Comedian Smirnoff Adds Penn Psychology Degree To His Résumé - May 14, 2006
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - It's no joke - standup comedian Yakov Smirnoff is getting an Ivy League graduate degree in psychology.
What a country!
Smirnoff, who is also working on a new humor-and-self-help book titled "Living Happily Ever Laughter," is finishing up his master's in positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
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.
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This is me, Yakov, graduating at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Dr. Ronald Downey next to Yakov and Dr. Steven Levy on the end, along with Yakov’s mom, daughter Natasha, and son Alexander. |
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Yakov with his mother. |
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Dr. Martin Seligman, the founder of Positive Psychology.
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