# I Love Lucy! But I don't Love this statue. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797 "2015-04-04T12:39:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/1 "2015-04-04T12:39:37Z")
Man, this is not even close to a good likeness. > **[Lucille Ball fans want ‘frightening’ statue in star’s hometown removed](https://news.yahoo.com/lucille-ball-fans-want--frightening--statue-in-star-s-hometown-removed-215927032.html)** > > A group that truly loves Lucy wants Celoron, N.Y., to take down a statue that they think does a disservice to the sitcom star. Some residents have claimed the statue is actually scary at night. I think it’s just awful. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/2 "2015-04-04T12:42:57Z")
May be a great likeness. She’s been dead for a quarter of a century, who knows what she looks like now? ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/3 "2015-04-04T12:45:54Z")
[QUOTE=linked article] Celoron Mayor Scott Schrecengost told the Jamestown Post-Journal that it would cost a lot of money — between $8,000 and $10,000 — to have the original artist recast the statue, which was unveiled in 2009. [/QUOTE] Ummm, why pay the original artist to fix it? If the original artist wasn’t competent to create a faithful likeness of Lucille Ball to begin with, I’d say it’s time to go to a different artist. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/4 "2015-04-04T14:01:18Z")
My first thought was that it looks like the Fonzie statue that’s in Milwaukee. not a very good likeness. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/5 "2015-04-04T14:13:00Z")
statues are always scary at night. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/6 "2015-04-04T14:13:52Z")
I actually gasped when the image finally decided to load. (my browser took a few seconds, probably to build suspense) The lighting is bad so that could be adding to the weirdness. They could always put a loving cup over her head. Yeah, the Fonzie statue is kind of scary too. [![](https://quirkytravelguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fonz-statue.jpg) ](https://quirkytravelguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fonz-statue.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/7 "2015-04-04T14:25:38Z")
something about those eyes… ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/8 "2015-04-04T14:33:44Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > May be a great likeness. She’s been dead for a quarter of a century, who knows what she looks like now? !🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/9 "2015-04-04T14:46:56Z")
It…it looks like the sculptor did not Love Lucy. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/10 "2015-04-04T14:48:18Z")
I agree with removing the Lucille Ball statue. It would be better to have nothing than that thing. While we’re at it, the [Mary Tyler Moore “Mary Richards” statue](http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/int-tvl-110224-Mary-Tyler-Moore-Minn-115p.grid-3x2.jpg) is a pretty big fail, too. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/11 "2015-04-04T15:02:58Z")
With nothing but a picture, the Fonize statue is recognizable, I think most people would have no problem putting a name to it, even if all they saw was the face (that is, w/o the iconic leather jacket/jeans/two thumbs up). The same could probably be said for MtM. Lucy, probably not. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/12 "2015-04-04T20:41:06Z")
At the top of [this story](http://www.avclub.com/article/statue-lucille-ball-terrorizes-small-town-217506?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview%3A1%3ADefault) is another image of the statue, taken from the front in full daylight. Guys, it’s _even worse_. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/13 "2015-04-04T20:46:19Z")
They should move the statue to Hyde Park, N.Y., and say it’s Eleanor Roosevelt. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/14 "2015-04-04T20:53:12Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > something about those eyes… Nah, it’s the teeth. Well, OK, this particular statue of Lucy clearly needs to be nuked from orbit. But a recurring theme in the examples posted here is teeth. [Classical sculpture doesn’t do teeth.](https://www.google.no/search?q=roman+portraiture&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=zU4gVezeJ4OssAHky4OgDg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=633) There’s a reason for that. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/15 "2015-04-04T20:57:50Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > With nothing but a picture, the Fonize statue is recognizable, I think most people would have no problem putting a name to it, even if all they saw was the face (that is, w/o the iconic leather jacket/jeans/two thumbs up). The same could probably be said for MtM. > Lucy, probably not. With all due respect, you could have a statue of ANYONE dressed in jeans, a leather jacket, a pompadour, and thumbs up, and most people would think it was The Fonz. I agree that a good likeness of Henry Winkler would be a plus, but not essential. Lucy, on the other hand, looks like an undead horror that wants me to slug down a bottle of Vitameatavegemin. Yes, teeth were a bad idea. Hell, there’s a curiosity shop down the street that sells licensed ceramic images of Lucy that look more like Lucy than THAT. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/16 "2015-04-04T21:00:32Z")
> **[Photobucket | Make your memories fun!](https://s79.photobucket.com/user/laurminator/media/lucy.jpg.html)** > > Make your memories fun! Heck, she’s not showing her teeth in the original either. And I get that Vitameatavegamin is iconic, but maybe something a little more classy would have been good? ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/17 "2015-04-04T21:10:34Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > At the top of [this story](http://www.avclub.com/article/statue-lucille-ball-terrorizes-small-town-217506?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview%3A1%3ADefault) is another image of the statue, taken from the front in full daylight. > > Guys, it’s _even worse_. Oh, Frith above, it’s coming for your soul. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/18 "2015-04-04T21:17:48Z")
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/19 "2015-04-04T21:27:33Z")
“Waaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/20 "2015-04-04T21:40:18Z")
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