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Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

Yeah, don't be stupid.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

Yeah, don't be stupid.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

Yeah, don't be stupid.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

Oh, yeah, it's gluten-free, right? Yeah. And it is good. You're not just saying that. Yeah, it's pretty good. Because you spent some money on it. By God, you're going to like it.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

Oh, yeah, it's gluten-free, right? Yeah. And it is good. You're not just saying that. Yeah, it's pretty good. Because you spent some money on it. By God, you're going to like it.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

Oh, yeah, it's gluten-free, right? Yeah. And it is good. You're not just saying that. Yeah, it's pretty good. Because you spent some money on it. By God, you're going to like it.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

I saw a recipe for popcorn bread, and I was like, wow, that sounds interesting. And if you look closely, there's like five other types of flour in it. Popcorn is just part of it. Yeah. I'd still eat it if somebody else made it, you know? Yeah. So we finally made it to the 20th century.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

I saw a recipe for popcorn bread, and I was like, wow, that sounds interesting. And if you look closely, there's like five other types of flour in it. Popcorn is just part of it. Yeah. I'd still eat it if somebody else made it, you know? Yeah. So we finally made it to the 20th century.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

I saw a recipe for popcorn bread, and I was like, wow, that sounds interesting. And if you look closely, there's like five other types of flour in it. Popcorn is just part of it. Yeah. I'd still eat it if somebody else made it, you know? Yeah. So we finally made it to the 20th century.

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Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

And the reason the 20th century became such a big deal as far as popcorn goes is because that is when movies started to come out. At first, they were silent movies and then talkies and movie theaters started to open throughout the United States. And very quickly, people were like popcorn and movies go together really well. But it turns out the theater owners were the last ones to figure this out.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

And the reason the 20th century became such a big deal as far as popcorn goes is because that is when movies started to come out. At first, they were silent movies and then talkies and movie theaters started to open throughout the United States. And very quickly, people were like popcorn and movies go together really well. But it turns out the theater owners were the last ones to figure this out.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

And the reason the 20th century became such a big deal as far as popcorn goes is because that is when movies started to come out. At first, they were silent movies and then talkies and movie theaters started to open throughout the United States. And very quickly, people were like popcorn and movies go together really well. But it turns out the theater owners were the last ones to figure this out.

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Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

Yes. I mean, like a lot of money off of popcorn. There's a well-trod story about a theater owner from during the Depression named R.J. McKenna, who found that popcorn was basically keeping his theater afloat during the Depression. People didn't really have much money for a movie theater ticket, but if they did, they still had money enough for popcorn because it was a cheap snack. So R.J.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

Yes. I mean, like a lot of money off of popcorn. There's a well-trod story about a theater owner from during the Depression named R.J. McKenna, who found that popcorn was basically keeping his theater afloat during the Depression. People didn't really have much money for a movie theater ticket, but if they did, they still had money enough for popcorn because it was a cheap snack. So R.J.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

Yes. I mean, like a lot of money off of popcorn. There's a well-trod story about a theater owner from during the Depression named R.J. McKenna, who found that popcorn was basically keeping his theater afloat during the Depression. People didn't really have much money for a movie theater ticket, but if they did, they still had money enough for popcorn because it was a cheap snack. So R.J.

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Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

McKenna made the very wise business decision of lowering his ticket prices below what he would have made a profit on because he made so much money off of popcorn in the concession stands. And I think the number that's bandied about is $200,000 from popcorn alone, which is more than $4.5 million today if that's in 1936 dollars. Wow. From popcorn.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

McKenna made the very wise business decision of lowering his ticket prices below what he would have made a profit on because he made so much money off of popcorn in the concession stands. And I think the number that's bandied about is $200,000 from popcorn alone, which is more than $4.5 million today if that's in 1936 dollars. Wow. From popcorn.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

McKenna made the very wise business decision of lowering his ticket prices below what he would have made a profit on because he made so much money off of popcorn in the concession stands. And I think the number that's bandied about is $200,000 from popcorn alone, which is more than $4.5 million today if that's in 1936 dollars. Wow. From popcorn.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

Yeah, for sure. And he said a bit of a tradition, as we'll find out, that popcorn's still big profits.

Stuff You Should Know
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?

Yeah, for sure. And he said a bit of a tradition, as we'll find out, that popcorn's still big profits.