Fairbanks Canning Company “Our Juggler” juggling lion trade card
“Our Juggler” is from a set of 6 Fairbank “Lion Brand”1800′s advertising trade cards for Cooked Corned Beef,
View ArticleCROCODILE ROCK….
InThe biggest kick I ever got… was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock… A little kitschy highway art…made from striped barrels and orange traffic cones… Someone probably had enough time to make...
View ArticleShowbiz Pizza Place LP
Another well-loved LP from my childhood – ¬© ‚Ñó 1982. Wish I could find and add the picture of me from the 5th birthday party we had at Showbiz Pizza Place, where I probably “won” this LP by...
View ArticleZebra art Zebra frame…
Snapped an hour ago at a tag sale. A signed edition silk screen piece of a zebra really clicked for me in this bold stripe painted frame . Perhaps this is jungle worthy though zebras live on the...
View ArticleMonkey Bank
The little monkey climbs the tree, deposits the coin when his head hits the slot, then continues up till he hits another thing, and it releases the dice. Another treasure from Japan.
View Article$2.00 stuck on his head…
Jungle Boy is large enough to fill a full size chair. He must weigh 15 pounds. The story is this…he was a gift to a young couple starting out 18 years ago. In time, they all traveled across country...
View ArticleAllee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day –“Maestro The Musical Bingo” Game and Working...
This game felt especially fitting because it’s supposed to teach you how to play by ear. Not only did I never learn to play by ear but I never learned to play period. Which makes the fact that my songs...
View ArticleRocky Mountain Rhino
Living in Evergreen, Colorado gives one a sense of alpine wonder. Last week I stopped counting when I got to 120 elk walking through our back yard open space: we have foxes, coyotes, mountain lions,...
View ArticleLion’s Lair Bar
I’ve driven by this bar many times, but today I decided to drive over and take a couple pictures of it. I don’t think I can describe it better than the people I’m quoting here: “Lion’s Lair is the punk...
View ArticleThe Jungle Room
NOTE: My grandparents built their house in the mid 1960s. They decorated it well, then pretty much kept it as is. So, my grandmother, now 94, has one of the koolest pads around. I think it affected my...
View ArticleI only have hubcap eyes for you…
Snapped at a street fair yesterday. In front of a branch library, this 12 foot high frog, made from reclaimed steel, with hubcaps for eyes was created by a a local artist P.R. Miller. Everything he...
View ArticleThe jungle is getting smaller…
The jungle has gotten smaller, each less than an inch high. The whale, octopus and a seal slipped into the picture. Snapped at wonderful local art and street fair yesterday.
View ArticleCALLING ALL JUNGLE ANIMALS FOR BACKUP SINGER TRYOUTS…
Trying out for Backup Singer for the Allee Willis/Pomplamoose Jungle Animal Petting Zoo. It’s a Jungle out there…..smile..
View ArticleJUNGLE ANIMAL…GIVENCHEY/RICHARD AVEDON
VOGUE IN THE JUNGLE… GIVENCHY/RICHARD AVEDON…PRET..I MEAN…PET-A-PORTER
View Article1970 Ringling Bros… Circus Poster
This poster has been with me since 1970. Though the event ran for weeks, I never went to the circus, but did a few years later. Amazing what’s fun art is tied to a city light pole. The size is just...
View ArticleRocky Mountain Rhino (2)
Being convinced that the rocky mountain rhino was rare, I was confident in the kitschiness of my first post when the sighting was made in Evergreen, Colorado. But to my utter amazement, this week I...
View ArticleMy Monkey Mat
I step on this fuzzy monkey’s face every time I get out of the shower. He doesn’t seem to mind – he just keeps on smiling.
View ArticleAllee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – The 21st Of September Jubilee!
Because the opening line of my very first hit song, “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire, is “Do you remember the 21st night of September?” I constantly get asked the significance of that date, the...
View ArticleWild Alley Find!
Whoaaaaaaa, Tarzan! Speaking of jungle animals, how about this giant, four-feet-diameter, animal-bonanza, 45-rpm-looking, dartboard-esque, wooden thing I just found leaning against a dumpster in the...
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