Yakov Smirnoff Had To Submit Jokes To The Government Before Saying Performing In Russia @OfficialHowieMandel
Yakov Smirnoff Had To Submit Jokes To The Government Before Saying Performing In Russia @OfficialHowieMandel
Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Comedian Yakov Smirnoff says that he had to submit his jokes to the Russian government, what he calls the Department of Jokes, before he could perform them when he lived there.

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