Monday will mark the 96th anniversary of the birth of Lucille Desiree Ball. I'll probably do some kind of photo gallery to mark the occasion. But if you're near Miss Ball's hometown of Jamestown, New York, they will be celebrating all weekend! According to the Everything Lucy site, the city will welcome thousands of fans from across the world to Lucy’s Birthday Celebration that begins Saturday and runs through Monday. Lucy impersonators roam the streets and pose for photographs, and special guests such as Lucy’s longtime chauffeur, Frank Gorey, share memories of working with the queen of TV comedy. Writers and film editors of her various TV series discuss her work, and buses take visitors on tours of various Lucy-related sites, including the two-story home at 69 Stewart Ave. where she was born, and Lake View Cemetery, where the comedienne’s ashes are interred alongside her parents.
They all still love Lucy...