Archie McPhee News Blog of Fun

• Podcast ep 14: Sticknic!

  July 30, 2018

  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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• Sticknic 2018

  July 27, 2018

  For the last four years, the Archie McPhee staff has participated in our annual Sticknic contest. The concept is a cooking competition where all the food needs to be transported...

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

  July 24, 2018

  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

  July 16, 2018

  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

  July 09, 2018

  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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• Podcast ep 10: The Fuzz Action Figure and a Radioactive Secret Santa

  July 02, 2018

    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,...

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• Podcast ep 9: Bacon, more bacon and bearded dragons

  June 25, 2018

  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...

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• Seattle Pride Parade - Rainbow Rubber Chickens

  June 25, 2018

  We were so happy to be able to march in the 2018 Seattle Pride Parade. This is our third year participating and it was bigger and better than ever. It...

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• Podcast ep 8: Mail-Order Mysteries, Dracula Dirt and Potato Guns

  June 18, 2018

    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...

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• Podcast ep 7: Bigfoot and Braco the Gazer

  June 11, 2018

  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...

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• Podcast ep 6: The Yodelling Pickle and the Gorilla(z)

  June 04, 2018

      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...

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• The Rubber Chicken Museum on Seattle Refined!

  June 01, 2018

  Seattle Refined did this awesome story on our Rubber Chicken Museum! (Click here to watch it!) They got the inside scoop from Roger, the Big Daddy of Doodads. He even...

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