Less Talk, More Monkey from Archie McPhee
79 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsArchie McPhee has been creating and selling toys and novelties for 35 years. You might know us from Handerpants, the Devil Duckie or the Horse Mask. Hear the stories behind the products and what it's like to work for a novelty company. We make weird!
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Episodes
New products for 2021
November 24, 2021 22:49 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBDavid and Shana say goodbye to Heff and go over the amazing new Archie McPhee products from 2021.
New Product Bonanza! Featuring Meditating Bigfoot and Racing Tardigrades
November 24, 2020 17:50 - 42 minutes - 39 MBVisit Archie McPhee to see the products
Why PayPal wouldn't let us sell a Tardigrade Ornament
September 16, 2020 16:33 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBThe issue is fixed now, but, for a period of months, PayPal was blocking the sales of all of our tardigrade items from being purchased. In this episode, we're joined by Tim Ellis from GeekWire and Dispatches from the Multiverse to talk about how an arms dealer caused a tardigrade tragedy.
Pat Cashman from Almost Live!
August 25, 2020 12:56 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBWe're joined by Seattle Broadcasting Legend Pat Cashman to talk about his new podcast, the team behind Almost Live!, and his time as a horror movie hose in Boise. Listen to Pat's podcast, Almost Live! Still Alive here. Find Archie McPhee products here.
We're Back! New products, social distancing and replacements for smiles
August 05, 2020 16:51 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBDavid, Shana, and Heff return to the podcast with new products. Hear about how many legs a tardigrade has, how to replace a smile, and how roaches will evolve in the distant future. Find the products discussed here!
Quarantine edition! Video meetings, what we're enjoying, and a penny whistle
March 27, 2020 15:54 - 26 minutes - 24 MBWe're working from home! The audio the quality is a little off on this one, but what can you do? We talk about what we're up to, what pop culture we're enjoying, and Shana learning to play the penny-whistle. Archie McPhee
Finger Finger: Sounds good, looks bad
March 20, 2020 15:14 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBIn this episode, David, Shana, and Heff talk about Twitter, Frankensteins, and a really bad product idea. Check out our blog for pictures of the drawings mentioned.
Pee-wee happened! We got to meet Paul Reubens
February 21, 2020 17:19 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBSwoon! Shana and David got to meet Paul Reubens, the man behind Pee-wee Herman. Also, the Ig Nobel Prize event at our Seattle store.
Which Archie McPhee product are you?
February 14, 2020 13:45 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this episode, we discuss our Archie McPhee product game, the upcoming Ig Nobel event at the Rubber Chicken Museum, and bunch of new products. Pickle casino!
Finger sporks, pickle jelly beans, and a dancing turnip
February 06, 2020 18:13 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBIn this episode, we cover Heff's hoverboard video, the Finger Spork video, and a video of a dancing turnip. Or Daikon.
We Make Weird! Our all company meeting, pies and a haunted tea kettle
January 31, 2020 14:47 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBWe discuss the all company meeting, wearing a unicorn mask in the snow, and a mysterious haunted tea kettle.
Spooky Loopholes
January 16, 2020 18:54 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBIn this episode, we talk about the loopholes various spooky, supernatural things have and which bathroom theme we would pick. We also mention a couple of new Archie McPhee products, including the Pagan Breakfast God Mask. Features the premiere of the vampire parsnip. Archie McPhee
2019 in review! Plus Allee Willis, Jeopardy, and mysterious centaur paintings
January 08, 2020 14:01 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBDavid, Shana, and Heff take a look back at some of the high points of 2019. We also say goodbye to the great Allee Willis, talk about being a clue on Jeopardy, and the mysterious package of five centaur paintings that arrived before Christmas.
Archie McPhee on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
December 24, 2019 14:20 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBCheck out the Archie McPhee site for a link the NBC Nightly News story.
Thumb hats and the "ya dumb" controversy
December 11, 2019 21:30 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBCheck out Archie McPhee! Listen to David's episode of Dispatches from the Multiverse
Scary vegetables and transforming escalators
November 01, 2019 17:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBBack by popular demand, it's another creative meeting episode! Shana, Heff, and David take your suggestions and turn them into (mostly) impossible Archie McPhee products. Also, Heff tells the story of the My Buddy prank.
Tasting Candy Canes and House of Wax
October 25, 2019 15:34 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBWe had our Christmas temps taste our new candy canes, Shana gives Heff and David sweet new shirts, and mannequins are following Heff around the building.
Sighs, Chicken and Vans
October 14, 2019 17:29 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBIn this episode, we talk about our new automated sighing machine, chickens and our sweet new van... Find our products at Archie McPhee
The Archie McPhee Book: Who Would Buy This?
October 04, 2019 17:07 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBWho Would Buy This? The Archie McPhee Story. David, Shana, and Heff talk about the Archie McPhee book and its history.
Local Kooks!
September 23, 2019 16:25 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBDavid, Shana, and Heff an under-appreciated subset of the local celebrity, the local kook! What is a local kook? Are we local kooks? So many questions! Visit Archie McPhee
The Rubber Chicken Dress Episode
September 13, 2019 13:31 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBShana has a rubber chicken dress! Because, of course, she does. Also, Heff films babies doing stunts and the Fly Widow Game is here!
The Return of CoCo: I've got a favor to ask you and you're not going to like it
September 05, 2019 17:03 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBFormer Archie McPhee employee CoCo returns to chat with David, Shana, and Q about where her path has taken her after leaving us and memories of some of our favorite customers.
BONUS EPISODE: What makes a monster discussion
August 27, 2019 16:36 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBA bonus section to our inspiration podcast. We had Q join us to talk about what makes a monster a monster. Are unicorns monsters? What about Santa Claus?
Inspiration and Archie McPhee: Monsters, thrifting and marketing
August 23, 2019 16:38 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBWhat inspires Archie McPhee? We get that question all the time and this episode is a discussion about creativity, collecting, and monsters.
Atlas Obscura and New Products!
August 16, 2019 16:34 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBDavid and Shana discuss the legend of the lost podcast, selling to people with a bad-smelling car, and our Atlas Obscura event! Archie McPhee
The Rusty Blazenhoff Episode! Marshmallow Fluff, Children's Fairyland, and Electric Dreams
August 07, 2019 17:10 - 50 minutes - 46 MBEven if you don't know who Rusty Blazenhoff by name, we can almost guarantee you've read something she's written or enjoyed something obscure that she discovered. From Boing Boing to her own "inbox zine" Electric Dreams, she's made a huge impact on popular culture.
Sticknic 2019! Bibo, colorful gas from hip and Nancy Leson
July 24, 2019 16:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBIt's Sticknic time again. The Archie McPhee cooking contest that happens once a year. This year we had a Bibo theme! We're joined by Mark Pahlow and Nancy Leson.
Pride, tiki, and gas masks
July 18, 2019 22:48 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBAn episode packed with weird products, a Pride parade, and a microphone mishap!
New products, Ireland, and you can't see through finger puppets
July 09, 2019 19:14 - 33 minutes - 31 MBShana and David go through some of the new product at Archie McPhee, talk about Shana's trip to Ireland, and discuss misconceptions about Eyeball Finger Puppets.
50th Episode! Some of our favorite episodes and moments...
June 20, 2019 20:23 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBDavid, Shana, and Heff talk about the previous 49 episodes of the podcast, announce a contest and talk about the store anniversary sale!
Weird stuff! We talk about a few strange bits of pop culture
June 12, 2019 17:44 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBDavid, Q, and Heff have a discussion of movies that we love that are weird. Shana is on vacation! Archie McPhee
Bigfoot, Mothman and Superfans!
June 05, 2019 16:37 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBDavid tries to get weird stuff into Bigfoot documentaries, Terri the superfan visits the store, and Heff bids on a very big chicken.
Bibo's feet and an Archie McPhee gameshow
May 29, 2019 20:41 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBIn this episode, we talk about how Bibo's feet are the least interesting part of him, our appearance on the NPR game show Says You!, and uff da. Archie McPhee Says You!
BONUS: Take your kids to work day!
May 15, 2019 17:15 - 12 minutes - 24 MBWe let Arlo, son of Alastair, and Cash, the son of Scott Heff, take over the podcast and tell us what they learned during a day at [Archie McPhee](We let Arlo, son of Alastair, and Cash, the son of Scott Heff, take over the podcast and tell us what they learned during a day at Archie McPhee... )...
Archie McPhee and trouble: Torpedoes, smoking babies, and crank phone calls
May 06, 2019 17:15 - 52 minutes - 101 MBMark Pahlow joins us for a discussion of the times that Archie McPhee has been in trouble. From shredded money to a disgruntled Beatle, we've had problems with everyone! By the way, we apologize in advance to St. Paul.
Drawing Bigfoot and rhyming about dead flies
April 25, 2019 19:37 - 26 minutes - 50.6 MBIn this episode, we talk about the 21 Bigfoot in 24 hours challenge, Fly Widows and gauge Heff's feistiness.
April Fools Day: Dental floss for cats and toast that needs to talk to you
April 18, 2019 20:12 - 35 minutes - 68.7 MBGet the details on Shana's TV appearance and a rehash of past fake products that Archie McPhee has posted. Bacon tuxedos, difficult conversation toast, and toast mattresses.
What's new? New products, explosions at a TV studio and the gassy f word
April 10, 2019 16:04 - 34 minutes - 66.3 MBShana, David, and Heff discuss the latest Archie McPhee products, Shana's upcoming TV appearance and tell the Uff Da store story...
Burrowing Gravid Bugaboos and Popcorn Underpants: More fake Archie McPhee products
April 04, 2019 17:51 - 42 minutes - 81.2 MBShana, Heff, and David take your favorite words and turn them into potential Archie McPhee products. We cover bejeweled insects, stealing rocks to sell, and Heff's buffet underpants.
Your questions! Listening at half-speed and how many Bibo is enough Bibo?
March 28, 2019 20:45 - 31 minutes - 59.4 MBYou sent us questions about Archie McPhee and we answered them! Shana, David, and Heff are full of answers. So many answers.
Ideas we didn't do: Boil and pop, salt licks and kids drinking poison (don't do it)
March 19, 2019 17:40 - 49 minutes - 95.2 MBDavid, Shana, and Heff talk about ideas that seemed good at the time, but for one reason or another Archie McPhee didn't do. An office salt lick, safety poster coloring book, and a David Sedaris action figure. This week's episode is brought to you by Bigfoot.
Things we like that most people don't like
March 11, 2019 18:50 - 49 minutes - 93.1 MBIn this episode, Shana, David, and Heff go over a series of Archie McPhee products that we love but did not sell. From Strange Friends to Obvious Plants, it's a cornucopia of unpopular goodness.
Products we don't like: Toilet seat covers, smelly mustaches, and golf gum
March 02, 2019 00:16 - 57 minutes - 65.2 MBIn this episode, we lift the curtain a bit and tell you which Archie McPhee products are not our favorites. We talk about toilet seat covers, the uncanny valley of flavors, Shana's devil costume and the fact that Heff has never eaten bologna.
Creative meeting, Molotov crawdads, and SNAFU kielbasa
February 22, 2019 16:32 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBWe went to Twitter and asked for some random words to spur our creativity. Then we took those words and made up Archie McPhee products. It's not our whole creative team, only half of it, but David, Heff, and Shana try and give a peek into what our creative meetings are like. Check out Archie McPhee
Meeting notes, snow pictures and clown eggs
February 15, 2019 21:39 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBIn this episode, we talk about NOT forgetting Shana's birthday, read the weirder quotes from some of our meetings and talk about how clowns establish the copyright on their makeup. Don't dabble in clowns. Archie McPhee
Chicken glitter, pie puns, and the first new products of 2019
February 09, 2019 17:27 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBHeff smells a glitter chicken. Shana is a pie princess. David loves the glow in the dark rubber chicken. See new products here!
Pug Jesters, Bead-bo, and Pictures of Web Pages in Catalogs
January 30, 2019 18:14 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBShana, David, and Heff go through Archie McPhee catalog 62 from 1999. Discuss how much communication we had to do about the internet, why you don't need to write what something is on a picture of that thing and jasmine-scented Angel Snot. Go to the Archie McPhee blog to follow along in the catalog.
Bibo, Keenan and Pop Culture!
January 23, 2019 18:34 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBOur first episode of 2019 gets back into the swing of things by recapping some of the happenings of the holiday season, discussing the superfan box, and bragging about Keenan Thompson trying Clamdy Canes on New Year's Eve. (He did not care for them.) Find out more about Archie McPhee here!
Year in Review 2018!
December 13, 2018 23:21 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBIt's the end of the year and we are nostalgic. Shana, Heff, and David take a look back over the previous 12 months. This is the last episode of this season. We'll see you again in 2019!
Mark Pahlow on Jabba Jam, Ant Watches and Mail Order Baby Kits
December 05, 2018 18:07 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBThe creator and owner of Archie McPhee, Mark Pahlow, joins us again to talk about putting together the first Archie McPhee Catalog. If you'd like to follow along, you can find a link to the catalog in the Archie McPhee blog.