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| company_name = Archie McPhee |
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| company_logo = [[Image:Archie McPhee Logo.jpg|250px]] |
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| company_type = [[Private company|Private]] |
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| foundation = 1983 |
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| key_people = Mark Pahlow, owner |
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| industry = [[Novelties|Novelty]] dealer |
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| products = Assorted novelty items |
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| homepage = http://www.mcphee.com/shop/ |
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[[File:Archie McPhee chicken suit.jpg|thumb|Chicken suit at the Archie McPhee store]] |
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The company's line expanded from [[rubber chicken]]s to [[Phosphorescence|glow-in-the-dark]] aliens, [[bacon]]-scented air freshener, and [[hula]]-girl [[swizzle sticks]]. It became a popular Seattle tourist destination{{ref|Frommers_Guide}} while maintaining enough countercultural credentials that [[Ben & Jerry's]] [[Wavy Gravy]] ice cream was introduced at a party on the premises in 1993.{{ref|Wavy_Gravy}} |
The company's line expanded from [[rubber chicken]]s to [[Phosphorescence|glow-in-the-dark]] aliens, [[bacon]]-scented air freshener, and [[hula]]-girl [[swizzle sticks]] among other items. It became a popular Seattle tourist destination{{ref|Frommers_Guide}} while maintaining enough countercultural credentials that [[Ben & Jerry's]] [[Wavy Gravy]] ice cream was introduced at a party on the premises in 1993.{{ref|Wavy_Gravy}} |
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Its [[kitsch]] appeal received further national attention from the Librarian Action Figure. In 2002, [[Nancy Pearl]] told Pahlow over dinner that [[librarian]]s like herself "perform miracles every day."{{ref|Doll_idea}} Pearl later posed for a 13 cm hard plastic doll, and librarians from all around the world registered their dismay at its "amazing push-button shushing action!"{{ref|smh_shush}} |
Its [[kitsch]] appeal received further national attention from the Librarian Action Figure. In 2002, [[Nancy Pearl]] told Pahlow over dinner that [[librarian]]s like herself "perform miracles every day."{{ref|Doll_idea}} Pearl later posed for a 13 cm hard plastic doll, and librarians from all around the world registered their dismay at its "amazing push-button shushing action!"{{ref|smh_shush}} |
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== Product Trivia == |
== Product Trivia == |
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The head of the Punching Puppet Nun (from Archie McPhee/Accoutrements and [[American Science and Surplus]], primary Punching Puppet Nun suppliers) is the same head from the older [[Margaret Thatcher]] Punching Puppet, prompting a claim of [[Anti-Catholicism]] by the [[Catholic League (U.S.)|Catholic League] |
The head of the Punching Puppet Nun (from Archie McPhee/Accoutrements and [[American Science and Surplus]], primary Punching Puppet Nun suppliers) is the same head from the older [[Margaret Thatcher]] Punching Puppet, prompting a claim of [[Anti-Catholicism]] by the [[Catholic League (U.S.)|Catholic League]]. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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#{{Note|Doll_idea}} [http://www.komotv.com/news/story.asp?ID=38781 Brian Calvert], ''Able To 'Shush' All Buildings With A Single Sound?'', KOMO 1000 News (2005) |
#{{Note|Doll_idea}} [http://www.komotv.com/news/story.asp?ID=38781 Brian Calvert], ''Able To 'Shush' All Buildings With A Single Sound?'', KOMO 1000 News (2005) |
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#{{Note|smh_shush}} [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/06/1062549053713.html ''Outcry over librarian doll''] , The Sydney Morning Herald (2003) |
#{{Note|smh_shush}} [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/06/1062549053713.html ''Outcry over librarian doll''] , The Sydney Morning Herald (2003) |
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#{{Note|More_Pearl}} [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002432642_booklust11.html Jack Broom], ''All booked up: Nancy Pearl's fame continues to grow'', The Seattle Times (2004) |
#{{Note|More_Pearl}} [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002432642_booklust11.html Jack Broom], ''All booked up: Nancy Pearl's fame continues to grow'', The Seattle Times (2004) |
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#{{Note|Sci_Amer}} [http://journals2.iranscience.net:800/www.sciam.com/www.sciam.com/article.cfm@chanID=sa001&articleID=000DE05C-EDF3-1FD3-A7EA83414B7F012C Steve Mirsky], ''Check Those Figures'', Scientific American (2005) |
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#{{Note|Time_50}} [http://www.time.com/time/2005/websites/ 50 Coolest Websites 2005] Time Online Edition |
#{{Note|Time_50}} [http://www.time.com/time/2005/websites/ 50 Coolest Websites 2005] Time Online Edition |
Revision as of 04:45, 28 February 2010
File:Archie McPhee Logo.jpg | |
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Novelty dealer |
Founded | 1983 |
Key people | Mark Pahlow, owner |
Products | Assorted novelty items |
Website | http://www.mcphee.com/shop/ |
Archie McPhee is a Seattle-based novelty dealer owned by Mark Pahlow. Begun in the 1970s in Los Angeles as the mail-order business Accoutrements, in 1983 it opened a retail outlet dubbed "Archie McPhee" after Pahlow's wife's great-uncle.[1]
The company's line expanded from rubber chickens to glow-in-the-dark aliens, bacon-scented air freshener, and hula-girl swizzle sticks among other items. It became a popular Seattle tourist destination[2] while maintaining enough countercultural credentials that Ben & Jerry's Wavy Gravy ice cream was introduced at a party on the premises in 1993.[3]
Its kitsch appeal received further national attention from the Librarian Action Figure. In 2002, Nancy Pearl told Pahlow over dinner that librarians like herself "perform miracles every day."[4] Pearl later posed for a 13 cm hard plastic doll, and librarians from all around the world registered their dismay at its "amazing push-button shushing action!"[5]
Archie McPhee has since been featured in Scientific American's "Technology and Business" review[6] and Time Magazine's fifty coolest websites of 2005.[7] In June 2009 Archie McPhee moved from its Ballard location to Wallingford, a Seattle neighborhood on the other side of Phinney Ridge, west of the University of Washington.
Product Trivia
The head of the Punching Puppet Nun (from Archie McPhee/Accoutrements and American Science and Surplus, primary Punching Puppet Nun suppliers) is the same head from the older Margaret Thatcher Punching Puppet, prompting a claim of Anti-Catholicism by the Catholic League.
References
- ^ Jack Broom, Archie McPhee expands its garden of goofiness, The Seattle Times (June 28, 2004)
- ^ Seattle Destinations Frommer's Travel Guide, 2005.
- ^ Brian Stephens, A new home for Seattle's rubber chickens, The Daily (University of Washington)
- ^ Brian Calvert, Able To 'Shush' All Buildings With A Single Sound?, KOMO 1000 News (2005)
- ^ Outcry over librarian doll , The Sydney Morning Herald (2003)
- ^ Jack Broom, All booked up: Nancy Pearl's fame continues to grow, The Seattle Times (2004)
- ^ Steve Mirsky, Check Those Figures, Scientific American (2005)
- ^ 50 Coolest Websites 2005 Time Online Edition