Yakov Smirnoff, the Russian-born comedian who made a name for himself in the 1980s with his fish-out-of-water shtick, is back. That's right, the guy who pioneered the Russian Reversal (ex: "In ...

You may know Yakov Smirnoff as the Russian comedian who pumps his arms, exclaims “What a country” and laughs like a donkey. But this funny man is also serious and emotional. He’s an ...

At the peak of his powers, David Letterman did a Top 10 list about things that will change with the fall of the Soviet empire, with the No. 1 answer being "Yakov Smirnoff will be out of work." ...

He was one of the most memorable comics of the 1980s with his Russian accent and catchphrase “what a country ... the Berlin Wall crumbled, so did Yakov Smirnoff’s career, leaving the ...

“Yakov Smirnoff,” Rohrabacher says ... He had settled in Branson, Missouri, at the suggestion of Willie Nelson. The country-music legend figured Smirnoff could still kill in the Midwestern mecca of ...

Yakov Smirnoff affably describes his life as ... and his famous catchphrase "America: What a country." His Slavic accent, coupled with his comedic reverence for U.S. culture after leaving the ...

BRANSON, Mo. (KY3) - Branson comedian Yakov Smirnoff is normally making people laugh. His new mission is more serious, raising money for his home country of Ukraine. Yakov immigrated to the states ...