New statue to be unveiled after ‘scary Lucy’
WHAT could be scarier than a statue of Lucille Ball that was so hated it was dubbed “Scary Lucy”?
Being the sculptor hired to replace it.
“It was completely intimidating,” said Carolyn Palmer, whose new Lucy is to be unveiled tomorrow in Lucille Ball Memorial Park in the actress’ western New York hometown of Celoron.
“You can’t please everybody,” Palmer said by phone from her New Jersey studio, where she was putting the finishing touches on the bronze sculpture she began nine months ago.
“But overall, I just really, really hope that I please the town of Celoron, please Lucy’s family and all her fans. ... Fingers crossed!”
It’s hard to imagine she could do any worse than Dave Poulin, whose 2009 version was so thoroughly panned for looking absolutely nothing like the comic actress that fans launched a Facebook campaign last year with the name, “We Love Lucy! Get Rid of this Statue.” — AP