bransonglobe.com LOCAL • YAKOV Continued from page 2 ect but the Covid-19 pandemic has for now slowed activity on that front. Escaping Communist Soviet Russia in the 1970s, Yakov has appeared on numerous television programs, performed on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson, and was a regular on the TV show, “Night Court.” He is an accomplished artist whose painting, “America’s Heart,” was displayed as a mural over Ground Zero in New York City following 9/11. Just last year, he earned his doctorate degree in Psychology and Global Leadership from Pepperdine University. Those who have attended Yakov’s show know of his love for his adopted country. “At the end of the show as you know I’m very patriotic and I think it’s become even more valuable now than it was last year, even though there was tension with Nancy Pelosi and the impeachment hearings and all that,” he said. “But this tension is so much higher, so having been an immigrant, a naturalized citizen to defend America for what it is and how disrespect is happening all over the place to our history and things that I came here for are being dismantled and destroyed, I think people feel even more connected to what I’m talking about.” “My advice is ‘Come laugh your Yakov,’ and learn and feel proud to be an American. All of those things are part of the show.” Learn more about Yakov on social media sites or at www. yakov.com. Thank you for reading the Branson Globe! AREA ENTERTAINERS • SILENT AUCTION June 26-27, 2020 • 7
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