The evolution of Ant

If anyone among us remembers first seeing Ant on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, we remember that he was a gay guy making a joke about boxing that got celebrity guest judge Joe Rogan all fired up and alleging joke thievery. That was oh so long ago, wasn’t it? Ant made it onto the show the following year, turned that into hosting gigs on VH1, showed up as a celebrity judge himself last season and put himself in the role of wickedly evil judge who made comedians either angry or sad about their place in life. And now, this year, NBC.com has made Ant the voice of reason?! Yes, it’s as true as the fact that Ant and I are Facebook friends. Behold the power of the Internets, and behold the Ant rAnts. I believe he’s wearing pAnts. Here is Ant’s take on the Los Angeles/Houston episode:

And after the jump, Ant’s rAnt on the San Francisco/Toronto episode, where he gets in a dig on host Bill Bellamy, and makes his prediction on who’s going to win (spoiler alert! he’s wrong!):

Sean L. McCarthy

Editor and publisher since 2007, when he was named New York's Funniest Reporter. Former newspaper reporter at the New York Daily News, Boston Herald and smaller dailies and community papers across America. Loves comedy so much he founded this site.

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