Lucille ball

The series was popular when it originally aired in the ‘50s, and the sitcom really has never lost its popularity since it went off the air in 1957, being released on DVD and remaining in syndication in the U.S. and worldwide to this day.

As Lucy Arnaz, Ball’s daughter, told the Los Angeles Times this week, America’s love affair with Lucy continues to this day.

“I hear the same kind of stories from the same age people decade after decade as if it were the film ‘Groundhog Day.’” Arnaz said of her mother, who was born on Aug. 6, 1911 and died April 26, 1989. “It is bizarre to be me.”

For those who get the Hallmark Channel, an “I Love Lucy” marathon began at 5 a.m. today and will run through 8 a.m. on Monday.
                                             
For our friends in Los Angeles, be on the lookout for a whole lot of Lucy’s. The Hollywood Museum is celebrating a new Ball exhibit unveiled Thursday, and part of that celebration includes a look-alike contest tonight (anyone else suddenly have a flashback to the movie “Rat Race”?).

Not to be outdone by Hollywood, Jamestown, New York is trying to break a world record for gathering together the most Lucy lookalikes.