How Orville Redenbacher Became a Popcorn Pimp
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2024
- Weird History Food is popping up a good one with the History of Orville Redenbacher. Orville wasn't always the iconic bespectacled popcorn-shucking spokesperson, he dedicated his life to finding the perfect corn to pop into perfection. Born in Indiana, Orville was always into popping corn and eventually became a global corporate icon. Get some butter and salt for this video and enjoy.
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No matter how high you rise in Orville's Popcorn Army, you'll still never be more than a colonel.
Kernel?
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That is a God tier dad joke. Here is your medal champ.🥉 😂
Like Sanders
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Orville reminds me of Mr. Rogers, both had a certain honesty, integrity, and niceness to their personality.
Mr. Rogers always radiated goodness.
Were they ever spotted in the same place at the same time?
Yeah Redenbacher's 80s commercials as a kid reminded me of everyone's commercial granddad.
To me, he was a hybrid between Fred Rogers and Don Knotts!
Oh my gosh, totally. A nice friendly man in the tv 🤘
“Popcorn pimp” is not something I expected to read today
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For real 🤷♂️
Back in the day my grandparents grew their own popcorn. It was popped on the stove in a kettle with bacon grease. Topped with melted butter and Laurys season salt.
That sounds amazing!
Omg! That’s sounds awesome! How did they exactly do it with the recipe ?
Ohhh ideas
My family has done the same except used just salt & butter. The bacon grease gives it a good flavor. But I will try it with the Lawrys. 😊
The way Orville dressed he could technically be a pimp. He did butter the pockets his product came in. That is poppin'. 😏 🍿
Truly the lord of popcorn.
Chilean here. Pop corn is, like, ancient. We call it "cabritas" - little goats. It is/was usually made and sold in the streets, in paper bags; caramelized sugar is the usual condiment. It wasn't seen in cinema theaters until American chains arrived with their buckets of popcorn and soda.
I think most people still buy it from street vendors, or make them at home, as you can find that kind of corn in most natural food stores and supermarkets (maíz curagua).
I think no one here would ever think of trying to make a successful business out of something you can buy cheaply or make yourself even cheaper.
Except Americans are kinda stupid when it comes to such mundane things that people in other countries are just accustomed to. You can't generally buy bulk bags of popping corn in stores in the US, because not enough people know how to prepare it and the market just isn't there. It's sad, because the history of popping corn in the US is also ancient, but the advent of sweet corn really diminished popping corn to a novelty.
@@mndlessdrwer Lol, are you a dumb fuck?....There is literal 2 lbs bags of popcorn..Unpopped, sold in every single American super market.
The part that modern people would find hard to believe is that he was able to afford to go to Purdue by making money selling popcorn out the back of his car.
By the way, if what I've read was correct, popcorn actually enjoyed a revival of sorts by the late 1950's. Reason: the Coca-Cola Company, who suggested pairing eating salty popcorn with drinking Coca-Cola while watching the then-nascent television programming. It ended up benefiting both the popcorn companies and Coca-Cola simultaneously.
Pepsi is better than coke
@DavidS22003 Tastes better, yes, but both are absolute *garbage* for your health.
@@DavidS22003 But Pepsi didn’t start to be really prominent in the USA until the middle 1970’s. The story I mentioned dates from the early 1950’s, back when Coca-Cola totally dominated the soft drink market.
If I remember correctly, wasn't this the time period where it was discovered that subliminal messages had been edited into movies at theatres? Movie houses (as they were called back then) needed to increase their concession sales and they'd insert these micro ads, usually flashing images like popcorn, soda and candy. It wasn't discovered until many years later, maybe the 1980's or so (?), and quickly got banned.
@@DavidS22003 Pepsi is great if you like the distinct taste of soil.
Thanks for bringing back Tom Blank, weird history’s best narrator
I wish I could have my best commenter back, tho.
I once saw him in person at a Christmas parade in my old neighborhood. He was named the Grand Marshall of the parade.
Redenbacher deserves a dramatic, high budget documentary film of his life, with the most dramatic trailer possible.
The corn doesn't show its full anger until you're trying to poop it out.
All of this talk of popcorn brings back nostalgia. My dad would cook kernels of popcorn on the stove in a large pan with a little oil. It had a certain flavor to it cooking that way.
Did anyone else have "stove top popcorn" growing up?
My dad would always make popcorn in the pan too, and I very fondly remember the commercials in the 80s.
I still make stove top popcorn. Tastes much better than in the microwave, and as it cooks you then put butter and salt or cheddar salt on it to get a better coating and flavor
We make ours on the stove! Taste better than movie theatre popcorn.
We have one of those old school popcorn carts. Before getting that we usually made it on the stove though.
I had stove top popcorn...until my brother and me begged Mom to just buy the newfangled microwave stuff so we wouldn't have to eat burned popcorn that tasted nasty from the overheated oil it was popped in lending off flavor to the corn and occasionally setting off the smoke alarm.
I remember Kelly Bundy on "Married With Children" jokingly talking about Orville Redenbachers's super cool grandson Gary !🤣
I grew up on microwave popcorn. It’s good but……. I bought a stovetop popper and have never looked back. Plus, you get more of those slightly burned ones. My favorite ones. lol
I remember that we had a Joe Namath popcorn popping machine in my family when I was a kid. It was basically a hot plate with a tall plastic lid covering it. It also had a trough of sorts on the top of it with holes in it for melting butter as the popcorn popped. Ground-breaking technology at its best! Go USA!
Making Popcorn On Top Of The Stove Will Always Be Best
I love that popcorn over act II
My favorite popcorn is kettle corn. The perfect combination of salty and sweet. I do add lots of butter spray too (yes, I use butter flavored cooking spray on my popcorn. It does not make the popcorn soggy like with actual butter or margarine).
I do the same thing 😊
My favorite too!
"Kettle Corn, the heroin of the Farmer's Market." -Homer Simpson.
Just had some last night it's one of the few snacks that ok for diabetics to eat 😊
In a future episode, I would love to hear the story of the infamous 1988 cinematic masterpiece, Mac and Me, the time when McDonald’s and Coke teamed up to make an E.T ripoff.
That's my favourite Paul Rudd movie
Way better than Quantumania
And that musical number
*Chefs kiss*
I prefer the MST3K version
My favorite way to eat popcorn is made on the stove covered in pickled Jalapeno juice. It's like having nachos.
My choise? Orville Redenbacher straight popping corn fresh, out of the jar, in my popping appliance. Served with REAL butter and sea salt - a feast fit for a king!!!!
On Telegraph Road outside detroit, there's the old Detroit Popcorn company. It closed down, the businesses signs are still up. It used to be an entire store dedicated the popcorn and popcorn machines. I remember going there when I was a kid with my dad
Orville Redenbacher's popcorn 🍿 are excellent. 😀👍
This video is poppin’!
He was always the Dave Thomas of popcorn to me. Mom always made fresh popcorn on the stovetop with just a little vegetable oil and Orville's kernels. We would sprinkle Reese's cheddar cheese salt on top of it. Today, I'm tossing a pack of Act II butter lovers in the microwave. It has more butter flavor and is closer (and faster) to movie theater popcorn. I still occasionally enjoy making stovetop popcorn for my family though, seasoned with a little salt, garlic powder and parmesan cheese.
Wait a minute, Reese’s had a cheddar cheese???
I like to pop my popcorn on the stove, throw it in a big bowl, and pour butter all over it. As for the seasonings, sometimes I'll use Old Bay, sometimes Greek seasoning, sometimes curry powder. And a touch of MSG for that umami flavor.
Orville Redenbacher was, and still is, the GOAT.
Finally, you all fulfilled my request!🍿🍿🍿🍾
Automatic thumbs up for the narrator! 👍👍👍
This is definitely a vid to watch while eating Popcorn
I've always loved how real Orville Redenbacher is just from the standpoint that he wasn't a mouthpiece, he wasn't a shill, he wasn't some paid actor, it was quite literally his popcorn, his product and (up until it was sold) his company.
Popcorn pimp is now added to my list of insults 😂
Microwave popcorn is a travesty. I pop Kroger brand at 1/3 the price and love it --- but I think I'll splurge on some Orville Redenbacher and do a side by side comparison. Popcorn is one of my favorite food groups!
It's not worth it. I'm not sure if things have changed over the years, but I quit buying the name brand popcorn and switched to store brand. It's so much cheaper, and just as tasty, with almost no unpopped kernels.
It's all marketing
Honestly I think the Act II Extreme Butter is better than Orville’s as far as microwaved corn goes. Stove top or in a popcorn maker is definitely the way to go though.
Fresh pan popped beats all others hands down. Even movie theater. You just have to know how to butter it. Clarified SALTED butter mixed with coconut oil, drizzled in and shaken, not stirred. Also use coconut oil to pop it in the pan. Plus a little white cheddar powder or nacho cheese or both (or sprinkle a ton like I use) it's pretty fantastic.
Popcorn Pimp 😂🤣. Man I loved me some Mr. Redenbacher back in the 80s as a kid. He was like everyone's commercial grandad.
I remember watching him on the popcorn commercials as a kid. I'm 40 now.
POPCORN!
dooo dooo deee dooo deee dooot dooot! dooo dooo deee dooo deee dooot dooot!
Why am I getting emotional about popcorn? I remember seeing countless TV commercials with Orville growing up in the '70s and '80s. He was kinda -- excuse me -- corny, but absolutely genuine. The idea that he is responsible for bringing popcorn back to -- sorry -- popularity is amazing. We salute you sir! Now, pass the popcorn.... 🍿🍿
Orville pimp slapped the corn kernels so hard they popped.
I got an ear of corn the other day meant for microwaving it was literally like a dried ear and it came in a plastic bag with a paper bag inside it. and it really was super good.
I suspect that the main reason he disliked the notion of microwavable popcorn wasn't due to a mundane distrust of microwaves like some might expect. I'd be willing to bet that he disliked the fact that packing the corn and oil into a plastic-lined, open ended paper bag would lead to premature rancidity, in a similar vein to how the foil-packed Jiffy-pop could go rancid if not consumed quickly. The corn itself would be fine, but the oil really needed to be kept air-tight, and you can't really microwave or cook over the oven any container that is truly air-tight unless you want it to explode violently. So it would be no surprise that for someone who strived to make the best popcorn that he possibly could, a compromised product that wasn't assembled fresh from known good ingredients would rub him the wrong way. He'd probably be perfectly content to see people use a microwavable popcorn popper with his gourmet popping corn and seasoned oil. It is still inferior to an air popper or a popcorn hopper, but it's better than bagged popcorn.
Microwave popcorn is absolutely toxic
Making popcorn on the stove is easy and 10x better than microwave. Microwave popcorn isn’t even worth eating
It’s also toxic
I love making my homemade popcorn. I use a pot,kernals,and oil. When you are on a budget it's a great snack 😋
And better for you. 😊
Nice!! The good narrator! Thanks!
bruhhhh you must be an incel, it’s okay….women don’t like sexist men
A+ video!
LOVE IT! Had no idea he was such an innovator!
My good friend studied corn/teosinte as her botany masters degree. It's absolutely fascinating history and very different history of most grains
Thanks for this! 🍿
One of the easiest and Tasty Popcorn Hacks I've ever seen is to take the Popcorn Bowl and rub down the insides with crushed Garlic Cloves, toss in the Popcorn and toss it around a bit and you'll get a nice light garlic flavor which is quite Tasty !
There’s gotta be a whole multiverse out there fueled by a buttery, crunchy confectionery 🤪🤟🏻💥🍿
I've tried several different brands of popcorn 🍿 and Redenbacher's is doubtless the best
I can't believe I've watched litererally every single video that has came out within that same day or the next day. Keep up the great work! 🙂
Pretty amazing what has been accomplished. HUGE popped kernals with almost zero duds.
Loved their pour over butter microwave popcorn
I still remember seeing this great TV Commercial involving Popcorn 🍿🍿 and good watch any TV Show or Movie 🎥.
I love your videos!!!! Any chance on doing more channels like Weird History Cars, Weird History Architecture, some stuff like that i think you could become huge!!!!
4:19 We used to have ambrosia all the time when I worked at The Waterford, and assisted-living facility.
Everyone loved it.
I'm from that area of Indiana. I'm from the near by county, Parke county. But was born in Brazil, Indiana. It's in Clay county. They have a popcorn festival every year.
Favorite popcorn to date.
Orville Redenbacher is the ROCK STAR of Popcorn!!!!!🍿🍿🍿🤗🤗🤗
"Let's all go to the lobby, let's all go to the lobby, let's all go to the lobby to get ourselves a treat!" - Various Treats
1:43 Scholastic...that reminds me of the fantastic Scholastic Book Fairs, those are the best!
amazing!!
I always chuckle when I imagine the first guy to discover popcorn.
What a time to be alive, paid for college selling popcorn.
I have one of Orville's original John Deere corn shellers that he used to shell some of the first popcorn setting in my shed
I like how he was just a guy that liked making the best popcorn possible and not much else. He was POPPING off on that front
I buy popcorn in bulk and pop one tablespoon at a time in a pot of equal olive oil. It is a great snack. Love the history of it. From Chinese street vendors to Laura engels fireplace.
I’m allergic to corn so I can’t really eat popcorn without regretting it later… But man oh man do I love some good kettle corn 😋
The hives are only temporary after all 😅
Yummmmmmmmm!
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I remember having a friend that work at one on e popcorn stores at the mall. We used to rob that place blind daily. We had popcorn coming out of our freaking ears!
5:28 Doing a keg stand is a college must, it should be on everyone's college bucket list.
“poppin’ off” got me lmao
@Wierd History Food your videos are awesome! I especially appreciate your painstaking dedication of showing credit for clips and photos in your videos. That top left corner is GOLD
Keep up the great work!
That’s pretty cool.
OR Ultimate Butter Microwave is my go to popcorn.
I've tried all the others, including the organic types, and still come back to Ultimate butter, lol....
Oh I love cheddar popcorn but a good bucket of normal popcorn with some salt and butter is also excellent
There are two commercials I particularly remember from the 80’s .
Of course These one’s and the other is the ‘Country Time Lemonade’ - “Not too Tart , Not too Sweet”.
My favorite is butter popcorn.
“Pop pop pop”-Ruby Redenbacher
I quite literally just sat down with a bag of popcorn, wtf youtube? LMFAO
I love that popcorn, always keep 5 boxes on top of the microwave.
I had some old country neighbors who ate popcorn as a breakfast cereal.
good video
Popcorn the only narrator worth listening to!
“only narrator worth listening to” are you one of those virgin incels?
I’d love to hear about that history of Lays potato chips.
Redenbacher's corn really does pop up fluffier. It always has.
Orville Redenbacher (satirized as Neville Rickenbacher) looks like Jimmy Carter and Don Knotts in the thumbnail!
Now I want some popcorn
I don't care for any of the microwaved popcorn cause it has too much salt.
I was gifted a hot air popper and I absolutely love It! I use real melted butter sparingly applied and it's both tastier and healthier than that microwaved stuff. I do not add any salt, since there is a small amount of salt in all butter to preserve it. Using any sort of margarine makes the popcorn greasy and gross.
I actually tested the redenbachers popcorn vs jolly time and cheap brands. Used the same amounts of each and tested for unpopped kernels and also size when popped. There is a significant difference in both areas that give the redenbachers brand an edge
I came here after watching Meat Canon
Orville Redenbacher, along with his business partner Charlie Bowman, developed a hybrid popcorn that had a unique popping quality, producing large, fluffy kernels. The popcorn's distinct characteristics, such as its tenderness and shape, contributed to the success of their gourmet popcorn brand.
Dude, that "that's snack food, not food food", got me right in the 8 year old.
CELIBATE POPCORN, RORY! 🎉🍿🇺🇲🍿👍
Now I want popcorn
Butter,you can’t go wrong with a time honored flavor.
Love RB Popcorn, I still cook it the OLD FASIONED way on the stove. I think it tastes better that way. But that may JUST be me.
Ooh the good narrator
as a German i never heart of him before. so meat canyons animation introduced me to him.
Im so glad the first impression will stuck forever