Wendy's - Soviet Fashion Show Ad

Classic ad for Wendy's from the 1980's - Soviet Fashion Show.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Wendy's
• TV
• commercial
• Soviet
• 1980's
• vintage
• classic
• ad
• swimwear

[DaDaddySF]

I am so happy to have found this, was telling a friend about it today.

Look, at the time we were not hung up on being PC, particularly when it came to communism, to have seemed sympathetic would have been unAmerican. It was funny as hell back then and it is still funny as hell.

Lighten up people, it was a making light of a situation, not of the people involved. It was Madison Ave's way to remind us how lucky we were.

Why is it that everything has to become a political debate.

[ThrobertMcGee]

I think a lot of people are missing the irony that the "Soviet Fashion Show" in this commercial is INTENDED TO SYMBOLIZE McDONALDS! (The ultimate icon of American capitalism.)

In commercials for Wendy's (and Burger King), it was a recurring theme that McDonald's made its hamburgers by a mechanized "assembly line" process, and everything tasted the same, but Wendy's burgers were individually made to order, "the old-fashioned way."

[nyclposter]

@AnyaSochneva and yet here you are, on an American website trashing the Americans. Quite ironic dont you think?

[Sarma1188]

There are still some old fashion magazines from the Soviet times somewhere in parent's house. Boy, were those girls and outfits beautiful... They also traveled to the capitalistic countries to show off the trends but the clothing models were prohibited to be sold in the non-soviet countries.

[BombermanGold]

Lol "Fat Bottom Girls"

[onthe1drop]

That fashion show is just like Wendy's food and most of American "culture". Generic, mass-produced, tasteless trash. As for East European women, they are far more beautiful and stylish than American women. And I say this as an American.

[daisymaisie1]

thanx so much. this ad used to make me yelp with laughter. have tried to explain it to people over the years but now can show 'em.

[northgait]

I have told my daughter about this commercial for years. She is 17. I thought I would sit dcwn and try to find it. What a surprise! This was a great commercial...SWIM VEAR

[strandedbuckeye]

@AnyaSochneva Consider the date, 1984, when many of us were concerned about being reduced to "charcoal briquettes" by our neighbors in the Soviet Union. In the grand scheme of things, this little stereotypical zinger wasn't too terrible. If this ran today, I'd say, yes, it showed our stupidity. Back then, it was a little big of "whistling past the graveyard."

[AnyaSochneva]

This video once again proves the stupidity and idiocy of Americans. Not funny

[300Fireball]

@carlafierro7

I read about the Soviet disapproval in the newspaper (later that day, it was on the CBS evening news with Dan Rather) and Wendy's was pressured to remove the commercial.

[kellwych]

@evilunixuser1 you're a fucking idiot.