I am calling this post “Encyclopedia Art.” Dated 1961, these books were sold on a serial basis in our local grocery store whe...
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The Final Countdown
As the day for me to drive down to LA with millions of snacks for the Allee Willis Soup to Nuts Show creeps ever closer, I am feeling the pr...
Diana Ross “To Love Again” album featuring 1 track written by Allee Willis
This album was released in 1981 and contains the track written by Allee titled “Crying My Heart Out For You”....
BLOCKHEAD Building Blocks GameSally
This was another dump find and I could have sworn I had this game when I was a kid. The directions are missing from the box. Front of the bo...
Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 79
I didn’t want to crop Nibbles from the photo but this lovely poodle tray quickly made it to my favorite things list!...
Fish ashtrays
Here is a cool thrift store find, 4 fish ashtrays still in the box and wrapped in crumbling tissue paper. the little brass ciggarette hold...
The Bronze Fonz
Here in Milwaukee we take great pride in TV shows that take place in Wisconsin. Now some people think this is taking it a bit too far…...
Snazzy Snacks Snifter!
This thing is huge– 9 1/2″ in height, and yet it’s still really impractical as a snack bowl due to the brandy snifter shap...
$1.88…50 years later…$1.00
Nothing in this home was modern. Just this lone trash can. The original price label of $1.88. In pretty good shape for just $1.00 at this ho...
Isadora Duncan (it wasn’t a very good day) – 16×20 (a painting by Denny)
I don’t think this was a very good day for Isadora and her handsome driver. I still don’t know the specifics about that fatefu...
In Honor of National Taco day
And Steve Jobs was even better. When it comes to tacos, I'm strictly hard corn shell....
Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 76
Gorgeous vintage colored pencils and box. Looks like a complete set too!...
Havana March 1956…classic cars alert
Here’s some more pictures my papa took while in the Navy. These are from Havana in March 1956, along the harbor area with many now cl...
Shag!
Who doesn’t love shag carpeting?? Well, I’m sure there are some, but I’m not one of them! This fit in so nicely with our o...
The Castle Family Album
I love that showbiz too but I’m not sure I would wrap myself in red satin to tell everyone....
The Realist: Part Deux
This copy has a 19 page article called “The Murder of Malcolm X” by Eric Norden. The “Speak No Evil, See No Evil, Smel...
Creepy-cool
I found this pink chalk figure at a flea market in Ky. I just had to bring it home. It now has a place of honor in my basement tiki bar...
Popular 50’s 60’s Toys & Games
After seeing your shelf filled with old games, I thought this was a history book we can all relate to. This an amazing book fill with pics...
Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 77
I absolutely love this and really want to know what year this is from? I wonder if Allee has her own barber at Willis Wonderland?...
Jeff is His Budtender.
Near Coors Field, the Cannibis Station, in Denver, Colorado. I love it when old gas stations get converted to completely unrelated businesse...
Bottom’s Up Shot Glasses
Bottom’s Up Shot Glasses as seen at Kerry Beary’s Atomic Pop Shop on Government Street Baton Rouge, La……. I might ou...
Ricky Nelson
I found this Ricky Nelson 45 rpm record in a thrift shop yesterday. I always watched the Ozzie and Harriett Show back then. The family orien...
Homes to the Stars 1957
How great someone took the time to see where the stars actually lived in 1957… before the walls went up and the bushes grew to be 8 f...













