I remember this ad. I came out close to when they had the little old lady, with her "where's the beef" thing. Now Wendy's has a cheap burger with the meat so thin, you can see daylight thru it. Where's the beef?
Jakareh75 said, "oh, the irony! russian women are quite beautiful, and usually slimmer than burger-eating americans."
True, but back then the USSR was such a closed society, and we could only form opinions based on the women they sent to the Olympics -- who were bulked up on steroids and totally looked like men!
If they had been an open society, allowing information and photographs to flow freely in and out, we would have had a much more favorable opinion of them. Now THAT's irony!!
It's hilarious!!! I'm Russian and loving it, gotta laugh at my stupid compatriots who take offense at this funny/silly commercial, stop whining, get a sense of humour offended "patriots".
Wow... This is really stupid... My parents lived in the USSR and they had great sense of fashion and design.. A lot of the clothes my parents wore is actually back in style right now... So shove it u pig headed asses! This is just the medias look on old Russia... Because u guys were so jealous!!
@ClassicTVful Now you Americans are fat like this. One day your country will sink into the sea just the great Atlantis... only due to all those fat asses lol ;)
The most beautiful girls on the planet are in Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, and Russia. Men from around the world flock to the region for the girls and the fun. The above females look like the typical fat American high school students I have seen.
@Revolution4Beauty There are an equal number of beautiful girls everywhere. But thats not the point. There are many lovely Russian women of course. But trust me, if there was a fashion show held in the Soviet Union an ugly, fat, single eyebrow daughter of a Communist Party member would have been the model. Regular people just kept their heads down to survive, and no one had anything that wasn't grey, plain and ugly. It really was awful, and Russian people hated it. Its much better now.
Just the notion that the stereotypes in this ad, well, that most young people would have no idea where the stereotypes come from and that stereotypes constantly change, is encouraging. The way media approaches diverse people has not changed, however.
The "model" in this ad was my high school drama teacher when this came out. I loved seeing her in this ad! It was the first time anyone I knew personally was on TV professionally. :)
you got that right. given what we now know about afghanistan and the lovely muslims who live there, we should have given aid to the Red Army, not the mujahideen.
@Jakareh75 IMO even back then we had traitors in office to both nations. When the U.S.S.R., & USA were both powerful nations, the World was a MUCH safer place to live, than it is these days!
Yeah I would quote some of the lines from this commercial to people but nobody knew what I talking about. "next" swimwear, next day wear , very nice . Guess I am old too
@awackocrank And whenever you hear some bozo trot out a big word like "plutocrat" in response to a silly 30-year old commercial, you can tell they don't know their ass from their face about economics.
What a great commercial! I really love Wendy's and burgers from many different places. Much better than vodka, cold potatoes, and snow- the typical socialist loser diet.
Yeah, back in those times you still could make fun of Soviet women who had lived through revolution, civil war, collectivization, state terror, war and famine and had such figures due to their messed up metabolism. Those were the good old days.
Also, many Americans now look like this exactly because of these hamburgers. Apparently, most people here are too schizo to see the irony in that.
@HelenaXVI: We've had all that, as well. Belittling that fact would make someone a "racist". (I have you to thank for the use of that term in this capacity. What freedom!)
Yeah, back in those times you still could make fun of Soviet women who had lived through collectivization, terror, war and famine and had such figures due to their messed up metabolism. Those were the good old days.
I remember this commercial .It was only on for less than a month but was hilarious.They pulled it because of political correctness. That's a shame because you have to have a sense of humor in life. I'd like to believe the Russians had a chuckle from this.We all know that the Russian ladies are not all babushka owners.
@DrunkenDriverStudios : Now have you ever seen "Russian" listed under a "what race do you belong to?" question? Oh, sorry. That's not a question we've been allowed to ask for decades. (Excuse me while I cover up. My age is showing.) Technically, this is stereotyping of a culture, based on ignorance. If it was illegal to stereotype, we'd all be in prison!
@wpnwilo1 Don't flatter yourself, it's your stupidity showing, not your age. Who says that in order to call something racist, there had to be a race involved? Races don't exist, honey. Racism is exactly that, making another group look like they're not normal people like you. Whether the group has a different skin color, religion or political system doesn't matter. The Poles are not a different race from the Germans, still the Nazis' treatment of them cannot be described other than racist.
HOWEVER, the def. has expanded over the last 20 years, to accomodate the lack of linguistical skill (ie. a commonplace inaccuracy has changed the meaning) and for that I thank you for your bringing the change to my attention. Your delivery, however, leaves a lot to be desired and may have even attracted a few sympathizers, if you had been a little less ... you???
Respond to this video... -IST: one that performs or adopts a specific belief or action. RACE: a group of humans that share genetically-acquired physical traits. Pardon me for thinking as a scientist, as that is what I am.
@wpnwilo1 If you were a scientist, you would know that races don't exist. Racism is about depicting other groups of people as fundamentally different and less human than your own group. Scientific racism is just an attempt to rationalize this mentality.
When people call Muslims vermin that poisons the world, so according to you it's not racist because the Muslims are not a race? Or the Nazi treatment of Slavic people, it wasn't racist because the Slavs are Caucasian just like the Germans?
@HelenaXVI We've always classified things, as humans. It's not pretty, not always nice, but it is how we study, understand and develop sympathies/hatred/respect for all things around us. Without systems of genetic classifications, archeologists, anthropologists, doctors, research scientists, etc. would be at a loss. Like it or not, your genetics classify you and help others help, understand, etc. you. It is cultural/religious bias that causes the problems.
@wpnwilo1 The Russians and Ukrainians are two closely related nations, still the things they can sometimes say about each other, are, well... racist. And this video is racist too because it depicts another nation as inferior and laughable. Just look at them being stupid and us knowing how to enjoy life.
Never mind the Soviet Union kicking the Nazis' ass back in WW2, while the Americans were building sand castles on French beaches.
@MarauderOSU Why? China is doing better financially then we are? They hold our debt, and they are better consumers. They are now far more of a democracy and far more of a capitalist nation then the US. If anything it would be funny to do it with an Arab country.
But if you're still mad you're beloved stalin legacy is being mocked, remember Youtube is an American company, the computer you're typing with was probably made by an American company, and America survived the Cold War. So go eat a Wendy's, buy an evening wear dress and be VERY NICE.
Prior to the emergence of all of those hot Russian tennis chicks in the last few years, this is what I always imagined all Russian women looked like. Boy, am I glad I was wrong!!
@sergeontheloose Nyet! It wasn't so until US began to imitate the socialist bloc a few years ago. In the 70s and 80s all Americans were in better shape. Russians were obese monsters, who banged their shoes on desks at UN and threatened to start WW3. America must return to the days of confidence, as they had under Reagan. Get on the treadmill and lose weight. Be proud of USA freedoms.
The problem of obesity in US started with introduction of all those "fast food" chains.
No, it started with our prosperity and the abundance of "good" food (i.e., not infected and rotting). Fatness is a healthy sign if you ask me. We don't have all those skinny people like 3rd-worlders have.
haha, you are delisional at best or stupid at worst.
The good actually rots fast, that is a chemical reaction of a good food. The bad food like mcdonalds crap can stay the same for up to 180 days without decaying- what kind of food is that?
Fatness is not a healthy sign - it is a sign of incoming health problems, big health problems. There are more people dying from obesity-related causes in US than from malnutrition in some countries.
More people dying? Probably because the US is HUGE compared to most of those countries. Try % rather than simple numbers. I'd still rather be surrounded by well-fed people than those who can't get ANY food. That's a bad country that can't/won't feed its people.
You're full of it saying McDonald's can last for 180 days. That's total nonsense. And who cares, anyway, if a food can stay good a long time? That'd be another triumph of innovation typical of this country.
@ArtemKonstantinovich it was a joke. people in the west saw anything soviet as bland and plain. i saw a diplomat complaining about it and the kgb guys behind him snickering. even THEY it was funny and took it as the joke it was.
@Jerkiarrea75 Moochelle Obonga, has an ass the size of barn. Take a look at the pictures of her ass that are available on the net and drop the obonga koolaid garbage.
I have always remembered this comercial, and have even quoted from time to time over the years. "Iz Svimwear!" Very funny, and more importantly -- memorable.
@wpnwilo1 Exactly. A society or a people that's afraid to mock their opponents has already lost. We can't make fun of anyone who hates America or wants our civilization destroyed without being called "bigots" or "misunderstanders".
@wpnwilo1 Political correctness didn't kill this kind of humor. What people seem to want to call "political correctness" is nothing more than not being an ass-hat and saying patently offensive things. Sadly people don't seem to know the difference, so then maybe it's best they don't say anything at all.
@cubdukat Agreed. There are plenty of cases where people are simply being over sensitive about an issue, and then there are times when a statement, commercial, or joke was in blatantly bad taste. Part of what caused the hyper-sensitivity and censorship of this age was people's inability to discern between the two. It's a shame :/
@cubdukat Now you would get sued or fired for saying things that are simply true. This is what the Soviet Union sort of was like. Of course things have changed now. But can you imagine making a suntan lotion commercial with muslim women in their shapeless black clothing and headwraps? IUt would be funny, but then of course the muslim population would be wringing their hands about how everyone hates them.
Oh I remember this commercial very well! I still blurt out "very nice!" on a regular basis. Great stuff ... sometimes I even miss the cold war. ALMOST ... but not.
Takes me back to a good time when content was not so self-consciously 'green', and designed and produced by Birkenstock wearing, pasty face, concave chested, 'nanny-state twit' food police.
One commenter mentioned that this was from the 70s, but it was first aired sometime in the mid 80s. I remember it very clearly. Besides, the temper of the times int the 70s wouldn't have allowed anything to mock the USSR, socialism, or communism. In the 80s, Ronald Reagan was President, and he wasn't afraid to call the Soviet system for what it was. Can't say for sure if there's any connection between the 2, but I wouldn't be surprised.
This has to be one of the funniest commercials ever. One commenter identified it as being from the 80s, but I think, rather, that it was aired in the 1970s, when I was in high school.
Also, note the portrait of Lenin on the wall. Priceless.
This comercial came up in conversation during a family dinner, and we have been trying to find it for several weeks. thank you for posting it. It brings up many memories. It has always been one of my favorites
Why can't we know who the people were who came up with these hilarious commercials. Everything about this one seems perfect. I owe someone or a team my thanks for such cleverness. John Poole
This has got to be one of the funniest and cleverest television adverts of all time.
BTW, this ad was from the 1970s, not the 80s. I remember it from when I was in high school. It was clever then, and it's no less clever now. Quite hilarious for those of us old enough to have a vivid memory of the Cold War.
When I see people walking around (I live in the Midwest) I think of this commercial. This is how a lot of people, who are often obese, dress now - sweatsuits, smocks, culottes, baggy capris. The sad thing is that much of our country has become what we used to laugh at.
I remember this ad. I came out close to when they had the little old lady, with her "where's the beef" thing. Now Wendy's has a cheap burger with the meat so thin, you can see daylight thru it. Where's the beef?
soco13466 2 weeks ago
@soco13466 You came out ?
trwent 2 weeks ago
@trwent Dubya tee eff?
soco13466 2 weeks ago
my history teacher showed this to us it was funny
jenluvjake 2 weeks ago
This is what you get when you respond to one of those "Russian Ladies Want To Meet You" E-Mails.
BassmanSW 3 weeks ago
Russian woman are hot but eventually they do become "vedy nice"
tvnetdude 1 month ago
This commercial raised an official protest by the Russian government.
tvnetdude 1 month ago
Jakareh75 said, "oh, the irony! russian women are quite beautiful, and usually slimmer than burger-eating americans."
True, but back then the USSR was such a closed society, and we could only form opinions based on the women they sent to the Olympics -- who were bulked up on steroids and totally looked like men!
If they had been an open society, allowing information and photographs to flow freely in and out, we would have had a much more favorable opinion of them. Now THAT's irony!!
gpspilot1 1 month ago
oh, the irony! russian women are quite beautiful, and usually slimmer than burger-eating americans. that having been said, this is funny as shit!
Jakareh75 2 months ago
It's hilarious!!! I'm Russian and loving it, gotta laugh at my stupid compatriots who take offense at this funny/silly commercial, stop whining, get a sense of humour offended "patriots".
MultiNational3Fish 2 months ago
Wow... This is really stupid... My parents lived in the USSR and they had great sense of fashion and design.. A lot of the clothes my parents wore is actually back in style right now... So shove it u pig headed asses! This is just the medias look on old Russia... Because u guys were so jealous!!
pplofUSA 2 months ago
They're wearing the same thing X D LOL
legoguy184 3 months ago 2
always laugh my head off seeing this.....LOL!!!
metroperson 3 months ago
this is funny
KTandCompany 3 months ago
Remember it well ! Loved it !
Araido1968 3 months ago
One of my favorite commercials. Sadly an ad like this would never be aired these days since people are so sensitive and uptight.
ClassicTVful 3 months ago 11
@ClassicTVful Now you Americans are fat like this. One day your country will sink into the sea just the great Atlantis... only due to all those fat asses lol ;)
ElenaXVI 2 months ago
@ClassicTVful True! Political correctness has made this world quite boring...
Cristinact 2 months ago
Ohhhhhh propaganda. Hilarious.
FrozenFourthSeason 4 months ago
I love this commercial I remember when was on TV Ohhh geezzz brings me good memories
otunca 4 months ago
verrrrry nice
voiceofalbertatv 4 months ago
LOL wow, agree with wpnwilo11, before PC bullshit made everyone a freakiing whiner. how far we have fallen.
uzimodem 4 months ago
The most beautiful girls on the planet are in Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, and Russia. Men from around the world flock to the region for the girls and the fun. The above females look like the typical fat American high school students I have seen.
Revolution4Beauty 5 months ago
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lollipopfop 4 months ago
@Revolution4Beauty There are an equal number of beautiful girls everywhere. But thats not the point. There are many lovely Russian women of course. But trust me, if there was a fashion show held in the Soviet Union an ugly, fat, single eyebrow daughter of a Communist Party member would have been the model. Regular people just kept their heads down to survive, and no one had anything that wasn't grey, plain and ugly. It really was awful, and Russian people hated it. Its much better now.
lollipopfop 4 months ago 4
Just the notion that the stereotypes in this ad, well, that most young people would have no idea where the stereotypes come from and that stereotypes constantly change, is encouraging. The way media approaches diverse people has not changed, however.
Model299 5 months ago
i love this one ,i remember oit well
tommieslots 5 months ago
I miss the cold war
alex630710 6 months ago 2
Ah, the good old days, when we had the Soviet Union to kick around! LOL!!!
johnclavis 6 months ago 2
one of the funniest commercials done - better than the overrated Heres the Beef ad - I remember them well.
1967mustanggta 7 months ago
the soviet union was pissed
legomaxmania 7 months ago
The "model" in this ad was my high school drama teacher when this came out. I loved seeing her in this ad! It was the first time anyone I knew personally was on TV professionally. :)
JnanaNari 7 months ago 22
@JnanaNari Wait! Seriously?
Elli21486 6 months ago
@JnanaNari Was she paid well?
transplantclub 5 months ago
@JnanaNari
She was excellent!
spartacus3ful 5 months ago
@JnanaNari That's awesome! I remember this ad as a kid. "Very nice!"
HawkSprings1961 1 month ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
It's a 30 year old commercial for shitty hamburgers. Some of you folks need to get over yourselves.
mamagambino 8 months ago
My mom told me about this commercial when I was younger I just now got around to look it up. Ah, funny!
RubyVioletRoses 8 months ago
better not show this to the Libs, might give them ideas for what else to do to us.
usam1981 8 months ago 2
Brilliant!!!!
PanzerBuyer 8 months ago
Classic!!! One of the funniest Wendy's commercials! And this was waaaaay before the "Where's the beef" commercials aired!
bigg3469117 9 months ago
@bigg3469117 1988 was "way before the Where's the Beef commercials aired"? WRONG! Those aired in 1980!
athompson7 7 months ago
This is similar to Bill Maher's Burka Fashion Show!
jackzmack 10 months ago
People, welcome to nuclearnight's Das Amerika!
LMAO!
Curas1 10 months ago
Timeless classic
1pt21jigawatt 10 months ago
I remember this video! =D
TheHelghast1138 10 months ago
This was better than Wheres the beef!
Zzyyxxyyxx 10 months ago
Too bad the old U.S.S.R. isn't around, they helped to keep that region of the World stable. Now it's a quagmire over there for our troops...
loveunderlaw 10 months ago 3
@loveunderlaw
you got that right. given what we now know about afghanistan and the lovely muslims who live there, we should have given aid to the Red Army, not the mujahideen.
Jakareh75 2 months ago 2
@Jakareh75 IMO even back then we had traitors in office to both nations. When the U.S.S.R., & USA were both powerful nations, the World was a MUCH safer place to live, than it is these days!
loveunderlaw 2 months ago
Yeah I would quote some of the lines from this commercial to people but nobody knew what I talking about. "next" swimwear, next day wear , very nice . Guess I am old too
likes2drive 10 months ago
I remember this. Jesus, I'm old.
archer1949 10 months ago
This commercial probably helped that country get taken over by plutocrats, but it is still funny. Fashion shows anywhere are kind of bizarre.
awackocrank 10 months ago
@awackocrank And whenever you hear some bozo trot out a big word like "plutocrat" in response to a silly 30-year old commercial, you can tell they don't know their ass from their face about economics.
Animalco 9 months ago
@Animalco Green eggs and ham for you. Nyet Wendy's!
awackocrank 9 months ago
Is next.... SVEEEMvearrrr....!
haljor22 10 months ago
Has to be one of my all time favorite commercials.
@ the height of the cold war, it was nyt, nyt to the Soviets……..lol
Garwood900 11 months ago
What a great commercial! I really love Wendy's and burgers from many different places. Much better than vodka, cold potatoes, and snow- the typical socialist loser diet.
fredgrumby 11 months ago
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fredgrumby 11 months ago
the soviet wendys!? cool comrade! reeeeaaaallllll cooool!
mikefan09 11 months ago
that fashion show announcer looks somewhat like newman on seinfeld!!
MsKeith1969 11 months ago
in soviet russia burger eat you
nonicaicecream7991 11 months ago
The emcee of the fashion shownis a man dressed as a woman. He was a sitcom actor. Anyone remember who it is?
DjJeffRush 11 months ago
Not be angry,was another era,and this was how saw the soviet men and women,here in western world.
Soviet Union and eastern communist countries were very closed.
Now,obviously is different.
Russian women are among the most beautiful in the world,and many wealthy russian men dress in Saville Row or Napoli by the best tailors.
Now the cold war is over and we are all friends,
lounge60 1 year ago
Yeah, back in those times you still could make fun of Soviet women who had lived through revolution, civil war, collectivization, state terror, war and famine and had such figures due to their messed up metabolism. Those were the good old days.
Also, many Americans now look like this exactly because of these hamburgers. Apparently, most people here are too schizo to see the irony in that.
HelenaXVI 1 year ago
@HelenaXVI: We've had all that, as well. Belittling that fact would make someone a "racist". (I have you to thank for the use of that term in this capacity. What freedom!)
wpnwilo1 11 months ago
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Yeah, back in those times you still could make fun of Soviet women who had lived through collectivization, terror, war and famine and had such figures due to their messed up metabolism. Those were the good old days.
HelenaXVI 1 year ago
What year did this come out?
No wonder McDonalds made it into Russia first
SmoothCriminalAaron 1 year ago
Sad to say, but to this day, I've been known to yell "Very nice!" when someone asks how they look. And every year I go shopping for "Svimvear!"
renrenpink 1 year ago
This is why communism failed.
k7777777us 1 year ago
I remember this commercial .It was only on for less than a month but was hilarious.They pulled it because of political correctness. That's a shame because you have to have a sense of humor in life. I'd like to believe the Russians had a chuckle from this.We all know that the Russian ladies are not all babushka owners.
Uhura4ever 1 year ago
greates commercial ever!
Barek69 1 year ago
Great classic comercial!!
donnydcyclops 1 year ago
I remember when a whole bunch of tight-ass Soviet government officials got their dander up about this Wendy's commercial and the movie "Red Dawn".
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kaminivijivira 1 year ago
24 people are godless communists.
reaganite 1 year ago
@reaganite They're Obama voters. They are dying for America to be a gulag. idiots.
bozpity 1 year ago
That's very racist.
DrunkenDriverStudios 1 year ago
@DrunkenDriverStudios : Now have you ever seen "Russian" listed under a "what race do you belong to?" question? Oh, sorry. That's not a question we've been allowed to ask for decades. (Excuse me while I cover up. My age is showing.) Technically, this is stereotyping of a culture, based on ignorance. If it was illegal to stereotype, we'd all be in prison!
wpnwilo1 1 year ago
@wpnwilo1 Don't flatter yourself, it's your stupidity showing, not your age. Who says that in order to call something racist, there had to be a race involved? Races don't exist, honey. Racism is exactly that, making another group look like they're not normal people like you. Whether the group has a different skin color, religion or political system doesn't matter. The Poles are not a different race from the Germans, still the Nazis' treatment of them cannot be described other than racist.
HelenaXVI 1 year ago
HOWEVER, the def. has expanded over the last 20 years, to accomodate the lack of linguistical skill (ie. a commonplace inaccuracy has changed the meaning) and for that I thank you for your bringing the change to my attention. Your delivery, however, leaves a lot to be desired and may have even attracted a few sympathizers, if you had been a little less ... you???
wpnwilo1 11 months ago
Respond to this video... -IST: one that performs or adopts a specific belief or action. RACE: a group of humans that share genetically-acquired physical traits. Pardon me for thinking as a scientist, as that is what I am.
wpnwilo1 11 months ago
@wpnwilo1 If you were a scientist, you would know that races don't exist. Racism is about depicting other groups of people as fundamentally different and less human than your own group. Scientific racism is just an attempt to rationalize this mentality.
When people call Muslims vermin that poisons the world, so according to you it's not racist because the Muslims are not a race? Or the Nazi treatment of Slavic people, it wasn't racist because the Slavs are Caucasian just like the Germans?
HelenaXVI 11 months ago
@HelenaXVI We've always classified things, as humans. It's not pretty, not always nice, but it is how we study, understand and develop sympathies/hatred/respect for all things around us. Without systems of genetic classifications, archeologists, anthropologists, doctors, research scientists, etc. would be at a loss. Like it or not, your genetics classify you and help others help, understand, etc. you. It is cultural/religious bias that causes the problems.
wpnwilo1 11 months ago
@wpnwilo1 The Russians and Ukrainians are two closely related nations, still the things they can sometimes say about each other, are, well... racist. And this video is racist too because it depicts another nation as inferior and laughable. Just look at them being stupid and us knowing how to enjoy life.
Never mind the Soviet Union kicking the Nazis' ass back in WW2, while the Americans were building sand castles on French beaches.
HelenaXVI 1 year ago
I remember this commercial and that it scary. How not cool is that? Thanks for a chuckle.
Mare
use2b2t2 1 year ago
I think they ought to remake this ad, only this time, make it a Chinese fashion show!
MarauderOSU 1 year ago 10
@MarauderOSU Why? China is doing better financially then we are? They hold our debt, and they are better consumers. They are now far more of a democracy and far more of a capitalist nation then the US. If anything it would be funny to do it with an Arab country.
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sadarekaanjali 1 year ago
24 people don't like fresh.
MarauderOSU 1 year ago
It's a joke. Everyone chill out.
But if you're still mad you're beloved stalin legacy is being mocked, remember Youtube is an American company, the computer you're typing with was probably made by an American company, and America survived the Cold War. So go eat a Wendy's, buy an evening wear dress and be VERY NICE.
emanuelshapera 1 year ago 2
"Very nice!"
billohno 1 year ago
Prior to the emergence of all of those hot Russian tennis chicks in the last few years, this is what I always imagined all Russian women looked like. Boy, am I glad I was wrong!!
trwent 1 year ago
Imagine the same kind of commercial in Soviet Union mocking the US?
Nah, can't do that, US a mockery to itself with all the obese women.
sergeontheloose 1 year ago
@sergeontheloose Nyet! It wasn't so until US began to imitate the socialist bloc a few years ago. In the 70s and 80s all Americans were in better shape. Russians were obese monsters, who banged their shoes on desks at UN and threatened to start WW3. America must return to the days of confidence, as they had under Reagan. Get on the treadmill and lose weight. Be proud of USA freedoms.
mikedonn71 1 year ago
@mikedonn71
Don't tell me fairy tales, and start eating real food instead of "Mcdonalds" type of crap.
Nothing beats a good bowl of borsch.
The problem of obesity in US started with introduction of all those "fast food" chains.
sergeontheloose 1 year ago
@sergeontheloose
The problem of obesity in US started with introduction of all those "fast food" chains.
No, it started with our prosperity and the abundance of "good" food (i.e., not infected and rotting). Fatness is a healthy sign if you ask me. We don't have all those skinny people like 3rd-worlders have.
theOlLineRebel 1 year ago
@theOlLineRebel
haha, you are delisional at best or stupid at worst.
The good actually rots fast, that is a chemical reaction of a good food. The bad food like mcdonalds crap can stay the same for up to 180 days without decaying- what kind of food is that?
Fatness is not a healthy sign - it is a sign of incoming health problems, big health problems. There are more people dying from obesity-related causes in US than from malnutrition in some countries.
sergeontheloose 1 year ago
@sergeontheloose
More people dying? Probably because the US is HUGE compared to most of those countries. Try % rather than simple numbers. I'd still rather be surrounded by well-fed people than those who can't get ANY food. That's a bad country that can't/won't feed its people.
You're full of it saying McDonald's can last for 180 days. That's total nonsense. And who cares, anyway, if a food can stay good a long time? That'd be another triumph of innovation typical of this country.
theOlLineRebel 1 year ago
Russian
Zer0H0urs 1 year ago
In Soviet Russian, hamburger eats you!
PosholNahooy 1 year ago
American propaganda crap!!!! I'm sure so many people bought into this crap!
ArtemKonstantinovich 1 year ago
@ArtemKonstantinovich it was a joke. people in the west saw anything soviet as bland and plain. i saw a diplomat complaining about it and the kgb guys behind him snickering. even THEY it was funny and took it as the joke it was.
nomadnametab 1 year ago 3
obama's America soon to be in town near you.
Auggie56 1 year ago
@Auggie56 no
stigger91 1 year ago
One of the best commerials ever. I remember when I would wear bathing suits, I would say "It's svimwear,."
RetroJenny 1 year ago
@RetroJenny "Vetty Nice"-OMG, It's nice to know I wasn't alone-I did the same thing!
Highland Appliance Stores had some good commercials back in the day too.
jcross21 1 year ago
..funny commercial BUT it's ironic that American women look more like that now whereas Russian women are slender and sexy.
spentonmediocrity 1 year ago
Model looks like obama's wife minus the genetic suntan. And that announcer, its either janet Naziputana or Elena Gaygan.
OBAMASTINKSLIKEANAPE 1 year ago
@OBAMASTINKSLIKEANAPE
What are you talking about? Michelle Obama is in great shape. Naziputtana is funny, though.
Jakareh75 2 months ago
@Jerkiarrea75 Moochelle Obonga, has an ass the size of barn. Take a look at the pictures of her ass that are available on the net and drop the obonga koolaid garbage.
OBAMASTINKSLIKEANAPE 2 months ago
@Jakareh75 Sexy as that woman in the above "fashions."
soco13466 2 weeks ago
Is this Project Runway season 8 or a fast food commercial?
danamcwonderful 1 year ago
haha that announcer sounds like Borat :D
YesIAmThatCoolBitch 1 year ago
My favorite line has always been, "Is next, Svimvear!" Hilarious!
jmuslvr 1 year ago
Makes me nostalgic for the cold war.
ohnoanotherputz 1 year ago
Geez - I thought this was a Pepsi ad!
I loved this, but we hardly ever saw it. It stuck with me that well. Hilarious - flashlight!
theOlLineRebel 1 year ago
I have always remembered this comercial, and have even quoted from time to time over the years. "Iz Svimwear!" Very funny, and more importantly -- memorable.
WryterMike 1 year ago
Dave's Sizzling Sounds of Summer contest by Wendy's was responsible for some great tunes but what ever happened to them?
atlanticbands 1 year ago
Funny this is how American women look now...fat, nasty, and obese from too much reality TV...
bryandamadman 1 year ago 3
Ahh....a time before political correctness made the world less funny.
wpnwilo1 1 year ago 49
@wpnwilo1 Exactly. A society or a people that's afraid to mock their opponents has already lost. We can't make fun of anyone who hates America or wants our civilization destroyed without being called "bigots" or "misunderstanders".
emanuelshapera 1 year ago
@emanuelshapera Amen.
theOlLineRebel 1 year ago
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HelenaXVI 1 year ago
@wpnwilo1 Political correctness didn't kill this kind of humor. What people seem to want to call "political correctness" is nothing more than not being an ass-hat and saying patently offensive things. Sadly people don't seem to know the difference, so then maybe it's best they don't say anything at all.
cubdukat 4 months ago
@cubdukat Agreed. There are plenty of cases where people are simply being over sensitive about an issue, and then there are times when a statement, commercial, or joke was in blatantly bad taste. Part of what caused the hyper-sensitivity and censorship of this age was people's inability to discern between the two. It's a shame :/
handmiadenofgod 4 months ago
@cubdukat Now you would get sued or fired for saying things that are simply true. This is what the Soviet Union sort of was like. Of course things have changed now. But can you imagine making a suntan lotion commercial with muslim women in their shapeless black clothing and headwraps? IUt would be funny, but then of course the muslim population would be wringing their hands about how everyone hates them.
lollipopfop 4 months ago
@cubdukat Sometimes, and sometimes its nothing more than an effort to control the argument and shut down opposition.
itlfa2009 3 months ago
Is next.....
preluki 1 year ago
I found this and showed it to my kids. They loved it. Very Funny. Couldn't do a commercial like that these days in this politically correct world.
bartletteagle 1 year ago 3
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MrRT1966 1 year ago
This ad works... i want Wendy's now.
The4LA2Baker0 1 year ago 2
Why do they have subtitles for the guy speaking in English?
so confused
Helicon0001 1 year ago 2
@Helicon0001 I did wonder that.
remacno 1 year ago
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you bastards are making fun of russians! so racist
yanachkakroy 1 year ago
@yanachkakroy
Not Russians; Commies.
2minuteh8 1 year ago
Oh I remember this commercial very well! I still blurt out "very nice!" on a regular basis. Great stuff ... sometimes I even miss the cold war. ALMOST ... but not.
rodanmedia 1 year ago
REAGAN FUCK YEEEEEAAAAAAAAR!
theoriginal72 1 year ago
One of the funnier ads of the 1980's.
I remember the commercial vividly but not that it was for Wendys.
moneybagzz 1 year ago
Good stuff !
Takes me back to a good time when content was not so self-consciously 'green', and designed and produced by Birkenstock wearing, pasty face, concave chested, 'nanny-state twit' food police.
epolenep1 1 year ago 10
@epolenep1 - For that I'm reporting you to the nanny state! *pushes rim of glasses up off of nasal bridge in anger*
A86 8 months ago
One commenter mentioned that this was from the 70s, but it was first aired sometime in the mid 80s. I remember it very clearly. Besides, the temper of the times int the 70s wouldn't have allowed anything to mock the USSR, socialism, or communism. In the 80s, Ronald Reagan was President, and he wasn't afraid to call the Soviet system for what it was. Can't say for sure if there's any connection between the 2, but I wouldn't be surprised.
eyesonthesky 1 year ago
@eyesonthesky Thank you and you are absolutely correct
blatnoi 1 year ago
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The Soviet Union. Ahhhh......how I miss the good old days!!!
Also, it funny to remember when they used to make (and air!) one-minute spots!!
CAM826 1 year ago
The Soviet Union. Ahhhh......how I miss the good old days!!!
Also, it funny to remember when they used to make (and air!) one-minute spots!!
CAM826 1 year ago
I remembered this from years ago, what a treat to see it again, very funny stuff!! :)
Kirtev 1 year ago
I remember this...funny.
bjkatcher 1 year ago
Ohhhhh burn~! THIS is what destroyed communisim, commies ain't got no smack talk game~!
ColeVecsion 1 year ago
my sister in law (from St. Petersburg) fell down laughing when I showed her this.
rainmosq 1 year ago
very nice
ArkFatBoy 1 year ago
This has to be one of the funniest commercials ever. One commenter identified it as being from the 80s, but I think, rather, that it was aired in the 1970s, when I was in high school.
Also, note the portrait of Lenin on the wall. Priceless.
13beacon 1 year ago
This comercial came up in conversation during a family dinner, and we have been trying to find it for several weeks. thank you for posting it. It brings up many memories. It has always been one of my favorites
FatMansWife 1 year ago
Y'know, I think this commercial would fly today.
Fantome001 1 year ago
nice eveningwear flashlight
amerussian1 1 year ago
Yeah,there was a saying that went something like this.......
Unlike America where only a few can buy toasters,all Russians have toasters!
They may not work,but everybody has one!
ideniseb 1 year ago
One of the most creative and BEST commericals of the 1980's. Wendys had one hell of an ad campaign back then
Wild1995 1 year ago
The commercial that brought down the Berlin Wall!
rniche 1 year ago
This commercial ran incessantly on MTV 1985. I have it on tape during their airing of Duran Duran's "Sing Blue Silver".
greyseagirl 1 year ago
I think these gems were created by Gary Sadlemeyer (?) He did some great stuff.
louisianaborn57 1 year ago
I remember this one. Glad to see it pop up on here.
bloodangel160 1 year ago
I love Naisbitt.
EliasoPataso 1 year ago
In Soviet Russia, dress wear you!
regusted 1 year ago 4
Why can't we know who the people were who came up with these hilarious commercials. Everything about this one seems perfect. I owe someone or a team my thanks for such cleverness. John Poole
dinnerpianist 1 year ago
This has got to be one of the funniest and cleverest television adverts of all time.
BTW, this ad was from the 1970s, not the 80s. I remember it from when I was in high school. It was clever then, and it's no less clever now. Quite hilarious for those of us old enough to have a vivid memory of the Cold War.
13beacon 1 year ago
@13beacon BTW, this ad was from the 1980s, NOT the 70s. I, too, remember the Cold War and remember seeing this commercial.
rjcb3 1 year ago
@rjcb3 I confirm it was the 80's because I was born in the early 80's and remember watching this commercial over and over.
startreking2007 1 year ago
looooool
hen8167 1 year ago
Best commercial of all time.
lavendermtn 1 year ago
Is next.... HEALTH CARE.
JTTCOLO 1 year ago 4
LOL @ JTTCOLO!!! So very true.
mightymax1983 1 year ago
IS NEXT!!!!!
preluki 1 year ago
my father was one of the musicians
hungarianguy 1 year ago
as a hungarian, was he happy to be giving the soviets the slap in the face they deserved?
pushups2345 1 year ago
@pushups2345
no comment lol
hungarianguy 1 year ago
Greatest commercial EVER. period.
Freaking EVER. And Pygar, the post USSR sequel is exactly the same.
pewsterbaby 1 year ago 2
When I see people walking around (I live in the Midwest) I think of this commercial. This is how a lot of people, who are often obese, dress now - sweatsuits, smocks, culottes, baggy capris. The sad thing is that much of our country has become what we used to laugh at.
AmusedChild 1 year ago 4