A Brief History Of Popcorn At The Movies

The Rest Is Entertainment

Goalhanger

Entertainment News, News, Books, Arts, Tv & Film

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Why did popcorn become the ultimate cinema snack? Do open letters work? And how long does it really take to film The 1% Club – and what does Lee Mack’s iPad have to do with it? Join Richard Osman and Marina Hyde as they answer all these questions, plus - how to avoid a comedian's cruel crowd work. The Rest Is Entertainment AAA Club: Become a member for exclusive bonus content, early access to our Q&A episodes, ad-free listening, access to our exclusive newsletter archive, discount book prices on selected titles with our partners at Coles, early ticket access to future live events, and our members’ chatroom on Discord. Just head to therestisentertainment.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestisentertainment. The Rest Is Entertainment is proudly presented by Sky. Sky is home to award-winning shows such as The White Lotus, Gangs of London and The Last of Us. Requires relevant Sky TV and third party subscription(s). Broadband recommended min speed: 30 mbps. 18+. UK, CI, IoM only. To find out more and for full terms and conditions please visit Sky.com For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com Assistant Producer: Aaliyah AkudeVideo Editor: Kieron Leslie, Charlie Rodwell, Adam Thornton, Harry SwanProducer: Joey McCarthySenior Producer: Neil FearnHead of Content: Tom WhiterExec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by our friends at Sky.
0:02.8	Now, they really know how to put on a show and to make it easy for us to enjoy them. Everything is just there. No digging around, no endless scrolling. Absolutely, and here's the magic. If you know what you're in the mood for, just say it into your remote. You want something specific? Say, sweet pee. And sweet pee will appear. If you want something, a genre, just say, show me horror, and your sky will show you horror movies, horror TV shows, anything in that genre. It really is magic. It's not magic, it's technology, but it feels like magic. It's like having a shortcut to your perfect evening. You speak, it listened, and suddenly, you three episodes in. A feast of entertainment right at your fingertips.
0:39.6	Feast Schmogersboard banquet.
0:41.0	Which makes me very hungry.
0:41.2	Yeah.
0:43.3	I wonder if you can get snacks from your remote.
0:44.8	Try it.
0:46.0	I'm being told you can't.
0:48.9	It's just the world of entertainment at your fingertips.
0:50.9	The world of food, you have to go elsewhere. So if you're ready to dive into top-notch entertainment,
0:53.9	just head to sky.com to learn more.
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