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In every country, they make fun of city. In U.S. you make fun of Cleveland. In Russia, we make fun of Cleveland.

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Yakov Smirnoff
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: January 24
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Yakov Naumovich Pokhis
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In America, you can always find a party. In Soviet Russia, The Party can always find you!
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