Inspired by the scene from the “I Love Lucy” episode “Lucy’s Italian Movie,” grape stompers came out Saturday not only to honor the local icon, but also to conquer a world record in her hometown.

A Lucille Ball mural looked upon the crowd as they stomped 60 tons of grapes, leading to a new Guinness world record.

The vat contained a record 1,232 participants on Second Street between Washington and Lafayette streets – shattering the previous record of 977 stompers in northern Spain. Participants entering the grape pool slipped and lost their flip flops as volunteers led by George Panebianco, board president of the Lucy Desi Museum & Center for Comedy, and Tom Benson, Lucy Desi Center board of directors chairman, counted people and escorted them to their spots. Feet and ankles were submerged in the pool of local grapes as the filing process took 30 minutes.

With the vat fully occupied, the iconic Lucy grape-stomp spectacle commenced. Participants smushed the grapes for three uninterrupted minutes, unable to stop since they were being monitored to qualify for the record.

People of all ages took part in the special event as they carried their kids. One even held a dog. Gladys Peterson and Bill Michalski, each 87 years of age, were the oldest stompers in the vat.

“To be a part of the history being made, it was truly special,” Peterson said.

“I think it was crazy, but I’m here,” Michalski said.

Thirty-one states were represented during the grape stomp, including Ohio, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Alaska among others. A woman from Venice, Italy also took part.

After stomping for three minutes, the participants, with purple stains from the shins on down, exited the vat en route to washing stations nearby.

The grapes were donated by AgriAmerica, located in Silver Creek, and owned by Eric Huddy and Richard Jozwiak. Huddy entered the vat, watched all the people pack in, and did a little stomping himself. Jozwiak was out working in the field as the stomping took place. Huddy said that the organizing process and preparation of grapes began this past summer. They worked hard harvesting the grapes and shipping them to the site. It took three hours to dump 60 tons of the Concord grapes into the vat.

AgriAmerica harvests several thousand tons of grapes each season from over 500 vineyard acres. AgriAmerica’s specialty, grape pies, were on sale during the event.

“I was telling everybody that I don’t plan on being in the Olympics, so setting a world record in this fashion is really cool,” Huddy said. “The grapes were all mechanically harvested and picked (Friday) afternoon. We dumped them all in the street (Saturday) morning. We were happy to do it. It was great local community event.”

Journey Gunderson, executive director of the Lucy Desi Museum for Comedy, said that Jamestown knows how to have good time.

“They know how to be great sports. It also attracted visitors from all over,” she said. “It all came together to set a new Guiness world record and we are thrilled with that.”

Kelly Collette, a comedian from Ohio, joined in on the world-breaking grape stomp. It was cold, she said, but the level of excitement participating in something special was inspiring.

“I think my college may have tried to set a world’s largest record pillow fight and they got 20 people. Everybody either gave up or maybe they were sleeping,” she said. “I have never seen anything like this before.”

Panebianco noted all the working parts who helped make the stomp happen and all the people who came out to be a part of something special.

Cleanup followed the stomp as the smushed grapes were loaded into a dump truck by a tractor.

The second annual Lucy Town Half Marathon begins at 9 a.m. today with registration from 6-8:30 a.m. and the national anthem to be performed at 8:45 a.m. The USATF-certified course begins and ends in Jamestown. The course travels near the childhood home of Lucille Ball and by the museum.

Western New York is home to the largest grape-growing region east of the Rockies and oldest Concord-grape region in the world. Support for the world record grape stomp was provided by AgriAmerica, Welch’s, the Vineyard Group, Holiday Tours and Artone Manufacturing.