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A True slice of Americana - Popcorn Sutton
The World Wild Web ^ | Jan 13, 2011 | WildlifeSeriaLKiller

Posted on 12/22/2011 4:06:25 PM PST by bksanders

Join Popcorn Sutton and J.B. as they do what they do best, one last time. This film is unavailable ANYWHERE as it was Mr Sutton's to distribute personally and I felt that it was worth sharing. Film maker NEAL HUTCHESON- 2009 Emmy Award winner- created this outstanding work of art. I own no copyrights to this film. Credit goes to the film maker, Neal Hutcheson, and Popcorn Sutton. R.I.P Mr. Sutton.- You are missed. - WildlifeSeriaLKiller


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Humor; Music/Entertainment; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: appalachia; folk; moonshine; rural
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Hearty souls like Mr. Sutton are a rare find. Enjoy the eleven part series.
1 posted on 12/22/2011 4:06:30 PM PST by bksanders
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To: bksanders

I received a jar of Popcorn’s finest years ago from a friend in NC. Very smooth stuff.


2 posted on 12/22/2011 4:20:50 PM PST by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
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To: bksanders
Wow! Many thanks!

You can also google and find this as an 8 part 800Mb rar download. (I'm assuming it'll be an avi.)

3 posted on 12/22/2011 4:24:44 PM PST by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: paddles

I’ve got a mason jar of his whiskey in the cabinet. The man made quite a bit.


4 posted on 12/22/2011 4:38:51 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: bksanders; thoolou
Out. Freaking. Standing.

Bookmarked, and thanks for sharing.
5 posted on 12/22/2011 5:00:40 PM PST by thoolou ("I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." - David Bradley, inventor of Ctrl-Alt-Del)
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To: bksanders; jazusamo; SJackson; Grammy

Yes Popcorn was a legend around east Tennessee/western North Carolina. I remember watching his moonshine making instructional videos way back in the early ‘90s. He thumbed his nose at authority.

My grandpa made moonshine, and my Daddy ran it in the 1940s, but they didn’t advertise it (LOL) like Popcorn did.


6 posted on 12/22/2011 5:32:52 PM PST by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: bksanders; jazusamo; SJackson; Grammy

Yes Popcorn was a legend around east Tennessee/western North Carolina. I remember watching his moonshine making instructional videos way back in the early ‘90s. He thumbed his nose at authority.

My grandpa made moonshine, and my Daddy ran it in the 1940s, but they didn’t advertise it (LOL) like Popcorn did.


7 posted on 12/22/2011 5:33:05 PM PST by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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I met Popcorn in Todd, North Carolina back in the early 70’s. He was at the General Store and treated me to a ‘taste’.

Ended up buying 4 quarts. Holy cow that was a good year!


8 posted on 12/22/2011 5:43:30 PM PST by 11Bush
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To: Slump Tester
Your assumption would be correct, a 733.3 MB avi replete with intro and credits.
And a good find at that!
Love that tag line!
9 posted on 12/22/2011 5:53:25 PM PST by bksanders (Spewing Forth Vitriol at the Speed of Spit)
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To: girlangler; bksanders

Thanks for the ping.

Last night the wife was wrapping gifts and I was flipping through the channels, I’m not a big fan of TV.

The Discovery channel had a show called the Moonshiners so I started watching it and in a little bit there was Popcorn Sutton.

Quite a coincidence and he was quite a charcter. :-)


10 posted on 12/22/2011 5:54:11 PM PST by jazusamo (The real minimum wage is zero: Thomas Sowell)
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To: 11Bush

He was proud of his product.


11 posted on 12/22/2011 5:55:22 PM PST by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: bksanders

Thanks for posting. Bookmarked.


12 posted on 12/22/2011 5:56:07 PM PST by jazusamo (The real minimum wage is zero: Thomas Sowell)
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To: bksanders

13 posted on 12/22/2011 6:07:45 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
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To: BipolarBob

ping 4 ltr


14 posted on 12/22/2011 6:09:56 PM PST by BipolarBob (Of all the taglines in all the posts in all the world and she read mine.)
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To: bksanders

Y’done good, bksanders ... real good.


15 posted on 12/22/2011 6:19:37 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: bksanders
4 fights in a pint... RIP
16 posted on 12/22/2011 8:04:58 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: bksanders

Amazing video, enjoyed it very much.


17 posted on 12/22/2011 8:21:10 PM PST by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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To: bksanders
Wiki has a lot about him. He was busted in 2009 by the same ATF pig who was big at Waco, and committed suicide rather than do 18 months in the federal pen.

Here's an interesting article about a book by his estranged daughter.

While it sounds like he wasn't ever much of a father, she seems to be treating him well.

18 posted on 12/22/2011 9:05:26 PM PST by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: bksanders
Another one you may enjoy is The Wild & Wonderful Whites of West Virginia. There's also about 3 or 4 spinoffs documenting the same family members at different points in time.

I'm sure they're on Youtube, but you can easy find them for download with Google.

19 posted on 12/23/2011 11:22:15 AM PST by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: Slump Tester
Would this be the infamous Jesco White, The Dancing Outlaw?
I'll check it out.
20 posted on 12/23/2011 11:55:16 AM PST by bksanders (Spewing Forth Vitriol at the Speed of Spit)
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