The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 66 – August 2010)

I’m pretty sure this is Wink Martindale and if you look closely, you can see that this is signed by Ralph Edwards. I hope I got that r...

November 24, 2010 by denny

On the corners of every black and white photo

Before clear plastic film in the 60’s, the kind that covered pictures in an album, was a world of only black and white spapshots. All ...

November 19, 2010 by MyFunCloset

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Van’s Pig Stand, Shawnee, Oklahoma

I was 22 years old before I ate real BBQ. I mean fall off the bone ribs, chicken, and brisket. Van’s was that place, in Shawnee, Oklah...

November 17, 2010 by Markydoodle

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – My Seriously Kitschy Birthday Gifts

. I wasn’t going to do anything for my birthday this year. Too overworked and no extra coinage to throw around. But word leaked out an...

November 14, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Mini souvenir books

I don’t know what to call these mini souvenir books, but I have a large collection of them. In fact, I first began collecting them as ...

November 3, 2010 by Michael Ely

Hearst Castle Souvenirs

When I was 12 years old, my grandparents took me with them on a vacation up the California coast and one of our stops was to see the magnifi...

October 21, 2010 by Michael Ely

Allan & Rossi meet the Beatles…

In 1964, when the Beatles first appeared on Ed Sullivan, the veteran stand up comic team, Marty Allan and Steve Rossi were regulars on the S...

October 8, 2010 by MyFunCloset

Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 34 – August 2010)

Such an incredible set of wall plaques. I added this set to my list of favorite items at “Willis Wonderland”. Jamming on the xyl...

October 5, 2010 by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 28 – August 2010)

This book of 8×10’s is crammed with pictures of Allee and the people she has met or worked with over the years. It was hard to pi...

September 26, 2010 by denny

Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 27 – August 2010)

The most well dressed feet I have ever laid eyes on but what kills me are the knee-high under garments we can always see Allee sporting. I d...

September 25, 2010 by denny

Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 24 – August 2010)

What a fun day. This is Allee pictured with Greg VanderVeer at a screening of Greg’s film “Keep Dancing”. The film chronic...

September 22, 2010 by denny

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – The Lipstick Camera and Greg Gorman’s Retrospective Last Night at the Pacific Design Center

. Anyone who knows me knows that there are two things I never leave home without, my lipstick and my camera. I always carry at least two of ...

September 16, 2010 by Allee Willis

JUNGLE ANIMAL…GIVENCHEY/RICHARD AVEDON

VOGUE IN THE JUNGLE… GIVENCHY/RICHARD AVEDON…PRET..I MEAN…PET-A-PORTER...

September 8, 2010 by k2dtw

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Dinner with Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner

There’s nothing kitschy about this photograph per se but there’s no doubt that Lily Tomlin has one of the all-time greatest sens...

September 2, 2010 by Allee Willis

Ava

Ava does leopard print (and very well I may add )...

by shirlie williams

Blue Peanut Purse visits Milano, 1976, on its way to Fiere del Mobili… -Lori and Alan Erenberg

Blue Plastic, just like yours…(https://www.awmok.com/2010/08/10/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-%E2%80%93-vintage-plastic-peanut-purse/)...

August 11, 2010 by lorierenberg

A calorie counter can be swayed…

The Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas had a great buffet when we visited a few years ago. I couldn’t help but to snap shots of their d...

by MyFunCloset

That’s corny- a corn flake camera?

Who doesn’t need a camera at breakfast? Momma ordered this 110 camera with box tops…it’s never been out of the package or ...

August 8, 2010 by Georgia

Yearbook Madness!

These are photos from actual high school yearbooks. Suddenly my own portrait with my blown-dry hair and wide tie (which, my lips to God̵...

August 6, 2010 by Douglas Wood

Bear with flash camera

This is a wind-up, but unfortunately, the flash doesn’t work anymore....

by ginger

Photoing on Car

This is a close-up of the couple from Photoing on Car. Aren’t they cute?...

August 4, 2010 by ginger

Denny’s Adventure’s In “Willis Wonderland” – part 20

LP and artwork for Johnny “Guitar” Wilson’s album. Although the lp is quite brilliant, it’s seeing it framed HUGE li...

July 19, 2010 by denny

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Gotta love those Wide Body Planes!

It’s definitely the Hats that KITSCHenize this photo :)...

by Zeppy