A&E Dispatch | Brooklyn lawyer Tommy Savitt wins Seattle comedy contest

The Seattle International StandUp Comedy Competition has announced a winner: lawyer-turned comedian Tommy Savitt took home the grand prize of $5,000 and a recording contract with national comedy label Uproar Entertainment. Savitt beat out four other comics in last week's finals, which culminated Sunday night at Comedy Underground.

The Brooklyn native will be making a "victory tour" in the area, performing Friday and Saturday at the Laughs Comedy Spot in Kirkland; Dec. 11-13 at Comedy Underground in Seattle's Pioneer Square; and New Year's Eve at the Historic Everett Theatre.

Second prize for the 2008 competition went to Olympia resident Nate Jackson, a graduate of Eastern Washington University, who received a prize of $2,000. And, third prize went to Preston, Idaho, comedian Todd Johnson, who won $1,500.

This was the 29th year of the comedy competition, sponsored by Comedy Underground. Former winners and finalists include the one-name-only Marcus (who went on to NBC's "Last Comic Standing" this summer), Patton Oswalt ("Ratatouille") and the late Mitch Hedberg. For more information on the contest, go to www.seattlecomedycompetition.com.