The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Mickey Mouse Club Puzzle

The original Mickey Mouse Club was a little before my time, but when I found this puzzle at a yard sale, I had to buy it because of the gr...

September 7, 2011 by Douglas Wood

Slightly Naughty Swizzle Sticks

HA! Support hose!...

September 2, 2011 by Nessa

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...

August 18, 2011 by Douglas Wood

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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

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

Autographed Photo of Allen Funt

You’ve seen the pic of Alan King at my desk at home… now here’s the grinning mug of the one and only Allen Funt that keeps...

July 30, 2011 by StoryTroy

Mr. Spock and his Unicorn Dog

I found this 2 1/4″ pin at a garage sale with all members of the crew which had a “glitter” finish. This was from a 1966 e...

July 28, 2011 by Bob Ramsdell

The Ernest P. Worrel Doll

So I was trying to think of a good gift to get my nephew for his ninth birthday next month, and then I remembered our movie nights and how I...

July 26, 2011 by Jaymes Mansfield

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – R.I.P. Milly Del Rubio

So that’s it. The third and youngest miniskirted, go-go booted Del Rubio has left the planet to rejoin the act. Normally I’m rea...

July 25, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Silvertone Selectra TV Remote (circa 1961)

Here she is, fresh from the mailbox… the “Silvertone Selectra,” with a body design sure to make Allee flip: About the size...

July 22, 2011 by StoryTroy

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1957 Motorola Golden Satellite

I’ve seen idiot-proof remotes and I’ve seen idiot-proof remotes, but how can you go wrong with one that sports just two buttons ...

July 19, 2011 by StoryTroy

Concentration board game from 1960

Happily snagged this game from the dump store. The supplies are a bit boring to me but it’s the lid for the game that I really love....

July 17, 2011 by denny

Rappin’ Barbie Doll (scary!!!)

I saw this at the flea market and I was so tempted. PRess the button for some god awful sounding, generic rap music. Ugh, it was awful but r...

July 8, 2011 by denny

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Fill ‘Er Up Ashtray and the Casey Anthony Verdict

Fill ‘Er Up with bull#!@t I say to that jury in the Casey Anthony trial coming up with a not guilty verdict! They have to have chugg...

July 6, 2011 by Allee Willis

My new toy, a VINTAGE microphone!

I found this microphone at an estate sale here on the Cape. It has no manufacturer information on it. It’s sits on top of my vinta...

June 29, 2011 by denny

Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 143 – August 2010)

Candy can! CB radio and Quiksand bubble gum! 1977! cast iron horse bookend holding up the vintage “JET” magazines. “JET...

June 23, 2011 by denny

Joan Collins – a movie star trading card

I believe this to be one of those movie star trading cards. Here we have Joan Collins, once again, posing on leopard....

June 22, 2011 by denny

DEFINITELY Thank this chick for being a friend….

Wow, after that amazing tattoo of Patrick Swayze that BeeJay submitted, I had to send this in…I really hope this is real…I’...

June 21, 2011 by windupkitty

Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 140 – August 2010)

I would kill for this and every time I see this little sign I just flip! Another thing I flip for is this plastic lipstick display!!! This i...

June 17, 2011 by denny

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Allee Willis’ Food O’ The Day – As far As I’m Concerned, Top Chef Master Mary Sue Milliken

I’m sure that Floyd Cardoz is a magnificent chef and I should’ve seen his win coming from that constant coming-in-second storyl...

June 16, 2011 by Allee Willis

Donny & Marie Golden All Star Book

This is a .59¢ “Golden All Star Book” of Donny & Marie from 1977. I have no idea why they’re dressed as they are a...

June 8, 2011 by Douglas Wood

The Little House on the Prairie aesthetic

I was an urban apartment-dwelling kid in Flatbush, Brooklyn in the 1970s who fell *hard* for Laura Ingalls Wilder … the books, the TV ...

June 7, 2011 by tricianelson

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Cheesy Friends Billfold with Rhinestone Necklaces

Despite the fact that I co-wrote the Friends theme song, “I’ll Be There for You”, I’ve never collected the plethora of m...

June 6, 2011 by Allee Willis

AM radio

This little yellow Solid State Arrow® AM transistor radio provided me and my cousins the soundtrack for our summer of ’76 (or was it ...

by tricianelson