About Donovan Strain
Donovan Strain (born 1985) is an American stand-up comedian and skateboarder living in Los Angeles, California. He started a skateboarding-based comedy segment titled Buttery Ass Mondays on The Berrics, where he was credited for inventing the skateboarding tricks Grape Flip and Double Grape Flip, and in 2008 he participated in his first professional skateboard contest at the original Battle at the Berrics. In 2012, Strain wrote a post on Tumblr breaking down the lyrics to Ice Cube's 1993 classic It Was a Good Day, deducing that everything in the song happened on January 20, 1992; the analysis was picked up by CNN and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where Ice Cube commented on it. Strain started performing stand-up comedy in 2013 at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, California.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Donovan Strain a skateboarder?
Donovan Strain is both a stand-up comedian and a skateboarder, and he entered his first professional skateboard contest at the original Battle at the Berrics in 2008.
What skateboarding tricks did Donovan Strain invent?
Strain is credited with inventing the skateboarding tricks Grape Flip and Double Grape Flip.
What was Buttery Ass Mondays?
Buttery Ass Mondays was a skateboarding-based comedy segment that Donovan Strain started on The Berrics.
What did Donovan Strain work out about It Was a Good Day?
In a 2012 Tumblr post he broke down the lyrics of Ice Cube's 1993 song It Was a Good Day and concluded that everything in it happened on January 20, 1992, an analysis later picked up by CNN and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Where did Donovan Strain start stand-up?
He began doing stand-up comedy in 2013 at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, California.
