The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Toy lighter and cigarettes

When I first saw this I knew I had to buy it. I can’t even imagine this toy being sold in this day and age....

by jack

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Naked Lady Salt + Pepper “Shakers”

Oh my goodness!...

by SpoonFedArt

Not big eyed girls, but big eyed ladies

While most Keane prints feature sad little girls, these two are definitely all grown up! On the left, a mother and child. She’s got a ...

by kookykitsch

Go go Gorby!

Back from the days when Glasnost was all the rage, we’ve got this piece of emerging capitalism, the Michael “Gorby” Gorbac...

by kookykitsch

Not your average superhero -Fleet Enema ENEMAN

Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s ENEMAN! That’s right, here’s the Fleet Eneman, your favori...

by kookykitsch

Rain lamp

This is a rain lamp. In case you don’t know what a rain lamp is, mineral oil drips down the fishing line creating a beautiful “r...

by kookykitsch

1970’s Fruit Brute box

A lovely Fruit Brute box from the late 70s. Unfortunately Mr. Brute wasn’t as popular as his fellow monsters and didn’t last ver...

September 17, 2009 by jack

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Shower with U.S. Inspected Beef

Now, how did you ever shower without your U.S. inspected beef shower cap? It is hard for me to get over how this idea came about. Of all the...

by Lasagne Lady Fitch

Swami Fortune Teller

This wonderful machine will predict your future for just a penny. You couldn’t ask for a better deal....

by jack

Kitschy Lamps

I have a pair of these lamps. I bought them in separate auctions on eBay (about a month apart). I love them..now I just need to find matchin...

by karenvc

Youtube Comment/Spam Kitsch

This comment was left on Allee’s video “Pitsch Your Kitsch” today, so how appropriate – a company from China that pr...

by kanyekanyekanye

Allee here 9/17/09

I thought I’d be chitchatting in The Kitschenette like a mofo but have been so swamped with follow-up to the incredible response from ...

by Allee Willis

Send in the Clowns

Clowns. Not just any clowns, but a dentally challenged clown on velvet and a duo of clown-lets (kinder-clowns?) demonstrating the yin/yang o...

by kookykitsch

For Your Added Comfort – Magic Fingers

Ever the romantic, my husband gave this to me for Valentine’s Day soon after we got married. Ha ha ha, what a funny joke. He figured w...

by kookykitsch

Vive la France

Ah, France. Just to say the word conjures images of romance and charm. And what better homage to the charms of France than the peeing boy an...

by kookykitsch

Give a hoot!

From the day I learned how many licks it takes to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop, I have known to seek the sage advice of o...

by kookykitsch

Shalom!

Sometimes it’s hard to be a Jew is a world full of goyishe kitsch. The goyim have Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, velvet Jesus, bathtub...

by kookykitsch

The Kennedy Heads

THE KENNEDY HEADS I acquired the first of these two kitsch-ennedy JFK busts at a flea market about 15 years ago. It appears to have been mad...

by LauraDG

Got milk?

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September 16, 2009 by hmmm

Deviled Eggs Plate

Bad eggs won’t end up here… only devilishly good ones! And how do they get here? Why they’re “devil led” here ...

by SpoonFedArt

Souvenir Pillow Shams

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by karenvc

“Don’t forget to pick up your family the delicious taste of Bimbo!”

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by imterrie55

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Siamese Cats TV Lamp

In the 50s it was believed that watching TV in a room with a low light source could make you go blind. These lamps were developed to allevia...

by karenvc