“Scary Lucy” statue will be brought to life at a haunted house in New York
Naked ambition can be a terrifying thing, as we learned from years of watching I Love Lucy, which saw the titular housewife desperately trying to escape from her entertainer husband’s shadow. Still, “widespread revulsion” was probably not the intended result of the Lucille Ball statue that was dedicated to the legendary actress in her hometown of Celoron, New York. The town’s residents actively (well, via a Facebook page) tried to have the statue removed after enduring its grimace for six years, citing the scary factor while leaving out its resemblance to the Ice Cream Man. Despite the townspeople’s best efforts, the “Scary Lucy” statue remains as firmly rooted as Ball’s place in comedian history.