ABC's Summer Series Features Lucy Impresonator

Premiering tonight on ABC at 8:00pm EST is the new show "The Next Best Thing: Who is the Greatest Celebrity Impersonator".

Suzanne LaRusch who is the main Lucy impressionist at all of Lucy's events in Jamestown, NY as well as over the U.S. is one of the participants on the show. In each episode, a panel of judges will critique and determine who will go on to the next round. As in "Idol", America will vote for the final winner who will receive the grand prize of $100,000.

Lucy TV for Summer

Lucille Ball on Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

The Facts of Life
Tuesday, June 26th - 05:45 pm

Five Came Back
Tuesday, July 10th - 02:30 am

Yours, Mine and Ours
Thursday, July 12th - 02:15 pm

Easy To Wed
Friday, July 20th - 02:30 pm

Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Saturday, August 4th - 02:30 am

Without Love
Saturday, August 18th - 04:15 pm

Room Service
Wednesday, August 22nd - 11:30 am

Too Many Girls
Wednesday, August 22nd - 1:00 pm
(also stars Desi Arnaz)

Upcoming DVD Releases

The month of June and throughout this summer promises many new DVD releases of movies and shows starring our favorite redhead, Lucille Ball.

While the Lucy-Desi Days Weekend was winding down, "Without Love" was released on DVD on May 29th. Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn are the star players in this 1945 movie. Lucille Ball co-stars in this film as Katherine Hepburn's cynical secretary, Kitty Trimble, in this film.

On June 12th, a movie starring Desi Arnaz, Jr. will be coming out. "A Wedding" is a 1978 comedy which also stars Carol Burnett, Lillian Gish, Mia Farrow, Lauren Hutton and many others. Desi Arnaz, Jr. plays Dino Corelli who is getting married into a different class of American society.

Then on June 19th, two releases are coming out on DVD. The Lucille Ball Film Collection, which features six of Lucille Ball Films! Critics Choice (1963), Dance Girl Dance (1940), Du Barry Was a Lady (1943), The Big Street (1942), Best Foot Forward (1943), and the long awaited DVD release of Mame (1974).

The release of "Best Foot Forward" is also available separately on DVD as of June 19th. This is the nationwide release from the DVD promotion from Amazon last year, which was released this past December.

In July, the release of "Easy to Wed" which starred Lucille Ball will be available as part of the Esther Williams Box Set.

So be sure to watch for the dates and order your copies through the "Everything Lucy Store" at youns.com to support our site and this blog!

Lucy Desi Days News Articles

If you're going to Jamestown, NY this Memorial Day weekend for the Lucy-Desi Days Celebration - here is one of the latest news articles on the events that will be taking place.

Lucy Desi Days Arrive - from The Post Journal, "The festival kicks off today with events continuing throughout the weekend celebrating the life and legacy of television icons Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz."

Highlights of the Lucy-Desi Days will be the Legacy of Laughter Interactive Celebration and Exploration and the Lucie Arnaz in Concert at the Reg Lenna Civic Center.

Ribbon Cutting of New Desi Arnaz Band Shell This Sunday

Jamestown, NY – Celoron, New York, residents and officials are looking forward to welcoming Lucie Arnaz this Sunday for the ribbon-cutting on the new Desi Arnaz Band Shell in Lucille Ball Memorial Park.

Born in Jamestown, New York, Lucille Ball spent many of her happiest childhood years living in the nearby village of Celoron. One of the places where she both worked and played was Celoron Park. During her childhood, this was a major amusement attraction, complete with the world’s largest roller coaster and ferris wheel, as well as a skating rink and music pavilion. Now a quiet lakeside park, it was renamed the Lucille Ball Memorial Park following the Queen of Comedy’s passing in 1989.

A few years ago, village officials launched a fund raising campaign to build a Desi Arnaz Band Shell to bring back some of the excitement to the park. Modest contributions were made from the Fan Reunions held in Celoron during the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center’s annual Lucy-Desi Days and Lucy’s Birthday Celebration festivals, as well as other sources. The project got a serious boost in late 2005, when Lucy-Desi Center president Lucie Arnaz announced that she was making a substantial donation.

Village officials worked with Ms. Arnaz on the design of the structure, and it was completed this spring. Part of Ms. Arnaz’s motivation to play a major role in this weekend’s Lucy-Desi Days festival was to be in western New York for the ribbon-cutting and inaugural event in the band shell named after her father.

The ribbon-cutting will take place at 3 pm on Sunday afternoon, May 27. Following the ceremony, Ms. Arnaz and three musicians she’s brought in from around the country will offer a brief performance. Their numbers will offer a “sneak peek” at the full 17-piece orchestra concert they will perform at 7:30 pm in the Reg Lenna Civic Center.

The Celoron event is free and open to the public.