Saturday marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of television icon Lucille Ball. Expect commemorative ceremonies and viewing marathons over the weekend, but Orlando residents and theme parkers can celebrate Lucy year round at the Universal Studios attraction called "Lucy -- A Tribute."

The exhibit isn't usually very populated. The eye is drawn away from it in the Hollywood area of the park by Terminator 2 in 3-D and the brown derby hat shop. The Lucy tribute kind of just looks like a retail outlet, but it's packed with memorabilia from Lucille Ball's life. (Not to mention that it's nicely air-conditioned, a good thing in August).

I re-visited the area this week and made note of several interesting artifacts.

+ Inside the entrance is an array of awards, including five Emmys. There's a sign that says "Some awards reproduced with the permission of the Lucille Ball estate," so I can't vouch for the authenticity of anything except maybe a weathered bowl from 1963 -- a TV Guide Award for "favorite female performer."

+ Speaking of TV Guide, there's a magazine cover nearby of the first TV Guide cover, which features a small shot of Lucy and a large image of little baby "Desiderio Albert Arnaz IV," who was pretty much known as Desi Jr. Also there: the award in conjunction with the Kennedy Center Honors (1986) and the key to the city of Beverly Hills.

+ From the everything old/new again department, there are 3-D slides of the Arnazes on vacation. They look very Hipstmatic.

+ There are TONS of photos from throughout Ball's life. I was drawn to one of the cast of "I Love Lucy" after an Emmy ceremony (1954, it would appear). There's Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley, out of character, and you can see in their eyes that they had way-different personalities than they showed in their famous roles.

+ I enjoy inspecting the model of the "I Love Lucy" set, in which the kitchen set was adjacent to the nightclub set.

+ Correspondence from famous people, most surprisingly from J. Edgar Hoover, who says he enjoyed Monday's show -- which had reference to him and the FBI in it.

+ Among the merchandising: paper dolls of Lucy, Desi, "and little Ricky," which is mixing up the Desis and the Rickys, right?

+ There are odds and ends such as jewelry, Desi's hats, a ukelele, cowboy boots and a printed program from "Lucille Ball Day" at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

+ Along one wall are several booths for an "I Love Lucy" quiz. Favorite question: "What was the biggest laugh in Lucy history?" (Answer later.) The quiz is well done, but the medium is a dated, with clunky push buttons to answer the questions. Time for a touch-screen update?

+ Of course, there are clips running, many featuring musical numbers. It's a pleasant place to chill out, a time capsule of comedy.

Quiz answer: The longest laugh was tied to "Lucy does the tango." It's after the Ricardos and Mertzes move to Connecticut, and there's an episode about raising chickens. Lucy stuffs eggs into her shirt, only to go splat against Ricky in the tango. The audience reaction was 65 seconds of laughter. Good stuff.