The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

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

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Del Rubio Sock Monkey

When I got the word that Allee and Hidden Los Angeles were collecting valentines for the beautiful Milly Del Rubio, I wanted to something sp...

March 5, 2011 by windupkitty

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Rap in the wrong hands is a dangerous thing…

This clip speaks for itself: http://www.break.com/index/whiterapper21.html...

March 4, 2011 by Douglas Wood

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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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Darla – Queen of the Chihuahua’s

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February 27, 2011 by denny

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Flower Children Turned Cannibal

This is me with two friends on the front page of our local newspaper (Inglewood, CA) in the summer of 1968. We are eating rose petals in ...

February 25, 2011 by Michael Ely

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1950’s handpainted Mexican circle skirt!

I have a new rule: When invited to a party where the illustrious and fabulous Allee Willis will be, when in doubt of what to wear, don a 1...

February 23, 2011 by sparkleneely

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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

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Fluffart: Part One

Since we have at least one other person here with a Fluffetish, Allee encouraged me to share some of my Fluffart. I hope one day to make the...

February 21, 2011 by Iamfluff

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And then we played Twister…

We were getting late into the party when Baby Doe got a surprising phone call… Then Todd tried to figure out how to do Right Hand Red....

February 19, 2011 by Rusty

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“For the Love of Kitsch” Party Photos!

As promised, here are some of my party photos. I’ll start with the “pre-Rusty had some wine” photos as they get blurrier a...

February 18, 2011 by Rusty

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Junk Food Supreme At A Kitsch Lover’s Party

Anyone reading my blog long enough knows I’m an unabashed lover of junk food. My conscience has upped through the years but in a perfe...

February 17, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Blame it on the Pamphlet!

Why spend a lot of money on expensive dance lessons when you can learn to dance the Bossa Nova from a 1962 pamphlet for only 50 cents? Appar...

by Douglas Wood

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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...

by Michael Ely

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AWMOK’s first little mini convention of sorts

(Literally among the first aK’s to join AWMOK in September, 2009 – (L-R) Mark Blackwell, windupkitty, QoK AW, kookykitsch and Me...

February 13, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Del Rubio Triplet Valentine’s Day Cards Progress Report

When I, along with Hidden Los Angeles, put out the call a few weeks ago that for Valentine’s Day we wanted to bring as many V-Day ca...

February 11, 2011 by Allee Willis

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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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3D PORTRAIT OF NADINE

My friend April alerted me to this on ETSY. INSANE. I wonder if purchase would be permissable at $409.00???...

by snappyp

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David B’s report cards grades 4 thru 12+

David B. No last name, just to protect his privacy. He could be reading this. I have never met David but I’m glad I gathered a bit o...

by MyFunCloset

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Ohayocon 2011

Nessa here, just back from Ohayocon 2011 in lovely Columbus, Ohio! I’m not on staff at Ohayocon but I love to go there because it...

February 7, 2011 by Nessa

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Out with Miss Yvonne, Jambi, Cherry, Chicky Baby, Randy and Penny

Me (friend to all), Prudence Fenton (animation and special effects director, Penny and sometimes voice of the flowers), Lynne Stewart (Miss ...

February 3, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Vintage Harlem Nightclub Shaker and My Weekend at Vitello’s

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m not an avid club-goer. It used to be that I wanted to hear every detail of a record under headphone...

February 2, 2011 by Allee Willis

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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 – Kitschtastic East LA and My Saturday Ride with Charles Phoenix

As many of you know, one of my favorite things in the world to do is to take rides with my BFF, Charles Phoenix, and go to places in and aro...

January 31, 2011 by Allee Willis

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