Archie McPhee News Blog of Fun

Mark Pahlow stopped in at KBFG in Ballard to talk with Megan Hanna on her show My Ten Songs about some of the music that impacted his life. Some great stories and tunes!

David and Shana recap the Halloween season. What were the costumes? What made Shana misty? Why did the New York Times use a Bibo/Lucky Boy hybrid to illustrate an article on Reddit? You can see all our Facebook Live broadcasts on our Facebook page! Corporate headquarters winners! The woodsman faxing!     View this post on Instagram Day 3 of staff Halloween...

  If Archie McPhee has a muse, it's Bibo. This strange character from a kid's show became one of the iconic Archie McPhee products and inspired a whole army of pop culture influencers.  David, Scott, and Shana discuss his level of aspirational weirdness and how he inspires absurdity in all who accept him into their hearts.  See all our Bibo...

Mark Pahlow is here! The founder of Archie McPhee shares how it came to be, what you should eat while watching monster movies, what it feels like to be fired as a Viking and how being disappointed in someone else can lead to innovation and self-sufficiency.  This is a good one!  Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play! You can read...

Guest Steve Q joins us to talk about horror movies. We take a break from talking about our usual goofy topics to mention some of our favorite flicks. Each person brought a few. Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play! Steve Q: 1. The Tingler 2. Eyes Without a Face 3. Spider Baby 4. Don't Look Now 5. Wicker Man 6. The...

How do we come up with our products? This podcast describes the mix of practicality, impracticality, and dreams that mix together to make our weird. Shana, David, and Heff follow a few products from start to finish. We also give a shout out to Mad Magazine, Svengoolie, and Pee-wee Herman.  Do not send us product ideas! Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play!...

  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 clams.  Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play!

  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 cars. Shana, Heff, and David go through this time capsule of forgotten precious nuggets from a time before YouTube, Google, and Handerpants. Also discussed, the Bag of Busted Businessmen, Lucky Take-Out...

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? What does it like to eat? What should you do if you see teeth marks in the soap in the store's bathroom? Also, we talk about some of the new...

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 with you. For the first time, it's some of our mean letters, a fantastic missive from Gene Shalit and what to do if your kid shoplifts.  Subscribe to our podcast on...