Sorry this is so last-minute (not as sorry as I am for that crazy smile on my face) but if you have a chance to catch or TiVo The Kennedy Ce...
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Vintage Disney characters dancing to my song, “Neutron Dance”
This is from a Disney special called Totally Minnie made sometime in the 1980s. I’d seen Donald and Daisy Duck dance to “Neutron...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Cher Perfume and Burlesque, A Very Bland Thanksgiving Turkey!
Unfortunately, my bottle of Cher perfume, given to me as a birthday present one year by Elvira, is long empty. Just like Burlesque, the film...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 23
As much I love filmmakers using my music in their films I prefer a little more of a plot than ‘when are we going to have our goose?...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – UW Marching Band Conductor and One Of The Best Days Of My Life-Part 2
I LOVVVVED conducting! I hope that’s evident in this clip. I’m grateful I got the footage I did though I’d planned to have...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – UW Marching Band Conductor and One Of The Best Days Of My Life-Part 1
I just got back from spending three of the most fantastic days of my life. Seriously. As I’ve been blabbing about for weeks now, I had...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 22
It’ll take a few more body parts moving for this little girl to make it on to Hullabaloo or Shindig but she and her family certainly a...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 20
As opposed to being an actual marching band version of my song, “September”, this is a little film made for the high school band...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 19
Without question, my most favorite thing about Southview’s version of my song, “September”, is the cha-cha bea they got go...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 18
It took me a little while to realize this was my song, a good sign if you’re looking for kitsch though not necessarily so great for th...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 17
By the time you read this I will probably be on the plane heading to Madison, Wisconsin where I’m about to conduct the University of W...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 16
All I can say is “And now, Mr. Robert Anton, up close and personal”. For a more through exploration of my “365 Days Of Sep...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 15
Once an intro includes shooting a blank wall and someone tripping on stage you know that you have the potential for something great. Once th...
Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 33 – August 2010)
Such a beautiful record player and it still works! I love the legs and lift up lid on this unit. I don’t know the year this was made o...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 14
Do “The Graig”! Solo with a broom. For a more through exploration of my “365 Days Of September” mission as well as d...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 12
As someone who likes to video as many momentous occasions in their life as possible I’m often in the position of having to set a tripo...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 11
One of the more spirited accapella versions by ASU’s Higher Ground at Elon University’s ACAPPALLOOZA 2007, albeit earbending at ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1960’s Church & Funeral Fans, Wienerschnitzel and The Color Purple
I bought my first African American church fan in the late 1970’s but my collection really kicked into gear after I worked with James B...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 10
Maybe the person shooting this video was racing back from the bathroom or had their hands occupied unwrapping candy so they wouldn’t m...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – “Soap Tunes” Musical Hand Soap and the ASCAP Love Fest
The concept of this “Foaming Musical Hand Soap for Kids!” is really crazy. Theoretically kids can “wash & learn”...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 9
I’m always happy when my work inspires folks to take on their own creative endeavors. But in this case, the spirit of my song, “...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 8
If for no other reason, this is fantastic for the player’s voice announcing what he’s about to perform at the top of this ‘...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Mr. T A-Team Transistor Radio
I was never into The A-Team when it came out in the 1980’s. But lately, as I flip through channels in the wee hours of the morning try...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 7
The kids at Fairview High do a noble job of singing and a much more ambitious job dancing than a lot of other high schools I’ve seen d...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Bagels and lox in Texas, 1979
Every Sunday morning growing up the ritual was to go with my dad to the deli and buy bagels, lox, cream cheese, tomatoes, onions and white f...