Here are the items we suggest will perk up your presents and save Santa from becoming a bore.

6. Bacon Lip Balm

This one is both practical and amazingly different. It has all the protection you need for those snowy winter days, but with the delicious flavor of bacon. Not only that, if you get caught in an avalanche, think about how easy it will be for the dogs to find you when your lips smell crispy strips of bacony goodness.

5. Yodelling Pickle

This one is not for everyone. Some people immediately “get” the Yodelling Pickle and some question why anyone would ever make it, much less buy one. Still, dill plus yodel equals hours of confusing fun for the whole family.

4. Handerpants

No kid wants underpants for Christmas, but imagine how cool they’ll be wearing these underpants for their hands! Plus, it will prevent chaffing under those scratchy wooly mittens that grandma knit them.

3. Frosting Flavored Cupcake Floss

Promote dental health while providing your kids with the delicious flavor of vanilla icing. If you feel it’s too girly, there is also Bacon Floss for the more carnivorously inclined.

2. Squirrel Underpants

Teach your kids about the importance of modesty by getting them a pair of Squirrel Underpants and then setting them loose in the backyard to put them on a squirrel. (Ok, you shouldn’t put them on a squirrel, but it’s still an important lesson, right?)

And finally, our greatest suggestion!

1. Zombie Mints

These are mints for zombies, they taste like the brains zombies crave. Perfect for imagining a world where Santa was bitten by a zombie and is still making his rounds for all the little zombie boys and girls with his sack of brains and eight tiny zombie reindeer. After your kids stop crying, they’ll have to admit that his has been Christmas they will never forget!

Gibson and Nai discuss the level of humor in different types of false mustaches.

This is an ad from 1950. Not sure what exactly Bibo was selling, except himself.

Find more Bibo here.

We were on the Food Network last night! It was an episode of Unwrapped that focussed on, what else, Bacon! We got an interesting peek into their production process.

They filmed at our store over a year before the segment was shown on TV. If you look at the picture of the two adorable customers above, you’ll notice Bacon Pennants behind them which have been discontinued. Not only that, but the whole store moved from Ballard to Wallingford! You know, unimportant details like that.

They filmed for four hours to get the three minutes they ended up using. Shana’s greatest fear was realized. They used footage of her flossing with Bacon Floss in the finished story. I had never thought about it, but I guess it is unglamorous to floss on TV.

As soon as they post the show, we’ll link to it. In the meantime, if you are a new customer just click here to make all your bacon dreams come true!

We never even dared to dream that this video existed! Thanks to a comment on a previous post and some Chinese language Google searches, we have actual footage of Bibo in action on the show Flame Bathing Phoenix.

Bibo happy. Bibo sad. Bibo’s bodily functions. It’s all there.

We thought more explanation of Bibo might make us find him less intriguing, instead it just increases the mystery.

We love you Bibo, now and forever.

You read more about our history with Bibo in our book.

In this episode, Nai tackles the humor quotient of the Bacon Belt, Zombie Mints, Inflatable Turkey, Squeeze Bibo, Bigfoot Statue and Handerpants. My fingers are crossed that he finds at least one of them funny.

We’ve relaunched our website! The whole experience has changed from top to bottom – from the way it’s organized to the shopping cart itself. We’re betting you’ll find something you didn’t know we sold if you click more than a few times.

Take a look and let us know what you think!

Bonus footage after the end credits!

Watch the last episode here.
You can find the paintings reviewed here!

You will be forgiven if your first thought when you read the headline was that Archie McPhee was going to start making glasses for monkeys, it totally sounds like something we would do. But in this case, Monkey Goggles refers to a website.

Think of it as a literary magazine whose sole sponsor is Archie McPhee. It’s going to be articles about things we love, great stories, humor, news and an occasional editorial opinion. We launched it on Monday, but haven’t really announced it anywhere to give us a chance to get our sea legs.

If it appeals to you, please follow us on RSS or subscribe by email.

Right now, we’re still figuring out what belongs and what doesn’t, but here are a few highlights:

Our owner’s angry interaction with Telly Savalas.

An excerpt from the lost diary of Abraham Lincoln describing his fight with bigfoot.

A random meeting with Herve Villachaize.

An overview of cartoon voice actors.

Chocolate fountains, delicious or disturbing?

Our own Mr. Bacon has agreed to answer questions from readers of this blog. He not only has a lifetime’s worth of experiences and wisdom to pass along, but also the unique perspective that comes from being made of bacon. If you would like to ask Mr. Bacon a question email it to us and we’ll pass it along. You can also follow Mr. Bacon on Twitter.

Today’s question comes from Secret Life: Mr. Bacon, my family reunion is coming up and I have been less than honest with my family about what is going on in my life. Should I continue with the charade or come clean?

Mr. Bacon is proud to announce the arrival of his very own board game!
Click here for meaty fun!