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WNY Comedy Museum "Not A Joke"

Depictions of holograms planned for National Comedy Center.
Lucy Desi Museum & Center for Comedy
Depictions of holograms planned for National Comedy Center.

JAMESTOWN (AP) Did you hear the one about Bob Hope, Rodney Dangerfield and Andy Kauffman performing on the same stage?

It might not be a joke once the National Comedy Center opens its doors.

Plans for the museum breaking ground this summer include a hologram comedy club that will put visitors in the audience for classic routines of comedic legends.

Developers aren't ready to release the "performers'' yet but say dozens of the late greats are in the mix.

Also on the drawing board are a comedy "boot camp'' offering how-to instruction on joke delivery and perhaps a heckle booth for the brave.

The center planned in Lucille Ball's hometown of Jamestown fulfills the late comedienne's own wishes that the western New York city honor and support all forms of comedy.

Rendition of planned National Comedy Center.
Credit Lucy Desi Museum & Center for Comedy
Rendition of planned National Comedy Center.

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