Donovan Strain
American stand-up comedian and skateboarder
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Donovan Strain (born November 22, 1985) is a stand-up comedian and skateboarder living in Los Angeles, California.
Donovan Strain | |
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Strain at Maloof Money Cup in 2009 | |
| Born | November 22, 1985 Camarillo, California, U.S. |
| Comedy career | |
| Years active | 2013-present |
| Medium | Stand-up |
| Subject | Observational |
| Website | Twitter.com/DonovanStrain |
Biography
Skateboarding
Strain started the skateboarding-based comedy segment titled "Buttery Ass Mondays" on The Berrics, where he was credited for inventing the skateboarding tricks Grape Flip,[1] and Double Grape Flip.[2] The series ran until 2010 when it was cancelled and removed from the archives.[3][4][independent source needed] In October 2013, Strain's "Buttery Ass Mondays" returned to The Berrics' archive, suggesting new episodes of the series would be made for 2014.[3] On April 1, 2014, Donovan's series made a return to The Berrics with the newly titled series "The Donovan Strain Show".[5]
In 2008, Strain participated in his first professional skateboard contest for the original "Battle at the Berrics" where he won his first round match against Sean Malto,[6] only to be knocked out of the contest in the second round by Eric Koston.[7]
He received his first signature skateboard with the brand Sk8mafia in 2008[8][better source needed] before a split with the brand and receiving his next signature skateboard with City Skateboards in 2009.[9][better source needed]
In 2010[10] Donovan got involved with the Make-A-Wish foundation when he was able to help grant a wish for a kid from Florida named Alex that requested to meet him.[10]
In 2010,[11] he moved to New York City, where he hosted a video series on his own site MurkAvenue.com[12]
"It Was a Good Day"
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In 2012, Strain wrote a post on the website Tumblr breaking down the lyrics to Ice Cube's 1993 classic "It Was a Good Day" deducing that everything in the song actually happened on the date January 20, 1992.[13] This was picked up by news outlets[14][15] including CNN,[16] Daily News (New York),[17] and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon where Ice Cube commented "It doesn't make any sense at all, but it's cool".[18][19] On January 20, 2014 Goodyear invited both Ice Cube and Donovan Strain to their Goodyear Blimp airport for a charity event to witness the blimp fly over south central Los Angeles reading "Ice Cube Says Today Was A Good Day".[19][20]
Stand-up comedy
Strain started performing stand-up comedy in 2013 at Flappers Comedy Club[21][non-primary source needed] located in Burbank, CA.