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Yakov Smirnof - What A Country
Smirnoff was born in a Jewish family in Odessa, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. He was an art teacher in Odessa and continues to paint. He came to the U.S. in 1977 and became an American citizen on July 4, 1986.
He was a roommate of comedian Andrew Dice Clay and has appeared in several motion pictures, including Buckaroo Banzai and The Money Pit. Among his numerous appearances on television, he was featured many times on the sitcom Night Court as "Yakov Korolenko". At the peak of his success, he also had a starring role in a 1986-87 television sitcom titled What a Country. In that show, he played a Russian cab driver studying for the U.S. citizenship test. In the late 1980s, Smirnoff was commissioned to provide educational bumper segments for Saturday morning cartoons, punctuated with a joke and Smirnoff's signature laugh. Since 1992, he has been a fixture in Branson, Missouri.
"America: What a country!"
Misunderstanding of American life and custom through the eyes of a new immigrant.
For instance, reading employment announcements of "Part-Time Woman Wanted":
"What a country! Even transvestites can get work."
Upon being offered work as a barman on a "graveyard shift," he remarks “A bar in a cemetery! What a country! Last call? During Happy Hour the place must be dead."
At the grocery store: "Powdered milk, powdered eggs, baby powder . . . what a country!"
"The first time I went to a restaurant, they asked me 'How many in your party?' and I said 'Six hundred million'."
Bizarre comparisons between the U.S. and Russia.
"We have no gay people in Russia—there are homosexuals but they are not allowed to be gay about it. The punishment is seven years locked in prison with other men and there is a three-year waiting list for that."
He once told Johnny Carson, "You have such nice things in the U.S.—like warning shots!"
This DownLoad is the audio version of the 1994 VHS.
Details
Artist: Yakov Smirnof
Album: What A Country
Release Date: 1994 (VHS)
Studio: Clyde Records, Inc.
Genre: Comedy
Codec: mp3
File Type: rar
File Size: 33.6
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Cover Included
Track Listing Included
DownLoad
http://rapidshare.com/files/112050086/YakSmWAC.rar
Yakov Smirnof - What A Country
Smirnoff was born in a Jewish family in Odessa, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. He was an art teacher in Odessa and continues to paint. He came to the U.S. in 1977 and became an American citizen on July 4, 1986.
He was a roommate of comedian Andrew Dice Clay and has appeared in several motion pictures, including Buckaroo Banzai and The Money Pit. Among his numerous appearances on television, he was featured many times on the sitcom Night Court as "Yakov Korolenko". At the peak of his success, he also had a starring role in a 1986-87 television sitcom titled What a Country. In that show, he played a Russian cab driver studying for the U.S. citizenship test. In the late 1980s, Smirnoff was commissioned to provide educational bumper segments for Saturday morning cartoons, punctuated with a joke and Smirnoff's signature laugh. Since 1992, he has been a fixture in Branson, Missouri.
"America: What a country!"
Misunderstanding of American life and custom through the eyes of a new immigrant.
For instance, reading employment announcements of "Part-Time Woman Wanted":
"What a country! Even transvestites can get work."
Upon being offered work as a barman on a "graveyard shift," he remarks “A bar in a cemetery! What a country! Last call? During Happy Hour the place must be dead."
At the grocery store: "Powdered milk, powdered eggs, baby powder . . . what a country!"
"The first time I went to a restaurant, they asked me 'How many in your party?' and I said 'Six hundred million'."
Bizarre comparisons between the U.S. and Russia.
"We have no gay people in Russia—there are homosexuals but they are not allowed to be gay about it. The punishment is seven years locked in prison with other men and there is a three-year waiting list for that."
He once told Johnny Carson, "You have such nice things in the U.S.—like warning shots!"
This DownLoad is the audio version of the 1994 VHS.
Details
Artist: Yakov Smirnof
Album: What A Country
Release Date: 1994 (VHS)
Studio: Clyde Records, Inc.
Genre: Comedy
Codec: mp3
File Type: rar
File Size: 33.6
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Cover Included
Track Listing Included
DownLoad
http://rapidshare.com/files/112050086/YakSmWAC.rar