#138 - Yakov Smirnoff & ME
Bertcast
Berty Boy Productions
4.6 • 10.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2015
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Comedian Yakov Smirnoff & I hang out at his office in Branson, Missouri w/ my crew & talk about the Soviet Union, doing comedy in the Soviet Union, his move to the US, the Comedy Store and his move to LA, the fall of Communism, his career, and of course I mention the Machine Story.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh |
| 0:10.7 | Hang on all right guys right now I'm in the car with my crew we're in Branson Missouri and |
| 0:15.8 | Sam is driving one of our eyes has a contusion on it and we are going to Yakov smear and off |
| 0:21.2 | theater |
| 0:22.2 | Hey, can you not put musical exam? |
| 0:25.2 | Take a right |
| 0:28.1 | Yakov smear and off |
| 0:30.3 | For anyone that was born probably pre |
| 0:35.0 | What would you say man's man's being you are the of the age that |
| 0:39.1 | That we remember him distinctly |
| 0:43.5 | I remember him being on Johnny Carson. I don't know who Johnny Carson is |
| 0:51.4 | He was it was really big in the 80s really big in the 80s |
| 0:56.4 | Perestroika exactly and and we're going to his place. He has a theater in Branson Missouri. He is |
| 1:03.5 | Massively successful in Branson Missouri. He kind of reinventing himself. He ran reinventing. That's okay |
| 1:09.2 | He ran reinventing himself a number of times. I'm so excited to talk to him |
| 1:15.3 | This is you know my infatuation what comedy is Yakov smear enough |
| 1:19.9 | I love stand-up and he was a great stand-up with us into some of his he still is a great stand-up |
| 1:24.3 | But almost he was he still is a great stand-up and he had to reinvent himself a number of times coming to Branson from LA |
| 1:30.9 | And I can't wait to talk to him and I'm with my whole crew |
| 1:33.8 | They're coming out to sit through the podcast. They may talk. They may not talk. I don't have any sponsors |
| 1:40.1 | Why don't I have any sponsors because I enjoy doing this podcast and quite honestly sponsors sometimes make a cover some saying that |
| 1:47.5 | Draftkings.com |
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