Why do most people eat popcorn while watching a movie?!
Question: I do it all the time, but how did popcorn get associated with movies in the first place?
Answers: I do it all the time, but how did popcorn get associated with movies in the first place?
Excellent question.
The advent of radio advertising helped boost popcorn sales, as did the sale of it by initially reluctant movie theater owners, who thought offering it to their customers "beneath their dignity" (p. 100). During the Depression, however, when they realized that not only would popcorn attract customers to their theaters, and that they could make a whopping profit from its sale, they gave up their scruples about noisy eaters and messy floors and gladly offered it. Up until the 1950s, most of the popcorn consumed in the United States was prepared and eaten outside the home, half of it in movie theaters. When television supplanted movies as a major form of entertainment in the 1950s and 1960s, popcorn producers and marketers had to scramble to retain their markets and get people to fix and eat it at home. Home appliances such as the electric corn popper, and heavy marketing of the great compatibility of popcorn with television, helped spur sale greatly. As Smith said, this effort "establish[ed] popcorn as part of the television ritual"
So to sum all of that up, movie theatre owners used the wonderful snack (popcorn) to attract customers and make more profit during the Depression. The tradition has carried on since then.
Hope that helps.
Good Question! I Have No Idea.
LOL. :P
Sorry.
But I Have ALways Wondered That..
Lol good question.. =)
I don't know but I hate it. Popcorn breath is the worst!
Cause Americans have to eat 24-7! lol
It was either popcorn or fried chicken.
cuz uts smothing that u dont have to open so u dont miss anything
It's tradition.
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