Yakov Smirnoff appears in the following:
The "Department of Jokes"
Friday, July 03, 2015
Comedian Yakov Smirnoff on performing in the Soviet Union, where comics had to submit jokes to a Department of Humor for approval.
The "Department of Jokes"
Friday, May 16, 2014
The notion of using broad laws to suppress the arts has a long and horrifying tradition in Russia. Bob talks with comedian Yakov Smirnoff about performing in the Soviet Union, where comics had to submit jokes to a Department of Humor for approval.
