Yakov Smirnoff\u2019s New TV Talk Show to Air on KY-3<\/p>\n
Branson, MO (Thursday, November 13, 2008) \u2014 Yakov Smirnoff announced today that his new TV Talk Show pilot will air on KY-3 TV on Saturday, November 22 at 9:00 pm. Yakov\u2019s guests for this episode are ventriloquist & comedian Jim Barber and his wife Diane; author Willard Harley who wrote the book \u201cHis Needs, Her Needs;\u201d and an amazing couple, Ray & Irma Ziff, who have been married for over 75 years. \u201cMy new TV talk show is a cross between Dr. Phil and Ellen, where it\u2019s a lot of entertainment and a little bit of information, so you can learn and laugh your Yak-Off,\u201d says Yakov. \u201cMy guests were great fun and an inspiration to us all. Tune in on the 22nd and you\u2019ll find out why Law & Order got pre-empted for Love & Laughter!\u201d *<\/p>\n
Yakov says, \u201cI had the idea to create a television show nearly 10 years ago. Since then it has really evolved into a new type of talk show–one that\u2019s focusing on the important role that laughter plays in healthy relationships.\u201d Along with his own special brand of comedy, this pilot episode features Yakov discussing Jim Barber\u2019s unique relationship with his puppets as well as his wife. Yakov also delves into relationships during a segment called, \u201cYakking with Yakov on a Yacht.\u201d During the show audience members interact with best-selling Christian author Dr. Willard Harley. His book \u201cHis Needs, Her Needs\u201d provided plenty of animated discussion followed by a hilarious and heart-warming interview with the Ziffs, who recently celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary and were featured on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
\nYakov earned his Master\u2019s Degree in Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an adjunct professor at Missouri State and Drury Universities. The television show has evolved from some of the concepts introduced to his students as well as seminars he has conducted around the world for the past five years.<\/p>\n
Yakov asks viewers to visit LoveAndLaughter.com to provide comments on the TV show and to become a part of his Love and Laughter community. In addition to airing on November 22 at 9:00 pm, the pilot of The Yakov Smirnoff Show will air again on KY-3 on Sunday, November 23 at 1:00 pm.<\/p>\n
Yakov arrived in the United States in 1977 with less than $100. In the years that followed, he has found success as a comedian and has come to embrace his new country with contagious optimism. He moved to Branson in 1993, and along with his successful Branson show at his own theater, has continued to amass accomplishments including books, CD\u2019s, movies, TV appearances, a successful Broadway show As Long As We Both Shall Laugh, and is currently working on a humorous self-help book. Yakov is a featured writer for AARP magazine, the world\u2019s largest circulation magazine with a distribution of 39 million. Yakov gives readers advice (and a few laughs) in his column titled, \u201cHappily Ever Laughter.\u201d<\/p>\n
*Law & Order fans alert\u2026The Yakov Smirnoff Show is only running this Saturday, visit www.KY3.com to see their program schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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