"Scary Lucy" statue replaced in Lucille Ball Memorial Park

[LongTomH]

It's amazing how much we have invested in our cultural icons. The Lucille Ball Memorial Park in Celoron, NY, Lucille Ball's home town has featured a statue of the actress that's been dubbed "Scary Lucy."

Although the old "scary" statue became a tourist attraction, many residents wanted it removed from the park, saying the "ugly" likeness did not do justice to the beloved star.

The bronze figure elicited comparisons to a "Walking Dead" zombie, Conway Twitty, the snake from "Beetlejuice," actor Steve Buscemi and other unflattering comparisons, and inspired a a Facebook campaign called "We Love Lucy! Get Rid of this Statue."

The statue has been replaced with a much more becoming bronze image; but, the old statue will remain.

"We left it here because it has been such an attraction. We've had thousands of people here over the past year from all over," Schrecengost told CNN affiliate WIVB.

"We had a family here just last week from Hungary that was in New York and traveled an extra distance just to see that statue itself, not knowing that we had a new one coming."

Schrecengost said the new statue is "most definitely a beautiful piece," but old and new ought to be displayed together.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/06/us/lucille-ball-new-statue/index.html

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1. The old one doesn't look anything like her,

although it looks like it's from the Vitametavegamin episode.

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2. Reminds me of this

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3. Never know who old one supposed to be w/o label