Why Do We Eat Popcorn at The Movies?

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Why do we eat popcorn at the movies? And what does the Great Depression and farm subsidies have to do with it?
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Works Cited:
Popcorn and the Movies:
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-c...
www.neatorama.com/neatoliciou...
mentalfloss.com/article/61130/...
www.themarysue.com/popcorn-mo...
www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/11/wh...
History of Movie Theaters:
www.history.com/this-day-in-h...
History of Popcorn:
www.pbs.org/food/the-history-k...
Corn Subsidies:
www.marketplace.org/2012/06/1...
www.econlib.org/library/Column...
grist.org/food/our-crazy-farm...
www.washingtonexaminer.com/wh...
www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/...
www.economist.com/united-stat...
farm.ewg.org/progdetail.php?f...
www.washingtonpost.com/lifest...
www.nationalgeographic.com/pe...
www.nal.usda.gov/agricultural...
www.usda.gov/media/press-rele...
www.popcorn.org/

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@StepBackHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Oh hey!

@pbsorigins 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Tristan! If you guys want to see my collab with Tristan's channel then check out the link in the description. We're talking about foul mouthed comedy and free speech, you know the "two f's." It's a hoot for anyone who loves history and humor 🤓🤡👩🏿‍🎓

@Thesungod95 4 жыл бұрын

plz do a video on origin of bread making

@TheFINNHERO 5 жыл бұрын

This channel is FAR underrated

@bobscull4669 5 жыл бұрын

I like this lady, very good presenter

@envertheepic 5 жыл бұрын

Iam Atarsamain, I agree completely.

@leighm 2 жыл бұрын

@@envertheepic Same

@Wolfietherrat Жыл бұрын

I want it a little slower.

@Aelffwynn 10 ай бұрын

@@Wolfietherratgo to settings and select "playback speed." Choose your desired speed.

@MickeyKnox 5 жыл бұрын

Do we eat popcorn at the movies OR do we watch movies while eating popcorn?

@golgarisoul 5 жыл бұрын

If your name is CGP Grey, it's you go to the movies to eat popcorn.

@ZeidKhan 5 жыл бұрын

Obviously, we eat movies at the popcorn.

@deadtoallnohonornohope 5 жыл бұрын

Both

@chlo3998 5 жыл бұрын

We watch movies while eating popcorn

@aresol6487 5 жыл бұрын

MickeyKnox we watch movies while eating popcorn. Not the first one because we don't always go to the movies sometimes we stay at home.

@mrtveenstra 5 жыл бұрын

Don't dis watching popcorn pop. It was the lava lamp of its day.

@lylyluvda916 5 жыл бұрын

This video was poppin’! Video suggestion: Why and how did college become so expensive?

@hipporage18 5 жыл бұрын

Lily Magana due to easily attainable federally backed student loans. Lenders carry no risk so they give young borrowers as much as they want. The gov will eat any defaults

@augustpritchett4521 5 жыл бұрын

I learned about this in class once. After WW2, the GI bill was passed, allowing soldiers to go to college for free. Those soldiers contributed to the baby boom, which meant there were A LOT of potential students. So, a guy went to college for free and his sons could do the same. Then, the next generation of college students was significantly smaller, which meant that colleges had a lot of space to fill. Their solution was to market college as an experience instead of just a place to get an education. This was how all the amenities on campuses came about. College became a business with different universities competing with each other to be the nicest school or the most fun or has the fanciest programs. To pay for all that as well as to pay professors and fund academic projects, us students are forced to sell a kidney to get a degree. That's the summary of it.

@valerieflores3165 5 жыл бұрын

good question

@andydavis3075 5 жыл бұрын

Government collusion in the loan market

@lunayen 5 жыл бұрын

That's pretty easy to answer. Too many useless amenities and high upkeep of football stadiums and their coaches.

@arturogonzalez-barrios8206 5 жыл бұрын

Pop corn was not domesticated first in South America, it was selectively bred in Mexico (which is in North America) from teosinte.

@ximovega 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Come on, nothing that north of the Equator can be consider south American....

@mariapapa4122 5 жыл бұрын

Origin of middle names

@CityLifeinAmerica 5 жыл бұрын

maria papa and why are they so similar to others. For example Rae and Mae and Marie seem to be very very very common middle names.

@Elizabeth-eb9il 5 жыл бұрын

@ RedLight GreenArrow And Elizabeth dont forget elizabeth

@randeknight 5 жыл бұрын

Religion. It was normal way back when to add a 'Christian' name to the start of your name when converting. So your first name became your middle name.

@765respect 5 жыл бұрын

For me, it gave both me and my husband a chance to name the kids.

@ooZouhouRoo 5 жыл бұрын

Parents gave their children the name of a Saint because they thought it would protect them and then the second actual name they had planned

@sharleendavis7320 5 жыл бұрын

I love this host, I find myself watching videos I am not interested in because I like how she presents. She makes all the topics interesting

@Misho83 2 жыл бұрын

100% agree. She's an excellent rhetorician and has extraordinary charisma. 🤩

@xtremehardy388 11 ай бұрын

This host is AWESOME!!!!

@viewerFAC 5 жыл бұрын

As someone who worked in a movie theater for years I found this fascinating. Thank you, love this series.

@magicmissbri9599 5 жыл бұрын

2 Video Ideas: 1) The evolution of how we began drinking milk and the dairy industry. Coupled with the scientific theory that we evolved to do this in less sunny regions as a way to get Vitamin D. As studies show that the closer a populus is to the equator (with more sun), the more chance of lactose intolerance. 2) Or maybe how we went from cars going every which way at their invention to the standardized system of rules and regulations (including drivers licenses) that we have today

@mandlerparr1 5 жыл бұрын

Or were northern dwellers more likely to use dairy because they could keep it around longer due to colder temperatures and the extra fat dairy products have.

@DoppelgangerOmen 5 жыл бұрын

Corn was first domesticated about 10,000 years ago in what is now Mexico. Archaeologists discovered that people have known about popcorn for thousands of years. In Mexico, for example, remnants of popcorn have been found that date to around 3600 BC.

@lizsmith9873 5 жыл бұрын

I worked in a movie house in the 1970's and one night the popcorn kettle broke down. I actually had customers ask for a refund on their tickets because there was no popcorn available to eat. That was a fun week till the damn thing got repaired.

@apictureoffunction 4 жыл бұрын

I actually get that honestly. Even if there's a movie I wanna see very badly, I won't go unless I have money for popcorn

@cheydinal5401 5 жыл бұрын

I didn't know popcorn was a special kind of corn, thought it was just dried

@KnakuanaRka 3 жыл бұрын

Me too! The more you know.

@annarodriguez9868 2 жыл бұрын

@@KnakuanaRkaThe more you know the more you know you don't know as much as you thought you knew. Ya know? 😆

@KnakuanaRka 2 жыл бұрын

@@annarodriguez9868 🤣

@laptopgirl4240 5 жыл бұрын

man, I want some popcorn now

@bjmccann1 5 жыл бұрын

There was more than a KERNEL of truth in this vid, which was music to my EARS, but the jokes were kinda CORNY.

@Agaettis 5 жыл бұрын

Aww shucks

@pbsorigins 5 жыл бұрын

This. Was. Excellent.

@bjmccann1 5 жыл бұрын

@@pbsorigins 😊

@hermionescranny 2 жыл бұрын

Why am I reading this in a Southern accent 😂

@bjmccann1 2 жыл бұрын

@@hermionescranny 🤣😆🤣

@adriaunaa5745 5 жыл бұрын

I wish you were my teacher lol

@ahmedessa1364 5 жыл бұрын

I see this profile photo everywhere, I wonder what it is about?

@KaritKtana 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know the history of popcorn, but as a popcorn fanatic I had thought about it and assumed it endures in movie theaters because popcorn checks all the boxes - size, smell, texture, ease of grab - but most importantly, it's one of the only foods you can eat in darkness and not have to look down at even for a second, risking missing any movie magic!

@robinmiller-oldaccount2851 5 жыл бұрын

I've gotta hand it to the Origins team, it's awesome to have a woman of colour pop up in my edu-tainment media diet. I already hear a lot of the white and male perspectives on history, culture, and media, so I really appreciate that you all are out here providing more perspectives! Thanks so much, keep it up!

@user-ci4nx6kj8n 5 жыл бұрын

Are you saying this is the "black female perspective" on popcorn?! Who would have thought different races and genders could think about snacks in such different ways. (facepalm)

@AHPSC 5 жыл бұрын

Woman of color? As opposed to....colorless people?

@artchick07 5 жыл бұрын

@@AHPSC woman of color or WOC is a political definition given to oppressed groups. Western States Center has a lovely video over the origin of the phrase.

@AHPSC 5 жыл бұрын

artchick07 I know exactly what you meant. I was being sarcastic. The acceptance of terms as such by people, only perpetuate labels and divisions. The fact that we accept those labels works in favor of a political and social narrative created for us to keep us playing their game.

@artchick07 5 жыл бұрын

@@AHPSC women historically didn't have representation legally and to remove said representation does not that insure the marginal protections under the law.

@danielsosa8631 5 жыл бұрын

1:03 "Popcorn started to be domesticated as early as 5000 BCE by indigenous populations in South America" showing a picture of an Aztec codex and marking Mexico on the map... which is in North America.

@1dulceritmo 5 жыл бұрын

Daniel Sosa 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🙄 exactly

@chemicalwarfare36 5 жыл бұрын

It will be south america once the wall Trump said he was going to build is up

@pXnTilde 5 жыл бұрын

+The Fooboo No, it will still be North America

@AHPSC 5 жыл бұрын

...and this video is supposed to “educate” and “inform”. Right?

@alexblack6407 5 жыл бұрын

Also cultivated in North America but I guess they weren't paying attention 🤔

@wyattbrasher6989 5 жыл бұрын

This is my first time watching a video from this channel, but this channel is way underrated. Great channel! You butter bet I'm going to subscribe!😂

@jpe1 5 жыл бұрын

At the end of the video you toss out the question “do they still make Smarties” and I can tell you that absolutely, Smarties are still made, they are one of my favorite candies, at least if we are talking about Smarties as made by the Smarties Candy Company in the United States (the little tablet candies that come stacked in a roll). If you are talking about the little chocolate candies made by Nestlé, those are also still being made, but NOT a favorite of mine. Looking on Wikipedia, the Smarties Candy Company made 2.5 billion rolls last year.

@ROBYNMARKOW 5 жыл бұрын

I remember reading in a school textbook that The Pilgrims ate Popcorn as a breakfast cereal,yet this video says that it wasn't even grown on the East Coast back then?🤔

@bennettmagee6569 5 жыл бұрын

Can I just say that I'm having a pretty challenging time tripping here and these videos have been a real big help, thanks lady ☺️

@ElizabethDohertyThomas 3 жыл бұрын

This helps me understand why my grandfather grew corn for Jiffy Pop -- subsidies!

@megandarlene2080 5 жыл бұрын

I just found your channel and I love it. Thank you for the interesting content.

@CaesarAugustus. 5 жыл бұрын

I didn’t realize Mexico and Guatemala were in South America...

@josueismad6778 5 жыл бұрын

This is a joke right?

@josueismad6778 5 жыл бұрын

If you're trying to meme than you succeeded

@wisniewz 5 жыл бұрын

But really though.....was confused when I heard 5000 bce south America but then saw the icon in Mexico.

@selenagomezacapella 5 жыл бұрын

Since when was Mexico in South America?

@theo7236 4 жыл бұрын

Late, but I'm sure she meant this from the perspective of the US. While it is definitely a part of the North American continent, it's "southern" to The States geographically (á la how we refer to lower states in the US intrinsically). It's regionally biased of course, but an understandable error.

@MrJmazing1 5 жыл бұрын

*READS TITLE...* HMMNN ... *strokes chin* ...looks intriguing ...If I pay attention, I'm sure I'll learn some enlightening & intriguing stuff 🤔 My Brain *singing Mr Burns "Let's All Go To The Lobby..... And Have Ourselves A Snack..." for **9:00** mins*

@nathanhollingshead653 Жыл бұрын

This is cool! I was just eating a bowl of popcorn and decided to dive down the rabbit hole of how popcorn and theaters are connected. That’s how I landed here. I never knew this!

@tomryan914 3 жыл бұрын

Saw movie popcorn with 'added' squirt dispenser of 'Golden Topping'. LOL

@ace942 5 жыл бұрын

I remember that Jiffery Pop popcorn. It was fun to watch it expand. I have not seen that in a while since we usually get Orville Redenbacker popcorn.

@genxnerd74 5 жыл бұрын

love history and fact videos but sometimes they are not enjoyable to listen to, however these videos are so great due mostly to Danielle's excellent hosting. Your voice and screen presence is so friendly and your intelligence is so warm, not like you are talking down to people. I'm having a great time binge watching 😊

@Thanathos1991 5 жыл бұрын

Not sure if anyone already pointed this out, but the remembering of advertisement has nothing to do with the popcorn but propably with the shugar helping the people concentrate. There is a reason for why you eat grape shugars (or other sweets) when you have to take an exam or when you sit down to learn.

@mhackrocks 5 жыл бұрын

You are awesome. Very nice tone, accent and articulation. I also love how fast you talk. Kinda pissed off to always having to change the speed to 1.5x. You are awesome!! Did I repeat myself? Lol

@vancityplantie5752 5 жыл бұрын

@ origin of everything I just found your channel and am so stoked I did! Awesome content!

@lew8176 5 жыл бұрын

I love your channel, it's so interesting! ♥

@rayaan52 5 жыл бұрын

I just recently come across your vlog I think it's really amazing and educational what you doing. Keep up the good work Thank you ❤️

@sofiadeen4504 5 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about this last night and this morning KZfaq recommends me this amazing video 😄

@KeemieKEZ 5 жыл бұрын

Corneee puns! 😂 love this channel more and more!

@celtgunn9775 5 жыл бұрын

I enjoy kettlecorn, Sure wish they sold that at theaters.

@meganfoley2121 3 жыл бұрын

Dude so valid

@nanajiloh 5 жыл бұрын

This channel answers questions I've never thought I had.

@jinkiesjess155 5 жыл бұрын

I can't believe I made it into a comment response! This episode was really interesting and definitely made me hungry. lol

@MickeyKnox 5 жыл бұрын

01:02 Popcorn was domesticated? Let me guess ... from its wild predecessor Rockcorn?

@doodoobonejones 5 жыл бұрын

Both of you get out

@corekidkyle7028 2 жыл бұрын

Movie theaters is popcorn delivery. Cake is frosting delivery. Fries is ketchup delivery.

@kaylaalfaro910 5 жыл бұрын

"Why do eat popcorn at the movies?" Me: Cause they sell it at the cinema..

@andromedacarina Жыл бұрын

I'm a little late, but I find this channel a-maize-zing!

@NeighborhoodBasketCase 5 жыл бұрын

If only such a loud food wasn't the most popular movie snack, then I would enjoy going to the movies

@jordang7479 5 жыл бұрын

Love the channel!! Could you do a video about why hair covering/style seems to play a part in a lot of religions?

@Ben-tb5di 5 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@marsmickle7472 2 жыл бұрын

I love this historian! She’s just so charming

@e.v.6389 5 жыл бұрын

I ❤️ making my own kettle corn with cinnamon on the stove top in a regular teflon pot. So cheap, soooo good!!😊🍿🍽

@taliban3008 5 жыл бұрын

You should do a video for the origins of formal and casual dressing, uniforms and dress codes in general!!!

@vanimaduray5473 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. I've never watched popcorn pop before... Why would I? But now... Now I'm curious...

@yuribatres3838 3 жыл бұрын

Corn was not first cultivated domesticated in South America, as you mentioned in the video. Corn is indigenous to central Mexico, and that is where it was first cultivated and domesticated. It took time for it to travel and reach South America.

@geographicoddity9444 5 жыл бұрын

You have beauty AND brains. You are a breath of fresh air! 🌬

@cheydinal5401 5 жыл бұрын

Great writing, great appearence

@realradiant1r69 5 жыл бұрын

Girl, you are so incredibly articulate. Blows my mind. I wish I could talk as fast and as clearly as you. You rock girlfriend!

@oldtimeycabins 3 жыл бұрын

That is often taken as an insult! What you are truly saying is , she doesn’t sound black.

@flaiirenn 2 жыл бұрын

@@oldtimeycabins exactly my thoughts! calling a black person articulate can often be taken as an insult

@LalinDissanayaka 5 жыл бұрын

I already know why popcorn is so and so but I like hearing your voice!!

@riherereyes8164 3 жыл бұрын

In mexico the pop corn use salsa valentina (hot salsa) instead butter, taste very good! At least in South Mexico states

@grege5305 5 жыл бұрын

You are so entertaining!

@eggyolk8067 Жыл бұрын

I'm watching this while eating popcorn.

@cleverone1115 5 жыл бұрын

This video really "POPPED" 😁

@parkb5320 5 жыл бұрын

In Japan people have never heard of putting peanut butter and jelly together in the same sandwich. Neither have they ever heard of spaghetti and meatballs. Both are American dishes and don’t really exist together outside of the US.

@d3m3nt3dmous3 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, love the puns, keep 'em coming!! ^-^

@alex_long 5 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, a killer fashion episode would be very interesting! Please and thanks! :)

@kawaiidere1023 5 жыл бұрын

This video made me smile

@e.v.6389 5 жыл бұрын

I'm going to make me some ol fashioned popcorn on the stove. Watching this video made me crave it :)

@_m3ytr0_44 Жыл бұрын

watching while eating popcorn

@dramonmaster222 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! I had no idea that popcorn was so fascinating.

@everlongingg 5 жыл бұрын

New drinking game: Take a shot every time they say popcorn

@-Raffy 5 жыл бұрын

Great narrative voice...

@spotlessreviews7425 5 жыл бұрын

Popcorn+popdrink+movie=perfect combo

@paulrivera3252 4 жыл бұрын

People still sneak it in because Theater popcorn and other snacks are super expensive. One of our theaters in Albuquerque is next to a Dollar Tree. Well, you know what happens there.

@joshuajohnson3505 5 жыл бұрын

4:08 don’t be SALTY

@rsayad2001 5 жыл бұрын

I eat popcorn because it helps me avoid having to leave the theater in the middle of the movie to go to the bathroom.

@bryedtan 2 жыл бұрын

I know most people like eating popcorn while watching a movie. But for me I tend to eat a Bag of Potato Chips or Corn Chips. One time French Fries.

@KAlovesherkitties 5 жыл бұрын

I love this host, she's hilarious :)

@stankasssdjsjsjsj6484 5 жыл бұрын

Carl azuz is QUAKING from those puns

@ElladanKenet 5 жыл бұрын

Popcorn's my favorite snack. Nothing beats fresh movie theater popcorn. And though the butter they cover it in is pretty bad for your health, I prefer salty popcorn over chocolate and candy.

@tomryan914 3 жыл бұрын

Butter???, I've only seen 'Golden Topping'!

@emilydarling25 5 жыл бұрын

Your necklace is gorgeous!!! 😍✨💕

@ericacook2087 5 жыл бұрын

totally crushing on this woman.

@blueyoda444 5 жыл бұрын

I disagree with tip001 you do you :) And good video as always

@annakinnss3103 5 жыл бұрын

every time these videos are like “why do we eat popcorn in movies” and then 2 seconds later say some shit like “and what does the depression have to do with it” like okay? thanks bye you answered the question in about 15 seconds of the video

@deboralee1623 3 жыл бұрын

during the first minute, ¡Terry Gilliamesque animation! 👍

@PoseidonXIII 5 жыл бұрын

Killer fashion!! :D

@Petch85 5 жыл бұрын

way are there 1 videos?

@user-ht4ux3xn4s 5 жыл бұрын

This video got me eating movies and watching popcorn

@EmpressoftheLoneIslands 5 жыл бұрын

I would love an episode on the origin of the fraternity/sorority (and the honors organizations; Go Phi Theta Kappa!) and why they use Greek symbols. P.S. Love your channel!

@rphb5870 9 ай бұрын

First we need to recognise that we have a universal compulsion to eat while sitting still and watching stuff. when we understand that the question of why we eat popcorn in movies becomes simpler: its cheap, and as we have to eat something, we might as well eat something that is cheap.

@NhungNguyen-jm7rs 5 жыл бұрын

I can't believe that nickelodeon was a movie theater

@journalistTamaraPearson 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting topic! But - Mexico is not in South America.

@lisafields3403 5 жыл бұрын

Jiffy Pop as fun to make as it is to eat was their slogan

@hopefulskeptic42 5 жыл бұрын

"...unless it's Jiffy Pop which actually is kind of thrilling." You're so cute. Tee Hee. ;-)

@MinecraftPanda8 5 жыл бұрын

I would love a vid on the radium girls!

@littlebirdlife2389 5 жыл бұрын

Popcorn is a whole grain and should be one of four food groups (or however many food groups there are nowadays)

@tysloo81 5 жыл бұрын

can make a video about origin of copyright?

@daynenielgabrielcf85 3 жыл бұрын

literally eating popcorn while watching this video

@brittanyjackson7981 5 жыл бұрын

Video suggestion: Why do we eat cake on our birthday and why to we put candles on our cake

@user-vm5ud4xw6n 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh the good old days when the best night was at a drive in movie! Lots of popcorn! I always burned Jiffy Pop. Don’t know why. Never could get the right temperature. Watching popcorn pop at the movie theater was way more interesting! Not a fan of the microwave stuff. I have a popcorn popper for the microwave but it pops regular popcorn.