When he eventually began
talking again, he did so in English. He returned to Russia after graduating high school and
again sometime around 2008
or 2009. Since his parents both
do business with Russia they go
back several times a year and
often tell him stories about how
it was before and how it is now.
Despite what some people may
think when they hear his set, he’s
quite happy being here.
“I love America, I just think it’s
falling short of its potential,” he
explained. “I use Russia to get
people to see that. First I talk
about Russia and how it’s bad
and then I always bring it back
to America and how it could be
better.”
His own personal tag line
(“smart comedy for smarter
people”) came from getting
backhanded compliments from
audience members for years.
“People would come up to me
and say, ‘we really enjoyed you
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