The world may love Lucille Désirée Ball, who was born in Jamestown, New York, in 1911 and reinterred in her hometown cemetery in 2002, but the rust belt town on the eastern edge of Chautauqua Lake loves her fans even more.Īccording to the Lucy Desi Museum, the actress, comedian, and studio executive wanted it that way: In 2018, the museum’s mission was “broadened with the opening of the nearby National Comedy Center, which operates in fulfillment of Lucille Ball’s vision that her hometown become a destination for the celebration of comedy-in all its forms.” Today, you can’t throw a chocolate bonbon in Jamestown without hitting a museum, mural, or statue dedicated to, or inspired by, Ball and her beloved show. When he asked what topped the list, she told him that nothing would ever beat I Love Lucy-and more than 70 years after the groundbreaking sitcom premiered, countless other fans would agree. A few years ago, my mom met John Krasinski and told him that The Office was her third favorite TV show.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |