Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union, famously starred in a completely bizarre television commercial for Pizza Hut in 1997, just a few years after he presided…

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Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union, famously starred in a completely bizarre television commercial for Pizza Hut in 1997, just a few years after he presided over the complete collapse of global communism. The advertisement featured regular Russian citizens sitting in a Moscow restaurant aggressively arguing about Gorbachev's complex political legacy, only to finally unite in agreement that his democratic reforms brought them the joy of stuffed crust pizza. He reportedly demanded a massive million-dollar appearance fee to fund his political foundation, firmly establishing that the ultimate victor of the Cold War was not the United States government, but rather a fast-food chain from Kansas. Watching a former global superpower's supreme commander awkwardly pitch pepperoni slices on a snowy day is the exact moment world history officially transitioned from a serious geopolitical drama into a deeply cynical corporate sitcom

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