The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Misprinted Hershey’s Dark Chocolate Candy

This may not excite the average person as much as it excites me but when I bought this piece of Hershey’s Dark Chocolate for a penny o...

June 30, 2010 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – AMI JukeBox Tip Tray

A petite 4″ x 6″, this little metal tip tray was a promotional item given away in the 1950’s by the AMI corporation to cel...

June 22, 2010 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Music Muffs Radio Headphones & Pomplamoose

Without question, these are by far my favorites of the 50 or 60 pairs of headphones that I own. Although of no use whatsoever in my recordin...

June 21, 2010 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Vintage Bongos & Pomplamoose

These 1950’s bongos with pearlized crushed ice wrap and heavy chrome hardware have been beaten on just about every song I ever wrote. ...

June 17, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Toast Wallet

This 100% genuine piece of plastic toast wallet looks just like the real thing right down to the butter starting to melt into the cushiony f...

June 15, 2010 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1950’s TV Dinner Fathers Day Card

The front of this card looks conservative enough that you wouldn’t know it was sold in the decade when greeting cards went bonkers and...

June 13, 2010 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Plastic Fruit & Vegetable People and The Most Talented Man You’ve Ever Seen Playing Music On Vegetables

. I used to actively collect figurative sculptures made out of plastic fruits and vegetables. Largely crafts projects, I loved them because ...

June 8, 2010 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1978 Avon “Weekend Decision Maker” Tai Winds After Shave

On days such as today when it’s sweltering in LA the decision as to what to do over the weekend is always a big deal – sweat to ...

June 6, 2010 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Slim Jims Ashtray

Anyone who knows me would be shocked I’ve never actually tasted a Slim Jim given my proclivity for junk snacks. It isn’t even th...

June 3, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Toilet Paper Cozy

If one were to pick up doing crafts as a hobby one of the easiest things to make would surely be this happy little gal toilet paper cozy. A ...

June 1, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – “Party Jocs” Coasters and Top Chef Masters at Street

In anticipation of the Memorial Day holiday tomorrow and the many glasses that are about to be lifted these Party Jocs drink cozies make it ...

May 30, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Art Linkletter “People Are Funny” Party Game

Yesterday, iconic TV host Art Linkletter passed away. Even as a little kid Art seemed a little square to me but there’s no doubt that ...

May 27, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Velveeta Camera and “Food For Thought” Party Photos!

This is one of the few food related items that John Lloyd Young didn’t jewel at my place last Sunday when The Allee Willis Museum Of K...

May 26, 2010 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – The Soul Grabber and Patti LaBelle’s Surprise Birthday Party

This late 60’s Soul Grabber sign for Budweiser malt liquor is one of my favorite possessions. Everything about it screams late Afro 60...

May 25, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1950’s BonAmi “Push Button” Cleaner and A Smatering of What It’s Cleaning Up

This vintage cleaning product can may be a little worse for wear but so am I as I hobble around my house shining it back up to its usual sta...

May 24, 2010 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1950’s “What’s Yours?” Drink Markers – Party at AWMoK (in LA) Today!

As any good party hostess knows, one of the biggest drags is seeing a sea of half filled cups littered all over your place left by guests wh...

May 23, 2010 by Allee Willis

For Denny – My DeCastro Sisters Autograph

Denny, as per my comment in your DeCastro Sisters post, https://www.awmok.com/2010/04/02/the-decastro-sisters-a-tribute-article-and-pictures...

May 19, 2010 by Allee Willis

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“Allee Willis’ Wonderland O’ Kitsch – East San Fernando Valley, CA. Part 2” VIDEO

In part 2, I take you on a tour of even more grand and kitschifyingly wonderful monuments of aesthetic in my beloved east San Fernando Valle...

May 17, 2010 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis Presents “Hey Jerrie” – 91 yr. old female drummer on an oxygen tank

If you haven’t seen this please watch now. I did this last year with Jerrie. At one point it was the 12th most watched video in the wo...

May 13, 2010 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Props O’ The Day – Bye Bye, Jerrie Thill…

I just got the news that Jerrie Thill, the 91-year-old female drummer on an oxygen tank who I did my song and video, “Hey Jerrie”...

by Allee Willis

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