Here are six stops in Western New York where you can pay your respects to the trailblazing redhead who charmed the world in black and white. The world may love Lucille Désirée Ball, who was born in Jamestown, New York, in 1911 and reinterred in her hometown cemetery in 2002, but the rust belt town on the eastern edge of Chautauqua Lake loves her fans even more.Īccording to the Lucy Desi Museum, the actress, comedian, and studio executive wanted it that way: In 2018, the museum’s mission was “broadened with the opening of the nearby National Comedy Center, which operates in fulfillment of Lucille Ball’s vision that her hometown become a destination for the celebration of comedy-in all its forms.” Today, you can’t throw a chocolate bonbon in Jamestown without hitting a museum, mural, or statue dedicated to, or inspired by, Ball and her beloved show. When he asked what topped the list, she told him that nothing would ever beat I Love Lucy-and more than 70 years after the groundbreaking sitcom premiered, countless other fans would agree. Read more about Evan.A few years ago, my mom met John Krasinski and told him that The Office was her third favorite TV show. Evan Weiner started his journalism career at the age of 15 by hosting a Spring Valley High School talk show on WRKL Radio, Mount Ivy, N.Y.

In 2007, the Department of State sent him to talk to foreign nationals at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas to speak about the politics of sports business in America. He has about 25 topics and has spoken globally. Lucille Ball flaunted a successful career as a movie actress and star of radio when in 1951 she first appeared in I Love Lucy along with her real-life hu. The most powerful businesswoman in Hollywood.Įvan is a speaker, author, with a radio and TV background. There was a communist scare, the divorce all of which led her to a starring role. There were more obstacles and the Lucy show nearly never got on the air. She went into radio, had some success and was offered a chance at TV. She was a B movie star who married Desi Arnaz and nearly divorced. She was told she didn’t have it to be an actress, she ended up proving herself in a Three Stooges short. Lucille Ball should never have been a Hollywood studio mogul.

Adult Group Swim Lessons and Masters Swim.

Berkshire Hills (Sleepaway Camp ages 7 – 16).

Camp Twelve Trails Day Camp (grades K – 10.

Nature-Based Programs (Wayfinders on the Hudson).

American Red Cross Babysitting Certification & Internship.

Love, Lucy by Lucille Ball