We designed Team Yakov t-shirts for everyone when we went to see Yakov Smirnoff in Branson, Missouri. Mrs. Ichabod executed the plan. Once all the spelling was correct, we took the shirts on our trip.
Yakov thought we just wanted him to sign our shirts. He does that often. We said, "We came to give you your own and one for your mother." She was watching his show and working the gift shop, as she always does.
Yakov was startled and moved. He said, "In 15 years no one has ever given me a t-shirt. I am always signing them."
He signed ours while we talked about his show. I watched him gather his two shirts up when he left for the second half of the show. Afterwards he signed a book for one of the grandchildren.
The shirts feature a picture of the Statue of Liberty, the climax of his show.