Lucy!" gathered in Lucille Ball Memorial Park in the western New York village of Celoron to watch as the tarp was removed from the statue made by sculptor Carolyn Palmer.

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"It was completely intimidating," said Carolyn Palmer, whose new Lucy is to be unveiled Saturday in Lucille Ball Memorial Park in the actress' western New York hometown of Celoron.

Get Rid of this Statue page has been reposting pictures showing the statue’s face edited into scenes from old stills from “I Love Lucy,” plus an image indicating that if a person were to mix ...

Those images share one thing, Palmer said: Lucy did not portray herself as ridiculous. Instead, those photographs typically emphasized a kind of wistful and glamorous mid-20th century beauty.

Lucille Ball — and her hometown fans — received a much-welcomed gift today: A new bronze statue to replace the hilariously awful one that made headlines around the world as “ Scary Lucy ...

See more photos and this original article on PEOPLE.com. It looks like Lucy's got that Vitametavegamin taste out of her mouth – she's finally smiling! PEOPLE can exclusively unveil the replacement ...