The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Pat Cooper “Spaghetti Sauce & Other Delights”

I don´t know what is more seductive, the load of Spaghetti or Pat Cooper....

March 9, 2011 by BeeJay

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For Spotnik – Allee and Kitty Carlisle

Hangin’ with Kitty at the New Dramatists Luncheon in NYC when I was up for a Tony for The Color Purple, 5/18/06. And look who was ...

by Allee Willis

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To Tell The Truth….. It’s Kitty!

Kitty Carlisle wasn’t always kitsch. I think that her transformation from Socialite to Kitsch-alite came when she appeared as a regu...

by Spotnik

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Elvis themed PEZ dispenser collectible box

Last christmas my hubby suprised me with this marvellous set of three Elvis Presley PEZ dispensers. I´m a collector of those thingies and h...

March 8, 2011 by BeeJay

Bing Crosby Kitsch

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March 7, 2011 by suzette

The Best Gifts are from the Heart and Sometimes on the Head

One of the many things I love about the AWMOK is that it seems to draw people who are not only insanely creative and talented, but also very...

March 6, 2011 by windupkitty

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Allee Willis & Paul Reubens

This totally awesome picture of Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman) was recently sent to me by a friend and it totally made my day. I don´t know ...

by BeeJay

Nancy Sinatra “How Does That Grab You?” LP

Nancy’s album covers were always pretty amazing. She’s the only artist who ever made me want to wear go-go boots....

by denny

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For Douglas Wood- Allee and Pee Wee

In response to Douglas’ comment on Denny’s Adventures In Willis Wonderland – Part 108. These were taken over here for Li...

March 1, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Cowboy Adventures To Color

I love vintage unused coloring books. This is a Gene Autry ” Cowboy Adventures To Color” coloring book published in 1941. The ...

February 28, 2011 by Michael Ely

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Ghetto Fab Michael Jackson Sphinx Pendant and Storm Lee’s Birthday Soirée

. Sunday night I went to Storm Lee’s birthday party. He’s a great singer and killed it on The X Factor, the British version of S...

February 22, 2011 by Allee Willis

Astrological Kitsch–Mighty Mighty Pisces

Might I suggest this great song and film for the kitsch vault—sorely under-represented in our collective (astrological) memories. Fr...

February 20, 2011 by ewfthompson

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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...

February 19, 2011 by denny

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...

February 18, 2011 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

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...

February 17, 2011 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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When You’re In Love The Whole World Is Jewish LP

…featuring the “YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE JEWISH” Players- Frank Gallop, Lou Jacobi, Betty Walker, Phil Leeds, Valerie Ha...

February 14, 2011 by Cheetah Velour

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Dinah-Mite and the Dyn-O-Miteness of Jenifer Lewis

I love things that are ‘off’ but born of popular trends and then spin off into their own orbit, making a firm landing on the ter...

February 9, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Forever Ricky….

If you ever get a chance to see “Ozzie and Harriet”‘s black and white reruns from the ’50s, you’ll see a you...

February 8, 2011 by MyFunCloset

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Detroit Zoo Hat and My Homegirl, Lily Tomlin

When I grew up in Detroit I went to the zoo on 10 Mile and Woodward at least a couple times a year. Although I got this particular chapeau ...

February 7, 2011 by Allee Willis

“Four Freshmen” a signed photo to Liz

This was part of the unforgetable mound of “trash” left by the curb the night before it would be gone forever. The family was cl...

by MyFunCloset

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – There’s More Cheese On Super Bowl Sunday Than What’s On The Pizza

In the lexicon of kitsch, ‘cheese’ and ‘cheesy’ are words often used to describe objects that grace the highest eche...

February 6, 2011 by Allee Willis