Modified On May 11, 2006
Unbeknownst to us, Yakov Smirnoff has been toiling away at the University of Penn, just across the river from us, getting an advanced degree in psychology:
Smirnoff told The Philadelphia Inquirer he plans to use his newfound knowledge in his act and his books to create what he calls the Age of Enlaughterment – a period when love and laughter heal psychic scars.
Smirnoff plays 230 shows for 250,000 fans a year. Thirteen years ago, he built his own theatre in Branson.