The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

HEY EVERYBODY, IT’S THE ALLEE WILLIS FAN PAGE FOR THE “CHILDSTAR” ALBUM!

This is a publicity still from the “Childstar” sessions. I recently created a fan page on Facebook for the album, “Child...

December 5, 2011 by denny

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RELSHME, The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Visits Alameda

This week was particularly exciting as I got a last minute tip that the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile (called “RELSHME”) was in Alame...

December 2, 2011 by Rusty

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Birthdaying at the Madonna Inn – Part 1

Bright and early the weekend before Thanksgiving Prudence Fenton and I hopped in the mustache van and drove up the coast to San Luis Obispo....

November 29, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee’s “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” – part 25

Sharon and I go back to my willisville years in the 90's. Richard Chamberlin, aka Dr. Kildare, us with Johanna Ray, a casting director. H...

November 27, 2011 by denny

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Portraiture

Brilliant use of prociutto! and the hamburger is extremely well sculpted. I think they roasted it for supper....

November 22, 2011 by snappyp

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DEnny’s Adventures in Allee’s “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” – part 27

Two unidentified ladies getting their “kitsch on” when Allee started handing out her kitsch prizes to the audience. This guy was...

November 18, 2011 by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Signs of an Excellent Birthday In East LA and Beyond

I’m pretty religious about celebrating one’s birthday all day from the strike of midnight through the next 24. Years that I have...

November 17, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – My Sunday Drive With Charles Phoenix – In and Around Inglewood, CA.

If you’ve got the good taste to be a regular reader of my blog, you know how much I enjoy my Sunday drives with Charles Phoenix. As ...

November 14, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee’s “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” – part 28

Larry Dunn from Earth Wind & Fire and friends. I should have had a tablet to write down everyones names! Amazing man with some amazi...

November 13, 2011 by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee’s “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” – part 16

I finally met the fabulous Luenell. She stopped over “Willis Wonderland” when we were all doing a run through of the show. T...

November 8, 2011 by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Riding The Red Vine Express

My friend, Jason Mecier, brilliant junque drawer portrait artist and whose edible art we stand in front of in the tableau above, did this p...

November 7, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Campy Van de Kamps

I bought these vintage photographs at the estate sale of the original photographer who had recently passed away. Los Angelinos will recogn...

November 5, 2011 by Douglas Wood

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee’s “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” – part 12

Three of my faves!...

November 4, 2011 by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee’s “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” – part 24

I forget the names of the people on the left but that’s akitshionado Doug Wood holding his Allee face mask! One of the highlights of t...

November 3, 2011 by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Music Saves My Soul Tote, Food and Concert

To a purveyor of kitsch such as myself, spotting a 99¢ or dollar store, Dollar Tree or whatever other buck or below establishment that base...

November 2, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – FINALLY! Soup To Nuts live show PHOTOS!

To say that my first performance in 37 years since jumping off the stage in the middle of my own show in 1974, Allee Willis’ Soup To ...

October 31, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee’s “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” – part 7

Hey kids, it’s the lovely Dina! Dina is Allee’s assistant and has been for some time. Dina worked the show AND was in it as ...

October 30, 2011 by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee’s “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” – part 6

This is Wind-Up Kitty with Lady Niblet, one of the kitties at Willis Wonderland. She usually doesn’t let anyone pick her up but she ...

October 29, 2011 by denny

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“Miss Hurst Golden Shifter”

Miss Linda Vaughn is spectacular. She had heart surgery this past April, and I really do hope she’s doing well. And while she̵...

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Welcome home, Stella!

For those akitschionados that know me may know that I just lost another pet. She was young, only 3 years old and passed from lung cancer. ...

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee’s “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” – part 5

Super cool songwriter, Danny Sembello. We were all in the studio and walked into the middle of Danny telling others the story of the tumbl...

October 28, 2011 by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee’s “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” – Part 4

We all gathered ourselves together in the studio for a meeting. After tripping on a cable in the studio, we all thought it best that Allee...

October 27, 2011 by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee’s “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” – part 3

PHOTO CREDIT: Mr. Mark (I love this guy!!) Blackwell. If anyone is wondering about the t-shirt…….I managed to get in one visit...

October 26, 2011 by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – FINALLY: Soup To Nutty!

I meant to start posting my thoughts about my Soup To Nuts Party Mix show, my first live performance in 37 years at the El Portal Theater la...

October 25, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee’s “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” – part 2

Filled snack bags! Sean and Dina organizing the packing of the sets. Signage. Saying goodbye to Fluff aka Susan Olsen. More stuff. I sold ...

October 23, 2011 by denny

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