Kitsch » October 2011

Homes to the Stars 1957

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How great someone took the time to see where the stars actually lived in 1957… before the walls went up and the bushes grew to be 8 f...

October 6, 2011 by MyFunCloset

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Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 75

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I was dying to get my hands on this stash of vintage games.  Dying to see the Beverly Hillbillies game!...

October 5, 2011 by denny

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C.S. Lovett “Help Lord – The Devil Wants Me Fat” (a scriptural approach to a trim and attractive body)

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Is that blue ice cream, a coconut pie, and donuts? Look at that lovely yellow backdrop which makes the colors of all this “sin” ...

by denny

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The Circus Strong Man, 20×16 (a painting by Denny)

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by denny

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Ideas that Didn’t Quite Catch On.

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I don’t know why I love the idea of lighting my mower so much.  May 1960 cover for Popular Science from Google Books....

by Markydoodle

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Evangeline Maid Bread rotating sign

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Here’s the Evangeline Maid Bread rotating sign on Simcoe Street in Lafayette, La. I took this video(link below) and still shot the la...

by BRBill

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A little helper to tan your ass-crack

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by BeeJay

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CANDY MACHINE

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I LOVE A GOOD JOKE.  But not if I had been in the mood for Red Hots....

by snappyp

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch ‘O The Day – Staggering Signs Along Route 1, Saugus, MA.

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Although when I was in Boston the week before last for the fluffilectable Fluff Festival, all I did was participate in all things Fluff, I d...

October 4, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 73

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I would die to have these transferred onto to dvd.  Rose Parade, Pin-Up, Betty Rowland Silhouette, Hollywood, Palm Springs, and more!...

by denny

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1955 GMC L’Universelle Motorama Concept

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1955 GMC Truck and Coach Division concept van photographed here the day of the 1955 Motorama in San Francisco. Don’t you wish you coul...

by Markydoodle

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No Soup, but Definitely Some Nuts

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NOw, I’m not sure how much I’m supposed to be giving away, but I do think it’s time to stir things up a little bit. In a c...

by windupkitty

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The Realist Magazine

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The Realist magazine was an anti establishment oriented magazine in the mid ’60’s. It had great interviews, cartoons and anti Vi...

by Bob Ramsdell

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Big-Eye Kiddo Prints

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I got these amazing big-eye kid prints at a church sale a few days ago.   They were only a few dollars.  Hooray!  This one’s kind ...

by Nessa

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The last piece

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Hurray.  Who is more deserving of the last piece of pizza than Felix here.?...

by snappyp

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Patti Labelle “It’s Alright With Me” album – featuring 2 tracks written by Allee Willis

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I’ve always been a fan of Patti’s but that didn’t start til the late 80’s for me.  This album is actually from 1979...

by denny

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Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 72

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Is that butterfly whispering to the Champ?...

October 3, 2011 by denny

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Plastic Sculpture (I have no idea what this is…)

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I have no idea what this is. It’s plastic and has no identifying marks on it. I found it at the dump....

by denny

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Canyon Pottery

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This is my vintage pottery collection, residing around the booth in our kitchen in Topanga Canyon.  (It’s really hard to take photos,...

by Douglas Wood

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Black Velvet Soul

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“Putney says its got to have soul!!” This was originally part of a set of 2! My neighbor found them both at the local Goodwill T...

by Brother Cleve

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Talking toilet paper

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You know, I think I’ve heard enough....

by snappyp

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I’m having a hard time deciding.

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“There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them.” For whatever reason, when I looked at these pict...

by Markydoodle

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Totally 80s Music Junk

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I was going through some old stuff and I found this packaging for these things I had as a kid.  They were these speaker things you could ho...

by Nessa

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Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 71

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This is a pretty nifty idea for a decal huh?  It’s kitsch for sure but I’ve never been a Jerry Lewis fan and I only dig Deans m...

October 1, 2011 by denny

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“Fast Food” Atari 2600 Game, 1982.

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Anybody remember the “Fast Food” Atari 2600 game from 1982?  The game itself didn’t come close to the graphics on this pr...

by Markydoodle

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