2024 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival Guide

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

An Animated View of Comedy 2:30 PM – KARAOKE LOUNGE IN THE NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER An introduction to the intersecting worlds of animation and comedy! Led by a museum educator, learn more about the history of animation, how it’s changed over the years, and how it’s shaped comedy as we know it. PRICE: FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION Sarah Royal is a pop culture historian focusing on women in comedy and author of modern Lucille Ball biography A.K.A. Lucy: The Dynamic & Determined Life of Lucille Ball with a foreword by Amy Poehler, the best-selling Creative Cursing, and other books and zines. She’s also the co-host of podcast Enough Wicker: Intellectualizing The Golden Girls. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. PRICE: FREE Looking at Inside Out from the Inside Out 4:00 PM – KARAOKE LOUNGE IN THE NATIONAL COMEDY CENER Do you ever look at someone and wonder what is going on inside their head, or do you ever wonder what went on inside the heads of the people who wondered what was going on inside our heads? Join us to hear about the creation of Inside Out . PRICE: FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION Dinner at the Tropicana Club 4:00 PM & 5:30 PM - LUCY DESI MUSEUM Enjoy dinner in the famous Tropicana Club as “Ricky Ricardo” entertains with fan-favorite video performances on the big screen! A buffet dinner will be served while the Tropicana stage re-creation will be open for selfies! PRICE: $35.00 Sarah Royal Book Signing 3:30 PM — LUCY DESI MUSEUM

Sat, August 3 Continued I Love Lucy Trivia: 101

11:00 AM - DOUBLETREE BY HILTON JAMESTOWN Show off your knowledge of all things I Love Lucy in our annual fan trivia contest! I Love Lucy Trivia: 101 is a family-friendly contest designed with lots of laughs for casual and long-time fans alike! Fun prizes will be awarded throughout the contest. PRICE: $25.00 Live From New York: It’s a Talk! 12:30 PM - KARAOKE LOUNGE AT NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER Get an inside scoop on what it’s like within the hallowed halls of 30 Rock. Learn more about the rigorous weekly schedule of Saturday Night Live, taking a sketch from paper to production, and how the show has changed over its nearly 50 year run. PRICE: FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION My Life with Lucy: An Afternoon with Lucille Ball’s Secretary, Wanda Clark 1:30 PM – REG LENNA CENTER FOR THE ARTS Wanda Clark, Lucille Ball’s longtime personal secretary, will reflect on her life with Lucy: a professional relationship and personal friendship that spanned a quarter-century. Interviewed on stage by Lucille Ball historian and author Ric Wyman, Wanda will fondly share behind- the-scenes stories and fun anecdotes about The First Lady of Comedy, take questions from the audience, and offer a slideshow of seldom-seen photographs that not only highlight Lucille Ball’s career, but also offer a glimpse into Lucy’s home life. PRICE: $37.50

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