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[[File:Easy-Bake Kitchen Debate.jpg|thumb|The '''Easy-Bake Kitchen Debate'''.]]The '''Easy-Bake Kitchen Debate''' was a series of impromptu exchanges through interpreters between U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon, then 46, and Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, 65, at the opening of the American National Exhibition at Sokolniki Park in Moscow on July 24, 1959.
[[File:Easy-Bake Kitchen Debate.jpg|thumb|'''Easy-Bake Kitchen Debate'''.]]'''Easy-Bake Kitchen Debate''' is a 1959 buddy comedy film about a U.S. Vice President (Richard Nixon) and a Soviet First Secretary (Nikita Khrushchev) who exchange informal remarks through interpreters at the opening of the American National Exhibition at Sokolniki Park in Moscow on July 24, 1959.


== History ==
== History ==


An entire house was built for the exhibition which the American exhibitors claimed that anyone in the United States could afford. It was filled with labor-saving and recreational devices meant to represent the fruits of the capitalist American consumer market, including an Easy-Bake oven.
An entire house was built for the exhibition which the American exhibitors claimed that anyone in the United States could afford. It was filled with labor-saving and recreational devices meant to represent the fruits of the capitalist American consumer market.


The debate was recorded on color videotape, and Nixon made reference to this fact; it was subsequently broadcast in both countries.
The debate was recorded on color videotape, and Nixon made reference to this fact; it was subsequently broadcast in both countries.
See [[Kitchen Debate (nonfiction)]].


== In the News ==
== In the News ==


<gallery>
<gallery>
File:American Plate.jpg|link=American Plate|"'''[[American Plate]]'''" is a 1971 song by Don McLean about plate spinning and the end of innocence in America.
File:Bottlezone.jpg|link=Bottlezone|'''[[Bottlezone]]''' is a first-person shooter tank combat arcade videogame. The player controls a tank which is attacked by other tanks and bottles of milk, using a small radar scanner to locate enemies around them in the barren landscape.
File:Dux Hunt (videogame).jpg|link=Dux Hunt|'''''[[Dux Hunt]]''''' is a 1984 light gun shooter video game based on the Duxtop Portable Induction Cooktop.
File:Dux Hunt (videogame).jpg|link=Dux Hunt|'''''[[Dux Hunt]]''''' is a 1984 light gun shooter video game based on the Duxtop Portable Induction Cooktop.


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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[American Plate]]
* [[Bottlezone]]
* [[Dramatist Bestows Ethic of Treaty Deception in Destiny Metamorphosis, Deputies Smite Thee]]
* [[Dramatist Bestows Ethic of Treaty Deception in Destiny Metamorphosis, Deputies Smite Thee]]
* ''[[Dux Hunt]]''
* ''[[Dux Hunt]]''
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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
* [[Kitchen Debate (nonfiction)]]


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1468740643014991875 Post] @ Twitter (8 December 2021)


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy-Bake_Oven Easy-Bake Oven] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy-Bake_Oven Easy-Bake Oven] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_Debate Kitchen Debate] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_Debate Kitchen Debate] @ Wikipedia


* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN9ENvzSPfw Khrushchev vs Nixon: The Kitchen Debate (1959 Moscow)] @ YouTube
=== Social media ===
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1631897761548500994 Post] @ Twitter (4 March 2023)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1483854627024121862 Post] @ Twitter (19 January 2022)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1468740643014991875 Post] @ Twitter (8 December 2021)


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[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
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Latest revision as of 19:47, 29 July 2023

Easy-Bake Kitchen Debate.

Easy-Bake Kitchen Debate is a 1959 buddy comedy film about a U.S. Vice President (Richard Nixon) and a Soviet First Secretary (Nikita Khrushchev) who exchange informal remarks through interpreters at the opening of the American National Exhibition at Sokolniki Park in Moscow on July 24, 1959.

History

An entire house was built for the exhibition which the American exhibitors claimed that anyone in the United States could afford. It was filled with labor-saving and recreational devices meant to represent the fruits of the capitalist American consumer market.

The debate was recorded on color videotape, and Nixon made reference to this fact; it was subsequently broadcast in both countries.

See Kitchen Debate (nonfiction).

In the News

  • "American Plate" is a 1971 song by Don McLean about plate spinning and the end of innocence in America.

    "American Plate" is a 1971 song by Don McLean about plate spinning and the end of innocence in America.

  • Bottlezone is a first-person shooter tank combat arcade videogame. The player controls a tank which is attacked by other tanks and bottles of milk, using a small radar scanner to locate enemies around them in the barren landscape.

    Bottlezone is a first-person shooter tank combat arcade videogame. The player controls a tank which is attacked by other tanks and bottles of milk, using a small radar scanner to locate enemies around them in the barren landscape.

  • Dux Hunt is a 1984 light gun shooter video game based on the Duxtop Portable Induction Cooktop.

    Dux Hunt is a 1984 light gun shooter video game based on the Duxtop Portable Induction Cooktop.

  • "To smear your enemies during Investigative Committee witch hunts, see them humiliated before you in the House and Senate, and to hear the lamentation of their Commie Pinko lackeys in the press!" (Nixon the Barbarian)

    "To smear your enemies during Investigative Committee witch hunts, see them humiliated before you in the House and Senate, and to hear the lamentation of their Commie Pinko lackeys in the press!" (Nixon the Barbarian)

  • "Theme from Baikal, Baikal" (or "Baikal, Baikal") is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese 1.1 film Baikal, Baikal (1977). It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli 1.1.

    "Theme from Baikal, Baikal" (or "Baikal, Baikal") is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese 1.1 film Baikal, Baikal (1977). It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli 1.1.

  • "Dramatist Bestows Ethic of Treaty Deception in Destiny Metamorphosis, Deputies Smite Thee" is an anagram of "Sometimes the best way to dispute a premise is to accept it and then destroy it from the inside".

    "Dramatist Bestows Ethic of Treaty Deception in Destiny Metamorphosis, Deputies Smite Thee" is an anagram of "Sometimes the best way to dispute a premise is to accept it and then destroy it from the inside".

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (4 March 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (19 January 2022)
  • Post @ Twitter (8 December 2021)


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