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\u201cYou\u2019re going to a WHAT?\u201d asked my friend apprehensively. Yup. An hotel. Three of them actually for a total of six days as part of an Empire State Road Trip in upstate New York in early September, sponsored by the Harbor Hotel Collection.<\/p>\n

I felt cautiously optimistic until my friend pointed out \u2013 with some degree of pleasure, I thought \u2013 that no matter how scrubbed down the room was, how many masks were in evidence or social distance maintained, if such was even possible in a hotel setting, our safety was still not guaranteed. I couldn\u2019t disagree.<\/p>\n

Still, my husband and I planned to adhere to all precautions \u2013 and the Harbor Hotel Collection providing our accommodations promised to do the same \u2013 which they did admirably. After months of quarantine, we decided to face the virus with a defiant stance. We were going to go on living \u2013 and for us, that meant traveling. A road trip from Washington, DC<\/a> seemed like a perfect compromise.<\/p>\n

First stop \u2013 Chautauqua, New York, where comedy is king \u2013 and one special queen\u2026 (The two museums are actually in Jamestown, NY, a small town adjacent to Chautauqua).<\/p>\n

How many places do you walk into laughing? Flashes of comedic movies, TV shows and stand-ups assault your inner comedian as you enter the National Comedy Center and you feel one with a larger-than-life Rodney Dangerfield. Then a sign comes on reminding you to wash your hands \u2013 and you stop laughing \u2013 but just for a moment. Instead of the pre-Covid wristband, you get a card that provides interactive capability during the virus and a stylus allowing you to touch screens.\u00a0 And you allow yourself to start laughing again.<\/p>\n

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The National Comedy Center began as a long-ago vision of the legendary Lucille Ball, the afore-mentioned queen of comedy \u2013 a home-grown Jamestown girl, born, bred and buried \u2013 for her hometown to become a destination for the celebration of comedy. Still, it didn\u2019t actually open until 2018. Her own much-older museum is just down the street \u2013 but more on that later.<\/p>\n

First, I had to personalize my comedy experience by picking my favorite comedians, TV shows and films from Cary Grant to Stephen Colbert, All in the Family<\/em> to Modern Family<\/em>, The Marx Brothers<\/em> to Bridesmaids<\/em>. They lost me at podcasts but turns out my humor runs toward political satire, wry and sophisticated, and observational. My husband took issue with the sophisticated designation\u2026.<\/p>\n

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The museum emphasizes comedy as an art form and illustrates everything that goes into the craft of comedy from inception to production to execution. A sample of Dangerfield\u2019s handwritten notes has him admonishing the audience: \u201cWhat a crowd! What a crowd!\u201d I didn\u2019t want to know that. Joan Rivers had her own preparation notes: 17 Ways to Handle a Heckler<\/em>. Okay, so no taking any chances there. Lots of iconic outfits dot the museum from Jerry Seinfeld\u2019s Puffy Shirt to Phyllis Diller\u2019s huge ball gown to Carol Burnett\u2019s wacky characters\u2019 fashion statements.<\/p>\n

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One exhibit is devoted to all things George Carlin; another to late night hosts from Steve Allen to Seth Myers; another to When Harry Met Sally<\/em> with two of the most memorable movie scenes ever.<\/p>\n

At the stand-up comedy lounge, I got to sit in to view some of my favorite comedians from my initial sense-of-humor profile. I actually looked around for a bartender to take my drink order. A different lounge presented clips from my favorite TV shows.<\/p>\n

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Passing from one exhibit to another takes you down a hallway of one-liners. At this point you just can\u2019t stop laughing and you may never make it to the end. There\u2019s an academic exhibit which chronicles the history of comedy from the Greeks to vaudeville to the internet. Lest you find that a tad too serious, when you sit on the adjoining bench, what do you think happens? Yes, of course. The bench farts!<\/p>\n

There are scripts where inadvertent changes that were made during shooting remained on camera; there is the history of radio from Jack Benny to Howard Stern; and then there is the age-restricted raunchy \u201cBlue Room\u201d for the likes of Lenny Bruce to Wanda Sykes. Everything tells a story of how a joke goes from page to stage, the long grind from comedic inception to commercial success. And it\u2019s all funny!<\/p>\n

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I, like millions of Americans throughout the 50s, laughed with and at Lucy and Desi Ricardo growing up. The I Love Lucy Show<\/em> was must-see TV. I liked her \u2013 I didn\u2019t love her \u2013 but her iconic show no doubt laid the foundation for situation comedies for decades to come. Having a museum of her own in her hometown seemed like a fitting testament.<\/p>\n

The Lucy and Desi Museum down the street, while special in its own right, is static by comparison to the Comedy Center. Most of the visuals are behind glass enclosures and I kept looking for something to scan. The West Gallery is devoted to Lucy and Desi, their relationship, their family; the East Gallery, to their studio and show, with replicas of all the rooms of the Ricardo\u2019s second apartment. Any fan would feel transported back in time and onto the TV set.<\/p>\n

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For a Lucille Ball fan, this would be a tiny bit of heaven. Since I was more socially distanced (in every sense of the word), I just was sorry to read that Lucy and Desi got divorced the day after the last show aired in 1961. After four hours steeped in laughter, I left feeling sad. That just seemed wrong, so I headed back to the Comedy Center. Problem solved.<\/p>\n

Traveling on to Watkins Glen and the 1000 Islands as part of the Empire State Road Trip will be covered in future articles. For more information call (607) 535-3759 or check out the following sites:<\/p>\n

Empire State Road Trip, Harbor Hotel Collection<\/a><\/p>\n

National Comedy Center<\/a><\/p>\n

Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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