The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Denny’s Adventure’s In “Willis Wonderland” – part 15

This is Allee making it a point to show me this fabulous “Certificate of Commendation” awarded to “Bubbles the Artist̶...

July 14, 2010 by denny

Those Slapstick Germans!

There is a town in Germany named Langenselbold near Frankfurt where I used to visit my daughter. A beautiful place, not unlike parts of the ...

by Markydoodle

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Land of the Giants Lunchbox

This is one of my favorite lunchboxes (manufactured by Aladdin). “Land of the Giants” was a science fiction TV show (1968 –...

by Michael Ely

White & Black Scotties Advertisement Display

Vintage advertisement display for “Black & White” Scotch Whiskey 86.8 Proof by the Fleishmann Distilling Corp, New York. Not...

by christine z.

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Mispackaged Chuckwagon Airstream Combination Salt & Pepper Shaker

. It’s no secret that one of my favorite genres of Kitsch is when something goes tragically wrong in the manufacturing process of the ...

by Allee Willis

The Cure for Depression

I am really not fond of these things but this one came home anyway. Feel better yet? You can always pull your hat down under your head....

by Nessa

Playing mind games…

This is one of three mind reading games discovered at the same estate sale this past weekend. This family wanted the real truth one way or a...

by MyFunCloset

Denny’s Adventure’s In “Willis Wonderland” – part 14

This was done by Mark Blackwell. The following info I nabbed from Allee’s page as I was having a time of it remembering who did this. ...

July 13, 2010 by denny

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Earrings made of tiny shells …

Clips-on earrings of the 1950’s came in all shapes and sizes. These earrings are only about 3/4″ of an inch, designed with tiny ...

by MyFunCloset

Kleanser Kate

Kate, for shaking out your “Kleanser” and kleansing things, I suppose. Spotted at an antique shop, priced at a lot more than I w...

by Nessa

Wunnerful, wunnerful…

It’s a mystery to me how this song actually made it on the Lawrence Welk Show. Easy to accept that Lawrence was clueless, but surely o...

by Douglas Wood

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Who You Gonna Be??

O.k. so the video itself is not much. Just a pan of Allee’s 1974 album Childstar. The song is pure 70’s, with Allee’s dist...

by Lisa Rios

kitschy post its

I guess I could use post its like everyone else. They come in many colors. But why when the universe supplies this sentient plaster cast owl...

by john switzer

TV’s Dr. Kildare / Richard Chamberlain Sings

Not only is the very handsome Richard Chamberlain a fine actor on both stage and screen ( probably best known as a teen hearttrob in the pop...

by Michael Ely

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CALLING ALL JUNGLE ANIMALS!!!

As some of you may know, I’ve been working with Pomplamoose, an ungodly popular and talented independent band with over 25,000,000 vie...

July 12, 2010 by Allee Willis

Denny’s Adventure’s In “Willis Wonderland” – part 13

Amazing. A light up frame of Martin Luther King and his family. Who knew, until now that the Supremes had their own line of bread? Personali...

by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Mislabeled Orange Measuring Cups

Because of their perfect shape and glowing color the orange has captured the imagination of designers since the beginning of time. In this c...

by Allee Willis

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Ladies and Gentlemen….The Brailettes

Ladies and Gentlemen….The Brailettes (courtesy of my friend KB)....

by herzco

Toy Ranch Phone

This is a toy “ranch” wall phone from the 1950’s. It is made of metal and particle board and features wonderful cowboy and...

by Michael Ely

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Woody Allen’s SLEEPER House – Annex for Willis Wonderland?

The “Sculptured House” that appeared in Woody Allen’s 1973 futuristic comedy, SLEEPER may be facing foreclosure. Check out...

by Douglas Wood

Calling Dr. Kildare…

I always found Richard to be very talented and interesting. These are from the early 60’s I think. They were acquired from a friend wh...

by MyFunCloset

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Donate Blood for Life

Three drops of blood– a grandmother (young at heart and in huge heels), a mother and a baby… made of blood. Asking you to donate...

by Mooshe