The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Saturday Night Fever Bubblegum

Really really nasty cheap packaging on this pack of gum and 6 “full color” movie cards put out by Paramount Pictures Corp in 197...

by Allee Willis

Michael Jackson Beat It Doll

I only met Michael Jackson once. It was 1980 and I was at Hollywood Sound recording with Earth Wind & Fire and he was working in the ro...

by Allee Willis

Lawrence Welk Accordion Vase

One of the most spectacular examples of television Kitsch are reruns of The Lawrence Welk Show, 1955 to ’82, on PBS. My favorites are ...

by Allee Willis

Farrah Fawcett Creme Rinse and Conditioner

Anything that took off as fast as Farrah’s hair did when Charlie’s Angels debuted in 1975 – 80% of females on earth immedi...

by Allee Willis

Billy Dee Williams Colt 45 Lighted Sign

Though slightly past his prime 70’s days and seemingly a bit more sophisticated than the malt liquor he endorsed, Billy Dee Williams s...

by Allee Willis

This is the way we dry our hair!

Looks like Ostrich and Alligator too!...

by Zeppy

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Liberace Mug

I bought this Liberace mug at the first Hollywood estate sale I went to when I moved to LA in the late 70’s. I think Jack Hellman, the...

by Allee Willis

Happy Mother’s Day from Mr. T!

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May 9, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Outdoor Transistor Radio-Mania

I love actual owls and ladybugs but none so much as these transistorized versions. I have entire zoos and forests of these things but these ...

May 7, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Bruce Willis – The Return of Bruno LP

1987 record. How could you resist? COMIN’ RIGHT UP. RESPECT YOURSELF. DOWN IN HOLLYWOOD. YOUNGBOOD. UNDER THE BOARDWALK. SECRET AGENT ...

by kookykitsch

Bing Crosby Ice Cream – “The Cream of the Stars”

I bought this years ago while living in San Francisco. It has been on permanent display ever since!...

by Planet Joan

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – The Extendable Fork and Top Chef Masters

Last night I found myself in the middle of another food fest, this time at Ciudad, another one of Top Chef Master competitor Susan Feniger&#...

May 6, 2010 by Allee Willis

Tropicana Orange Juice Radio

Battery acid meets Citric Acid in this Tropicana Orange Juice radio I found yesterday at a Rummage Sale in Pacific Palisades (for a quarter....

May 1, 2010 by Douglas Wood

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Abe Burrows “The Girl With The Three Blue Eyes” (and other type songs)

Vocal with piano. Track listing is: The Girl With The Three Blue Eyes, Memory Lane, “The “Hello” Type Song”, “...

April 24, 2010 by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Julie Brown, the Astroturf Golf Couch, Food and more…

From 1989 through 1991 I art directed and hand built the set and props for “Just Say Julie”, MTV’s first ever clip show st...

April 20, 2010 by Allee Willis

Hey, Kids! It’s Engineer Bill!

This large (2 1/2 feet long) 1950’s poster promoting the Engineer Bill glass was created for supermarkets, dime and drug stores. Engin...

April 18, 2010 by Douglas Wood

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Get Full

Last night I ate at Street with (L-R) Nancye Ferguson, Buck Henry, Prudence Fenton, me, Susan Feniger, Irene Ramp and Jim Burns. For those o...

by Allee Willis

“It’s Howdy Doody Time…”

“Hey Kids, What time is it?” It’s Howdy Doody time! Who knew Buffalo Bob Smith was the voice behind Howdy Doody and his pa...

April 17, 2010 by MyFunCloset

Allee Willis’ Kitschen O’ The Day – Susan Feniger on Top Chef Masters

Last night I went to the launch party for the new season of Bravo’s Top Chef Masters at Street, the restaurant I co-own in Los Angeles...

April 8, 2010 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – ‘Real Silk’ with Real, Chance & Luenell

Anyone who knows me knows I love Reality TV. Of all the contestants on all the nutty dating shows I went especially nuts over Chance and Rea...

April 5, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Carol Douglas “Full Bloom” LP art (and an appearance on Peoples Court with Sharon Brown)

Released in 1977 and includes the track “I Got You On My Mind” written by Allee Willis. And the following was Carol Douglas appe...

March 29, 2010 by denny

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In honor of Fess Parker aka Davy Crockett

This is the real deal. It belongs to a friend who asked me to share it with the world. Even as a little girl of about 8, I remember having a...

March 21, 2010 by MyFunCloset

“The Fonz” lives on…

The 70’s was an amazing time to flash back to the sterotype teens growing up in the 50’s . The kids were respectful, innocent an...

March 20, 2010 by MyFunCloset