The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Denny in the Jungle!

All of these pics were taken at various places throughout my roadside travels. We would often drive from PA to FLA during the winter and s...

January 17, 2011 by denny

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My Hat Collection Part 5

Here’s a favorite from the early 40s. Ella Neal wears one just like it in The Mysterious Dr Satan series and she looks so fabulous! I ...

by windupkitty

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Marlene, The Nearsighted Ceramic Poodle

Marlene is the star of my kitsch collection – with blue rhinestone eyes, ceramic cats-eye glasses, rabbit fur accents and a faded pink...

by Mod Betty RetroRoadmap.com

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The Swingin’ Swine

I guess these guys and gals are wooden and nailed to stakes planted in the ground, they’re The Swingin’ Swine! And they’re...

by BRBill

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Chalkware lamps

The shades. The Del Rubio Triplets owned the same sort of lamps as these....

by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 89 – August 2010)

Cell phone flask. Allee has some of the most amazing barware ever and I found this while rummaging through one of the bars at “Willis ...

January 16, 2011 by denny

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Cookin’ from Scratch, Doolittle, MO

This is at a restaurant near where my daughter played basketball today in the Missouri Ozarks. We didn’t know if it was a real sign fr...

by hotshotjumpgirl

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Need I Say More . . .

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by Peter Kimmel

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Hits Aktuell – lp

I wish they were wearing go-go boots but the glasses they are wearing are pretty hip....

by denny

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Sweet City Soul Sisters – 24 x 36 (a painting by Denny)

This is the largest painting to date. 24 x 36 and full of soul!...

by denny

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Spaghetti Handed Doggie

Allee, you were on my mind yesterday as I had a glorious day of thrifting, and this little dog with the spaghetti paws and ears just cried o...

by Mod Betty RetroRoadmap.com

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Standard poodle in hot pink

As per a request in a previous thread, i present a fully clipped standard poodle in hot pink. This picture was taken by my friend Dobre̵...

by BRBill

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Stacked Coffee Cup

In my youth, Sundays were always for relaxing. But as the years have stretched on, all too many days of rest have turned into days I push pe...

by Allee Willis

Window To The Stars

This is an art piece of my own making. I wanted to create something interesting above our bedroom entry, something magical and over-the-top...

January 15, 2011 by Michael Ely

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An Appropriate Mistake on a Local Menu

This is for real…It’s a local Thai eatery and a good friend caught this mistake a long time ago….Despite that, it remains ...

by windupkitty

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On the aging of marshmallows

For those of you who have never misplaced a bag of mini-marshmallows for a year, I have to say that it has had some interesting effects on t...

by Chris Wesling

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A Glamour Shot picture

What on earth? A graduation picture or a glamour shot picture. I’m not sure but this makes me a little sick to my stomach....

by denny

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Smiley Ring

This is my SMILEY Ring that I wore in the very early 1970s when I was in latter part of Junior High or early High School ( I forget to long ...

by Patty McDonald

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Beatnik In A Keyhole, 5 x 7 (a painting by Denny – 2011)

I’m not quite sure if I was going for the beatnik look or the burglar look. Either way it makes me laugh. All of the “keyhol...

by denny

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FROM THE HEART OF ELEANOR – inspirational LP

This really kills me and I highly doubt that Eleanor’s heart is really holding a message for all of us. I really like her scarf but th...

January 14, 2011 by denny

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David Bowie Throw Pillows

Ground control to Major Tom. What’s a house without a couple of David Bowie throw pillows laying about? I had these pillows made spe...

by Michael Ely

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An old collage

OK, so here’s a little collage type thing I did about 13/14(?) years ago or so…..I often start out with a general idea of what I...

by windupkitty

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Let’s Subtract – Sing And Learn With Rebecca Warden (educational lp)

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by denny

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3 Day Old Donut Crumbs with Allee & Charles

A couple days ago, I documented my Sunday drive with Charles Phoenix, noting that our very first stop was for an appetizer at Spudnuts, a do...

January 13, 2011 by Allee Willis

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My Hat Collection Part 4

I should have done this earlier, but I would like to dedicate the posts of my hat collection to the magnificent Bill Cunningham. You may kno...

by windupkitty

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Kitsch » January 2011