Drake Witham is a Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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-based stand-up comedian with multiple national televisions appearances.

Born in Ohio

Ohio

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, he was raised in Arlington, Virginia. Witham graduated from the University of Washington

University of Washington

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 and worked as a reporter for the Dallas Morning News before moving to Los Angeles in 2002 to pursue comedy. In 2003 he won the Seattle International Comedy Competition. He appeared on the first season of Comedy Central

Comedy Central

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’s Live at Gotham

Live At Gotham

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 in 2006 and has twice performed on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. He also took third place in the Great American Comedy Festival in 2008 in Norfolk, Nebraska

Norfolk, Nebraska

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. The festival, in the hometown of Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson

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, included appearances from Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett

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, Robert Klein

Robert Klein

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 and Eddie Brill

Eddie Brill

Eddie Brill is an American comedian, writer, and actor who started his career in Boston, Massachusetts. He is also the warm-up comedian and talent coordinator of Late Show with David Letterman. He tours frequently, performing in the US as well as England, Ireland, France, Australia, Amsterdam, and...

. His DVD, "We'll See", was released in 2006.

He has twice performed for the troops in Iraq through Comics on Duty as well as tours to Europe, Central America and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.