Talk:Yakov Smirnoff
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[edit] Opinion vs Objectivity
This sounds more like gossip than an entry. Should it be removed? Maxim isn't noted for its scholarly reviews.
- In a fall 2006 issue of Maxim magazine, Smirnoff was selected as #4 in the list of the twelve worst comedians of all time: "We get it—life in Russia was difficult. You had to wait in line for everything (even toilet paper!). But you know what's worse than life in Russia? Having a schtick that only plays to 75-year-olds in Missouri who still think Communism is the enemy." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.132.27.200 (talk) 19:18, 6 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Borat vs. Yakov
Someone needs to tell Yakov Smirnov that Ali G is ripping off all his schtick. --M.Neko 00:41, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Split
I suggest we split off the Russian reversal section to make it easier to email the link to people. We can always use transclusion to make the section appear to still be here. What do you all think? --unforgettableid | talk to me 17:09, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
Great idea!!! --82.101.190.184 18:05, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
I agree :) I agree, but I think the article should be called In Soviet Russia, maybe In Soviet Russia (joke), as that is what it's best known as I would have thought. Nuge talk 12:00, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
I was looking for this on Wikipedia, as I thought it would have an article, and eventually found this one. I earched for "Russian Reversal", as thats what I thought it was known best as. Born Acorn 23:10, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
I agree, we should split to a new article called "Russian Reversal (humor)" or "In Soviet Russia (humor)" :)
DJLarZ 21:54, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Yes, please split out.
Yes to split. --TheTruthiness 02:53, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Yes --Sillybulanston 23:43, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Yes --Luigivampa
Yes damnit yes. But Russian reversal should do - no need for the "(humor)" part. What else could be called Russian reversal? As a matter of fact, Russian reversal already re-directs here. Jobjörn (Talk | contribs) 01:16, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Yes to splitting, though "In Soviet Russia" is the more familiar term to me. --Grace 04:57, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Yes... although, in Soviet Russia, article splits YOU! --Bobak 22:40, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose What's wrong with keeping this trivial crap where it belongs? ˉˉanetode╞┬╡ 02:47, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
Yes. The article should split, with the actual title of the article being "Russian reversal", but I also think that "In Soviet Russia" and "In Soviet Russia (humor)" should redirect to "Russian reversal" to ease finding the article in the first place. > Iridescence < ( talk )( contrib ) 05:15, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
- Strongly oppose Leave it with Yakov where it belongs. If you want to e-mail the link to someone, just use Yakov_Smirnoff#Russian_reversal, or if you like change the Russian reversal redirect to redirect to that. It's a great running gag, but it shouldn't have its own article. Its origin belongs to Yakov Smirnoff, and we should leave it with him. - Rainwarrior 23:59, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
yes to the split -anonymous
yes to the split, it would also be better if more "in Soviet Russia" jokes were included in the article - Ariel
Yes, but I say we create a new article and leave this section here. --Snake712 05:02, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
Yes, Russian reversal is often mentioned in popular culture, it's important enough. --Rake 01:50, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I agree to split the comment since it has become a phenomena apart from yakov. I came here looking for it and did not find it by typing "soviet russia". had to goggle to get here. --Xenocidic 20:16, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Yes! to the split --Smileman66 20:31, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
In the US you split articles, in Soviet Russia article splits you! Definetly Yes! evil_oatmeal 16:45, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Yes, and I vote for "In Soviet Russia" for the title --Caleb 19:55, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
I agree, I imagine most visitors to this page are looking for the "In Soviet Russia stuff..."
Yes: I agree to the split Dfrg.msc 
09:29, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I think this should be split. --Psiphiorg 15:16, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
Yes, and use transclusion, and call the article Russian reversal, with a redirect on "In Soviet Russia" --Quintopia 17:52, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Done
See it here. (I've fixed redirects)
[edit] Russian Reversal
1947 Rand HUAC transcript of possible interest: ...Mr. Taylor is an American who came there apparently voluntarily to conduct concerts for the Soviets. He meets a little Russian girl [...] He asks her to show him Moscow. She says she has never seen it. He says, "I will show it to YOU." http://www.noblesoul.com/orc/texts/huac.html—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.223.242.38 (talk • contribs).
- How is this relevant? Not all sentences ending in "you" are Russian reversals.--M@rēino 16:01, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lollerpedia who?
Lollerpedia is dead. Not only that, but the cache is dead, too. Should we get rid of it? --User:Thematrixeatsyou/sig 04:25, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Futurama
In Crimes of the Hot Fry cites Yakov Smirnoff's phrase "That ice dispenser is so big, the ice crashes you.". Leela claim that he didn't say that. --Yuriy Lapitskiy 21:09, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
- Oh, yes. I found it here Russian reversal. --Yuriy Lapitskiy 21:18, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What's up with his telephone numbers?
Someone added, someone removed... Why is that? I liked that idea and added that numbers to the russian interwiki page, what should I do with them know? --Yuriy Lapitskiy 22:04, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Plagiarism
Part of this article is from here. It says nothing about the text as far as I could find, but I'd just like to bring this up. TέΉ ѕΡίɗΣR ( ŢάḶκ | ÇόηṬŕĺβs ) 06:55, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Doubt?
The first sentence of this article says that Smirnoff is "according to his own description, a Ukrainian-born American comedian and painter". Why the "according to his own description"? Is there doubt about whether he is actually Ukrainian-born? Actually, I question whether his own description is that he is Ukrainian-born, since his official site refers to him as "famous Russian comedian Yakov Smirnoff". [1] --Metropolitan90 05:22, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
