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1998·Early web, before YouTube

Gorbachev Pizza Hut commercial

A commercial that became internet-famous long after broadcast, and a clean test of an off-platform original.

You might remember it as Gorbachev Pizza Hut ad

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This Moment began as a television broadcast, not as a video upload. Originally published on broadcast.

The story

What this was

It first appeared in 1998, during early web, before YouTube. The copy this index knows about is on YouTube.

The same internet

Early web, before YouTube

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Where it came from

There is no original upload to identify: this Moment did not begin as one. What it began as is recorded here, and what is shown is a later copy.

Nothing here is claimed to be the first publication of this Moment, because the first publication was not an upload. This Moment began as a television broadcast, not as a video upload. Originally published on broadcast.

Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.

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Known on YouTube.
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