Yakov Smirnoff
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Oct 29, 2026
Ali HassanHOST
But of course, you know, you keep the Louis C.K.' 's and the Martin Lawrence's and the Robert Klein's.
Ali HassanHOST
Yakov Smirnoff is in, you know, after September.
Ali HassanHOST
Good old
Asif DojaHOST
Yakov Smirnoff.
Asif DojaHOST
Cedric,
Ali HassanHOST
the entertainer.
RogerAUDIENCE
everything across the board, and never anything about communism or socialism, but just how bad America was.
RogerAUDIENCE
38-year-old guy, he looked like Yakov Smirnoff, like Yakov Smirnoff's teaching the two young 15-year-old black ladies, two young black ladies were the only students in the class.
RogerAUDIENCE
A whole curriculum set up, and this guy, it read like farce.
RogerAUDIENCE
It read like Monty Python wrote it.
RogerAUDIENCE
It was just incredible.
Dan ProftHOST
Well, thanks for the call, Roger.
Dan ProftHOST
I mean, you know it was Yakov Smirnoff informed if they come out of school saying, in America you watch TV, in Soviet Russia TV watch you.
Dan ProftHOST
I'm sure they'll kill in Branson, as Yakov Smirnoff does.
ErichHOST
misprint.
FalconHOST
Everybody thinks the in Soviet Russia joke came from Yakov Smirnoff.
FalconHOST
It was actually stolen from Stalin himself.
KevinHOST
Yeah.
Chris SpiveyHOST
He even was in Night Court and a bunch of other shows.
Eddy WebbHOST
Yakov Smirnoff, man.
Eddy WebbHOST
That
Chris SpiveyHOST
was...
JamieHOST
The show Too Close for Comfort, which debuted on ABC in the early '80s, was based on a British comedy called Keep It in the Family.
JamieHOST
The short-lived and lesser-known Yakov Smirnoff show called What a Country from 1986 was based on a previous British show called Mind Your Language.
JamieHOST
And one of the most famous examples of all this is a show that began on ABC in the '70s but was a big part of the '80s and ran until 1984.
JamieHOST
And where I lived, it was also a big after-school rerun show in the '80s.
Jeff AllenHOST
You did the Nashville Comedy?
Danny JohnsonGUEST
Yeah, I opened for, uh, Yakov.
Jeff AllenHOST
Smirnoff?
Danny JohnsonGUEST
Yeah.
Jeff AllenHOST
Where at?
Danny JohnsonGUEST
...
Danny JohnsonGUEST
when he, when he did the-
Jeff AllenHOST
I love Yakov
Luke Gordon FieldHOST
That's pretty offensive.
Nile SéguinPANELIST
[laughs] Yakov Smirnoff showing up.
Luke Gordon FieldHOST
Yakov Smirnoff.
Nile SéguinPANELIST
You said you were supposed to be less qualified, so you're kinda delivering.
Clare BlackwoodPANELIST
Yeah.
Steven MalkowichHOST
But the thing is, is that we.
Steven MalkowichHOST
Not Yakov Smirnoff.
Steven MalkowichHOST
No, no, no, not Yakov.
Thomas DavidoffGUEST
Let's
Joel AndersonHOST
Yeah, we got excited about that.
Joel AndersonHOST
Yeah, Yakov Smirnoff.
Joel AndersonHOST
We want to excite Brian.
Joel AndersonHOST
Right? Yeah.
Brian MaddenHOST
And why don't you start working on that? And let me know when you're done and I'll be coming over here.
Brian MaddenHOST
So now it's like, it's like an old Yakov Smirnoff joke, like with Claude, Claude manages you or whatever.
Brian MaddenHOST
Like I don't manage Claude agents anymore.
Brian MaddenHOST
I don't manage those fleets.
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