The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Amphibian Optimist’s Society (before happy hour)

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March 29, 2011 by danetta

The Shaggs from NH

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shaggs read about The Shaggs from Freemont NH...

March 25, 2011 by Dennis

Bernard in the Boudoir Shop

This is my dad Bernard, we took him to a local shop ‘Deadly is the Female’ a burlesque style shop, the dog is Gomez the owners C...

March 23, 2011 by shirlie williams

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Halloween at the Cabbage Patch House

Note – the props for the title of this fashion crime deserves Allee! She commented this when I posted it on Facebook and I found it s...

March 22, 2011 by BeeJay

PAPA – a coffee cup with a ‘stache guard accented in gold!!

Coffee cup I found at a local thrift shop....

March 14, 2011 by denny

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Little ceramic dog statue – made in Japan

I found this at a thrift shop here on the Cape and it cost me 50 cents. I am also pinching pennies but will absolutely sacrifice my change...

March 10, 2011 by denny

Strange Costumes

As a total sucker of old photographs I was very excited to find an old dusty paperbox with pics in the house of my husbands grandpa. There w...

March 7, 2011 by BeeJay

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Shameless Plastic Letter Opener

Madison Avenue could learn a few tricks from the folks at Salesian Missions, a Roman Catholic religious order who gave out this cheesy pla...

March 6, 2011 by Douglas Wood

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Double Cat Planter

Double cat planter, a bit creepy. The back side. Cats!!!...

March 3, 2011 by Nessa

Dressed to travel in 1950.

My Grandparents traveled from their farm in Nebraska to visit California in about 1950. They dressed in their best to travel. United fl...

February 28, 2011 by Markydoodle

Vintage Bowling Post Card (a thank you to Allee Willis)

I am posting this as a way to say thank you to Allee for motivating me to buy a “Galaxy” bowling ball with original bag, all for...

February 25, 2011 by denny

Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 105 – August 2010)

Half for Mom and half for Dad. I can’t exactly see using this for either of my parents but I sure wouldn’t mind owning own of th...

February 23, 2011 by denny

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Vintage 1950’s Flour Sifter

This was the garage sale find of the day for me: a flour sifter with a spectacular 50’s tin litho illustration. In fact, it̵...

February 15, 2011 by Douglas Wood

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Del Rubio Triplet Valentine’s Day Cards Progress Report

When I, along with Hidden Los Angeles, put out the call a few weeks ago that for Valentine’s Day we wanted to bring as many V-Day ca...

February 11, 2011 by Allee Willis

David B’s report cards grades 4 thru 12+

David B. No last name, just to protect his privacy. He could be reading this. I have never met David but I’m glad I gathered a bit o...

February 9, 2011 by MyFunCloset

Forever Ricky….

If you ever get a chance to see “Ozzie and Harriet”‘s black and white reruns from the ’50s, you’ll see a you...

February 8, 2011 by MyFunCloset

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OK, Denny and Ernie, this one’s for you!

Since you guys are making Alleeloaves, I thought this might be the perfect time to submit this. It’s vintage and when I bought it, it ...

January 26, 2011 by windupkitty

It’s The Allee Willis Meatloaf!! (part 2)

I’m getting hungry. FYI, brussell sprouts scare me so I avoided Allee’s eyes. Ernie had so much fun and was very quick to want...

January 24, 2011 by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – A REAL BRADY In The Bunch

As a collector of kitsch for decades now with a particular love for popular television shows, there’s nothing better than having the r...

January 17, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – The Del Rubio Triplets and a Valentine’s Day Card for Milly

. Join me and Hidden Los Angeles and send a Valentine’s Day card to Milly Del Rubio. Details below. Anyone who knows me knows that two...

January 10, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Graceful Deer Tv Lamp

I don’t think of this as kitschy as much as I think of it as beautiful, but yeah, I guess ALL Tv lamps have the unmistakable sweet fla...

January 9, 2011 by windupkitty

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The Shockley Family Quartet “NEVER ALONE” – lp

The girls hair is killing me and reminds me of the way the sausages hang at delis. BUT it’s the one brother who seems extraordinarily ...

by denny

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Mom & Dad Coffee Mugs

I saw this at a local thrift shop they quickly reminded me of the outstanding collection of coffee mugs at “Willis Wonderland”. ...

December 28, 2010 by denny