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In America, you drive car. In Soviet Russia, car drive you!

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Yakov Smirnoff
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: January 24
Actor
Comedian
Odesa
Yakov Naumovich Pokhis
Car
America
Soviet
Drive
Russia

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I fed my ego, but not my soul.
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A Russian Reversal quote on Uncyclopedia's Soviet Union article? How original.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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