Drake Witham Goes from Reporter to Comedian
Program Titles
- Journalists Report for Duty
- Touring Comics Bring Down Theater
- Laughter in the Midst of War
- The Few, the Proud, the Funny
Drake Witham says, “Don’t quit your day job. Get fired. ” If only he had followed his advice when he followed his dream of stand-up comedy, he could’ve collected unemployment.
Had he stayed on as a reporter, his dead-on impressions of his editors or his sharp tongue would probably have earned him his termination soon enough.
“Once, I heard a boss say, ‘I’m just thinking out loud,’ and I said, ‘That’s called talking.’ I’m pretty sure he wanted to fire me…out loud.”
Witham left on his terms, pursuing comedy. “Which means I became a temp. There’s nothing more empowering than being paid to NOT care.”
Within two years of starting stand-up, he won the prestigious International Comedy Competition.
The ability to point out the inane with the attitude that none of us have to put up with it and a dead-pan delivery gets him work at clubs, corporate events, cruise ships, and private parties worldwide.
You will love his intelligent, clean material. Your audiences love that he makes fun of himself.
The former journalist has become a regular on television. You may have seen him on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham or on one of his several appearances on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
He has performed for the troops in the Middle East and Europe.
Super Precinct – Batman
Starsky and Hutch
Microsoft
The Dallas Morning News
DNA Studios
Drake has been to Iraq and Afghanistan and has performed bases worldwide.
His brother is a former Navy SEAL, and his uncles and grandparents were in Vietnam and WW 2.
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