Plastic snack plates. I have no idea if these glasses are supposed to go with these snack trays? All of the items in this post are hanging o...
Kitsch » November 2010
Kitschy Chippy Bar Set
Picked this up at a yard sale… it was laying out in the rain on a blanket. It has a hidden suprise! Yay, pretzels and nuts, too! They ...
ProfessoriOwl Planter
There seems to be no end to ceramic owls made during the 70’s, but I actually stumbled across this planter that was made in the 40R...
Early to mid 80’s Cable boxes
Up until now, all I’ve really submitted here in the way of vintage tv electronics is remotes. But these beauties deserve to be recogni...
Pumpkin Cake
This is my pumpkin cake. It is made from two bundt cakes on top of one another. The icing is just plain vanilla icing that I colored with or...
My High School Senior Photo ’73
If I seem happy, it might be because I was bailing out of what I thought was a wasteland, and I got to throw away my draft card (oh, and the...
MUMFORD HIGH SCHOOL…
MUMFOR HIGH SCHOOL… Getting ready to open in 1949… Wonder if you close your eyes… if you can still smell the wonderful sce...
Vintage Disney characters dancing to my song, “Neutron Dance”
This is from a Disney special called Totally Minnie made sometime in the 1980s. I’d seen Donald and Daisy Duck dance to “Neutron...
Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 70 – August 2010)
These just kill me. Each tooth is so tiny and I can’t imagine these actually being used. Side view. I love the umbrella set and the mi...
BUBBLY ON ICE…
Just two little kitschy French poodles fashionably decked out in rhinestones, sharing a bottle of the bubbly… The little wicker bag ha...
Behind the 8 Ball Card Game – 1969
The best thing about this 8 Ball card game is the photo on the cover. I love that the whole family got all dressed up to play it together. I...
Foot with a Face
On Black Friday at the Angel View Thrift store in Palm Springs I saw this piece. I don’t know if it has a practical use, but in the mi...
Why Don’t Bunnies Make Noise…? novelty gift
When they make love… They have cotton balls!...
Lollipop Shaped Cheese Server w/ Cutting Board
I picked this up at the “dump store” here on Cape Cod. I love the design of this and it instantly reminded me of a giant lollipo...
AAllee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Ambush Spray Cologne and my high school photo
You More than anything, the one thing that accompanied me every single day of my four college years at the University of Wisconsin in the la...
Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 69 – August 2010)
One of my favorite set of s&p shakers at “Willis Wonderland”. There is an incredible collection of s&p’s at “...
Air Vent Birdcage
This is another bit of my own kitsch….Not sure if the full effect comes across in the photos, but I’ll try to explain….I h...
Clip-on Gourmet Martini Tester
This weird little item would be ideal for Don Draper and his friends at Sterling-Cooper. It’s a Martini Tester. Just pull the dropper ...
Hot Dog Cake
This was my first “food” cake I ever tried to make. It was my grandfather’s 69th birthday and I don’t think anyone o...
Yma Sumac 10″ LP’s
Yma Sumac was a Peruvian singer, in the 1950’s, that had an amazing six octave range. She sang in concert, on TV and in a few movies. ...
Enid Collins Box Bag #3 – “Pavan”
Here’s the gem of my collection, a green bag with peacocks and posies! The color is kind of washed out here, it is very green in perso...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Cher Perfume and Burlesque, A Very Bland Thanksgiving Turkey!
Unfortunately, my bottle of Cher perfume, given to me as a birthday present one year by Elvira, is long empty. Just like Burlesque, the film...
Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 68 – August 2010)
This is a rare glimpse inside the kitchen at “Willis Wonderland” when work is in full swing. Does this woman ever slow down!? Th...
Hibernating at the TraveLodge
Okay, so he’s not quite as iconic as Teddy, Smokey, Yogi, Winnie the Pooh, the Budweiser Polar Bears, or the Hamm’s bear, but th...