Howard the ant - Insect
featured on comedy skits on the early installments of the now classic
ERNIE KOVACS SHOW in the 1950s. Howard had the distinction of being billed
as "the world's strongest ant." Actually, Howard the Ant didn't physically
exist. Ernie Kovac would bend down to talk to a tabletop where Howard
supposedly sat. Ernie's wife, Edie Adam's supplied the teeny, tiny voice
of Howard. Howard became very popular and received lots of tiny gifts from
his fans including false teeth, paint brushes, playing cards, space suits,
tuxedoes, cars, champagne, gymnasium equipment, a stagecoach, a
locomotive, a yacht and even a mink-lined swimming pool. An amorous fan
even sent Howard a female ant named Henrietta, who came complete with
wardrobe.
