# 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:** 2
**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, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/21 "2015-04-04T21:45:37Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > 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. Hell, put a _Stop Payment_ on the first check and tell him to redo it _gratis_ until he gets it right! If he still can’t do it after two or three tries, then go to another sculptor. But don’t give the original a penny. If he’s already spent the money, tough titties! Demand a refund, with interest! ---
**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, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/22 "2015-04-04T21:56:40Z")
> [@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 GOD! :eek::eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/23 "2015-04-04T22:03:45Z")
Someone on Twitter said it looks like it was designed by R. Crumb ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/24 "2015-04-04T22:09:52Z")
That’s funny, I can’t remember any movies that had Dolph Lundgren as a zombie in drag. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/25 "2015-04-04T22:45:28Z")
> [@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_. Looks like the sculptor used the Charlie Sheen head mold by mistake. > **[ScrapeTV | Online Pop Culture Magazine](https://scrapetv.com)** > > Click here to view the image... (scroll to the second and third pictures in the article) ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/26 "2015-04-04T22:49:12Z")
The [Scottie Pippen statue](https://nobulljive.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/scottie-pippen-statue.jpg) is hiding under your bed. ---
**Author:** ![Qwakkeddup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/27 "2015-04-04T22:51:55Z")
Not even with a spoonful of sugar, not even a truckload of cocaine. ---
**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, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/28 "2015-04-04T22:55:08Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > The [Scottie Pippen statue](https://nobulljive.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/scottie-pippen-statue.jpg) is hiding under your bed. At least the sculptor didn’t give it a boner, unlike that of Christiano Ronaldo. [![](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article4850150.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Cristiano-Ronaldo-statue.jpg) ](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article4850150.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Cristiano-Ronaldo-statue.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/29 "2015-04-06T05:12:41Z")
The [Mister Rogers statue](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/FredRogersStatueinPittsburghPA.jpg) looks like it was made out of a bunch of turds squashed together. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/30 "2015-04-06T05:24:12Z")
It just doesn’t look like her. It looks like someone else, I’m not sure who. The Fonz statue, the Mr. Rogers statue, the MTM statue, actually evoke the characters and actors. This Lucy statue fails at that. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/31 "2015-04-06T12:27:07Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > They should move the statue to Hyde Park, N.Y., and say it’s Eleanor Roosevelt. This is what I was thinking. Or the episode where Lucy is learning how to sculpt and pretends to be a bust of herself when Ricky brings some bigwig to the apartment. If the MTM piece didn’t include the hat throw I would think it was Martha Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/32 "2015-04-06T12:52:16Z")
At least the other statues linked in this thread look human. :eek: ETA: the Mr. Rogers statute looks corroded as hell though. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/33 "2015-04-06T13:20:10Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > My first thought was that it looks like the Fonzie statue that’s in Milwaukee. not a very good likeness. I thought Jimmy Carter with a bad haircut. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/34 "2015-04-06T13:27:33Z")
I thought it looked like a demented David Bowie. It’s the teeth and pompadour. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/35 "2015-04-06T14:22:24Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > 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. This one does … [eew](http://ancientrome.ru/art/artwork/sculp/rom/copy/sculp/scu120.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/36 "2015-04-06T14:39:37Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > The [Mister Rogers statue](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/FredRogersStatueinPittsburghPA.jpg) looks like it was made out of a bunch of turds squashed together. Instead of removing all the barnacles, they just painted over them. Also, I think the Lucy sculptor was in the pocket of Vivian Vance’s estate. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/37 "2015-04-07T02:40:42Z")
free fix and apology. ‘Scary’ Lucille Ball Artist Apologizes: It Is “By Far My Most Unsettling Sculpture” > **['Scary' Lucille Ball Artist Apologizes: It Is "By Far My Most Unsettling...](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/s/scary-lucille-ball-artist-apologizes-far-most-unsettling-040004045.html)** > > Artist Dave Poulin tells THR he's willing to refurbish the statue at his own expense. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/38 "2015-04-07T03:13:59Z")
Lucy as Weeping Angel. “Fred… Ethel… Wha’ever you do… Don’t BLINK!” ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/39 "2015-04-07T07:33:54Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > The [Mister Rogers statue](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/FredRogersStatueinPittsburghPA.jpg) looks like it was made out of a bunch of turds squashed together. Serves him right for all those people he killed in Vietnam. (I know! I know!) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/40 "2015-04-07T09:38:06Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > It…it looks like the sculptor did not Love Lucy. Yeah, he must have been loopy on Vitameatavegamine. He definitely has some ‘splainin’ to do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797.md?page=3)