tour of some of the weirdest and most appealing toys in our collection. In this episode, you'll get to see a squishy cuttlefish, vampire teen, an electric Señor Misterioso, a family of...
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CityStream story! Seattle Channel visits Archie McPhee
November 01 2019
Wow, what can we say about this story from the CityStream show on the Seattle Channel except, thank you! They really took the time to examine how much deeply weird stuff we've done and talk to some amazing customers. You'll get to hear from Mark Pahlow, Shana Danger, and David Wahl about why they love Archie McPhee. Here some...
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Podcast ep 62: Scary vegetable and transforming escalators
November 01 2019
In this episode, Heff, Shana, and David replicate one of our creative meetings. Normally, there are six people in the meeting and we are restrained by reality. However, during the podcast, we (mostly) pitch impossible products. We got random words from people on Twitter and turn them into Archie McPhee products. You might think that they're pretty out there, but...
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Podcast ep 62: Tasting candy canes and creepy mannequins
October 25 2019
In this episode we discuss our new candy cane tasting video, Shana gives Heff and David a new Archie McPhee shirt and creepy mannequins are following Heff all over the building. In other words, just another day at Archie McPhee. Thank for listening! Here's the tasting video discussed in the episode. Watch as our new employees try Hamdy Canes, Kale Candy...
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Kale, Pizza and Ham Candy Cane Taste Test and Review
October 16 2019
Truth be told, the employees at Archie McPhee probably aren't the best people to do a taste test of any kind of weird candy. After all, last year we did Mac & Cheese Candy Canes and clam-flavored Clamdy Canes! That's why we were super excited when our newest employees (Kyle, Dylan, and Nick) agreed to join us in a...
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