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- Yakov_Smirnoff abstract "Yakov Naumovich Pokhis, better known as Yakov Smirnoff (born 24 January 1951 in Odessa, Ukraine), is a Soviet-born American comedian, actor and writer. After emigrating to the United States in 1977, Smirnoff began performing as a stand-up comic. He eventually gained fame, and he reached his biggest successes in the mid-to-late 1980s, when he also appeared in several films and television shows, including his own 1986-87 sitcom, What a Country!. His comic persona was of a naive immigrant from the Soviet Union who was perpetually confused and delighted about life in the United States. His humor combined a mockery of life under Communism and of consumerism in the United States, as well as word play caused by misunderstanding of American phrases and culture, all punctuated by the catchphrase, "And I thought, 'What a country!'"The collapse of Communism starting in 1989, and especially the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, brought an end to Smirnoff's widespread popularity, although he continued to perform. In 1992, he bought his own theater in Branson, Missouri, where he still performs and hosts. In the late 1990s, prompted by his own divorce, he retooled his stand-up act to focus on the differences between men and women, and on solving problems within relationships.Smirnoff is also a professor at Missouri State University and Drury University where he teaches "The Business of Laughter." He is also a painter.".
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- Yakov_Smirnoff genre Irony.
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- Yakov_Smirnoff nationality Ukrainians.
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- Yakov_Smirnoff active "1983".
- Yakov_Smirnoff birthDate "1951-01-24".
- Yakov_Smirnoff birthName "Yakov Naumovich Pokhis".
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- Yakov_Smirnoff caption "Smirnoff at a Hands Across America promotional event in 1986".
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- Yakov_Smirnoff medium "Stand-up, television, Art, Books".
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- Yakov_Smirnoff nationality "Ukrainian, American".
- Yakov_Smirnoff notableWork "Nikolai Rostapovich/Nikolai Rostopovich".
- Yakov_Smirnoff notableWork "Shatov in The Money Pit".
- Yakov_Smirnoff notableWork "Yakov Korolenko/Yakov Kovlenko".
- Yakov_Smirnoff notableWork "on Night Court".
- Yakov_Smirnoff notableWork "on What a Country!".
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- Yakov_Smirnoff shortDescription "American comedian".
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