Joshua Holz
Joshua Holz
Joshua Holz (born March 9, 2000) is a student at Riverside High School. In 2016, together with his his friend Daniel Lara uploaded a collection of Snapchat videos which went viral via tweet.
Personal
Joshua was born in Riverside, California.
In February 2016, his video of his friend Daniel Lara wearing different outfits and white Vans and being filmed as Joshua shouts "Damn Daniel!" went viral, getting 177,000 retweets!
Joshua was SWATted as a prank - alas, with the fame of "Damn Daniel" also comes the burden!
Video
The original video was retweeted more than 300,000 times, liked 400,000 times on Twitter and looped more than two million times on Vine. The original video clip is a 30-second compilation of Lara striding around school, with Holz complimenting him by repeatedly saying Damn Daniel!" and occasionally following the catchphrase with: "Back at it again with the white Vans." In the video, Lara wore a navy blue hoodie, skinny chinos, a burgundy backpack, and the slip-on sneakers. This led to Lara and Holz guest appearing on Ellen, soon after, where Lara received a lifetime supply of Vans' shoes. Lara donated the shoes to patients at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital in California[10][11]
Trivia
Joshua is a skilled surfer and good in Skateboarding, posting videos of himself doing both activities online.
Associated With
After the success of "Damn, Daniel," he and Damn Daniel appeared on The The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The show is created and presented by Ellen DeGeneres, the comedy talk show surpassed the Daytime Emmy Award record that was previously held by The Oprah Winfrey Show.[12]