The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Bowling Bag Coin Purse and Matching Bowling Everything

Bowling is easily the sport that has rained down hardest on Pop Culture in terms of artifacts emulating its shape, spirit and efforts to cap...

August 8, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Eddie Albert “One God – The Ways We Worship Him” LP

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by denny

T & A Shirt

1970’s polyester shirt with little mountaineers climbing mounds of boobs and butts....

by Danny

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Ghost Ranch Lodge Ashtray

Miracle Mile is home to a strip of vintage neon-lit hotels here in Tucson and one of the most famous was the Ghost Ranch Lodge. Built in 194...

by Michael Ely

Campbell’s Tomato Soup Vase

This old, oversized (4X6) soup can comes with a removable lid with a hole in it. I thought the palm tree seemed so El Lay....

by Michael M.

That’s corny- a corn flake camera?

Who doesn’t need a camera at breakfast? Momma ordered this 110 camera with box tops…it’s never been out of the package or ...

by Georgia

Jim and Tammy and Their Friends

It’s Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker and their fluffy puppet friends, singing songs and telling stories years before the tawdry scandals and...

by Brian Hamilton

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Russian Roulette

This is so fun. You insert a balloon as shown, and there’s 1 pin in the chamber, so you never know when the balloon will pop....

by ginger

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Before “big” hair …1964

The mid ’60s… It was a time for straight, smooth hair. No big hair, no drastic hair colors, no curls, nothing too edgy. Well tha...

by MyFunCloset

Outhouse Etiquette

This wall plaque for bathrooms or outhouses is dated 1943 back when making fun of hillbillies was perfectly acceptable and not politically i...

by Douglas Wood

Urine For Some Trouble

Please define “throw”…...

by Mark Blackwell

The Soda Pop Board Of America advertisement – “How Soon Is Too Soon”?

This ad kills me almost as much as ads featuring Doctors smoking in patients rooms. I Wonder what the Soda Pop Board Of America would think ...

August 7, 2010 by denny

Greetings From….

LOVE Greetings From/Big Letter postcards… This is my favorite from Detroit…...

by k2dtw

Elvis Recipe Pot Holders

I bought these at the Graceland Gift Shop. One pot holder is Elvis and some BBQ Ribs, with the recipe for Special BBQ Sauce. The other one i...

by Planet Joan

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You are what you drive!

“Dahling I love these seats with corduroy…..”...

by michaelfrese

60’s Hat or Swim Cap Patterns?

Could these fashion hats ever return? Looks like a cross over swim cap to me. I believe these date to the early 60’s. No date noted....

by MyFunCloset

Fish Bookends

It was so ugly I had to have it....

by Michael M.

Cactus Cabin Lamp

This rustic little cactus cabin lamp was made here in Arizona (sometime during the 1950’s or 1960’s). The cabin itself is made f...

by Michael Ely

Gogo Fireman – 123cm High!

This little fireman climbs the 123cm ladder to put the fire out, then, descends the ladder. It comes up a little higher than my shoulders....

by ginger

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Be careful, those lapels could blind someone…

Love the smiles, matching outfits and expecially the wide ties. Found in an Atlanta Thrift store....

by Georgia

World’s Strongest Beer Launches at $762 a Bottle

A 110 proof beer, the world’s strongest, was launched Thursday by a British firm selling the tipple for $762 a bottle. The blond Belgi...

by kookykitsch

Der Bingle

This was a 10″ LP that I picked up at a thrift store. I don’t know why Bing was called “Der Bingle” but I thought th...

by Bob Ramsdell

Get The Lead Out…

A Jungle Giraffe carved on the tip of a lead pencil…I know??? This is the most amazing artist…wishing there were more animals? T...

August 6, 2010 by k2dtw

Wolf Trap Men’s Cologne

My parents bought my husband an assortment of mini men’s fragrances for Christmas before we were married. This was the MOST Kitschy an...

by Planet Joan