The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Lamp made out of a COKE can

Found this at the dump’s “Gift Hut” store. It’s the only place on the planet where you shop for FREE. Half the t...

December 10, 2011 by denny

We rode in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile!

Last week I saw RELSHME, one of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles, and this weekend I got to take a ride in it with the kids and aKitschionado K...

December 7, 2011 by Rusty

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Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 119

I’ve never heard of a product for our hair being called a RAKE. Hello!!!!! This made me laugh out loud. The afro bone comb is a wi...

December 6, 2011 by denny

SEEBURG Mood Music – LP

Isn’t SEEBURG the same company that made diner jukeboxes?...

December 3, 2011 by denny

RELSHME, The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Visits Alameda

This week was particularly exciting as I got a last minute tip that the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile (called “RELSHME”) was in Alame...

December 2, 2011 by Rusty

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Hot Dog Flavored Potato Chips

My husband brought these home for me. He knows what I like....

November 29, 2011 by Cheetah Velour

Ball GOOD LUCK 12 regular jar rings

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by denny

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Dippy Canoes

How many Dippy Canoes do you have to eat to look like him?...

November 28, 2011 by snappyp

Pixieware!

For many years I have so longed to own a piece of Pixieware by Holt Howard. However, in my area it was both super-rare and super-expensive...

November 18, 2011 by Nessa

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Signs of an Excellent Birthday In East LA and Beyond

I’m pretty religious about celebrating one’s birthday all day from the strike of midnight through the next 24. Years that I have...

November 17, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 101

Yes, an Elvis guitar filled with popcorn. Talk about kitsch. THEEEEE ultimate kitsch experience is going into the shops directly across ...

by denny

You can always bank on Emerson

Found this cool little (about 4″ in length) item recently at a garage sale. It’s a Bakelite bank that was given away as a prom...

November 16, 2011 by Douglas Wood

Fluffernutter Sandwich Ring

Found this little beauty on Etsy from Glamour Puss Couture today!...

by Rusty

Have it Your Way!

I actually worked at Burger King when I was sixteen. I don’t, however, remember it being quite as funky as it appears in this commer...

November 11, 2011 by Douglas Wood

Multi Alligator shirt

Now that is a great expansion on the plain old alligator shirt. LaCoste is bringing our a whole new line of alligators doing things with o...

by snappyp

Snoopy after the Red Baron

I found this little pendant from a charm bracelet with my metal detector. Snoopy is only 3/4″ long. I like his growl as he ...

November 6, 2011 by Bob Ramsdell

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1952 Indy 500 Pace car.

The High Priestesses of Studebaker in 1952....

October 26, 2011 by Markydoodle

Sylvania Color Remote

Another fantasy in faux woodgrain, this old Sylvania color remote dates from the mid-1960’s if I did my research right. So far, it&#...

by StoryTroy

Autumn Means Canning the Bounty of the Harvest.

But I don’t remember Grandma canning this. Actually, Wikipedia says this, and you can’t make this stuff up: “Spotted dick ...

October 20, 2011 by Markydoodle

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In Honor of National Taco day

And Steve Jobs was even better. When it comes to tacos, I'm strictly hard corn shell....

October 8, 2011 by snappyp

“Fast Food” Atari 2600 Game, 1982.

Anybody remember the “Fast Food” Atari 2600 game from 1982? The game itself didn’t come close to the graphics on this pr...

October 1, 2011 by Markydoodle

Superspade!

The complete run of SUPERSPADE paperbacks, published between March 1970-November 1971. Cover art is by the great Mitchell Hooks (in fact, th...

by Brother Cleve

the magic castle???

I have to say I nearly choked when I saw this and it is an animated gif only I didn’t know how to download it so I took a screen shot....

September 30, 2011 by snappyp