Donnell Graves

Introduced by Tony as Darnell but identified himself on stage as Donnell Graves. Started standup in 1999, about 27 years ago, broken up by a 25-year military career as a Marine Corps K-9 handler in Iraq, Afghanistan and Washington DC looking for explosives. Before enlisting he was a strip club DJ starting in 1992, working Louisiana, the Carolinas, Texas, California and Okinawa, Japan; he performed his old rump-shaker-contest DJ intro on request. Now retired after also working as a civilian contractor, single, and says he only wants to crack jokes and be happy.