http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/blog/stay_tuned/2011/08/worldwide-attention-hits-jamestown.html
“”How many Lucys can fit in Jamestown?”
Plenty of people will be saying, “I Love Lucy” this weekend in Jamestown as they dress up like Lucille Ball. Jamestown is hoping to set a new Guinness World Record, on Lucille Ball’s birthday, for the most people dressed as television character Lucy Ricardo in one place, at one time.
It’s all part of the annual Lucille Ball Festival of Comedy, also known as Lucy Fest. The celebration has become a tradition in Jamestown, which is Ball’s hometown. But this year, organizers are taking it a step further since it marks her 100th birthday...””
TCM(Turner Classic Movies) will be showing Lucy’s films all day on August 6:
http://www.tcm.com/summer/#/day6
She was one tough lady!
RIP Lucy.
Wow. I’m too old to have ever seen Lucille Ball on TV because I never had a television set,but I remember her
well in movies before there was any TV. I loved her when
I was a kid, and I guess I learned a lot from watching her in those old movies. She was great. She was a great actress. She was so wholsome. May she rest in peace.
You cannot beat Lucy, Jack Benny and Jackie Gleason
They don't make shows like that today.
Great looking couple. She was an amazing talent. Maybe one day Desi will get the attention he deserves as a entrepreneur, producer and studio owner (DesiLu).
I come from a family of MALE comedy writers in NYC and now Hollywood. Back in the ‘70s, you couldn’t get one male comedy writer to admit she was funny. Because they believe (and still believe) that women can’t be funny.
But lately, one family member in particular, is finally admitting that not only was she funny but she was a comic genuis. Which she surely was. I think this writer is now seeing what Sandra Berhard, Margaret Cho and Rosie O’Donnell have wrought.
I am proud that I (and my son!) also have August 6 birthdays. I grew up on Lucy Shows and my son even became a real fan. August 6 has always been more than just another ‘Hiroshima Day’ to us.
Thanks for posting this article. Enjoyed it...
Lucy and Desi...two smart, creative, beautiful people who I wish had been able to stay together. I would have liked to see them work things out. I just can’t believe Lucy would have been 100 years old this birthday. RIP Lucy.
At first, I didn't realize that this show was NBC's counter to CBS's I Love Lucy. From the quality of the recordings, I thought it pre-dated Lucy. I can see some of the bits from Lucy being used on Joan.
Very amusing to watch.
-PJ