JC40. Yakov Smirnoff 5” 5n

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This Yakov Smirnoff doll is a signed and numbered limited edition. Ukrainian-born American comedian, painter and psychology professor was born as Yakov Pokhis in 1951. He was popular in the 1980s for comedy performances in which he used irony and word play to contrast life under the Communist regime in his native Soviet Union with life in the United States, delivered in heavily accented English. Yakov has a theatre in Branson, MO, where he performs year-round. Yakov is also a professor at Missouri State and Drury universities where he teaches The Business of Laughter.

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