The Science & History of Popcorn - The Snack that Saved the Movies 

Thumbs up if your eating popcorn while watching this

I was eating popcorn while watching

Idk why but anytime I have popcorn at home I have to watch this video

Good popcorn is the gold standard for a good movie theater, sometimes elevating a humble theater to a first class one. That pre-bagged popcorn is usually the mark of a second rate theater.

That was 12 quick minutes! So much information delivered in such a wonderful way. Great video :D

Jeez, is there anything you don't know??? Do they teach about this at film school? :-) Don't ever stop doing these lessons, they are great!

Liked it. Thanks for posting. Was a master of the pop corn machine as a movie theater employee, back when theaters had platters and reels in the booth. Popped corn in an industrial sized popper (not in view of the public) that we used to pop and bag, …then we’d move the popcorn to the big warmers at the concession stand for serving. Sound of popping corn is unique. Nothing else in the world sounds like it.

i was just playing Batman: Arch-am Asylum and the first thing i thought of after hearing bat cave was the line the joker says, about batman bringing in "Bat Snacks"... everyone loves popcorn though!

I'm simply amazed by this channel. So informative, so high quality, I'm just stunned. Keep up the good work, and thank you for the videos!

You know the little slit on the bag that helps it vent steam? Turn the bag upside down and shake. It helps removes any unpopped seeds but keeps the popped corn in the bag

When he said the Bat Cave, I was like, YES!!!

Incredibly beautiful story-telling! Learned so much about the history and business. Thank you!

I am a popcorn purist - popcorn on the stove or in an electric popper in peanut oil smothered in real butter and never microwaved. I buy the theater salt from a theater supplier. Yum.

HE IS! HE IS THE POPCORN GUY!

That was one quick film-related history that was so interesting, it just made me hungry. 🍿

Corn was domesticated about 10,000 years ago in what is now Mexico. Archaeologists discovered that people have known about popcorn for thousands of years. Fossil evidence from Peru suggests that corn was popped as early as 4700 BC

I was a kid in the 1060s living in a small town in southern Minnesota. We had a couple movie theaters that sold a box of popcorn for 15 cents, but it was not buttered. Buttered popcorn at these particular theaters sold for 25 cents and it was in a smaller container. There was an older man who was handicapped and had to use a wheelchair; he had a popcorn stand that he would drive all over the city and sell a box of corn that had a lot of butter that he would squirt from a bottle in your box. His regular box of popcorn was 10 cents. Everybody wanted his corn. I remember seeing long lines in the summer, people waiting to get his corn. We would also sneak this corn in the movie theaters, some people were caught. The corn had lots and lots of butter. Your hands were loaded with butter when you ate it--so you would need a napkin. I'm not sure but to get such large crowds of people after his corn I think he might have added sugar to the butter.

These videos are great, very informative! Keep it up.

I was in a film operator forum, one of the guys asked, how to remove popcorn from the silverscreen without damaging. Well, I remember a time, where talking about a clean silverscreen was more related to the content of the show, where movie goers didn't spread the popcorn everywhere.

Awesome history guide. Thanks for doing the research and putting together a great video!!

It's 2024 and I still put this video on randomly when I pop a bag of popcorn to snack on. Makes it a unique watch/snack experience

Interesting, I thought bagged popcorn was a modern invention, since we expect everything to be portable and quick. I pop my popcorn on the stove in a pot and I don't find it difficult, so I'm surprised that that process is what drove bagged popcorn, especially 40 years ago.

0:40 Is Your YTP Source, Thank Me Now

i love your channel. Any kind of history is my thing. Thanks

Man Your videos are the best, you really taught me allot so I really appreciate your efforts (y)

I love your channel, you are amazing.

That was a nice history, awesome video. :)

Yeah every time I watch this documentary I eat popcorn. Makes it more enjoyable

Me before the video: Popcorn? How the heck would it save the movie industry? Me after the video: *I'm Martin Scorcese, and this is my masterclass.*

One of the best FilmmakerIQ videos!

Your channel is my favorite on RU-vid, keep making these videos at whatever the cost, I love them!

Today, popcorn & Co covers all the cost, while the sold tickets goes to the film distributor. My church rented a cinema for many years every Sunday morning and it was stable money for them.

I read it's really about salt and butter. Popcorn as a vehicle for these flavors that drive soda sales at the concession.

Corn was domesticated by tribes in Mexico, not those in Central & South America.

Wow, that was pretty interesting. I LOVE popcorn, it's probably one of my favorite foods so it was neat to hear about the history ^_^

Sometimes Dad and I make popcorn when we watch movies but what I'd really like to do is figure out what goes into the movie theater popcorn or at least close to it Because whenever we make popcorn it's never as good as what's at the movies

pop corn is the food that reminds more than anything , the dentist .

great i never would have known that popcorn was so great!

Ahh, popcorn. One thing that makes me sane.

I thought peanuts were the precursor to popcorn. Speaking of, I actually know s theater in my town that still sells bags of peanuts as a snack.

Very cool. Thank you!!!!

I just started working at a cinema a couple of months ago, this was really interesting! Also, just had a handful of butterkiss xD

It makes it more interesting if you actually work in a movie theater

Really wanted to learn more about Orville Redenbacher. Hope you address this is the next one.

Great piece on American "pop" culture! :)

I love how much YTP source potential this guy has. The next Mark Sabine, I say.

God damn, I want some popcorn!

Yay! It is marvelous.

I love pop corn now!!

man, you are legend

the editing of these videos is so tight

I feel so knowledgeable and hungry now

This is very interesting, where are the articles that you have to learn from so I can read them. This is so interesting, good video.

thank u...

You're responsible for my keyboard being greasy now!

people will know that popcorn is superior to plums

For added humor, you should include the final scene from Real Genius (1985).

When you go from selling popcorn outside movie theaters to creating Holiday Inn.

2:35 That threw me for a loop until the picture came up. I thought he was talking about Batman xD

Thewe videos are fascinating! Why don't you guys have 500 million subs??

That was interesting. I didn't know you had to have a specific type of corn to make popcorn. I thought popcorn was just regular corn that had dried out. Why does the buttered microwave popcorn smell so hideous when it's cooking? It tastes good when it's done but I can't take that smell when it's getting nuked.

I always play this while making stovetop popcorn

I wonder what do you think about taking own snacks in movie theater?

I don't even care about the video I just like the way he says popcorn 😛

(4:18) Dear God, "butter and lard"? I need to taste that!

Wonderful as always...such well researched topics. Would like to see blade runner covered by you.

I love movie theater popcorn and my family knows it. If there is a kid's movie they do not want to see they call me up to take my nieces and nephews and their friends to it. I've seen MANY a terrible movie, yet have always loved the popcorn.............Also, I lived directly across the street from a movie theater, in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, and would go there to just buy a tub of popcorn to take home and watch a DVD. The first time I went there I tried to explain to the box office guy I didn't want to see a movie, that I just wanted to buy a tub of popcorn. He thought I was nuts, which I probably am to a certain degree, yet he let me in and I walked out with my lovely bouquet of buttery popped corn................... and nowadays, if I attend a film they have FREE refills, life is grand. Enjoy your day

Well, I dislike popcorn, but know how to do it with raw maize and a frying pan with a pan lid. Few oil and the corn and let it pop.

Wait if there is colored kernel corn could the popcorn be the same color or the color of that kernel. For example. Orange, red, black, brown colored corn.

who else was not eating popcorn then got some

Popcorn and slushies can seem expensive, but are actually very cheap, allowing movie theaters to maximize concession profit.

nintendom64?

I looove me some popcorn!

The last movie I saw in a theater was "Saving Private Ryan." I stopped going to theaters because the experience was no longer worth the price of admission. Growing up in the 60s and 70s I loved going to the movies. I went to at least a movie a week. Sometimes two or three. You could walk into the theater at your convenience and if you missed some of the feature you could stay in your seat and watch it again. The only thing they advertised on the screen was coming attractions and the snack bar. Anybody who lived in or visited San Francisco in that era remembers the bargain matinee theaters on Market Street. Go before 2 p.m. and the price of admission was $1.00. My favorite theater was "The Strand" which showed a different double-feature everyday. The marquee of The Strand is still there but the actual theater is now a garbage strewn lot. All of those theaters have either been torn down or converted to other uses.. There are only a handful of independent theaters left in San Francisco. All of the great movie palaces are either gone or have been converted to multi-theaters. Now with the advent of high definition wide-screen televisions, I don't feel like I'm missing much. If I want to watch "The Godfather" in my underwear, no big deal.

John Hess Is A Good Man.

I remember also pop rice.

I cant avoid that imagining Alfred Hitckcock presenting these.

Oooh, yiffy pop

Is popcorn a vegetable?

I think movie theaters charge way to much for their snack food and I think it's an excuse when they say. they need to charge thar much to make ends meet. If the theater is a small local theater. I can understand. But not these places that are big chains. Like Regal Cinemas and etc... I'm not talking about popcorn. But the exact same box of candy I can buy at dollers tree for one buck. but the theater charges 4.50 or more for the exact same thing. lol

UGHHH I'm hungry now

0:42 is for the meme

Me:*searched popcorn* Also me: *deletes opc*

well im not eating popcorn the same way again

nicely said and explained :) my kid is getting smarter thanks!

Anyone else like eating food and learning about the history of it? Just me? Ok..😂

well something called pot with some veg oil . no need for microwave or special machine

Movie = Theatre + Popcorn

movie theaters thrived during the great depression

I go to cinema to act popcorn

Watching thuis while eating

Can I just quit being a poor videoguy and find a good place to sell popcorn and get rich ? haha

I smuggle beef jerky into movies... nothing like a little jerk as you watch a movie....

This is how many people ate popcorn while watching 👇

Popcorn,Milk Duds & a Coke.

Now you can get a microwave for less than $100.

he looks like that guy from Toy Story 2

Who's eating pop corn

like this vid no like others

hilarious