Less Talk, More Monkey from Archie McPhee
Archie 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!
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 79
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2021
Ideas we didn't do: Boil and pop, salt licks and kids drinking poison (don't do it)
David, 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 acti…
Things we like that most people don't like
In 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
In 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 …
Creative meeting, Molotov crawdads, and SNAFU kielbasa
We 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, H…
Meeting notes, snow pictures and clown eggs
In 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 cl…
Chicken glitter, pie puns, and the first new products of 2019
Heff smells a glitter chicken. Shana is a pie princess. David loves the glow in the dark rubber chicken.
Pug Jesters, Bead-bo, and Pictures of Web Pages in Catalogs
Shana, 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 tha…
Bibo, Keenan and Pop Culture!
Our 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 C…
Year in Review 2018!
It'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
The 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 i…
(The Sold Out) Superfan Subscription and Werewolf Swatters: Listen for first dibs on a limited offer!
We talk about our new Superfan Subscription, so if you want it. Order fast! There are only ten and they'll sell out. Plus, the Tonight Show, Geekwire, Seth Godin, and werewolf swatters.
Christmas and Archie McPhee: Santa Pigeon Riding an Ostrich
For the past decade, Archie McPhee has been producing products specifically for Christmas with our unique spin. In this episode, we go through a few of our favorites.
Halloween recap 2018!
Shana and David go over all the costumes and notable occurrences during the 2018 Halloween season at Archie McPhee.
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Bibo! We Discuss a God Monster With Intelligence
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, a…
The Beginnings of Archie McPhee! The Founder of Archie McPhee, Mark Pahlow, Talks About the Roots of Archie McPhee
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…
Less Talk, More Monsters! We take a break from novelties to talk about horror movies
Scott Heff, Shana Danger, David Wahl, and Steve Q, talk about some of their favorite and most memorable horror movies. We talk about William Castle, The Conjuring, and why Shana carried a white nail …
Our Creative Process, Spiders in Your Ears, and Mad Magazine
In this episode, we talk about how we come up with products. Also, Mad Magazine is awesome, Pee-wee Herman is awesome and spiders in your ears are not awesome. Please do not send us product ideas.
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Mac and Cheese Candy Canes Go Viral and Canned Clams
We take a look at some of the media coverage of Archie McPhee and how it influenced the company. Also, Heff goes to the grocery store for canned macaroni and cheese, canned clams and six pumpkins.
Opening a Treasure Box: Pullback Sharks, Oversized Teeth and Blowing Up the Earth
Ok, so 20 years ago, David accidentally left a Medium Treasure Box in his trunk. It survived water, neglect and multiple cars and now we've decided to open up this time capsule on the podcast. Check …
Clamdy Canes, Fly Widows and the Wallingford Beast
As the seasons change from summer to fall, it means that Archie McPhee is getting new products! This week we discuss our local cryptozoological creature the Wallingford Beast, Sloth Masks and taste t…