The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Fish Wall Plaques #2

You can’t be too thin, too rich, have too much ram or too many fish on the walls. This is the lovely yellow ceramic couple. She looks ...

December 22, 2009 by Lasagne Lady Fitch

Albertville, Alabama Roadside Religion

Are you RISEN in CHRIST or DAMNED in EVOLUTION? glorious fire-and-brimstone Fundi billboards on Hwy 431 Albertville, Alabama, festooned with...

by Julie Brumlik

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Stress Wiener

Everybody knows that the holidays induce stress, especially this year with the economy still sitting out on the sidelines. So just in time c...

by Allee Willis

PICNIC AT GRIFFITH PARK

More adventures of The Leg and her friend Skel. They come upon a couple in love in the park. The leg is trying to convince Skel to ask them ...

December 21, 2009 by monica johnson

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Elvis Popcorn Guitar (not necessarily in that order)

(Autographed!) Elvis popcorn -filled guitar, measures about 3 feet tall…note the “bottle cap ” lid. Tasty....

by avant_mom

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – ‘I Love Lucy’ Phillip Morris Christmas Gift Cigarettes

It says a lot about the Atomic Age that America’s pre-Kennedy First Family, the Ricardo’s, hawked cigarettes for the holidays. N...

by Allee Willis

Joe Camel Cigarettes and Matches

Here is a pack of Camel cigarettes with Joe Camel gracing the box and a pack of matches to go along with it. Knowing that Joe Camel was prob...

by jack

Krispy Kristmas Pudding

So my neighbor asked me to bring dessert for 8 in an hour … I threw together this recipe: half loaf of Publix Panetonne Christmas brea...

by Julie Brumlik

Kiss Me I’m Heart Loaded Mug and Kiss me I’m heart Out of Order

Strange coffee mugs with various interpretations. Is it I’m loaded as in drunk? Or as in wealthy? Is it out of order like out of turn ...

December 20, 2009 by kookykitsch

GELT BAR GELT FREE CHOCOLATE

GELT FREE CHOCOLATE...

by kookykitsch

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Christmas Pantyhose Dolls!

‘Tis the season to be celebrating all kinds of krazy krafts as the holidays seem to bring out the most enthusiastic and kitschy kualit...

by Allee Willis

Money From The Sky

When I was 13-years-old I flew in a helicopter for the very first time and threw hundreds of ping-pong balls stuffed with money out of the c...

by Mark Blackwell

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Wacky Wall Walker

These were originally from Japan, but it was bought to the U.S. and made famous here by Ken Hakuta (AKA Dr. Fad). It looked like an octopus,...

by jack

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Nativity scene snow globe Xmas Souvenir

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by kookykitsch

Bluebird tea light candles

Thrift store Bluebird tea light candles...

by Jef Norton

7 foot tall inflatable Hannukah Bear

How would we know it’s Hanukkah without the appearance of the traditional Hannukah bear? Here he is in all his inflatable glory....

December 19, 2009 by kookykitsch

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Fast Food Wrapper Torso

I recently came across this beauty from artist Michael Reddin hanging on a meat hook in the back of Ghettogloss art gallery on Melrose. Time...

by Mark Blackwell

Obama Chia

DETERMINED to buy a great gift from a drugstore this Christmas for your friends and family? Try a pet Obama! If your friends and family aren...

by Mooshe

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1970 Space Food Sticks

World’s first “Chewy nutrition snack – you carry them… they carry you!” Developed for astronauts, Space Food S...

December 18, 2009 by Allee Willis

Giant Coffee Cup Wall Plaque

This is so much the pen holder that I forget it is a half coffee up containing them. I love the spirit of this cup of java gone scribe. It m...

by Lasagne Lady Fitch

Alebrije painted wooden Armadillo

Alebrije is a slang term which means a difficult tangled thing, shaped in confusing or fantastic figures. Manuel Jim√©nez was the man res...

by Jef Norton

MACCABEANS LEGENDARY Jelly Beans

Maccabees and jelly beans go together like…?...

by kookykitsch

Happy Hanukkah Bendable Dreidel Man

BBlue and white bendable HAPPY HANUKKAH DREIDEL MAN. He’s smiling, is weraing white gloves and boots and a blue and white polka dotted...

December 17, 2009 by kookykitsch

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Better Than Flex-Straws: Vintage Flav-r Straws!

The next revolution in sucking power after the Flex-Straw was this product that I made my mother stockpile so I’d never have less than...

by Allee Willis