The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Topple the Moai!

Ah, the mysterious moai of Easter Island. Iconic, yet such a shlep to see the real thing. Moai are often featured on tiki mugs, and as decor...

by MeshuggaMel

Zombie go-go girls

A part of the “sad-eyed girl” ouvre, these two go-go girls border on expressionless. Are they vapid? Are they under some form of...

by MeshuggaMel

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Lost In Space Lunchbox

I couldn’t resist this. Just look at it, it’s a lunchbox! And shaped the right way like a mailbox! And I’ll never get back...

by michaelmishaw

Benita

Benita was found in a dollar store in the late 90’s, but she originally hails from African America....

September 29, 2009 by Jon

Chicken McNuggets Fiesta Packaging

This is another Chicken McNugget promotion from the late 80s. This time the dipping sauces were Latin American themed and you received a fre...

by jack

Bottle of Turtle Wax 1960’s

1960’s era bottle with some product still left, of Turtle Wax. Didn’t they used to make this with turtles? In any case, most fam...

by kookykitsch

Mexican bottle cap art “Not all Saints are elderly…”

Three tiered yellow wood shelving unit with many bottle caps with saints inside and says, in Spanish, “Not all saints are elderly and ...

by kookykitsch

Remote Control Robot with Bill Mumy autograph

My B-9 robot sat on the table before me throughout Bill Mumy’s show at Ghengis Cohen one night (he had a violinist and a bass player-h...

by michaelmishaw

Matador and Bull on Black Velvet

Beautifully done (if there is such a thing) matador and bull on black velvet. take note of the sparkles on the matador’s costume…...

by kookykitsch

Hollywood Cesspool! A Wonderful Book About A Wonderful Town!

i love religious rants about anything to do with pop culture, whether it be backward masking satanic carpenters records or against hollywood...

by Howie Pyro

1959 Beatnik Stationery Set!

super wild & inventive stationery set from 1959 with great conceptual pages in different shapes, sizes & colors…one is a cube!...

by Howie Pyro

Lost in Space Salt and Pepper Shakers

I’m a freak for Lost In Space stuff-particularly the robot. These shakers sent me over the edge. The Jupiter 2 spaceship holds the sal...

by michaelmishaw

FRANK SINATRA Spaghetti Sauce Bottle empty 1991

From the Chairman of the Board…this is an empty jar of his sauce. The label says “Frank Sinatra’s Sugo Da Tavola Tomato Ba...

by kookykitsch

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Columbia Records THE BEST OF RAY PRICE Record Wall Clock

It’s a wall clock and Columbia Records’ THE BEST OF RAY PRICE all in one…...

by kookykitsch

Liquor Decanter/Genie Bottle and ceramic mate

Believe it or not, a Jim Beam liquor decanter was used as Jeannie’s bottle in early “I Dream of Jeannie” episodes in the &...

by michaelmishaw

Major League Baseball Body Wash.

I like homerun apple scent much better than grape scent. I had to show the directions, indications, and ingredients....

by michaelmishaw

Imposter M&M!

This is from a contest held by M&Ms in the mid 90s. In random packages there was a gray M&M mixed in the bunch, and if you found one...

by jack

Dry Cleaning Plastic Poodle

Hours of work into this Poodle. I call her BeBe....

by JackFondue

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Fireplace Clock

A fire under a clock! It has a nice brick hearth and a log that actually lights up. I think it’s a gas log....

by michaelmishaw

Gold and Silver Wurlitzer Piano

As much fun to watch as it is to play. Gold top and silver legs!…….spray-painted, of course. I didn’t spray it. It came to...

by michaelmishaw

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Pineapple Grape Lamp

Resin grapes were a huge thing in the late 1960s/ early ’70s but none so succulent or popular as those that were fashioned into pineap...

by Allee Willis

Church and Bell Clock

Has a bell tower and a bell ringer on duty in the lobby....

September 28, 2009 by michaelmishaw