The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

If Fonzie was a packet of ketchup…

…he might look like this. Born to be wild, it’s the Heinz Ketchup “Leader of the Packets” advertising bean bag. Stan...

August 16, 2010 by Kyle Dayton

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Martin Loofa King

Seen in a shop in London. Genius? Or wrong?...

by petermmarino

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Who was that masked man?

Found at the bottom of a box filled with “nothing special” at a recent yard sale. It didn’t work but looked really great j...

August 14, 2010 by MyFunCloset

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Florida Postcards

Here are a few postcards from my collection as promised. The one of Esther Williams and Tony Martin is one of my favorites, on the back it s...

by Danny

Parody of Mao Tse Tung’s Little Red Book

LBJ’s comments on many subjects, war, the economy, the media. etc. My favorite is the last one: “I’m the only president yo...

by Bob Ramsdell

I Wish They All Could Be…

The Art Director/Production Designer for Katy Perry’s latest video, “California Gurlz” definitely knows his/her kitsch. Be...

August 13, 2010 by Douglas Wood

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John Lennon Graffitti

This is a photograph of graffitti on a bridge abutment. To me, it sums up the feelings of many people of how much he will be missed....

by Bob Ramsdell

Trial of the Century buttons

I’m embarrassed to say I got caught up in all the hoopla, and went downtown one day just to see what was going on. I also bought a wat...

by ginger

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Percy Faith “Girl Meets Boy” (w/ Peggy King, Jerry Vale & Felicia Sanders) LP

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August 10, 2010 by denny

Holden the hair out of the eyes

Forget his performance in SUNSET BLVD– bobby pin hawker is how we’ll all remember William Holden. These “Bobby Star”...

by Douglas Wood

Dr Ben Casey…with postage due

Today’s adventure sale includes a gal who wrote to Hollywood stars in the 1960’s. With camera in hand, I snapped a small portion...

by MyFunCloset

Elvis Jail House Rock Cotton Swab Holder

There are loads of gift shops near Graceland, I bought this at one of them.I didn’t buy the whole bathroom set.This was enough....

August 9, 2010 by Planet Joan

Ghost Ranch Lodge Ashtray

Miracle Mile is home to a strip of vintage neon-lit hotels here in Tucson and one of the most famous was the Ghost Ranch Lodge. Built in 194...

August 8, 2010 by Michael Ely

Jim and Tammy and Their Friends

It’s Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker and their fluffy puppet friends, singing songs and telling stories years before the tawdry scandals and...

by Brian Hamilton

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You are what you drive!

“Dahling I love these seats with corduroy…..”...

August 7, 2010 by michaelfrese

Der Bingle

This was a 10″ LP that I picked up at a thrift store. I don’t know why Bing was called “Der Bingle” but I thought th...

by Bob Ramsdell

Corn Festival in La Habra, CA

Summertime means festivals and celebrations all over the country. Sixty-two years ago, the La Habra Host Lions Club presumed that transplant...

August 6, 2010 by Markydoodle

The Beginning of the Stereo Age

This This record is a compact 33 rpm record which was made up by RCA to show people the difference in sound between a monaural and a stereo ...

August 5, 2010 by Bob Ramsdell

Loretta Lynn Nail Clipper

This is another Loretta Lynn souvenir from the gift shop at the Lorretta Lynn Ranch....

by Planet Joan

Lion Mask from Vegas

I got your email about how you are looking for jungle kitch so I took a nice picture of one of my most prized possessions! My brother and I ...

August 4, 2010 by Noel ILL

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I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – Mitch Miller

Mitch Miller died yesterday at age 99. On my honeymoon in 1960, my wife and I were in Hollywood and we decided to go to the Ambassador Hotel...

August 3, 2010 by Bob Ramsdell

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1968 Right On’s 100 Super-Soul Stars Book and Saturday Night with Earth Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder, 2010

. My life would have never been the same without Soul music. Growing up in Detroit, my teenage years were spent on the far right of the AM r...

August 2, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Irving Penn portrait photo of Bert Lahr (“Cowardly Lion”)

Time Magazine Books: Gifts Between Covers Monday, Dec. 12, 1960 French holiday shoppers browsing in their bookstores can find an edition of ...

by Julie Brumlik