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In America, you break law. In Soviet Russia, law breaks you! In America, you watch Big Brother. In Soviet Russia, Big Brother watch you!

Yakov Smirnoff

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Yakov Smirnoff
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: January 24
Actor
Comedian
Odesa
Yakov Naumovich Pokhis
America
Russia
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Brother
Democracy
Break
Law
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Bigs
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In Russia, if a male athelete loses he becomes a female athelete.
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