U.S. POST OFFICE LOOKING FOR LUCY LOOKALIKES

U.S. POST OFFICE LOOKING FOR LUCY LOOKALIKES

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- The United States Postal Service is looking for a few good Lucies to help promote its new "I Love Lucy" 33-cent stamp. On June 15 -- the day the stamp is officially unveiled -- the Postal Service will hold a lookalike contest in New York City. So far, nearly 50 Lucy lookalikes have thrown their redheaded wigs into the ring and will be performing some of Lucy's trademark routines in front of a panel of judges. Among the judges will be Keith Thibodeaux, who played Little Ricky on the long-running sit-com. Thibodeaux says the No. 1 thing a potential Lucy impersonator should do is not exaggerate the "Lucy-ness" -- in other words the worst culprits tend to overdo Lucy's antics when they should be underplaying it. The deadline to enter the contest is Friday (June 4).

CONTACT: Pat McGovern (USPS press contact); NYC; (212) 330-3307; Keith Thibodeaux, ****; Arrange with Franklin Dohanyos; Royal Oak, MI; (248) 399-1101