The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 102 – August 2010)

It’s a gigantic snack serving apparatus disguised as a giant cocktail glass. This is a beautiful piece of kitsch! Gettin’ up clo...

February 19, 2011 by denny

And then we played Twister…

We were getting late into the party when Baby Doe got a surprising phone call… Then Todd tried to figure out how to do Right Hand Red....

by Rusty

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Vintage Firestone Tire Ashtray

This is a very old ashtray dated 1935. The glass ashtray sits in a miniature Firestone rubber tire. The embossed writing commemorates the Ca...

by Michael Ely

kitty pedeeeeeecure

Next week she will have the pedicurist put designs and patterns on her nails. And still good for batting around the mice....

by snappyp

The Gaytones “Encores” – LP art not to be missed….

I think after seeing this I now realize that I too can (and just might) cut an album....

by denny

Foo Foo Kitty Meets Kung Fu

Foo Foo was seen through a window while on vacation in Idyllwild, CA, a small mountain community in the suburbs of LA. She called to me with...

by Martha Paterson

I found Allee Willis at the dump. Well sort of……(this post features the skinny on the song “Your Place Or Mine” written by Allee!!!)

I found this cassette at my local “gift hut” here in the town of Orleans. As some of you or may not know, each town dump has w...

by denny

Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 104 – August 2010)

A few of these pieces were featured on Allee’s kitsch of the day for the Labor day festivities. These are tin serving platters. Gorgeo...

February 18, 2011 by denny

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Can Celine Dion and a manicurist really be lurking at the Salvation Army? (2 scary coffee mugs)

I love this one much more than the Celine Dion mug. Just not a fan of hers at all but still had to pick up the mug below! I Ugh, I could nev...

by denny

Bard n’ Booze

I love it when high-brow meets low-brow, as in these Shakespeare cocktail napkins from the early 60’s. Each napkin takes a quote from ...

by Douglas Wood

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Background Music from Capital Records – LP

Apartment 19 looks like it’s a really happenin’ place to be!...

by denny

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Hot Tamale 14 x 11 (a painting by Denny)

Miss Hot Tamale....

by denny

“For the Love of Kitsch” Party Photos!

As promised, here are some of my party photos. I’ll start with the “pre-Rusty had some wine” photos as they get blurrier a...

by Rusty

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Teeny Weeny Tourist Souvenirs (little dishes with little tea cups) Part 3

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by denny

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More Valentines

I don’t know about you, but my teacher would probably yell at me if I sat on the globe. The inside opens to show a lot of jars of jell...

by Nessa

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Junk Food Supreme At A Kitsch Lover’s Party

Anyone reading my blog long enough knows I’m an unabashed lover of junk food. My conscience has upped through the years but in a perfe...

February 17, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Blame it on the Pamphlet!

Why spend a lot of money on expensive dance lessons when you can learn to dance the Bossa Nova from a 1962 pamphlet for only 50 cents? Appar...

by Douglas Wood

Tirau, the Corrugated Iron Capital of New Zealand

I’ll keep this one brief and let the photos speak for themselves. There is a town in New Zealand that is full of corrugated iron art. ...

by Rusty

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My Kissing Pug – a little video clip

I know this is nutty but when I told a buddy of mine out in LA that my Pug goes crazy about licking chins, he didn’t believe me. Her...

by denny

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Minnie Pearl fan

How-w-w-DEE-E-E-E! This is a Minnie Pearl cardboard fan with a stick handle. For those of you you don’t know who she was, Minnie Pe...

by Michael Ely

Beatles Ticket Stub

One of my prized possessions, a ticket stub from a premiere of “A Hard Day’s Night.” Special enough because it is Beatle...

by Nessa

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Earth Wind & Fire – 24 x 18 (a painting by Denny)

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by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Giant Vintage Hanging Foam Sex Dice

Not the normal pair that dangle from the rear view mirror, these 6″ soft dice feature sexual maneuvers on one game piece and the body ...

February 16, 2011 by Allee Willis