When Vanessa Williams snagged the Miss America crown in 1984 one of her first honors was to grace this box of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes. B...
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The Search For The Kitschiest Valentine’s Day Anything CONTEST!
Holidays, especially Valentine’s Day, bring out the kitsch in everyone and everything. I’m especially partial to this little tuf...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Super Bowl Sunday 1930’s Plastic Football On Bakelite Chain Necklace
This little football choker is so delicate I only wear it once a year in honor of the Super Bowl which I pay no attention to other than hit ...
Allee’ Willis Kitsch O’ The Day – Hostess Cupcake Box
I only wish the real thing looked as good as this plastic trinkets box that looks like I remember Hostess cupcakes looking like back in the ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Muffler Tree
I love sculptures like this, especially when they’re crafted by mechanics and stuck out on the street in front of their shops. I’...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1962 Password Game
There were many versions of this game based on the popular TV series pitting two two-people teams against each other to guess words based on...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Corn People Salt ‘n Pepper Shakers
Corn is a popular motif in salt and pepper shakers but usually it’s the stalks of corn themselves. Here we have a happy corn couple, b...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – “Pardon Me” But Please Watch This Video For Unintentional Excellence In Kitsch
him As I was sitting here minutes ago swamped with deadlines and in a panic because I didn’t write my Kitsch O’ The Day post yet...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Vintage Fold-Up Rain Hat
I keep this vintage 1950’s rain hat tucked in my purse regardless of whether it’s raining like in the days of Noah’s Ark a...
Lily Tomlin Picks The Allee Willis Museum Of Kitsch In Time Magazine!
I’m pleased to announce that in this week’s issue of Time Magazine, Feb. 1, 2010, Lily Tomlin has chosen The Allee Willis Museum...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – “Rainy Days And Thursdays”, Ultimate Karaoke Performance
A more appropriate title for this ultimate kitsch rendition of The Carpenters legendary “Rainy Days And Mondays” is “Raini...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1950’s Sky King Rubber Stamping Kit
I shared many a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and Vernor’s with Sky King and Penny as nothing could separate me from the TV when th...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Martin Luther King “I Have A Dream” Keyring
A day late but Happy belated Martin Luther King Day! This bulging butterscotch keychain goes with me everywhere I go....
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Jell-o Spoon Candy
“The dessert that tastes like a candy bar” was a junk food lover’s xtreme fantasy when it hit the shelves in 1972. Short-l...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1970’s Sanka Ashtray
Along with Postum, Sanka is the brew that revolutionized the coffee world and kicked off the decaf trend. It was also the proud sponsor of q...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Long Beach City Employees Ceramic Money Pouch Bank
Very nice of the Federal Credit Union of Signal Hill, CA to give these promotional money sack banks to Long Beach city employees but the gif...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Pigmy Will preforms “LaBamba”!
The Pigmy goes all out and serenades us with the definitive version of “La Bamba”. His band is pretty cool too....
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Toilet Seat Clock
Though as a rule I abhor reproductions, this modern day toilet clock rides the elevator to the penthouse of Kitsch never to came down with i...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – The Harris Motor Inn Ashtray
I’m very attached to my home state of Michigan and collect anything from the 1940s to 1970s that honors it. I particularly love when a...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Maya Angelou, “Miss Calypso”
Right, the first thing that hits your lips when you think of Maya Angelou is that she’s “Miss Calypso”. But in her early d...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Owl In a Tree Coffee Cups
The owl is a national bird of the state of Kitsch. This is a set of four textured ceramic wood coffee cups with a happy owl peeping out. I d...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Shriners Salt & Pepper Shaker
I’ve been collecting Shriners artifacts since I found a group portrait of hundreds of Zurah Temple members in their Fezes in the mid-1...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Autographed “This Is Your Life” Keychain
His autograph etched on the back, TV kingpin Ralph Edwards handed out these etched gold keychains as promotional swag from “This Is Yo...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Max Factor Sophisti-Cat Perfume
Made from 1954 – 1960, possession of a bottle of Max Factor Sophisti-Cat perfume was de rigueur for any little girl growing up in R...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Buckskin Bill Coffee-Milk Mug
I don’t know much about Buckskin Bill other than his last name was Black and he had a TV show in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that began eve...