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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Badly Translated Friend Straws

The package reads “Let’s try homeparty fashionably and have a joyful chat with nice fellow.” And all it takes is a straw! ...

October 14, 2009 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – “No Hustling Allowed” Mirror

Between Van McCoys’s huge 1975 hit, “The Hustle”, and the proliferation of that decade’s gay clubs and discos, espec...

October 13, 2009 by Allee Willis

Cocktail Tumblers’ SWEATERS. Oh, my drink is getting too cold.

Again- what does this mean that they were making sweaters and jockstraps for the cocktail tumblers?Was the cocktail a grown up kind of doll?...

October 12, 2009 by snappyp

Naughty Girls Pulp Novels

The Hungering Shame – “Four Men, A lonely Road- and a Girl…” The Wayward Ones- “Life in a Girls” Reforma...

by kookykitsch

hairy scary doll face tissue box holder

Really don’t know what to say about why someone would want to dress up their tissue box with this scary, hairy doll faced tissue cover...

by kookykitsch

Jockstraps for cocktail tumblers!

Okay these are from the days when everyone worshiped their cocktails so much that they had to dress them up. I call these jockstraps for coc...

by snappyp

It’s time for a Fresca!

A classic diner clock, here exhorting us to enjoy sugar free Fresca. I like this clock for a few reasons – most importantly, it works....

by MeshuggaMel

Madonna Inn AshtrayX

I don’t have to tell any self-respecting Kitsch lover about the Parthenon of Kitsch, the Madonna Inn, in San Luis Obispo, California. ...

by Allee Willis

Allee Willis Kitsch O The Day – Madonna Inn Ashtray

I don’t have to tell any self-respecting Kitsch lover about the Parthenon of Kitsch, the Madonna Inn, in San Luis Obispo, California. ...

by Allee Willis

Black Poodle Crochet Bottle Cover

hand made crocheted black poodle bottle cover with rhinestone eyes. Who wouldn’t want to cover up their boring, bland liquor bottle wi...

October 11, 2009 by kookykitsch

MORK FROM ORK BELT BUCKLE MORK AND MINDY TV SHOW

Nothing says “nanu nanu” better than this buckle from 1979....

by kookykitsch

Half a cup

There’s nothing like a pun that involves physical humor – just ask Carrot Top. There’s a whole genre of “You Asked f...

by MeshuggaMel

Blue Lady

This is a print of the classic Tretchikoff “Blue Lady”. It’s big, about 2 feet by 3 feet. Like the Mona Lisa, the blue lad...

by MeshuggaMel

“AnyThinG BuT MurDeR Mr”

Kitsch? Fine Art? Or just way too much time on my Hands? As an internationally ignored painter, This nude will someday be found at the Goodw...

October 9, 2009 by JackFondue

LimaBean Rooster

One of my Best finds this summer. Hand made out of Bags and Bags and Bags and Bags of Beans. Need i say more?...

by JackFondue

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – The Spork

With as many taco trucks as I eat off of and as many meals as I eat in my car — my favorite dining room of all — the Spork, a sp...

by Allee Willis

Female Beauty Products Wastebasket

I found this trashcan for 99¢ at a thrift shop in Santa Barbara, CA. and it’s been the proud receptacle of Willis waste ever since. I...

October 8, 2009 by Allee Willis

Tiki Oasis Matching-Cabana-Set Photo inspires Statue

A photo taken of myself with a another matching-cabana-set clad fellow named Tony at the San Diego Tiki Oasis 8 in 2008. This photo then ins...

by drewgroove

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A.S.S. American Sex Society Wall Plaque!

this is waaay bigger than it should be which is part of it’s mysterious charm…like, who would have had this up in their home or ...

by Howie Pyro