Donovan Strain (born November 22, 1985) is a

stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical acts. These performances are typically composed of rehear ...

and

skateboarder Skateboarding is an action sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation. Originating in the United Stat ...

living in

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, California.

Biography

Skateboarding

Strain started the skateboarding-based comedy segment titled "Buttery Ass Mondays" on

The Berrics The Berrics is a private indoor skatepark owned by the professional skateboarders Steve Berra and Eric Koston. It is also a website providing content filmed in the skatepark, as well other skateboard-related media. The facility's name is a port ...

, where he was credited for inventing the

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s Grape Flip, and Double Grape Flip. The series ran until 2010 when it was cancelled and removed from the archives. In October 2013, Strain's "Buttery Ass Mondays" returned to The Berrics' archive, suggesting new episodes of the series would be made for 2014. On April 1, 2014, Donovan's series made a return to

with the newly titled series "The Donovan Strain Show". In 2008, Strain participated in his first professional skateboard contest for the original "

Battle at the Berrics The Berrics is a private indoor skatepark owned by the professional skateboarders Steve Berra and Eric Koston. It is also a website providing content filmed in the skatepark, as well other skateboard-related media. The facility's name is a por ...

" where he won his first round match against

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, only to be knocked out of the contest in the second round by

Eric Koston Eric Koston (born April 29, 1975) is a Thai born American professional skateboarder and company owner. He has been featured in the ''Tony Hawk's'' video game series and the Electronic Arts (EA) video games ''Skate 2'' and ''Skate 3''. Koston c ...

. He received his first signature skateboard with the brand Sk8mafia in 2008 before a split with the brand and receiving his next signature skateboard with City Skateboards in 2009. In 2010 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. In 2010, he moved to New York City, where he hosted a video series on his own site MurkAvenue.com

"It Was a Good Day"

In 2012, Strain wrote a post on the website

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breaking down the lyrics to

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's 1993 classic "

It Was a Good Day "It Was a Good Day" is a song by American rapper Ice Cube, released on February 23, 1993, by Lench Mob Records, Lench Mob and Priority Records, Priority as the second single from his third solo album, ''The Predator (album), The Predator'' (1992 ...

" deducing that everything in the song actually happened on the date January 20, 1992. This was picked up by news outlets including

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, ''

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'', and ''

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'' where Ice Cube commented "It doesn't make any sense at all, but it's cool". On January 20, 2014 Goodyear invited both Ice Cube and Donovan Strain to their

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airport for a charity event to witness the blimp fly over south central Los Angeles reading "Ice Cube Says Today Was A Good Day".

Stand-up comedy

Strain started performing stand-up comedy in 2013 at Flappers Comedy Club located in Burbank, CA.

Sources

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