The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

How Do They Get a Penny In a Bottle?

This regular penny is in a small bottle with a stopper in the top. I wonder if the indentation in the bottom has anything to do with it?...

by Bob Ramsdell

W stands for “Willis Wonderland”! (bookends)

It’s funny, every place I seem to scour on my mad thrift store runs, I almost always run across W’s. This is a set of bookends. ...

by denny

Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 26

I love old wooden novelties and really love it that the descriptions on “his” side and “her” side are so completely ...

August 18, 2011 by denny

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Denny’s Adventures In “The House of Prudence” – July 2011 – Part 25

Another fantastic lamp in Snappy-P’s collection!...

by denny

Sonny and Cher Globe

Only in L.A. can one find items such as the one below at a local (Pacific Palisades) estate sale. It’s a plastic lighting globe from...

by Douglas Wood

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My Junk

Excuse the dust, but… This guy was I kid you not on a shelf of cheap china tchotchke in the Selma California Wal-Mart. But this one ...

by Ted Nimmo

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Piano House

Scary. This is located in China. I wonder if the piano is in TUNE....

by snappyp

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Blue Bird, 8×10 (a painting by Denny)

Little Blue Bird has some serious hair issues going on....

by denny

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The Journeymen “GOOD TIME GOSPEL – LP

Okay, what on earth is he doing with that finger?...

by denny

Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 25

This stunning piece of art (I don’t know what it is) hangs over the bed of our hostess, Allee Willis. I don’t know if it is a ...

August 17, 2011 by denny

Dogs seldom sniff asses of dogs who wear glasses

Okay, so I paraphrased Dorothy Parker a bit, but you get the point. Given how both poodles and wing-tip glasses are such iconic pop cultu...

by Douglas Wood

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Denny’s Adventures In “The House of Prudence” – July 2011 – Part 24

A little tug boat lamp that I would have loved to have seen plugged in. Still makes it onto my list of favorite things....

by denny

Turtle baby

I’m not really sure what this is, but it lives on my desk. Is it a turtle? A frog? Why does it have hair?? It has long legs like a fro...

by Cheetah Velour

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The Triumph of being a Muffinaire.

Sorting through kitchen items of my Mom’s I ran across and brought home a muffin tin that I remember belonged to my Grandmother. It ...

by Markydoodle

Vintage Cadillac car spotted in Provincetown, MA

Such a gorgeous car. I spotted this in Ptown, sitting outside in someones driveway....

by denny

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What Will You Do With Jesus by Dale Schroeder

That is a very good question. Is it a hunky Kris Kristofferson Jesus? With songs like, “This is Joy” and “Christ, My Rock,...

by Rusty

Racing Grannies

watch ’em go with “crippling speed.”...

by kookykitsch

Excuse Meownage a trois

Everyone’s getting their deets today....

by Pigmy Will

Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 24

I love this bottle opener. He hangs out in the kitchen at Willis Wonderland....

August 16, 2011 by denny

Denny’s Adventures In “The House of Prudence” – July 2011 – Part 23

Plastic 1970’s date keeper! I could own several of these (they do look fab) but I would probably still forget the date....

by denny

The Help/La Ayuda

For affluent white people who prefer zero contact with the hired help, Linda Wolf, a teacher at Beverly Hills High School (where else?) crea...

by Douglas Wood

Jr. Pan Cum Cooker

Seeing the Kum & Go store sign post, reminded me of this.: Jr. Pan Cum Cooker. Found in San Leandro, California at a spices store. ̶...

by Rusty

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“Claim Jumper” Tabasco Bottle

This 1/8th ounce Tabasco bottle has a Claim Jumper logo on the other side....

by Bob Ramsdell

Molly

My friend Molly with her pink ribbon, she thinks she’s hot too with her pink ribbon. Molly is very deet deet....

by Pigmy Will