Yakov Smirnoff
publication date: Saturday, April 1, 2006 (part of Round XXVII)
category: Comedy
clue: In America, you make politicians into goos. In Russia, politicians make you into goo!
explanation: Smirnoff was a Russian-born comedian who rose to fame in the 1980s joking about differences between America and his homeland. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Denise Sawicki, Erik Bates, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Scott Horowitz, Megan Baxter, Chris McKinnon, Michael Paul Cote, Jackie Mason, Todd Brotsch, Josh Paddison, Bob Miller, Amir H. Sufyani, and Dan Ecker
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