The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

She’s even better at “Boogie Wonderland”!

A couple of weeks ago I featured the world’s happiest gal dancing to my song “Neutron Dance”. Now, the Krown Princess of K...

May 11, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Best Neutron Dancer Ever!

PLAY THIS VIDEO!: I’ve seen many improvised dances to my Pointer Sisters song “Neutron Dance” but this girl has a better t...

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Disco Dancer Keyring

3″ round tortoise shell plastic keyring from 1979 with grooves like a vinyl record and raised gold Disco dancers whose silhouettes loo...

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Definitive Boogie Wonderland

In what could easily turn into Kitsch O’ The Day’s Musical Monday because of all the insane versions of my songs on YouTube, thi...

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Handmade “Especially Blended” Chef Jar

Not sure exactly what blend Tony Whan stashed inside when he made Murray Yunkers this jar featuring a removable chef’s cap with holes ...

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Libby The Lovely Liberated Lady and the Black Power Statuette

Popular causes have always been prime breeding ground for Kitsch but none so powerful as the first wave of products that spin out of these P...

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Soupy Sales “Do The Mouse” Hat

One of the first rituals I ever remember doing with total religious fervor was eating my lunch every day with Soupy Sales. “Lunch with...

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Dr. Kildare’s Thumpy ‘The Heartbeat’ Stethoscope

Thought I would give props to Dr. K. today seeing as I spent Friday night over at his place watching The Towering Inferno, which he, Richard...

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PARTY VIDEO! Me, Earth Wind Fire and Luenell at the opening of The Allee Willis Museum Of Kitsch!

It was the 21st night of September, the opening line of my very first hit song as well as the date of the grand opening party celebrating th...

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Debbie Reynolds Dress Designer Kit Colorforms

Why I love thee – 1) The fact that this is a Dress Designer Kit and Debbie’s wearing pants? 2) The twisted organs pixie pose tha...

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Mr. T Bank

Made of super hard plastic, the coins reverberate when they drop inside Mr. T’s cavernous head making this a better percussion instrum...

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Talking Monkees Doll

I’ve never seen one of these that worked properly or where the heads stood up straight but still it’s one of the most prized col...

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Talking Julia Doll

In 1968, not only did Julia become the first African American career woman on television but Diahann Carroll became the first African Americ...

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Hopalong Cassidy’s Favorite Popcorn

I have a bunch of Hoppy memorabilia but none so rare as this 1950’s can of “hybrid yellow” popcorn, actually called Hopalo...

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Fat Superman Velvet Painting

Made in Tijuana in 1998, this velvet portrait suffers from an over prescription of Kitsch which causes the Carrott Top pumped-to-within-an-i...

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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...

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Sammy Davis Jr. Real Dollar Bill

In 1978, I sat next to the Candy Man on his 30′ monogrammed Gucci couch. It was the first huge movie star’s home I’d ever ...

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Sammy Davis Jr. Bobble Head

Sammy’s the Kitsch King no matter how you slice the cheese wheel. His shtick is the barometer against which all other nightclub cheese...

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Michael Jackson Jigsaw Puzzle

Titled ‘A Shining Star’, this 24″x18″ Colorforms puzzle, 500+ pieces, allowed you to assemble MJ’s red leather...

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Michael Jackson Puppet Drink Kooler

This awkwardly made 1988 plastic drink kooler is one of the rarest and kitschiest of all my MJ memorabilia. You put the puppet kooler in the...

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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...

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Michael Jackson Candy Bar

Not sure how long the kitsch factor will remain high on this now that MJ is back in the center of the Pop Culture eyeball with his upcoming ...

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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 ...

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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...

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Kings of Kings, The Jesus & Elvis Show

Almost anything painted on velvet attains instant Kitsch status but when it’s the two most iconic figures of all time together on the ...

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