The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Super-Cheap Owl Thermometer

Super-cheap plastic owl thermometer with google eyes… dug out of a junk box at a flea for something like 10 cents. I think he is terri...

by Nessa

Amazing ceramic spaghetti poodle playing a clarinet

I found this fabulous spaghetti poodle at a Salvation Army that I don’t visit often because the store smells like someone took a big p...

by denny

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When the outhouse is too far away…

Be wary when a house is advertised as two full and a half bath. This just might be the half. I snapped this on the second day of an estate s...

November 12, 2010 by MyFunCloset

1939 New York World’s Fair S & P

These plastic New York World’s Fair 1939 salt & pepper shakers are in the shape of the iconic, streamlined, modernistic Trylon and...

by Douglas Wood

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TV Remotes with a Feminine Touch (for the Birthday Girl)

In honor of Allee’s birthday, I’m posting a few remotes designed with the lady tv viewer in mind. First, who could resist the fe...

by StoryTroy

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Don’t squeeze the doctor 1963 book of dressed up fruit

Don’t squeeze the doctor. By Irv Lewis (Irwin Lewis) & Don Sheldon. 1963 Great illustrations of fruit dressed up and making witty ...

by kookykitsch

1969 BankAmericard Commercial

Of course now BankAmericard is called VISA. Does anybody remember those clunky little machines the merchants would use to press the imprint ...

by Markydoodle

Cape Cod native corn sign

We have lots of native corn here on Cape Cod. I prefer corn that is shipped into the Cape. Sometimes the native corn really sucks....

by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ Willis Wonderland” (Part 59 – August 2010)

I wanted to do a post that focused on nothing but this wall and what it was made for. It was made by Allee (Geezus, I hope I got that right)...

November 11, 2010 by denny

Oh, jeez, it’s a Fargo snow globe– you betcha.

Anyone who thinks that snow globes are just quaint souvenirs or charming little holiday chotchkes has obviously never seen this FARGO snow g...

by Douglas Wood

Peter should be flying…

What happened to the clown that jumped out of the box? Peter was much better at flying than to be stuck in a box waiting to be released befo...

by MyFunCloset

Jerry Brown’s Medfly Game

Around 1989, Jerry Brown instituted a program to contain the Mediterranean Medfly that was destroying crops in southern California. An artis...

by Bob Ramsdell

“The Sheriff” – a painting by Denny

As if people didn’t already know this but I’m a huge fan of exaggerated features when I paint. This is a recent one I call ̶...

by denny

Best. Cover Version. Ever… STOMP YOUR HANDS!!

Scroll down the page to see this. http://whatgetsmehot.posterous.com/slade-swiss-polka-gtj...

by Steve

Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 58 – August 2010)

These “half cup” ceramic coffee mugs always killed me and I remember growing up with kitsch like this. Not that I ever saw my pa...

November 9, 2010 by denny

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1968 MasterCharge Commercial

Before it was called MasterCard, it was called MasterCharge. Crocker National Bank and First Interstate Bank (both now gone, merged into Uni...

by Markydoodle

Crazy Cat House

Walkways with neon lights, cat-shaped holes in walls and floor-to-ceiling scratch posts – the feline friendliest home ever A U.S. coup...

by shirlie williams

Chalkware Kitsch Kats

It’s getting colder here now, it even snowed this past weekend, so the yard sales and outdoor flea markets are winding down a little. ...

by Nessa

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COASTER set with little leather carrying case

I love this and have a special fondness for anything “little” and “kitschy”. This is a full set of coasters that I f...

by denny

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All About CB Two-Way Radio from Radio Shack

a layman’s “plain talk” technical manual from Radio Shack...

by kookykitsch

Fantastic Custom Corvette “789”

This may not fall under kitsch, Allee, but it certainly gets my heart pounding every time I look at it. California has always been the epice...

November 8, 2010 by Markydoodle

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Muffler Car

This “car” is used to advertise a muffler shop in Paradise, California. It is driveable and has been in many parades....

by Bob Ramsdell

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The bird feeders are back! Ice cream sundaes, pirates and cowboys!

These are combo bird feeders and tree faces! Can birds really tell if this is a sundae?...

by denny