Popcorn was banned at movies

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  • Опубліковано 17 гру 2022
  • Shouts to Great Big Story for the inspo

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  • @HenryBelcaster
    @HenryBelcaster  Рік тому +143

    Learn more with us! SmartNonsense.com 🌈

  • @emdoubleyew3788
    @emdoubleyew3788 Рік тому +12485

    Glad to know snuggling treats into the theater is a long time tradition

    • @KingHenryIX
      @KingHenryIX Рік тому +784

      To rebel is in everyone's blood. Do you part today. Smuggle those snacks and drinks.

    • @ratuldeoun7228
      @ratuldeoun7228 Рік тому +495

      It's the theater's fault for making them so expensive at the food stand

    • @yeetbro3659
      @yeetbro3659 Рік тому +169

      ​@@ratuldeoun7228 5 dollars for a coke....

    • @batu5180
      @batu5180 Рік тому +174

      ​@@yeetbro3659 5K dollars for coke....

    • @Itiswhatitis638
      @Itiswhatitis638 Рік тому +170

      @@ratuldeoun7228 my cousin recently bought me a $15 hotdog. It didn’t even come with mustard and had to wait ages for them to deliver it.
      That’s 3 small pizzas at dominos. We spent 3 whole pizza worth on a single hotdog.

  • @michael0o0
    @michael0o0 Рік тому +4703

    "That'll be 15.99"
    "...bro I literally just ordered the smallest size"

    • @aempirethatnobodycaresabout
      @aempirethatnobodycaresabout Рік тому +333

      Nah man it'll cost $99.99 for a single piece. Except in Ohio, where popcorn cost a buck because the popcorn has bubonic plague and a random corspe in it.

    • @Kenny.Orellana
      @Kenny.Orellana Рік тому +73

      ​@@aempirethatnobodycaresabout As a non American, I can confirm this.

    • @ilovecakecanihaveapiece
      @ilovecakecanihaveapiece Рік тому +17

      ​@@aempirethatnobodycaresaboutGo to local theaters. They go for about $2 for a small where I'm from

    • @redfalcon6027
      @redfalcon6027 Рік тому +8

      @@ilovecakecanihaveapiece idk if u are joking- but the other person is joking-

    • @redfalcon6027
      @redfalcon6027 Рік тому +7

      @@aempirethatnobodycaresabout as a non-human,i can confirm this is true

  • @rishujeetrai5780
    @rishujeetrai5780 Рік тому +1277

    "... was cheap" Bro is right about that. It was. Now popcorn at theatres cost more than the movie tickets. 😂

    • @nw8097
      @nw8097 Рік тому +7

      🤣

    • @KinDiedYesterday
      @KinDiedYesterday Рік тому +6

      Yea lol

    • @soviet_doge1263
      @soviet_doge1263 Рік тому +28

      Home cooked is always better. Cheaper, better flavour, healthier and not stale! It is also really easy.

    • @dragonmasterlangeweg7625
      @dragonmasterlangeweg7625 Рік тому +24

      ​@@soviet_doge1263 my family gets a 50 pound bag of popcorn kernels an goes through it in about half a year in average and then we get another 50 pound bag. I can confirm that homemade popcorn is the best form of popcorn..

    • @valerievillanueva1409
      @valerievillanueva1409 Рік тому +5

      Still cheap for the theaters though. The insane markup for the snacks is because they don't make that much money from the tickets.

  • @mythicsandwich7171
    @mythicsandwich7171 Рік тому +4952

    Bro needs to be my history teacher
    Edit damn thank you

  • @irishmchealey8150
    @irishmchealey8150 Рік тому +283

    Loved how you put "The Jazz Singer" on the film. It really was the first movie with sound.

  • @ThatUnknownDude_
    @ThatUnknownDude_ Рік тому +824

    "great muffled snack"
    me hearing the movie: _oh my g-_ Aƪ֌ĆĤ- _this is great_

  • @Noobixm
    @Noobixm Рік тому +107

    “That’ll be $100,000,000”
    Bro I literally ordered one single popcorn kernel

  • @RadioMan2023
    @RadioMan2023 Рік тому +58

    Now I know why they allow popcorn but don't allow you to bring in your own food because its quieter than like chips or something

    • @butterwhatever
      @butterwhatever Рік тому +6

      and also bc the food sales would drop for them idk 😭 in my country they allow chips and other drinks in the theatre tho

    • @Zeivusgaming
      @Zeivusgaming Рік тому +3

      No. They want more money. Most of the ticket proceeds are sent to the movie makers. They get almost nothing from the sales

    • @RadioMan2023
      @RadioMan2023 Рік тому

      @@Zeivusgaming
      True and that lol

    • @jmurray1110
      @jmurray1110 Рік тому

      No it’s to create a captive audience and rip you off similar to a company town’s scrip

  • @maxchronos4567
    @maxchronos4567 Рік тому +5

    "Today, Half of most popcorn consumed are before the Movie Starts"

  • @austenv1373
    @austenv1373 Рік тому +11

    Man I love your vids!! Watched one and got hooked!! Keep going bro!

  • @SmoolyFace
    @SmoolyFace Рік тому +2

    And yet, the kernels keep getting stuck in my teeth and the roof of my mouth.

  • @JasonMaietta08
    @JasonMaietta08 Рік тому +10

    Wow we just watched the jazz singer in pop music class. It’s quite crazy to see the difference

  • @Rhn868
    @Rhn868 Рік тому +631

    Me after seeing this video -
    Mom i freaking need popcorn 🍿
    Edit - thanks for likes

    • @lovinq._.b4k3r18
      @lovinq._.b4k3r18 Рік тому +2

      516 likes but no replies?

    • @Rhn868
      @Rhn868 Рік тому +1

      @@lovinq._.b4k3r18 ya dude 😭

    • @yayanow44
      @yayanow44 Рік тому

      @@lovinq._.b4k3r18 523 likes but no replies? (Let’s start a chain lol)

    • @iFeelsoSigma69
      @iFeelsoSigma69 Рік тому

      ​@OwO Ok good sir

  • @andyofsac3514
    @andyofsac3514 Рік тому +2

    Dude I just wanted to take a second to appreciate your videos!! I just came across you and I can see your effort and drive! Keep it up!!

  • @steampoweredcanopener
    @steampoweredcanopener Рік тому +12

    Why do i love these videos so much
    Edit: Also what do you mean half who eats popcorn at their house that isn’t insane

  • @TheOriginalJphyper
    @TheOriginalJphyper Рік тому +2

    My local theater managed to stay afloat during the pandemic by selling popcorn on the sidewalk. The story has gone full circle.

  • @kevinthecurran
    @kevinthecurran Рік тому +161

    Hi there, really love the content. I did a decent amount of studying in college on early American film culture, and the commentary on early film being more upper class due to literacy isn't commentary I've ever heard before? Do you have a source list for these videos, because I'm interested in that piece of information

    • @suzusat
      @suzusat Рік тому +17

      it seems he copied this video and many others from another youtube channel called great big story, so check that out. Maybe they’ll have the sources listed there, doubt it though.

    • @malecadam8182
      @malecadam8182 Рік тому +7

      Do you really need a "source" for this type of obvious "common sense" topic🤔

    • @ParadiseDB7
      @ParadiseDB7 Рік тому +3

      Here's your source dude:
      Common sense

    • @usaagitsun6747
      @usaagitsun6747 Рік тому +10

      Especially since if we're talking the very early stages of film, the late 1800s, it was still the time where cinema was mainly purely attraction, and there wasn't much if anything that would require reading since dialogue wasn't prevalent yet. And there's oh so many silent films that worked without any text. The video absolutely needs a source for this claim.

    • @wilhelm2ndthefirst
      @wilhelm2ndthefirst Рік тому +5

      ​@@malecadam8182 It's literally almost the same WORD FOR WORD.

  • @dumbdsd
    @dumbdsd Рік тому +37

    So early I can smell the popcorn

  • @ahmadscientist6623
    @ahmadscientist6623 Рік тому +1

    when he said "it smellt really good" i really felt that

  • @void8656
    @void8656 Рік тому +3

    Love learning these small pieces of history @

  • @Slipperyisimproving
    @Slipperyisimproving Рік тому +1

    The Popcorn in Movie theaters was banned but it helped people munch on something during the escape from the scary 30s

  • @WatsonJustMossedYou
    @WatsonJustMossedYou Рік тому

    “Great muffled snack”
    That one kid in the theater in the back rows
    *MUNCH MUNCH*

  • @wheatOfTheUK
    @wheatOfTheUK Рік тому +6

    I’m actually happy that I live in 2022 after seeing this 😂

  • @myfirstcrappyvideobilly
    @myfirstcrappyvideobilly Рік тому

    Back in the day I remember theatres had a rule that no outside food. Reason being theatres make most of their money from the concessions. I had a short talk with the manager of the AMC theaters in a bar along the promenade because I liked getting a latte to drink while I watch the movie.

  • @R41ph3a7b6
    @R41ph3a7b6 Рік тому +1

    How nice. And to this day, people still snuggle food in theaters.

  • @palesamagonare
    @palesamagonare Рік тому +54

    This was interesting. Keep it up 🙂

  • @wylanvallotton4462
    @wylanvallotton4462 Рік тому +1

    The idea of going to the movies without popcorn is like the idea of going fishing without bate, or going to the beach without a towel. Not a requirement, but so strange to do. Yet that's just how history is always fascinating to someone who didn't live it.

  • @onlyfacts3101
    @onlyfacts3101 Рік тому +1

    Yo I’m diggin the new ‘UA-cam-profile-cowboy-selfie 😅 Yee haw my brethren 🤠

  • @family-bo2fw
    @family-bo2fw Рік тому

    Popcorn at Target is GOLD! Idk what they add but it’s addicting!!

  • @YG21.03
    @YG21.03 Рік тому +3

    Popcorn a universal symbol of equality lol

    • @jun31d_14
      @jun31d_14 8 місяців тому

      Good perspective

  • @milo-ze5dn
    @milo-ze5dn Рік тому

    "It was cheap"
    Wow times really do change.

  • @silence4804
    @silence4804 Рік тому

    Man answers all of the most random questions

  • @shuhratkessikbayev8886
    @shuhratkessikbayev8886 Рік тому

    As opposed to chips that no matter how loud the movie is the crunching of the chips will always somehow be a million decibels louder in your head.

  • @fatalcrabnow29
    @fatalcrabnow29 Рік тому +1

    Eating popcorn any time that isn’t in a movie theater or at a sports game that serves it just feels weird

  • @foxtron1276
    @foxtron1276 Рік тому +11

    "It was cheap"
    2020 cinemas: Allow me to introduce myself-

    • @TheKNIGHTELFMOHAWK
      @TheKNIGHTELFMOHAWK Рік тому +2

      Popcorn is still relatively cheap it’s just the theater upcharges a lot on it

  • @The1AndOnlySuperNova
    @The1AndOnlySuperNova Рік тому

    “Half is consumed in theaters” the other half is consumed by me

  • @Sardiniastan
    @Sardiniastan Рік тому

    Thats where 5 minutes crafts got the candy smuggling ideas...

  • @childdevourer3851
    @childdevourer3851 Рік тому

    This is the ultimate example of saying "Oh sh** we losing time to switch teams"

  • @problematicalot
    @problematicalot Рік тому

    "as a cheap escape from the great depression sorrows"
    Relate

  • @zupergurkan
    @zupergurkan Рік тому +1

    I used to live in a little town with a tiny movie theater. The amount of times I've seen people go in there and come out after a minute with a box of popcorn😂 movie popcorns really hit different!

  • @GoldinTeet
    @GoldinTeet Рік тому

    Popcorn in 1800: im super cheap!
    Popcorn in 2020: im expensive 💀

  • @cheydinal5401
    @cheydinal5401 Рік тому

    You're really good at making shorts that are grabbing your attention but in a non-toxic, non-obnoxious way. Which makes them better than like 90% of the stuff I've seen, even if you do tend to have that same pseudo-social smile every time which is a bit off, but it's ok

  • @deerhound_edits9697
    @deerhound_edits9697 Рік тому +7

    I’m just waiting for the next video: “TikTok was originally created for shipping blue tigers, here’s why”

  • @avieleleazar5690
    @avieleleazar5690 Рік тому

    This guy's have taught me more than school did

  • @AnIdiotFromGermany
    @AnIdiotFromGermany Рік тому

    This man needs to be a history teacher with his animation and this remind me of my father giving me a story about his grandpa/my great grandpa eating popcorn in the 18s

  • @mikorn8085
    @mikorn8085 Рік тому

    "that will be 50 dollars"
    me: i only ordered an medium...

  • @spacemanspliff7844
    @spacemanspliff7844 Рік тому

    Your mustache’s 5 o’clock shadow is strangely dark in a 1939 kind of way.

  • @TASHITE
    @TASHITE Рік тому

    Good god that smile is godly.

  • @jakajrich5832
    @jakajrich5832 Рік тому +1

    This channel should be a TV show

  • @archit2356
    @archit2356 Рік тому +5

    Great video!

  • @Bembiboi
    @Bembiboi Рік тому

    Action movies in the 1800s: *walking away from villain*

  • @anda1anda2anda123
    @anda1anda2anda123 Рік тому +1

    "Half the popcorn consumed in America is in theatrs." Is the popcorn still there?

  • @liv.g.ford06
    @liv.g.ford06 Рік тому

    As a movie theater employee, we do not care what you bring (if we don’t see it, we can’t stop you), we love popcorn (but hate cleaning it up), and this is really cool(keep up the good work).

    • @warmateo6261
      @warmateo6261 Рік тому

      Lol I the theater is full of nuclear atomic hydrogenic waste haha

  • @Notchashedyet
    @Notchashedyet Рік тому +1

    The other 50% is in my couch

  • @enderslime2090
    @enderslime2090 Рік тому

    Glad to be born where we can eat snacks in theaters

  • @dumbstroken6595
    @dumbstroken6595 Рік тому

    Him: Because it was cheap
    Me: *Visible confusion*

  • @Chloedasher
    @Chloedasher Рік тому +1

    I sometimes watch movies just so I can eat popcorn

  • @_pineappl243
    @_pineappl243 Рік тому

    ya "muffled" as you hear the loud sound of the *crunch*

  • @Mr.inv1sibl3
    @Mr.inv1sibl3 10 місяців тому

    Popcorn back then:"It was cheap"
    Popcorn now:"That'll be $17.55"

  • @ninjay2627
    @ninjay2627 Рік тому

    The other half is just me eating microwaveable popcorn

  • @elvatoenrique
    @elvatoenrique Рік тому

    The other half was me eating and Netflix and chill.

  • @CodX710
    @CodX710 Рік тому

    We got Henry with history, Omar with news, who else?

  • @hoshimochi5702
    @hoshimochi5702 Рік тому

    When I saw Frozen 2 in theaters, all I could hear was the thunderous roar of popcorn munching, bags rustling, people talking, and kids laughing whenever Olaf was on screen.😆🤦‍♀️ I don't like watching in theaters anymore unless it's not busy. Kids have an excuse, but older people don't have any movie manners these days.

  • @Just_Brad23
    @Just_Brad23 Рік тому

    "It was cheap"
    Proceeds to pay 5 cents for a box.

  • @Zaid.-_
    @Zaid.-_ Рік тому

    How I want my history class to be:

  • @Narrowexe
    @Narrowexe Рік тому

    Best 1800s side hustle

  • @eliasujashvili7113
    @eliasujashvili7113 Рік тому

    Him: PopCorn is a great muffled snack
    That one kid eating PopCorn the most disgraceful way: Hold My Beer!

  • @relser187
    @relser187 Рік тому

    I work at a movie theater! And people please, buy things from the concession stands its how theaters make money and can stay in business! :)

  • @SetuwoKecik
    @SetuwoKecik Рік тому

    Ah, reminds me when we're smuggling our homemade popcorn to the theater.

  • @GAMER_2010X
    @GAMER_2010X Рік тому

    If only my history teacher was like this

  • @_bunnyein
    @_bunnyein Рік тому +1

    The other 50% is at Disneyland

  • @pistincup352
    @pistincup352 Рік тому

    Damn, never thought Popcorn could be banned. I thought it was always in theater

  • @diicensmusic
    @diicensmusic Рік тому

    “Lets go back to the 1800s!”
    *NO….. NO, I DONT WANNA GO BACK TO THE COTTON FIELDS*

  • @failedlabexperimentnumber7710

    Movie theater popcorn just hit different

  • @AshKetchum442
    @AshKetchum442 Рік тому

    i was friends with a girl who said that her great grandpa helped popularize movie theaters having popcorn

  • @CallMeGeruuu
    @CallMeGeruuu Рік тому

    actually in my country
    "panama"
    you can go to a teather and wait for the line to get, Popcorn, Slushes, Twix bars, Skittles, Hotdogs Etc.
    So they are allowed!
    also in the cinema i usually visit is pretty big!
    muy grande!
    ..

  • @nch9689
    @nch9689 Рік тому

    Popcorn used to be banned, until they realised how much money they can make on such a cheep product.

  • @TrisTheAddict
    @TrisTheAddict Рік тому

    “1 popcorn please.”
    “That’ll be $124 sir.”

  • @povuhaveananimeprofilepicture

    “50% of all popcorn consumed in America is in theaters.”
    The other 50% is my fat ass in my house with my packaged popcorn

  • @JTAGames
    @JTAGames Рік тому

    Love your video format

  • @platypusmaster6415
    @platypusmaster6415 Рік тому

    That’s an amazing business idea

  • @Sana_Stars
    @Sana_Stars Рік тому +19

    im so early ariana still had tears to cry

  • @RGC_animation
    @RGC_animation Рік тому

    Those rich people back then must have watched a "10 ways to smuggle treats in movie theaters 😱😱😱" video by Troom Troom.

  • @MRicojr00
    @MRicojr00 Рік тому

    Me who still sneaks in outside candy from the store

  • @user-no4fq3dt7d
    @user-no4fq3dt7d Рік тому +3

    That sounds pretty strange , knowing that during late 19-th century only 20 percent of entire US population was illiterate , like i think maybe just cinema become cheaper and more available and that coincided with the appearance of sounded cinema?

    • @user-no4fq3dt7d
      @user-no4fq3dt7d Рік тому +1

      Even if we think that all illiterate people lived in cities only, there still like each second citizen is literate

  • @Hkdoyocgocf
    @Hkdoyocgocf Рік тому

    if i lived in the time of this and it was banned i wouldn't survive without popcorn

  • @SurprisinglyDeep
    @SurprisinglyDeep Рік тому

    Nowadays theatres make more then half their revenue from selling concessions (i.e. popcorn, soft drinks, nachos, hot dogs, candy bars etc.)

  • @w5527
    @w5527 Рік тому

    The history of the cinema is a history in smuggling food to enjoy it more

  • @Jacob_0
    @Jacob_0 Рік тому

    And now popcorn is 20 dollars a bucket at the movie theaters

  • @ohyaa6831
    @ohyaa6831 Рік тому

    Ppl really be sneaking food into theaters since the 1800s

  • @zKamoxz
    @zKamoxz Рік тому

    I learned more about popcorn now than anything this semester at school.

  • @sourkeasam8668
    @sourkeasam8668 6 місяців тому +1

    Back then:"That'll be 5 cents please"
    Thanks
    Now:that'll be 100000000000000$ please
    Bruh I just ordered a bucket

  • @Mythtician
    @Mythtician Рік тому

    When you can make popcorn without leaving the kernels inside that get stuck in your throat, game changer and will increase sales 10 fold instantly.

  • @AmzingAndwow
    @AmzingAndwow Рік тому

    "Popcorn doesn't exist in theaters"
    me: Excuse me?

  • @williamsanborn9195
    @williamsanborn9195 Рік тому +1

    Another random fact: bowling used to be banned in America.

  • @xtucs
    @xtucs Рік тому

    Bruh the first 3 seconds of me in the cinema my popcorn is already gone

  • @dashgodboy
    @dashgodboy Рік тому

    Me who watches movies for popcorn: "WHAT!!??"

  • @zamasuawaken1908
    @zamasuawaken1908 Рік тому

    i remember one time that we had some fast food we had bought outside and the cinema ticket seller was like: "ye you cant bring outside snacks inside" and then we just put everything in the bags and jackets and just go to the next ticket seller

  • @Heisenborg308
    @Heisenborg308 Рік тому

    Bro really just said
    "Lets go back to the 1800s"