The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

The remote collection continues to grow by a few new ones each week, but this one’s a dilly… a three-button RCA Victor. Like man...

November 6, 2010 by StoryTroy

Here’s another variation on the Zenith Space Commander 400 remote posted a coupla’ months back. Based on the patent numbers on t...

September 25, 2010 by StoryTroy

There are things that are manly and there are things that are manly. Cigar bars. Saunas at Gentlemen’s Clubs. Old-school steakhouses w...

August 19, 2010 by StoryTroy

In contrast to the hulking RCA Victor remotes posted here in recent weeks, the Zenith Space Commander Four Hundred is a real flyweight. Just...

August 3, 2010 by StoryTroy

I’m submitting these snaps as a followup to my post from a few days ago, featuring the RCA Victor Color Remote. Note the handsome gold...

July 27, 2010 by StoryTroy

Another new addition to my tv remote collection and I’m so excited, I’m posting the eBay snap even before the item itself gets i...

July 20, 2010 by StoryTroy

Back in college, I met ragtime pianist Max Morath, whose collection of vintage credit cards and charge plates got me to thinking “hmm,...

June 12, 2010 by StoryTroy

Once again, the kindness of old friends proves immeasurable. No sooner did I promise to get a snap of the Shelton’s Nursery “Geo...

May 23, 2010 by StoryTroy

My first girlfriend in ye olde teen years was the unbelievably awesome Marjorie Yambor, whose pop owned Shelton’s Nursery along State ...

May 22, 2010 by StoryTroy

Ever wanted to do a scene from Masque of the Red Death or The Importance of Being Earnest with the legendary Vincent Price? You could, with ...

March 3, 2010 by StoryTroy

Chair spotted in a hotel in the Beverly/La Cienega area — made completely of welded Kennedy Half Dollars and wire....

February 1, 2010 by StoryTroy