dealer founded 1983 key people mark pahlow owner products assorted novelty items website http www.mcphee.com archie mcphee store in ballard seattle washington chicken suit at the archie mcphee store 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 5 and librarians from all around the world registered their dismay at its amazing push button shushing action 6 archie mcphee has since been featured in scientific american s technology and business review 7 and time magazine s fifty coolest websites of 2005 . 8 in june 2009 citation needed 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 . contents 1 see also 2 further reading 3 references 4 external links see also edit horse head mask further reading edit mark pahlow with gibsol holub and david wahl who would buy this the archie mcphee story seattle the accoutrements publishing co. 2008 isbn 978 0 9786649 7 8 . references edit 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 jack broom all booked up nancy pearl s fame continues to grow the seattle times 2004 outcry over librarian doll the sydney morning herald 2003 steve mirsky check those figures scientific american 2005 50 coolest websites 2005 time online edition external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to archie mcphee . official website official blog biography of the company s namesake jazz musician archie mcphee retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title archie mcphee & oldid 737200617 categories companies based in seattlenovelty itemshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2012commons category with local link same as on wikidataofficial blog not in wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 09 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view