Living History-The Popcorn Sutton Interviews (Track 7 of 22)

[@mattbibb1622]

I'm from Maggie valley and I miss this guy so much. I'd see him at the post office and grocery store when I was a kid and he was one of the kindest people that I've ever interacted with. They dont make them like that any more.

[@joshuakillian2857]

My grandparents are from Maggie valley as well man atleast the valley bloodlines still run deep

[@richardmendoza738]

Is he still alive if you don't mind me asking???

[@joshperry6700]

@@richardmendoza738 no sir, he took his life years ago.

[@mattbibb1622]

@@richardmendoza738 He committed suicide instead of going to prison. He was up against a long prison stint because he got caught making liquor, and the government being the government were not willing to show any mercy. So instead of dying in prison, he went out on his own terms and the world lost a truly original person. I'm still pretty salty about to be honest.

[@paulsmyser7303]

Met him long ago what a truly good guy ..I was a little down on luck he brought me home fed med for a minute ...shout out to his wonderful wife ....miss talking to him he was full of lifes knowledge

[@canyouguessmyname15]

"You can't give a kid a gun these days, they're liable to shoot each other, so anyways when I was a kid my dad gave me a knife and I cut this bully from his goozle to his belt." lmao what a guy

[@chrisgrandpre6063]

lmfao

[@DjSinxix]

History repeats itself, ignorance, holier than thou and so forth.

[@legionofknightsgaming6890]

This dude didnt cut no kid. He is telling a tall tale.

[@chrisgrandpre6063]

@@legionofknightsgaming6890 I didnt buy it either, his story had holes. He prob did get picked on and made up the rest.

[@jonkalashnikov2625]

​@@chrisgrandpre6063 Well if you two don't believe it, then why are you hearing his stories then?

[@calebray4168]

People that don’t have grand parents and great uncles and aunts, this is what it’s like. So much wisdom, when they tell their stories and look into your eyes it’s like going back in time. I wish they could stay young forever to help us through tough times…

[@User-uj7nz]

Perfect comment

[@tennesseehillclimbers3958]

I wish I could hear some of those stories again! I find myself repeating some of them like it was my own story

[@Herminatorr]

One of my grandfathers died when my dad was only 14, and the other when I was 3, and both of my grandmothers live across the country so I rarely get to see them. This interview is amazing, the wisdom and even the different words he uses are incredible to hear, and it makes me upset knowing I will never have someone to tell me such stories. However, I am very proud of my grandfathers as they both were incredibly hard working men and raised my parents to the best of their abilities for which I could never repay them.

[@bailey945]

Truth

[@anthonyfoutch3152]

The knife was so sharp you could shave a mouse's ass and he wouldn't even know it. That's the greatest line since Churchill. lol

[@JLil]

This is fantastic. It reminds me of sitting in the floor as a kid out in rural Northeast TX listening to my great uncles tell stories. From the cigarettes to the overalls to the wood panel walls. The phrasing, sentence structure, and vocal inflection are all incredibly similar. Not to mention the story arc and outcome. Thanks for posting this.

[@ChrisSmith-lr7bm]

Same brother. I grew up a few miles out of Longview TX. Sounds just like my pa lol

[@MuttTheBuckeyeSlayer1977]

I could have listened to popcorn all day long then and appreciate these old stories now!! Good stuff!!

[@jasonshackelford5895]

He reminds me of my late grandpa.....his house even looks like his did.......miss the old guys like this. Good, hard working people.

[@Rizzbulla]

His dad's name was Vader? Badass lol.

[@johndougherty8720]

Popcorn was a great, decent man. If more people were like him, well we would have a better world. Popcorn didn't deserve to go out like he did.

[@stephenclarke3990]

I've never even heard of this man, so please do tell me how he died❓

[@johndougherty8720]

@@stephenclarke3990 He was being charged with felonies related to bootlegging and producing moonshine. He was facing major jail time .. so he took his own life. He was a good and decent person who didn't deserve his fate. I don't know the specifics but that is the gist of things.

[@stephenclarke3990]

@@johndougherty8720 Wow...I never thought he would do that. He was some old character thats for sure. Anyway thanks for letting me know, I appreciate you taking the time. Take care.👍🏼

[@thisguy41487]

@@johndougherty8720 that's some backward ass shit. Making booze shouldn't be a crime.

[@MrEvtmazda]

Ahh yes more people stabbing each other. Perfect role model

[@blakegregory969]

A true legend. I grew up around men like Popcorn. Glad I did.

[@lucas2424mc]

Awesome story teller. Felt like I was there

[@blizzardRM10]

A King amongst men. Rest in peace old man

[@jessedavis7555]

I find myself watching a Popcorn video about once a year. I live in Florida but frequent Tennessee and he’s a legend that I wish the government would have let him alone. I just believe they have and had bigger problems to worry about.RIP Popcorn

[@christinashepherd5318]

Love u popcorn ur forever in my ❤️

[@robertcox7220]

I agree go after real crime not an old man who made a little shine. Bunch of liberal idiot's.

[@MichaelAnderson-jo8iq]

Wholeheartedly agree especially when the government is the biggest crooks out there.

[@andrewestham8442]

Why would they leave him alone? He was doing illegal shit

[@jonathancleve6094]

@@andrewestham8442 really? What about the presidents son? He's on video smoking crack. Or how about Hillary Clinton? She broke tons of laws with all of her email BS. I could go on and on with all the laws the government breaks.

[@scraphaulin]

8:07 to 8:13 you can tell he really loves his father

[@el34glo59]

Makes me miss my father

[@thenoneckpeoplerepresentat8074]

Sutton’s sentence was 18 months, some men consider that worse than death. I believe he was truly living the freedom that other Americans are squabbling over.

[@thestinkycheeseman2208]

Not only that, but he didn't have 18 months left, and wasn't gonna die in there.

[@jonsworld5307]

he had cancer so bad he not lived 18 months so to him its life

[@The-UndeadButcher]

rest in peace old timer you where a damn legend your legacy still lives on

[@sheilalangston7035]

Guarantee he isn't resting in peace

[@prestonberg9604]

@@sheilalangston7035 correct. Suicide doesn't get you peace or anyone around u

[@arnoldhernandez1910]

@@sheilalangston7035 why would u say that?

[@augustakins4169]

@@prestonberg9604 it’s way better than prison

[@prestonberg9604]

@@augustakins4169 doubtful

[@OGKook]

Rest In Peace Popcorn, there will never be a replacement for you. Truly an original 1:1.

[@TheMajor8478]

I love listening to old timers tell stories

[@marksmith1074]

My grandpa and this gentleman would have been friends. They have the same mentality and they talk similar to eachother. I can sit and listen to Popcorn's stories for days.

[@rileymcerlean4126]

"If you don't get off my porch you'll get the same thing" lmao I love that me and popcorn dad would of been friends. Teach ya kid right before they learn a life lesson simple

[@rileymcerlean4126]

@Scott Allen i bet you want people to use they and them pronouns when speaking about you

[@StockHeightChevy603]

@Scott Allen 😂😂😂😂 yeah actually. Shoot the ignorant and arrogant. That’s honestly exactly what this country needs. More guns less keyboard warriors.

[@StockHeightChevy603]

@Scott Allen common sense. Without it will getcha hurt. Kinda like running your suck on the internet. People can pull IP’s and find out where some people live.

[@kevintodd8195]

Yeah even if it's a hard lesson!

[@zenogodofeverything3519]

I really wish my dad taught me that life lesson

[@natejames289]

Man Oregon boy I live the old way of the good book his stories are so great to here love it great job I'm so glad you guys did the interviews with him he was a good old boy a fugging legendary man no doubt

[@SuperKillerdreams]

See this is the type of men you have to listen to, these are what MEN actually look like, the beautiful morals they teach us, what they’ve seen, and been through 💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@thetavibes9021]

"When someone takes your hat, cut them in half."

[@nariwashere8549]

@@thetavibes9021 What do you expect from Americans?

[@thetavibes9021]

@@nariwashere8549 Collective stupidity. Although, not mutually exclusive to Americans, in the slightest bit.

[@hades3876]

I love to hear old stories like this..RIP Popcorn one of the best to ever do it

[@theweakestlink2278]

These are great! Thanks for posting all the Popcorn content! He was a fascinating guy to say the least....

[@AllenGoodman]

🙂👍

[@MrScottsearles]

I love this, I could listen to him all day and we would probably get along like two peas in a pod.

[@maryannmoran-smyth3453]

Popcorn sudden is an Appalachian legend he’s a piece of America that sadly dying… Rest in peace brother…

[@cirerome]

i moved to nc in 2019 and stayed on 80 acre farm tucked in a holler in little sandy mush. the owner told me the property belonged to Popcorn. he told me his story and right there was where the wife died and yadda yadda yadda. well months later after i left the farm i'm relaying the story to some coworkers in arden. they near laughed me off saying Popcorn owned every where, every place belonged to Popcorn, just something locals say. so in a nutshell i may or may not of stayed at Popcorn's place, either way Popcorn was a legend!

[@robbie0884]

Love love these popcorn videos! He was the best! 👍👍

[@boogerdog5247]

The "good ol' days."

[@holmesd5003]

Talking about his Daddy reminds of my own pops, a tremendous hard working good man who would do anything for his kids

[@cliftonquinn7804]

Popcorn was a hell of a man my dad and I went and seen them every weekend so you could say we were friends more my dad’s friend than me but it was still an honor to meet a fucking legend

[@garrettjones8017]

That's awesome!! Guys like him are a piece of history old timers are the best and it's sad things are changing

[@Sneakymisha1]

Who was popcorn I just discovered this video and curious why everyone loves him

[@cliftonquinn7804]

@@Sneakymisha1 He was one of the best moonshiners ever

[@garrettjones8017]

@@Sneakymisha1 and to answer why everyone loves him these kinds of guys are genuine and rare these days

[@ep6741]

Firstable R.I.P and much respect.You're awesome Pop's.Samething happened to me when I was a child never go home crying we do what we must just don't come home crying.You are a legend sir.To the man that turned water into likker 🤘

[@duncanbeasley2442]

Ima sip some shine today.. Tennessee is in the building

[@danrolf7527]

Lucky man. I wish shine was around Alaska..

[@kevinmalik3394]

Morristown here !

[@jackiewilburn3063]

Blount county here!

[@lemonnecco8316]

This is why America is the greatest country in the world

[@davidsiracuse6672]

I am glad that I had the opportunity to grow up when men were men and there was no such thing as political correctness. There was no victim mentality and people weren't offended by every word spoken to them. We were loyal to our friends and always had their backs. Times have changed.

[@isaacvanderbilt4505]

People didn't act better than others. Knew everyone had their hang ups including themselves. Not these self righteous sobs that are out here now in hordes.

[@bigdaddy5948]

The good life for sure. Rest in peace bro

[@natejames289]

Oregon boy Nathan rest in peace popcorn we loved you man you will always be remembered by me.great job sucker punch films heck yeah

[@King5pade]

90% of people don't even know who this legend of a man is... rip Bubba we try to carry on your same recipe. Never is the same though lol I'm from that area, his real recipe is buried in a jar somewhere in them hills from what I've heard, Rip Bubba- straight legend

[@joshuagibson2520]

Supposedly, Mark and Digger were given his recipe at some point.

[@alexspurlock3727]

Love these! Please keep them coming

[@rtmlandscapingjunkremoval1875]

These are great. Thank you 😎

[@fredsavage4925]

For every Popcorn that's interviewed, there's 2,000 more you'll never see until it's the last thing you see.

[@Rocky91DTA]

Can't get enough popcorn Sutton so I subbed thanks for keeping his words and wisdom

[@LadyOaksNZ]

A seasoned wise old fella. RIP Popcorn.

[@robertcerda92]

Don't know how this came on my feed, but thank you.

[@maxbradford4693]

Don’t mess with popcorn Sutton 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ep6741]

You're awesome pop's story about you coming home crying,What you crying for go back out there do what you must don't come home crying.Hell I was more scared of coming home then getting the beating but we do what we must. R.I.P what a legend 🤘

[@ritaledford8714]

Miss you popcorn,my friend,my buddy

[@StockHeightChevy603]

Could listen to Ol Popcorn all day. Making Shine in the stil in sky now RIP ol boy.

[@victorlee5208]

I met him at a heritage Festival in Franklin NC. Got to taste it from his own jar.

[@specialresp3ct]

Imagine being the son of a Sith Lord even handed him a Two-Handed LightSaber

[@redclayscholar620]

If you come back crying, by Vader, yer getting Force Lightnin'd.

[@mattb4461]

An authentic jar of that shine is worth thousands

[@socalevo53]

love your story i just knew when your dad was sharping his knife he was gonna give it to you to teach the big kid a lesson.

[@srodriguez1337]

I didn't search for this. This was awesome.

[@phillip661]

This is a true story I was born in 83 and I used to get my butt whooped all the time I see these kids these days telling their parents shut up and it makes me mad cuz I lost my father 2016 of cancer now my mom has cancer now 😥😥😥😥 I am from Louisiana and I used to get my butt whooped all time when I started off but I didn't do that no more

[@phillip661]

@Vikki G sorry for your loss prayers are going out to y'all 🙏

[@phillip661]

@Vikki G thank you so much

[@ruffnarbobnar5960]

From Louisiana as well born 82. Lost dad late 2018. Still think about him all the time. I was just starting to be really successful in life. Talked about him coming to see my setup at the mill. He never made it to the mill, and now I have climbed the ladder further here. It's feels hollow, I just wanted to make my father proud.

[@sabrinagregory1059]

I love you popcorn . I miss you, and your life stories. R.I.P. you deserve it.

[@thomasbennett1985]

I love every one of these videos makes me happy thank you keep them coming

[@kentchiprissel8525]

You are missed popcorn you are definitely missed an won't be forgotten

[@Yahweh-Chase-Bella]

Is it just me or don't the funeral home also running emergency service sound like one hell of a conflict of interest lmao

[@mjt1517]

For some reason, business was never slow for the funeral home. 🤣

[@philipb103]

What an accent; what a storyteller. Thank you youtube algorithm

[@Flowmaster925]

using candle wax on your hand to stop the cracks from bleeding is top shelf badass

[@jamie.777]

Super glue works better

[@ResidentWiseacre]

0:54 Are those unfiltered Pall Mall cigarettes? He was a tough ol’ boy.

[@midmojimmy]

my dad smoked those all his life. He passed away in November and the last carton I bought him was $95.00

[@tannerebeling1056]

@@midmojimmy that’s crazy… did he die of cancer?

[@YT-BenG]

@@tannerebeling1056 feds killed him or he killed himself b4 prison, Rip

[@prestonberg9604]

Suicide. Nobody tough commits suicide

[@GregTally]

The days when you feared your dad far more than the bully at school lol

[@ColbyB-GB94]

The BEST INTERVIEW, EVER

[@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251]

This just reminded me how I was brought up, rough and ready out in the country,

[@osbaldohernandez9174]

I would really like to how popcorns father sharpened his knife and how sharp it was

[@miguelmendes9810]

That's a beautiful story right there Lord Vader doesn't take no crap

[@bobclinton4407]

“I had the hardest working daddy in the world” absolute underrated quote from this man

[@zacharykoedyker3978]

Fucking legend. I wear those exact same overalls. Maybe a few sizes larger. Lol. Lived how he wanted on his own terms. R.i.p old timer. Wish I could have drank and smoked a smoke with you.

[@ritaledford8714]

You would have loved it

[@speshalkmf9273]

Must be a common brand cos I have the exact same overalls too, same pocket design and everything

[@Blade-ts9fr]

Popcorn made me think about my uncle. It wasn't nothing Uncle Don (RIP) couldn't help you out with. He had A CASE XX. He always said it stood for C- Cut A- Ass S- So E- Easy

[@AWOLcause]

God bless you sir!

[@ifragpsn6431]

Guy's dad was named Vader. Literal fuckin' Skywalker this one.

[@johnnyringo4899]

His dad would have a name like that lol

[@drew8570]

I had the hardest working daddy there was. He was sitting on the porch every time I got home from school

[@MrScottsearles]

I had the same problem with my hat on the bus, but the bastards threw it out the window. RIP Popcorn! He reminds me a lot of my dad, RIP dad "Pop".

[@scottdreger7137]

Every small town needs a popcorn Sutton. Just let us be

[@buzz5969]

Stop posting your illegal shit on social media and bragging about it and youll be fine.😊

[@raiderrich8355]

I started hunting at age 7 but gave it up years ago

[@raiderrich8355]

@Fred Ol I just lost interest in it and find fishing more pleasurable. I do miss the hunting trips with my Dad, brothers and grandpa and uncle. They were special time but there all gone now except my brothers and there all too busy.

[@bobbygene4418]

Would love to have had a chance to try his Shine !

[@michaelpryor78]

Popcorn filets another kid on the school bus with a giant knife and they just drove him home lmao

[@marcomarcello3337]

I sat in front of a couple of bullies on the bus almost every morning that would took great pleasure in flicking my ears... oh man...I hated those guys...much much later in life I had two choices...hate them and dig up the past...or forgive them... I chose the latter.

[@Rudimentary007]

Growing up I new cats just like him. No nonsense guys.

[@slimjohn2090]

Reminds me of my great uncles growd up in the mountians during the 50s and 60s..probably bout the same age

[@aaronanderson8871]

Damn I can’t hit a another kid on the the bus without getting the cops called wish the good ol days never left

[@joestewart2298]

It was different times then, if you do what popcorn did now to a bully you would get thrown in person, but you have to confront a bully if that means fighting with them to leave you alone.

[@SalsaSippin_]

Yeah he went a little overboard LOL I suppose a head butt to the nose would have solved things a little civiler. But that would be boring.

[@ayexdoots]

you cant do anything to a bully nowadays, the school doesnt care until you do something and then they punish you

[@leanneraynor5067]

He smokes pallmals like my pa did he was a miner an a proud moonshine maker as wel what I had left of the man is a 84 bronco with a Confederate flag on the hood a still a forge an an old Gibson may the best generation that ever lived may never be forgotten

[@jamiemichael4190]

I live n Newport, TN where Popcorn was from, he’s always been legend here and I’m sure a lot of other places. My fiancée has always done his wife Pam’s hair and wow the stories she has about ol Popcorn. Lmmfao “Goozle” that’s how we say Adam’s Apple around here lol.

[@sabrinagregory1059]

I love you popcorn, and miss you. R. I. P. You deserve it.

[@kevintodd8195]

5:40 I am 28 and rode the school bus as a kid in middle school with kids in high school, one highschool in county and grades 6-12 rode the bus just like popcorn is saying

[@kevinnonicetime6959]

I collect Case Knives. They can get razor sharp, especially the old ones

[@brucescottdehavenjr5531]

I've heard real stories in real life about this dude we had and still had a heard of mountain people in south jersey

[@JWoodcock]

I can't find it, who knows which clip has the section where he talks about smoking his first tobacco? Something like "He gave me that bag of Prince Albert tobacc'er an' I sat there and I sch'moked it". That line will never leave me 😅 EDIT - the very beginning of Clip 8!

[@dlogan3004]

I remember that one lol man times for different back then. My pawpaw made liquor till he was in his late 60. Started out doin it just to survive, last probably 10 years he just did it as a hobby and gave it to his real friends and family. My dad has a 3 jars put up just for me and my brothers

[@BabyDawsey1]

"This is the last dam run of likker I'll ever make" is the video you're referring to

[@BabyDawsey1]

Actually track 8 of 22 he talks about it lol

[@JoeMama-vj8es]

Rockin' the Pall Mall no filters!

[@kevinbarrett5001]

True Hero there, I can tell ya

[@jasonnester9514]

And that’s how it should be

[@joshuagibson2520]

I'm not much of a drinker. Was always curious if Popcorn was a fan of the wildwood weed. Surely he'd hit it a couple times with ya.

[@Pablo.Escobar_93]

Best video. I miss that dude

[@mattendicott2034]

I believe there are still similarities between generations. I had the same story basically. In middle and high school you rode the same bus home where I went. Also the alternative school (for the bad kids)... Well I was in middle school and this guy was high school age but went to the alternative school. He has these little dolls (don't know where they came from) that he'd throw at me. Cause he sat in the back while I was more upfront/middle. He kept doing it day in and and day out. Throwing them at my head. One day I snapped and had enough of it. Whether you're religious or not it doesn't matter, but I believe it was the hand of God. I took that doll and threw it as hard as I could back at him. I ended up giving him a black eye. That principal told me "you're better than that to be messing with him". His name was buzz (or that's what they'd call him). Our punishment was that we both sat in the front of the bus the rest of the year. My dad didn't say anything to me, and after that he stopped messing with me.

[@thetavibes9021]

Your *will* determined the outcome. Not only is that the "hand of god" (you) ((creation // destruction)) it's the will of god It's also karma - *cause* and *effect*

[@kevinphillips1140]

Rest in peace old man

[@gregsizemore9986]

My dad looked almost identical to him he just passed a few years ago from black lung instead of moonshine he was a Marijuana outlaw in the mountains in WV

[@monkwushu2305]

5:14 “That’s like pissin in a fuhckin hornet’s nest” Going to say this like a mantra now 🤝👑

[@gavinpickens9053]

Moral of the story he got his hat back

[@Aquamatiic]

“I got my hat” Peter griffin