Long before the term multi-media artist came into use, and before a 90s soap about six friends trapped in a small New York City apartment changed television forever, there was Allee Willis.

No idea who that is? She’d like to keep it that way. Perhaps ‘the most unknown famous woman in Hollywood’, she rubbed shoulders with the likes of Cindi Lauper and hosted some of the most decadent parties in her Los Angeles home nicknamed ‘The Pink Bungalow’.

Neal McCullough, an illustrator from Bangor, Co. Down first heard of her when she emailed him asking if he could make a sticker for a charity honoring her friend. What followed was an unlikely but fruitful collaboration.

He joins Seán to discuss his upcoming pop-up book inspired by her mythical home…

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