The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Tutor in Sceince, anyone?

miami and miami beach have many free weekly newspapers. the subject publication, which i had not seen before, is the “miami beach news...

February 9, 2011 by DetroitKent

Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 96 – August 2010)

I like to think I am up on the collecting of certain things like games, toys etc but I had no idea the amount of African American games that...

February 2, 2011 by denny

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Baking A Cherpumple With Charles Phoenix VIDEO!

This short film of my bff Charles and I baking his acclaimed Cherpumple, three pies stuffed inside of three cakes, is as much about a great...

February 1, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Me As Meatloaf

I know most of you here at AWMOK have already seen the spectacular culinary art created by Denny this week but I loved it so much that I had...

January 26, 2011 by Allee Willis

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It’s The Allee Willis Meatloaf!! (part 2)

I’m getting hungry. FYI, brussell sprouts scare me so I avoided Allee’s eyes. Ernie had so much fun and was very quick to want...

January 24, 2011 by denny

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It’s The Allee Willis Meatloaf!! (part 1)

I thought if everybody else was getting into creating art with food then I could give it a try too! So i decided to immortalize Allee Will...

January 23, 2011 by denny

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Let’s Subtract – Sing And Learn With Rebecca Warden (educational lp)

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January 14, 2011 by denny

How To Catch A Cat – 2010 (a painting by Denny)

SOLD....

January 8, 2011 by denny

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1964 Band Directors Guide Book

is As I’ve never learned how to read music, even that which I’ve written and somehow managed to plunk out on a keyboard note by ...

October 6, 2010 by Allee Willis

Twist Crazy

I love everything about this short film, the floating Xmas Tree, the silver jackets, the crazy jelly leg dancing….makes me want to get...

September 8, 2010 by shirlie williams

Eggs Exotique cookbook

Nothing says fancy better than giving it a French title. Exotic Eggs? Nope… but “Eggs Exotique,” Wow! I’m impressed...

September 5, 2010 by kookykitsch

60’s Hat or Swim Cap Patterns?

Could these fashion hats ever return? Looks like a cross over swim cap to me. I believe these date to the early 60’s. No date noted....

August 7, 2010 by MyFunCloset

It’s a red heel sock jungle out there…

This sock monkey belongs to a friend who has saved her family’s toys dating back to the early 50’s. Even today, the red heel soc...

August 2, 2010 by MyFunCloset

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Picture Cook Book

This is my all-time favorite cookbook. It was published in 1958 and contains recipes along with photos that appeared in Life Magazine betwee...

July 27, 2010 by Michael Ely

Make your own Jungle animals…

A pattern for 7 Bean Bag Jungle Animals‚Ä¶ an alligator, monkey, hippo, peacock, giraffe, leopard and elephant. Measures about 6-8 inche...

by MyFunCloset

MC Hammer Clothing Patterns

I am speechless....

June 21, 2010 by denny

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Recordings On Sex Instruction

This is an early 1950’s collection of four 78 r.p.m. records instructing parents on how to talk to their young children about matters ...

June 17, 2010 by Michael Ely

Karate “For The Family” LP

One should never wear plaid when practicing karate....

June 7, 2010 by denny

A 1950’s 2-piece swimsuit…

Still conservative by what was to come just 10 years later. Fashion was starting to break out in the 1950s’ for small towns across Ame...

May 2, 2010 by MyFunCloset

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Whip up a glam apron in an afternoon…

Home-ec classes never really prepared me for this kind of challenge. The teacher’s idea of an apron was a terry cloth dish towel with ...

May 1, 2010 by MyFunCloset

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How to Draw and Paint CHILDREN by Viola French – vintage instructional book

I found this book at the dump and was so torn about which pages to place here. The graphics are amazing and the only pics in color are poste...

April 30, 2010 by denny

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“It’s Howdy Doody Time…”

“Hey Kids, What time is it?” It’s Howdy Doody time! Who knew Buffalo Bob Smith was the voice behind Howdy Doody and his pa...

April 17, 2010 by MyFunCloset