Last Comic Standing rumors

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 22nd, 2007

We’re back from our West Coast Swing. The Sopranos is winding down, we videotaped the finale of 24 last night and another mystifying season of Lost will end soon.

And another mystifying season of Last Comic Standing will commence Wednesday, June 13. We’ve been hearing some strange things over the last month or two. Ant’s been waving off comics, veterans and rookies alike, and basically re-making himself into a Simon Cowell with none of the charm. He seems determined to make the show about Ant, from what we’ve been hearing. (Watch for ratings to plummet, unless they edit out most of the Ant-ics.) We’ve published some of the horror stories regarding the shameful auditions here and there. Outside of that, we’ve heard precious little about the upcoming season.

Over the past few weeks, however, one name has been bobbing to the top of conversations– Dante. Word on the street is that, prior to the auditions, he was telling anyone within earshot that he was going to win. Further word on the street is that he’s now telling everyone that he’s actually won the damn thing. (Don’t these people have to sign non-disclosure agreements or something? Wouldn’t that obliterate his win if he spilled his guts like that? Or… if he didn’t win, wouldn’t this kind of blowhardery make him look… like an idiot? Either way, it seems to be a bad way to go.) We can’t confirm anything. We’re not saying anything one way or the other, but it seems suspicious that his name has come up in multiple conversations over the past few weeks. That’s usually an indication that there’s a kernel of truth to the rumor. (Of course, we’ve been burned once before with LCS rumors, so pay no attention until we say something definitively!) Perhaps stories about Dante’s initial puffery have been corrupted by repeated re-tellings to the point where he’s now said to be driving up and down Hollywood Blvd. proclaiming his LCS victory using a bullhorn.

Either way, it’ll be interesting, and, we suspect, by turns infuriating, frustrating and disheartening. We’ll keep you posted.

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