We all know (or at least I hope most of you) the timeless works of the one and only Lucille Ball. She is the classic beauty from the ever so famous TV show ‘I Love Lucy’, ‘The Lucille Ball Show‘, and ‘The Long, Long Trailer‘. Well, this actress was commemorated in the park of her home town by an artist by the name Dave Poulin in 2009. But he unfortunately jacked up the look that is our ageless beauty so badly that he actually received some death threats. Well what do you expect, this is Lucille Ball, you screw up an icon like her, you bound to get shanked, man. This statue was then taken down thanks to a site called, ‘I Love Lucy, remove the statue’. Thankfully they redid that bad boy and now have one that is not so disturbing (yes the expression “don’t blink” definitely comes to mind here…)
Well now here we are again, with a new statue of our Lucy, and this time, the artist (not the same guy as before) nailed it. The statue was unveiled on August 6th 2016, while fans chanted “Lucy, Lucy.” And there, in the Lucille Ball Memorial Park, Lucy’s hometown of Cueloron, NY, she stands in a polka dot dress, portraying the elegance and smiles that she would give us all in her time on and off the screens. And who do we thank for the remake of our red-headed legend? None other than artist Carolyn D. Palmer. She was quoted to say “I not only wanted to portray the playful, animated and spontaneous Lucy, but also the glamorous Hollywood icon.” And I’m sure you all will agree with me when I say, she did so in deed.
August 6th would have been the TV icon’s 105th birthday, and each year on this day, she is remembered by a comedy festival in nearby Jamestown. And as for the Scary Lucy statue, they plan on keeping this bad boy, and placing it else where in the park, (which I will never visit in fear of being placed back in time somewhere, or getting my neck snapped) as this too was a part of Lucy history and should still be displayed ^_^
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