Living History-The Popcorn Sutton Interviews (complete)

[@eyestoenvy]

I'm a Latino male residing in the South Bronx in NYC (home of the Yankees) and yet I too have heard of this man and his craft/product. Yet what I can't comprehend is just how much precious time and resources were pulled from other major SERIOUS crimes, in order to pursue this man to the point of driving him to his own death, for what amounts to nothing. Why do this to someone up in the hills in the middle of nowhere, who isn't hurting or bothering anyone, but merely guilty of distilling some booze for the locals and providing for his family? Much of it given away to friends at that. Hell we do that shit (distill our own booze) back home in Puerto Rico as if nothing but tradition! Life would be a whole lot better all around if we'd just try and concentrate on doing what's right AND minding our own dam business. Condolences to his family, friends, and all the fans of his shine.

[@knockemoutjohnjustjohn2763]

Dear Mr. Eyes Cry not. Your living proof that even in New York city there are good people who know what's right and what isn't. I live in rural eastern Iowa. My closest neighbors are a quarter mile away. It's about 35 miles west of the Mississippi river and 2 miles away from the wapsi river bottoms. Corn and soybean fields with plenty of woods. Peace and quiet. Good deer and pheasant hunting. Good fishing. You sound a little like a country boy yourself. God bless and have fun. The ugly gentile putz.......John

[@johndowe7003]

It's tax evasion it hurts the economy more than some traffic stop would.

[@asabovesobelow7981]

Truer words.. 💛✌💛

[@brandonpennington1983]

I'm glad I aint the only one that sees the bullshit.

[@cabininthewoods7326]

And he never asked any government for nothing, a self sufficient man.

[@codywright6667]

Man I am so jealous of who ever made this. Would have LOVED to just sit and listen to his stories! Love listening to older people tell stories about growing up. RIP Popcorn!

[@dillfincollins6516]

Neil Hutchison is the creator of these Popcorn videos, idk if he was related to Popcorn in some way or not.

[@MrSomethingElse]

Hear that... It's dumb, he was a national treasure, they didn't need to do him like that

[@mgdarenz]

He was a stanky hillbilly.

[@francesivey7811]

i would love to get a hold of some of his moonshine. he's such a down to earth grassroots people. my kind of people. RIP popcorn.

[@kennethmatney9622]

A lot of people just like Popcorn here in the mountains of Va., Tn., Ky. and WV. But they are are disappearing fast. A great generation of mountain folk, I miss my grandmaw so much, popcorn reminds me of her a lot.

[@GOGOSLIFE]

My dad was a moonshiner too. He made the best screech the RCMP ever came across. He was busted, but they couldn't find the top of the still(he told me where it was, before he died), so he pretty much walked. They watched him for years. We lived in a house by the lake and they'd sit in a boat with binoculars watching him. I remember helping him when I was a little kid. I'd go with him to get the fruit from the farmer(a friend of dad's, who made his own cider too), and I'd put the sugar in the barrels of peaches. I remember my eyes watering when I went in the garage, the smell was so strong. RIP Dad, you led quite the life!

[@terriburns8174]

That's awesome!

[@ashleewalker1858]

He sure did from the sounds of it, and gave you some wonderful memories! Thank you for sharing!

[@7777PEACEMAKER]

Priceless wisdom for sure

[@Spaethon]

I'd love to hear his conversation. Moonshiner Canadian. What a special gem. R.I.P Good Sir

[@angel3291]

Love that u have that great memory

[@jackhammer8563]

I was supposed to leave the house an hour ago but I can't turn this off. I could listen to this man tell stories all day.

[@rebecagonzalez1434]

Me too

[@Wesmancan]

Your fired.

[@shannaprissyleamon1311]

I was thinking the exact same thing 😂

[@BrianButterworth-s4z]

I read your comment in Popcorn's accent. 😅

[@michaelshanahan4042]

Same 😊

[@justinwingfield2271]

Thought I would watch about ten minutes, couldn’t help but watch the whole thing. This man was a legend rest in piece sir.

[@garyfrancis6193]

Peace?

[@justinwingfield2271]

Whoops yeah

[@paulwilson757]

. Same ...

[@paullopes846]

Same here. Started to watch ten minutes and then ended watching the whole thing.

[@rustyruss2962]

Me Too

[@Last_Chance.]

I used to go sit with popcorn and the old timers on Sunday afternoons and take a nip or two and just listen to them talk. I miss them days

[@claymack1109]

Did you ever notice how it's seems you learn more from them then you do in any classroom

[@TaylorClark-s5u]

Can I ask are you related to popcorn

[@claymack1109]

@@TaylorClark-s5u me no

[@TaylorClark-s5u]

@@claymack1109 oh I was just wondering cuz I wish I could meet him I found out today he's my 5th great uncle

[@claymack1109]

@@TaylorClark-s5u dude that's awesome

[@roosterj2599]

Popcorn had tons of good sense and a great memory to be able to tell his story in detail. RIP Popcorn. You will always be remembered as a true legend.

[@void1718]

He’s been one well of a handsome man too

[@Humblemumble7]

He's not as old as he looks, that's the problem. He looks damn 80, he was in his late 50s right here Lol

[@koDaffi]

​@@Humblemumble7 I point that out all time. Everyone acts like he was 90 and he was barely in his 50s during these interviews lol.

[@artvandelay48]

The words legend and iconic get thrown around so much these days. But old popcorn Sutton truly deserves both of those titles. He represents a dying or even probably by now totally dead way of life. Can’t get much more American than him.

[@ChichiNaka]

He was like 45 talking about stories from 10 years ago, if the 45-55 year olds you know can't recall stories from their 20s and 30s get them help

[@jberryhill1108]

I’m from the south. Moved to the mid west few years ago. Family passed away and wanted somewhere new. Listening to popcorn talk brought a tear to my eye. A lot of people I loved and respected spoke just like that. Shore do miss em.

[@Vadanovltch]

yes sir. i love hearing his story’s cause he reminds me of my family too.

[@BreckFrazureComedy]

God Bless ya brother. I know that’s a tough feeling. You’ll be reunited with them one day and it will be great!

[@steviechampagne]

@@BreckFrazureComedyyou are reunited with those you love everytime you bring them up in your imagination our imagination is our key to the universe

[@georgebrimford749]

Me too. Hearing him talk puts me in mind of folks I use to know. I miss them as well.

[@Arykperry]

Wish I would’ve had the honor to shake Popcorn’s hand just one time before he departed this world. He was a simple man but had great morals and conviction .

[@cM-zm5kp]

Definitely not simple but I get u

[@artvandelay48]

That’s not the full story his daughter hated him, so he definitely had some flaws. I mean everyone does but people look up to him as some kind of kindly old man, and that’s just not all there is to him. He was an alcoholic deadbeat dad

[@ricktaylor3748]

@@artvandelay48 Popcorn was NOT an alcoholic, he drank from time to time. Not heavy. I knew Popcorn very well. YOU obviously didn't. He was 61 years old when he died.

[@lukesutton7891]

​@artvandelay48 you only know one side of the story. Maybe you should know the daughter, her mother and Popcorn and the whole story before forming an opinion. It's funny how mothers can turn kids against their fathers but never truly tell the whole story. Too much spite work and kids used as pawns to try to get back at fathers from broken relationships or marriages.

[@ricktaylor3748]

@@lukesutton7891 I know more sides to the story than you ever will. I've had many, many meals with Popcorn and Pam. I helped on several "runs" of white liquor. I realize his daughter didn't care for her daddy. Sometimes I didn't like the way he went about things, that's just how he was. You can't beat a dead horse.

[@jadepaulsen8456]

Keep these stories alive. They are important.

[@isardella4685]

I could listen to him tell stories for hours. It's like listening to my relatives back in the day .

[@terriburns8174]

Me too.

[@angel3291]

U got that right

[@serenaiannone376]

Same here. My people. I miss hearing this.

[@yomolicheu]

I swear to GOD I can listen to him for hours, I found this video from watching a Whittakers video and I've been stuck for hours

[@msherry5]

Same. Just like my granddaddy, my uncles & my dad.

[@poboy942]

It must have been such an honor to be the man to interview and sit down and conversate with popcorn. The man is legendary here in Tennessee. You did an excellent job with these popcorn Sutton videos

[@nealhutcheson3755]

Thank you. It was.

[@aprilleighallred8546]

Popcorn Sutton is held as a legend here in North Carolina, too! He was an artist in so many aspects and someone who should have been treasured for his knowledge instead of being hounded to death for a tax dollar! Rest in Peace Popcorn

[@Babybugex]

Popcorn would sit and talk with any man. Well not the government man. Maggie Valley is a sadder darker place with out his T model Ford chugging around.

[@zoiefinnian3540]

@ po boy Baby, it’s Converse**. Conversate is not a word.❤

[@carolynjustagagirl2315]

I agree with you, however I think you mean converse, the other word is made up.

[@brettbrinkman4387]

I'm 54. My pops is 80. When l tell younger people my dad grew up on a farm in hot SW Oklahoma. No electricity , no running water. Out house. A pot to pass in isn't just a saying. They look at me like I'm lying. Just 2 generations ago people were so tough. Took care of each other all the time. What happened America? Guns? Raised in the country? Poor. Yes. I love my dad's stories. Him and his friends settling their horses. Spending their weekends riding, hunting and camping. My dad didn't have a TV until he was out of high school. I've seen the house he was raised in. Rough life. He was one of the poor kids at school. My grandfather l never met. He killed himself when my pops was 16. He struggled with mental health when they gave shock treatments. My dad, at 80 still not over that. He had to quit school to help my grandmother. That's the toughness of my dad's generation . At least the have not back then. Now?

[@judyhalsell9510]

In 1963 we were living in a clapboard house with no running water thus an outhouse. Expected to work in the rich bit-- cotton fields for nothing.At 14 I walked to town and got a job in a small cafe and motel. This white privilege lie that many in this country believe is a huge lie. They will never show the people in Appalachia that are dirt poor on national t.v or tell the true story of what many whites have lived thru.

[@angel3291]

I understand where u coming from I enjoyed listening to my father's stories and my mom's growing up and I look at how it is now and how lazy and entitled this generation is my own kids who r only in their 20s act like life will stop without their phones I wish more people would take pride in where they come from older generation is wiser and I loved that bout my gparents

[@peterherard8207]

They weren't OFFENDED BY EVERYTHING, men had dicks & women had vaginas & were the only ones having babies , supreme court justices COULD TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT A WOMEN IS & THEY KEEP STRICT CONTROL OF THE BORDERS , there was lots of immigrants, LEGAL .... America wasnt on the fast track to 3rd would nationhood

[@tylerlormand5644]

COME TO LOUSIANA WE STILL LIVING LIKE THAT

[@TonyBMW]

People in Kosovo still live like you described it to this day.

[@IamAngelHart]

It's so sad to see our history dying with good folks like Popcorn. Hope to get to meet you in the next life Popcorn. God bless ya.

[@lalejandro214]

Im from Dallas Texas and I’m Mexican “ Tejano” and I respect popcorns story. He seemed so happy and he made something so small feel like everything in the world. That’s what you call living life. The world needs more people like popcorn.

[@angelanetherton8240]

Hey I use to live in Dallas, Texas… I lived on east 8th street. I lived there from 2 to 12 then we moved cause my mom got robbed at piggly wiggly .. she had enough said we’re going to Tennessee.. Where I was born… Any ways what ever happened to James Bowie elm school? I heard stories like this man tells when I moved here . Meet true hillbillies. What was funny is I thought all hillbillies wore straw hats overalls and no shoes hahaha. That’s how their pictured in books and such..they do have best stories and I luv the way they talk. I won’t lie I didn’t at first. I couldn’t understand wtf they were saying. Now I sound just like them. I’m well I’m old enough .. just seen you were from Dallas wanted to ask how it was going there.

[@benhood4248]

I could listen to old timers like this all day. We’re losing this generation and we need to respect them and continue their legacy and their values.

[@vella4897]

This man was so funny.He made me laugh.

[@claymack1109]

So true. It seems to me that you learn more from them then you would from any gooney as teacher

[@jeremythompson1593]

I love listening to popcorn Suttons stories, Just like he said, “I tell it like it is, if u don’t like it, well then go the on then” The way he talks when he’s telling his stories draws you in like your sitting right there beside him, and you don’t want his stories to ever end…. RIP Popcorn Sutton…

[@gabrielvasquez599]

I

[@mrmoofle]

Story telling is a dying art.

[@Art-ot2jn]

My grand daddy never pId fer electricity he climbing the hydro pole and cutting into the wire and joined er up the wire same with the telephone

[@evanatkinson8713]

I could listen to Popcorn's stories all day. What a legend

[@MadMan559est69]

What love this man had for his father, down to his last day. His father must have been awesome for his son to keep him as close as he did for all his years.

[@ellenlewis9860]

I helped my grandmother make her last batch of soap over a fire in the backyard. I am 68yo. She passed when I was 14. She was 89. I stayed with her every weekend.

[@carolbabb7875]

@@ellenlewis9860 When about 13-14 I used to help my Nana with household chores because my Mom worked on the weekends. One of them was hanging her laundry out, waiting for it to dry, and then taking it in in the summer. I had to hang all the sox paired together, then all the underwear. then all the t-shirts (gramps) all the pants tog. She passed when I was 14 and I was so upset I couldn't go to her funeral because I was terrified about seeing her dead in an open coffin. I'm 64 and to this day I hang my laundry like she taught me!

[@joestewart2298]

This is Probly my 50th time watching this, this is precious gold, god bless you popcorn.

[@PeteVanDemark]

What a colorful guy. Great stories. Great vernacular. So many interesting nuggets. “Get me another beer and I’ll tell you more.”

[@ericparrish1515]

Oh...the old lady. Fk yeah. 😅

[@carolthomas770]

Thank you for this interview on Popcorn. Preserving a history that could be lost. Love his rambling style and honesty. All stories are so fascinating. I have a neighbor in rural Ohio from WV. Best to allow an hour or two when you see him on the road. Southern storytelling is a gift! He smokes Camels non stop.

[@armorykittington]

What a legend. 25 years younger than my grandma who raised me, but he talks exactly the same and has all the same mannerisms. R.I. P. Lol he almost has the most badass tombstone.

[@bettydamnboop3030]

I would have loved to sit on a porch during a rainy day and have a cup of coffee with him. He makes you think about things. Thank you 😊

[@barbarayoungblood2935]

Can we buy these C D of Popcorn telling his stories and about his life .Would like to order these . Barbara Thomas .Middle Tennessee .Thank you

[@stormblessed2321]

Damn, that dude is proud of his father. For someone who was on the low end of society, this man had a lot of class.

[@sabwcu83]

If you only knew. I've listened to him wax poetic on a hundred topics on a hundred afternoons.

[@justsaying7777]

My dad told me the same thing when I got bullied. Only difference was that I didn't have to fight. They RAN the other way and I STILL don't know WHY I was ever scared! I had rode pigs growing up and fought my siblings everyday. I was just scared.... He showed me that I had NOTHING to be scared of. Growing up on a farm just makes you tough, I guess.🤷‍♀️😂❤️ GREAT MAN!

[@paperboy856]

Most people that come from poverty have a lot of class it's the rich that doesn't have any class at all

[@illmerica322]

Money and class aren't related

[@Butterball-qp4xf]

Worth a million trumps and 2 million Harris's. Trump 24

[@shawndyer8140]

You really know how good we have it when you hear the stories of the old days

[@ttro89]

I think it mighta been better back then. Simple.

[@pstewart5443]

I grew up like ole Popcorn. Let me tell ya, I have never been happier than I was playing in the creek chasing crawdads, fishing in the gulf between the mountain peaks, camping under the stars with just a couple blankets, and 100 other fond memories of that time when things were simple. This lifestyle is just about extinct, and I honestly have to say, this life we have now sure ain't no better than that life. I remember getting electricity and runnin water. I remember one grandfather that had a Barlow from the 40's and the other had Case knives, probably a dozen made from the 30's through the 70's. Hell, I had some Case knives from the 70s. We'd dig for worms, fish from dawn to dusk and cook part of the catch using a rock for a skillet. Really was a marvelous life. I now work for the federal agency which brought this entire region out of the depths of poverty, the TVA.

[@prevost8686]

He reminds me of one of my uncles on my mother’s side. Last time I saw him alive he was sitting in his old chair in the living room of his old tobacco barn that he turned into a house. He had a fifth of liquor in one hand and a cigarette in the other. In between his legs was an old bucket. He’d try to hold the liquor down but was puking up blood in the bucket. I was just a small kid but I’ve never forget seeing him like that. He was dead not long after that. I’m not trying to pass judgment on anyone but one thing is sure. If you stay faithful to liquor it’s going to win every time. I’ve got a graveyard full of loved ones that thought they could handle it.

[@brandonrosman5465]

If you keep breathing air you will eventually die also. People use shine to stave off pain. They have no other choice like you obviously do-or you would understand amd not judge!

[@brandonrosman5465]

I know you think your not passing judgement but you still did. Just try to understand they really dont have much of a choice.

[@tejano2k11]

@@brandonrosman5465 Wrong. Actually, we all have choices. The choices we make, "large or small" have consequences, good and bad.

[@cuzbizkets3631]

@@tejano2k11 ur wrong dousch

[@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline]

We all end up as worm dirt. Sone just get there a little early.😮😮😮

[@dashriprock2916]

I can listen to popcorn all day long, glad this is on the web. RIP

[@aquariusrizing]

Well done. I love Cosby n Newport and yes, Snowbird. I met and made lifelong friends who showed me their ways, and were as fascinated by mine as I was by theirs. Gardening, preserving, yellowroot, ginseng, wild ginger, and an occasional sip of amazing goodness. I was taught by our moonshining neighbor to mix my homeade wine ( elderberry, blackberry, pear) with just a dash of the gallon he traded me for my pear wine. He preferred to use the darker wines my partner made- but he kept my pear wine for himself. He said his wife was crazy about it too, which was quite an honor. This man fascinates me, I'm glad to see his stories reproduced- thank you very much.

[@sonyakc8637]

VERY interesting to see, my Grandad was involved back in the 20s&30s. From Knoxville TN to Southern CO. Not many knew. But, he did donate a lot of his earnings to charity, and helped a lot of people less fortunate. So as far as I know, even though he was doing something that government looked down on, he did it not just as his own benefit to support his family, but many others as well. Way to go Grandad. I was born 26 years after his death. 🥰 But, I still have lots of respect for him. RIP 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@d.ricc6421]

This generation is what built America and paved the way for today. Just listen to popcorn describe how hard it was to work and earn just enough money to live. I just wish everyone would see this video. Popcorn had to do what he did to survive. Many young men in those years had to leave school or never go because you had to work for the family so all can survive. I'm like a magnet to his stories and can't get enough.

[@markgraham8125]

I love the way he talks so fondly about his dad, who instilled the respect into him, thank you for sharing this great story telling video, it was thoroughly enjoyable and so entertaining.. RIP great man!

[@MikeH44]

I agree, a dad who would whoop his behind if he messed up and he still has more respect for him for anything. Pics kids these days...

[@christieling6062]

​@MipigkeH44

[@FromPanictoParis]

I don't know how I got here but I'm glad I did. Thank you popcorn RIP love from Dublin Ireland ☘️

[@GodfriedFritz]

Same here from rural South Africa

[@jonbob9875]

They don't make men like this anymore 😭😭 Hardworking and honest!🙏💗

[@LuisaD93]

I thoroughly enjoyed watching popcorn’s interviews and documentaries I found him to be extremely likable extremely honest and down to earth. The world needs a few more popcorn Sutton’s to keep it interesting and in check. At his age and having a terminal illness it’s a shame that they were still going after him for something that they sell legally and kill millions every year. Rest in peace popcorn you’re missed. They were just mad because they were missing the taxable income off of his sales. Humbug to a Backwoods government. And I’ll watch this one as well because you just can’t get enough of popcorn Sutton

[@lisabrown6280]

so true.

[@LuisaD93]

@@lisabrown6280 😃

[@lisabrown6280]

@@LuisaD93 Thanks! Your words were so beautifully said and so very true.

[@LuisaD93]

@@lisabrown6280 ty 😃🌹

[@davidwisemanjr9286]

All popcorn wanted was a beer to tell his stories what a humble man!

[@wofawarrior]

lol and drunk 😂

[@ellenlewis9860]

We know some of his stories are embellished, but who gives a fart. Story tellers have always been looked up too. Most of his are mostly true!

[@ericparrish1515]

​@@ellenlewis9860lots of truth in a man's age or lines or whatever it may be. Feel ya

[@willardwatson9291]

@@ellenlewis9860 He don,t lie I lived the same life that he did it was just every day living . I have told some northern folks things that I knew others did and what I did some would believe and would look at you like you were lying just leave them out of your life.

[@vision821k4]

@@willardwatson9291 How old are you?

[@Joelontugs]

Man the fact that you understood how unique popcorn was and got him to open up to you not only in person but on camera and realized to film it all is insane your a lucky person and I’m sure you know that but thank you for sharing this with us

[@SuckerPunchPictures]

thanks, I appreciate that

[@carolynjustagagirl2315]

Right you are.

[@CajunJules]

I wish he was still around to tell his stories. I love listening to elders talk. It's a lost art. And society is too stupid to realize what is gone, is gone for good, if you don't spend time with your parents and grandparents. Both my parents are gone, and there is so much that I had yet to learn about. Now that And now I'm knocking on old age's door., so I'll have to wait until I see them again to get those questions answered. RIP Popcorn, and tell your daddy he raised you good. 💙

[@Stacey0909]

You are absolutely right! I'd give just about anything to have just one more day with my mom.

[@ulrichfriehe3459]

I could listen to Popcorn's stories all day long. RIP, ole boy.

[@gatorgogo2742]

Popcorn is slightly older than me. I love his stories. They are very similar to my childhood and then my summers after we moved away. I was still going back for the summers while at college. Later I took my children frequently and they have wonderful memories!

[@georgecavanaugh8757]

Man, what I wouldn’t have given to grow up aside of ol’ popcorn Sutton. The wisdom and stories he has to pass on.

[@BiornBear]

Thank you for playing these. I always wished I could see more Popcorn.

[@joestewart2298]

Was looking for something great to watch to take me to bed tonight, didn’t want to watch the news or anything else, I found this, and I’m glad I did the whole movie, I thought I would have to order it, nope, I’m buzzed enough, having a cigarette, man, this is something right here.

[@markrunyon5524]

Can"t beat this!

[@jaystewart7764]

They broke the mold after this man was created! There aint men like this legend anymore. ;).. I'm 62 and I have SO much honor and respect for this man and the rest that were of those times... hard times.. grit, guts and a dependence on God, family and friendship is what got you through... hail hail to the old ones that came before us !!

[@jefferykaighin7039]

Exactly! I couldn't stop listning to Popcorn telling his life stories! God Bless you Popcorn Sutton!

[@thecoralgroup2541]

It’s amazing when he said, he had to pay 10 dollars a month to rent his house. It was like living in the 1930’s, in the year 2000. Popcorn is greatness. Thanks

[@stoneysignorina2473]

I could listen to him tell stories forever! 💙

[@catherinepraus8635]

My mother is 96yrs old and I love listening to her stories its priceless sooo happy I get to know about what she lived through its an honor

[@Stacey0909]

I would give just about anything to have just one more day with my mom! 😔

[@jaxjam467]

Id rather listen to this guys stories than anything on a streaming service. He was very entertaining and made me wish to have been alive back then.

[@MrJackson66]

It's sad that popcorn thought he would die in prison, so he went out on his own terms, just to tell the government, " I'm popcorn Sutton and I say fuck you " ... Watching this brings tears to my eyes, RIP old man, we got it from here ... We will keep your recipe going, and keep them assholes on their toes...

[@toddhanis1516]

Is horrible you gotta go that far to send the message I'm not hurting anyone& don't want live rest my life with bunch violent f#(KS & molesters. I'll follow suit if they come get me when I'm omw out too. Is horrible you can tell he was medicinal bout what he's done. Didn't do no more harm than an alcohol store does. Only you know the product was quality not water down bullshit. What really hurts is my fuct up life I used to buy 5th& party with popcorn from Xmas to new years to get threw the fuckery until 3yrs ago all sudden popcorn don't mean shit in Michigan 🤬💔💩 anything in life is only temporary even legends won't last😞enjoy things while they last💚🔥🍀❄🌲

[@nancyritland9116]

@@toddhanis1516 soooooooooooooooo sad soooooooooooooooooooooo sad the prison system is INSANE wicked wicked wicked to the core there are VERY FEW people left with intelligence and true INTEGRITY the whole world lies in wickedness the churches are so messed up they ruin any chance for a person to know God BUT if you seek with all of your heart, the Lord Jesus will meet you wherever you are, and you will find out that He truly is the ONLY answer for survival I CANNOT live without Him

[@windjammer3950]

I heard he gave his recipe to Hank jr

[@cincinnatigrinder4951]

U don't have his recipe... 😂

[@cincinnatigrinder4951]

@@windjammer3950 why would he give it to Hank Jr..... 😂... some people believe anything

[@brandi_with_an_i]

Popcorn reminds me so much of my grandpa and his two brothers. They ran a lot moonshine in the North Georgia mountains on the GA/TN/NC lines. My grandpa had a couple of strokes later in life and had quite a bit of cognitive deficits because of them. One thing he never forgot, though, was how to make hooch. He loved telling the stories, and my grandma hated it. She loved telling the story of how she and her sister came across their still one time after my grandpa lied and said he wasn't making any. She said he had it buried in the ground, so she just hovered over it and peed in it. Lol, good lawd. Probably my favorite is when he and one of his brothers were up in the woods making some, and they told their other brother to keep an eye out at the end of the road. Well, the "lookout" brother ended up becoming drunk as a skunk and passed out against a tree. He didn't know when the law rolled up on them and busted every one of them. Miss those old timers and their stories.

[@ronhaworth5471]

A legend, even in his own mind. Just a good old boy trying to get by.

[@r.c.miller6161]

Exaggeration.

[@roxannemoser]

In his own mind? My daddy would drive from Hickory to Maggie Valley to get Popcorn's liquor. He was a truck driver and would sell that liquor on the road and made more money off the liquor than the load he hauled. Popcorn's liquor went all over the country.

[@Last_Chance.]

​@@roxannemoserit sure did. I miss the good old days. I hope you have a beautiful day sweetheart

[@Trahzy]

​@@r.c.miller6161Privileged kid

[@bwrpwr]

What a treasure these videos are! I could listen to the old timers talk for hours.

[@80rae]

Growing up in north Georgia and upstate South Carolina I've known many men like Popcorn...I love hearing all of their stories, you really can learn so much from those that came before you.

[@dwightfrufry6362]

Same here... N. E. Ga, Not many folks like pop corn, I can listen to stories like these from now on.

[@101stAviator_doorgunner]

Hello fella ne Georgians, I live in rabun gap myself. I'm not originally from here but boy am I staying for the rest of my life I love this state and this area of the state!

[@WarrenNelson-u8r]

I could listen to this old man ALL DAY. Restoration of my faith in humanity 🙏 God -rest you Mr. Popcorn Sutton 😁

[@lilymcalister1825]

I sooo wish I could have met this man. Awesome stories and experiences in his life. I just love listening to him and so glad he did the " For the last time" video with his "last" distilling moonshine. It was awesome!! MUCH respect for this man! 💜

[@Drewski423]

I knew the man all my life. My dad is in his first book me and my likker. He was something else I’ll tell you that.

[@cypher7648]

I would have loved to have met him as well, amazing videos ! So lucky that your father knew him, bet you heard some incredible stories. Much respect ✌👍🙏

[@josephubeentooke3335]

I did get to try a dbl shot of his last big batch...a woman that I met while shooting a Documentary in Ashville, NC had a pic of she and Popcorn on her refrigerator door..I asked when she had met him...turned out they had been lifelong friends...she was surprised someone from the West Coast knew who he was...she told us to choose a jar ( there were a few flavored ones...the poured us each a big shot....Very generous of her, it wasn't as amazing as getting to meet him would have been,,,but there is no other like it ( from the half dozen or so others i've tried ) RIP Popcorn...hope the asshole that turned you in Rots

[@lilymcalister1825]

@@Drewski423 I can only imagine!! That's kewl!! ☺️

[@lilymcalister1825]

@@cypher7648 Indeed!! I was thinking the same thing. lol!!🙂

[@henry-r1f]

My family is from SW Kentucky,And the old timers are just like Popcorn,Every chance I get when Im back home I'll go to the Custer General Store and sit and listen to the tales of yesteryear . Never pass up a chance to listen to the oldtimers. He reminds me of those days in my childhood to the Tee !

[@thomasanderson1783]

I thought I knew the whole thing, wow! This is better than I ever expected. Never ever have seen this footage!!!

[@rrrockhard]

This video is nothing less than a jewel. Thank you so much for sharing this!

[@christieling6062]

Pig

[@davidtodora6173]

There will never be a another Popcorn Sutton! He was greatness and a hero as a master Moonshiner. R.I.P.

[@chrismartin4892]

I could listen to Popcorn's stories for hours.

[@chrismartin4892]

I was richer than 3ft up a bulls ass.

[@sonyakc8637]

Thank you for sharing this man's life story, Priceless is all I can say. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I still have my Grandma's ice trays. Second hand was built tough made to last, unlike the junk they make now days. I sure do love your stories, You are a great person Sir, you are a good source of wisdom and will be missed when you quit telling your life. GOD Bless you. Love you from Colorado

[@jv-man3698]

You can tell how much this man loves and respects his father, even at his age. That just shows the importance and lasting impression good fathers have on men.

[@gabepeters527]

Stories and storytellers allow this life to be worth living.

[@lorettadurbin4404]

That man was so full of knowledge. What a gift it is to listen to his stories

[@martymcgill1312]

I found an old, old still on the backside of Dick's Ridge in North Georgia while deer hunting several years ago. It was nestled in a ravine halfway up the mountain beside an ice-cold running spring. I wish I had of went back and photographed it or brought it home.

[@headfullofacid8088]

You should’ve grabbed it

[@cincinnatigrinder4951]

Bullshit...lol...no pics then it's just another story

[@martymcgill1312]

@@cincinnatigrinder4951 awwee... bless your heart

[@swannoir7949]

You should of drank some of that Sprjng water. It's nothing like it.

[@BL-no7jp]

Popcorn is one of my favorite hillbillies. He reminds me of the elders I once knew in the foothills of Appalachia in SE Ky. These folks are straight up honest, no matter if they’re bootleggers or not. The bootlegger I knew lived next to a church. They lived in perfect harmony in the community.

[@stacysmom2748]

God bless you for playing this I'm missing my home and family i a mid 50's Ozark mountain girl grew up in a hollar from a simple life just as this man explains ❤ we dont get our stories out most of the time

[@mattsheezy5469]

He was living proof that the coolest thing that anyone could be is truly themselves.

[@Stacey0909]

👍🎯

[@rebecagonzalez1434]

Amen brother

[@xxnixxonx]

Awesome to be able to know all this 🙌 we will never be able to hear him again but in these videos thats just so important to keep this culture alive.

[@rocco1918]

Ol' Popcorn, bless his heart. Reminds me of my Grandad from Hardin County Illinois, Arkansas people. Their generation was the rock of the earth. God bless them all. Truly enjoyed listening to Popcorn and his stories.

[@headfullofacid8088]

“My daddy could sharpen a knife so good you wouldn’t wake a mouse up if he was sleeping when ya shaved him wit it” Popcorns sayings are absolutely priceless

[@jessicahurst1539]

Thank you for this journey to recollect and continue these memories as time marches / rolls on

[@jlew5545]

We've managed these days to make life more complicated than the simpler one Popcorn's life brought him.....and I'd like to think it's probably better to be somewhere in between....between this now.....and Poppy's then.

[@scottjones1497]

I bet nobody ever took his hat again or anything else

[@amymcdermott8897]

@@andrewmoggridge9902 your sayings suck

[@raed1276]

@@andrewmoggridge9902"We have a little saying back in China that goes..... Kiss My Yellow Ass Copper!!!" 😂 😁😂 I think that line is from The Starsky and Hutch Movie!!!!

[@anthonyfreeman3165]

I want to say thank you for sharing this wonderful story with us! So much knowledge and truth to learn from this man and his life's story.

[@xeroinfinity]

i always loved listening to Popcorns stories. He is truly missed. Thank you for sharing these interviews!

[@ddiesel5095]

Loved this!! I could listen to him talk for hours

[@gregbutler4816]

I've always got along with people like this ,solid people , it's a shame it's not that way now

[@Rizzbulla]

Absolute Masterpiece, Popcorn was the last of a dying breed, if not THE LAST. Thoroughbred, national treasure, American hero.

[@Stacey0909]

👍🎯

[@cobyporschifer221]

Thank you for posting these interviews.This is Appalachian History at it's finest. I'm proud to have known Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton R.I.P Pops

[@jerrodcowlishaw]

I clicked on the video just thinking I’d watch a few minutes to hear a story or two and I’m about an hour in and I’ve really enjoyed listening to this man. Makes me miss both of my grandpas and their different stories. Grandpa Ralph would talk of a sack of hamburgers costing a quarter (he was a navy cook then a fry cook at small diners for 50 years), and my grandpa C. Always had the best stories.

[@chopper1168]

Popcorn is a legend and always will be. Such a shame the law got to him. I love listening to the history of moonshine

[@anthonyhudson3136]

it was also cancer that got him, he offed himself because of that rather than the pigs, jmo

[@chopper1168]

@@anthonyhudson3136 I know that he was very sick. I wouldn’t want to be in prison with cancer either.

[@frfrpr]

Great job, sucker-punch. You nailed a piece of authentic American history. It's a super story that will live on.

[@curtmiller6358]

Watching these videos are calming the stress with modern life is so damming because life has never been easier but stressful at the same time back then you did your job worked hard to have a roof over your head. It's so easy to get caught up in how fast everything is changing when we should slow down and appreciate the small things

[@debbiebasche7760]

Modern life stresses me out also..So very different even from just the last 20 yrs or so..Being a 1960's hippie/flower child was SO EZ!! 🌻☮️

[@flammenwaffenfries3039]

@@debbiebasche7760 You commies are to blame

[@kellenfurter]

I feel like living like this...then I open my cell phone and go to work take a shower (not a washing bath of shared bath) and realize how spoiled (or spolt) I am. My grandmother picked peaches and cotton and my grandfather was a spotlight operator in WWII when they met. I know no matter how hard it gets - its a whole nother world now.

[@Pwnduall11]

Thank you for putting this up on the tube. I appreciate the history, as well as the biography of this wonder of a man. They don't make em like they used too for sure. Reminds me of my grandma. Sounds just like her.

[@boomerpaschall]

Legend, can sit listening to him talk about the times forever. Salute

[@beckwil0852]

What a marvelous bit of history! I enjoyed every word.

[@michaelpcoffee]

The best 'how to deal with bullies' story I have ever heard...

[@dianamarcelo3]

This man was. The best "likker" maker ever! Humble hard work and man. I love to listen to all his stories

[@RobSoRandom]

This dude is legit an national treasure RIP

[@varun794]

I'm an Indian, I don't know what I'm doing here, but this man is so fascinating.

[@wingsofsteel3246]

Respect. 🙌🏼

[@gwendolincrockford8406]

You're human like the rest of us... fascinated by another brother's (human's) experience. ❤

[@SmedlyButler-cq5iq]

Do you have to be a specific race to watch certain things? This sounds weird to me....

[@larrybruney8028]

I really enjoyed your video, rest in peace mr popcorn Sutton and thank you!

[@Rosco-P.Coldchain]

Watching from Leeds England…Absolutely love this guy..

[@TheBustedNut]

A true American legend, they don't make em like this anymore. RIP MR SUTTON🙏

[@winndixie5505]

I love this man...there is no great men left like this...well maybe but not quite like popcorn..thank you popcorn for sharing your life with us..it gives us Young folks something and someone to be greatful for....rest in piece with your daddy , popcorn

[@DannyTheMarvel]

*are no great men *grateful for *peace with

[@kenreeve6549]

This man has a strange peace in his voice ,so calm

[@hillbillyhomestead1966]

He is a humble man

[@Joelontugs]

It was because he knew his future and how his life was going to end he was truly at peace with himself and the world he taught the guy who was a 17 year old boy jb his helper how to make his moonshine as well as he could be legacy was passed down successfully

[@jglaboratory]

It's from a lot of hard days and cold nights. Humbles a man later on.

[@crtnyp]

@@jglaboratory amen

[@ericparrish1515]

The race home starts when u leave the house...if it was a 💯 well...oops

[@seniorLu48]

This was just an incredible story telling, I could watch this over and over again. Thank you for bring it to our living rooms. Gracias

[@samterceman1457]

Amazing cultural stories worth their weight in gold, from a simple man going about his life.

[@ronniehdable]

God bless you Mr Sutton. Thank you for the stories!.

[@TheBravesfan30]

Its such a good thing this was cataloged. All these old folks with the "true" Appalachian spirit are dying out. I used to love when all the old friends my grandmother had would come over to her house. Id sit and listen to their stories for hours on end. Its real depressing that this culture will be completely gone in a few years.