Up 2026 is coming
Hey beautiful friends, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We were miraculously all mostly healthy just in time for Christmas and had a great couple days. For the first time, since we have been married, it was just our little family in our home for Christmas and it ended up being really special. Poor Ben stayed up until 4am setting up this hockey foosball table thingy (thought it would be a quicker set-up haha) so we also got a nice Christmas nap. Then on the 27th, my parents surprised up and drove from Canada (with my littlest special-needs sister who usually can't travel with them) and will be staying with us for New Years which has been the best!
This week I was supposed to technically take off, but I kind of accidentally took last week off instead with only Rudolph, so this week we will have two uploads on Patreon-going back to Westeros and our Top 50 Poll Winner with City Slickers. Next week back to regularly scheduled programming-the last two of GOT season 4, our Pick a Flick Winner (Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon) and Justice League (maybe in 2 parts)
Speaking of Pick a Flick! Only 2 more days to enter this months drawing! Enter your pick-a-flick choice here and we will draw in the new year! Can't wait! Remember, you need to submit a pick every month, even if you entered the month before-it will not carry over!
I also wanted to share a little love with you all. Here is a starbucks gift card, you can screenshot it or pull this up on your phone-show it in your starbucks and enjoy a drink and or treat on me. I'm so sorry this is only for USA patrons. Please only one time per patron and I will update on here when it is all gone! The most miniscule thank you but please enjoy!
Thanks for all those who have been helping beta-test the new PiB Website (it will NOT replace Patreon, don't worry) If you are a paid member, at any level here, Ben would love your help testing it out (remember-it is still a work in progress) https://beta.popcorninbed.com Just 2 clicks to link your patreon account and get in there!
Thank you again for everything. The new year coming always gives me weird anxiety-BUT I do have high hopes for PiB, for my family and myself and you all that it will be a good one!
Love your faces!
Cassie
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I'm confused, was this meant for this week or next week? Lol
This "week" which generally means Wed-Tue. GoT dropped yesterday (Sat). City Slickers should be today (Sun), tomorrow (Mon), or Tue (the final day of the week).
Thrones?
Glad to see GoT is coming back, too late for me though. This is my last day on Patreon, I signed up for the GoT content and it's far too slow in coming.
Come back in a few months when you can binge the rest at your own pace!
Did someone say foosball? I demand, *demand*, a reaction to 100 Girls (2000)! In fact, I shall now buy 500 memberships and flood the Pick a Flick!
Happy New Year Everyone!! 🎉🎉
Happy New Year. I am glad you and your family had a good and healthy Christmas. God bless you and your family in the new year.
Thanks for the treat!
I hope City Slickers is a watch w/ Carly. I think both of them would love it.
Started good waiting to see how it ends
Please watch Stranger Things Things With Carly. I know you started it but season three and four are some of the best seasons and it only gets better every season. I think he would love the kids in the storyline.
Been watching the current season. Really enjoying it. How did you like it?
Right it's good!
My brain has been heavy on GoT the last while. Started watching with Cassie (my 4th watch). Then started binge-watching with my mom in Zoom watch parties (5th) and we start the last season on Thursday. We'll most likely finish on the weekend and my mom is so hooked she bought the books and definitely wants to watch the series again ASAP (upcoming 6th). Getting to watch it with people who haven't seen it is awesome! And I get PiB and my mum!
Wonder which day GoT will drop. Seems like forever since the last eps!
yeah its been since Dec15th
Glad all was good for PIB over Christmas... it wouldn't be Christmas if there was a late night of construction of one thing or another... we still talk in my family when my father and I had a lively "debate" about constructing a trampoline in the wee hours for my nephews. So I can relate to poor Ben.
Oh Geeze yeah those take a minute to finish. Especially if they have those nets now. But that was probably my favorite Christmas gift of all time. Those were so fun. Until a tree fell and smashed it in half. But that was like eight years later.
I'm so happy to hear that sickness wasn't present over the holidays and I'm glad you had a wonderful time. Christmas Day with just immediate family is very special - I have very fond memories of that from my own childhood, even though I still enjoyed seeing extended family too. I'm looking forward to the return of Game of Thrones! And I'm glad you're not committing to a full week of reactions so you can enjoy the time with your parents and sister. ❤️ The new website has been very fun to test out and give feedback on and Ben's hard work shows on every page. I can't wait for the official launch of it!
The Last Dragon? Sho-nuff!!!!
January 21st is the the 5th year anniversary of the first PiB YT edit. It would be great if Ben or Matt could do a sort of “mixtape” 3/4 mins of Cassie best reaction moments and some of those scenes that have had Cassie full of laughter/emotion.
Mark- January 21st is one of my favorite days of the year…..hmmmm…..I guess it’s because it is my bday!!!!!! So that mixtape would be a good bday present!
Your own site is smart, might as well reap all those ad revenue benefits you're missing out on with patreon. Reminds me of the great movie Midnight Run, you should watch it 😏
Yes! Midnight Run! She and Carly would love it!
Next month is the 1st anniversary of PaF, so how about a celebratory double-draw?
Great idea. She should also watch the picks of the first and last names on the list alphabetically. Fair warning, Aardvark Newman and ZeeZee Top Notch Road Movie will be on that list.
Does this mean Cassie didn't watch Gremlins (since she didn't post it last week)? Is she skipping Christmas poll winners?
She watched Gremlins and posted it in Patreon. She just hasn’t posted it on YouTube yet.
As others, glad you had a nice Christmas. Mine was quiet, which was what I wanted. As a quick side question about the beta-app, if we put our Popcorn pick in there, I would guess we don't need to do it through the patreon page, is that right? It says my pick is for Dec. 2025, but not sure if that's really for the month upcoming or not.
The December draw happens in early January so sounds like your pick is in. I’m not positive, but for this month, I’d expect the drawing will come from the entries made on Patreon so I’d make sure it’s entered there too. If Ben is pulling from the beta app as well, he will catch it and make sure it only counts as one anyways. But just in case the entries don’t count if only posted on the beta app, it’s better to be sure.😊
+1 for popcorninbed. com and the beta testing.
Glad to here you had a Merry Christmas in good health. what a blessing for your family to have your sister at your home. Happy New Year 💖
Glad your Christmas went well Cassie. Best wishes to you and your family as you enter the new year. Youre gonna love City Slickers. Its right up your alley.
Thank you, Cassie and company! Love, love, love your content.
Amen to that!
Hello Cassie, I just finished hibernating from the Christmas season, sorry but every December my energy is drained and can’t get my head straight. But I’m glad that your parents surprised you guys for this New Years!! And I hope your Ben finishes the new something on the other web. And glad no more sickness in your family for the New Years.
I'm from abroad, but still, you're very generous Cassie!! I won't be here next month because I'm on a tight budget right now, but i'll be back ASAP.
Thank you for the Starbucks card! Hopefully I’ll get to use it before it runs out… I’m glad you had a great Christmas! So did I! Not as many people around, but good nevertheless. I watched It’s a Wonderful Life on Christmas Eve (tradition of mine), and had family over at my parents for dinner on Christmas Day. Currently, as I type this, I’m at another MSU basketball game awaiting tipoff. Go Green! Hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and have a great New Year’s Day too!
Im glad youre all feeling better.. and yes the joys of being a dad putting together the toys at all hours.. Im loving your new website.. Ben did such a good job on it.. great place to recommend movies to you that might otherwise get overlooked. Hope you have a great New Years.. and if you can please dont split Justice League up.. itll be tricky to sync it with you once the movie is already going. But we understand if you have to.
Cassie, it sounds like you had a lovely break. You deserve it. Ben staying up until 4! To make a foosball table, that’s just the sort of thing I would do 😆 “I’m not quitting until it’s done!” 😂 It looks like more great movies, I can’t wait to see your Gremlins reaction! and once I’m sorted with Patreon I will have loads of GoT to catch up on, so every cloud and all that! Very kind of you with the Starbucks. Finally, just want to say this community is the BEST! I reach out and everyone is so supportive and helpful. Thank you my fellow PiBers ☺️
I'm gonna jump in and say 'you're welcome' because I suck. Lol. But you're a rad PIBer yourself. Along with many here. Been nice meeting decent people here with good attitudes, and thoughtful comments. Best to you and wife.
Happy New Years Cassie
Thanks Cassie! Glad your holiday was happy and healthy. The new https://beta.popcorninbed.com/ website is amazing. The “Sync App” will indeed be a game changer. 👍
I used the gift card for a lil sugary sweet treat while I grocery shop for the week/prep for new years. Happy Holidays, errbody!
thank you for your generosity Cassie :)
Happy new year Cassie
"We were miraculously all mostly healthy just in time for Christmas" It's a Christmas miracle! :-) Enjoy your New Year's special guests.
I am pointing my big foam finger at Mark White's comment below and will continue to do so until his woes are sorted. Patreon is being a pain to everyone lately, but Mark doesn't deserve this headache.
Cheers mate, im going to try and put my comment in two parts now and see what happens
Glad there was a great Christmas at the house of popcorn. I'm looking forward to more game of thrones and City slickers this week. Should be good stuff
Dear PIB Family and distinguished PIB viewers, Geez I thought my 5 siblings + my gf and I had it bad. Staying up all hours of the night. It wasn't all bad we snuck my Mom's dogs into the hospital to see my Mom. https://photos.app.goo.gl/serGmqbEnYduR1Ce9 For more on my Mom's dogs check my YT channel. Anyway nothing to say about last week or this. My mind keeps repeating a week will be in Colorado! I have been playing this song pretty much everyday since my Mom's accident. Enjoy! I think this is from there album Recovering The Satellites https://youtu.be/1D5PtyrewSs?si=cewSLbnRnjGpB6u4
Hope mom is alright. It's just a short stay at the hospital?
Hello everyone, can anyone see this comment?
I’m just wrote a message and had it removed by Patreon! I’m trying to explain what has happened to my account!
Good news and bad news on the Christmas front. Bad news - Wifey caught a lurgy three days before Christmas. Good news - she's a female so she recovered in the middle of her second sneeze. Bad news - I caught her lurgy and was in the ICU from the 23rd to Boxing Day. Good news - The NFL games since then have been so good, I forgot I was sick. Salut to my Patriots! Bad news - I am British so have been ethnically excluded from Cassie's Starbucks gift. Good news - I am British and therefore only drink tea. Coffee is considered voodoo juice over here. Good news - Cassie is watching City Slickers and GoT this week. Bad news - There is no more bad news. Emilia Clarke is as cute as ever in her elf suit, Cameron Diaz is enjoying her English cottage vacation, Bruce Willis is still one step ahead of Hans Gruber and, as it turns out, Love Actually....Is....all around us. Bottoms up, fellow patrons!
Glad you're feeling better Clarence!
I hope she understands that The Last Dragon is weird and cheesy on purpose and shouldn't be taken seriously.
What a nice gift! Thanks Cassie happy new year! (Got my parents coffee and told em about your channel haha)
🎬 A Comprehensive List of Rob Reiner Films Directed • Produced • Acted Below is a comprehensive, chronological list of Rob Reiner’s feature films—those he directed, produced, and acted in. I think this could make an interesting poll in the New Year, given the extraordinary range and lasting cultural impact of his work. Some of these films have already been watched on the channel and can be eliminated; however, I thought it would still be worthwhile to present a complete list for those who truly enjoy watching and discussing great movies. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Directed • Produced • Acted – Marty DiBergi The Sure Thing (1985) Directed Stand by Me (1986) Directed • Produced The Princess Bride (1987) Directed • Produced When Harry Met Sally… (1989) Directed • Produced Lord of the Flies (1990) Produced Misery (1990) Directed • Produced The Shawshank Redemption (1991) Produced A Few Good Men (1992) Directed • Produced Singles (1992) Produced North (1994) Directed • Produced Malice (1993) Produced City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold (1994) Produced The American President (1995) Directed • Produced • Acted – Lewis Rothschild (White House aide) Before Sunrise (1995) Produced (co-production) Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) Directed • Produced Michael Collins (1996) Produced The Story of Us (1999) Directed • Produced Dick (1999) Produced The Green Mile (1999) Produced Alex & Emma (2003) Directed • Produced • Acted (cameo) The Majestic (2001) Produced Rumor Has It… (2005) Directed • Acted The Bucket List (2007) Directed • Produced Flipped (2010) Directed • Produced • Acted – Bryce Loski’s grandfather The Magic of Belle Isle (2012) Directed The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Acted – Max Belfort (Jordan Belfort’s father) And So It Goes (2014) Directed • Produced • Acted (cameo) Being Charlie (2015) Directed • Produced • Acted LBJ (2017) Directed • Produced • Acted Shock and Awe (2018) Directed Films Acted In ONLY (No directing or producing credit) • 1967 – Enter Laughing • 1971 – Summertree • 1977 – Fire Sale • 1992 – Honeymoon in Vegas — cameo • 1993 – Sleepless in Seattle — cameo • 1994 – Mixed Nuts • 1997 – In & Out • 1998 – Bulworth • 1999 – EdTV • 2001 – America’s Sweethearts • 2013 – The Wolf of Wall Street — Max Belfort (Jordan’s father)
Did you deliberately omit "Spinal Tap II," or did you just run out of room? 🤷♂️ Frankly, I feel it's one of the very few decent films he directed post-"American President." 🤔
City Slickers, love it!
What a sweet surprise to have your parents and sister come for the holidays! Thank you for the Starbucks gift, you are so good to us, Cassie.
Your offering of coffee was accepted and the perfect way to start off a productive afternoon! Happy New Year's everyone!
Can't wait to slick some cities! PS: I recently found out my great great grandparents did a 30 steer cattle drive and migration from Texas to the Warner Ranch in San Diego, CA in the 1800s where there's a road named after them, and small graveyard where many were buried. This movie might feel a little more personal to me with that information now.
Glad you were all healthy for Christmas.
City Slickers! Yeeeehawwww That's also super generous, I will have a cheese Danish on PiB!
"That's a good 'yahoo', son!" 🤠
Stop babysitting everybody! (jk) The PIF odds are already terrible and because of the reminder 10% more people just submitted a pick. (back to not kidding) If people can't remember to do it themselves, I say tough, that's their problem. It is already listed in the FAQ and there is that huge reminder every month, the drawing.
Not really the style of this channel to say tough this is PaF not the national lottery for millions.
Winter is coming in 2026 guys 😱
Happy new year! Looking forward to more great content in 2026.
A City Slickers reaction plus a Starbucks card? Cassie, you are an absolute delight! 🩷
So very glad you and the family had a happy, nearly health Christmas. Hope you have a great time with Mom, dad and your baby sister while they are in town, and may the New Year be safe, healthy and prosperous for the entire PIB community!
Ditto!
Glad y'all mostly healthy just in time for Christmas. The 2 parents (you and Ben) w/just the kids on Christmas Day at home is special -- I remember doing that and loving it. That's cool you now have surprise visit from your parents w/your special-needs sister -- staying for New Years. That Starbucks gift is nice. Looking forward to GoT. This week and next week.
Aww that sounds like a great Christmas. Fun to have some smaller, intimate ones. We had six at Christmas and it was great. The bit about the foosball table reminded me how over the moon HYPED I was at nine getting an air hockey table. So exciting. Actually have some nagging guilt about some great Christmas gifts from my parents over the years. Feel like a spoiled brat in somewhat expecting a nice gift every year in childhood. Weird feeling. Remember snapping at dad because he couldn't figure out how to play the new video game he got me one year, and he seemed hurt. Regret is such a b--. Ugh maybe a topic for therapy someday. Lol. Anyways, glad the fam had a good time and all are healthy. Happy New Year! Edit: Had a really nice chat with dad last night and thanked him for all the fantastic Christmas's and gifts over the years. Talked for an hour about all the good times we had as a family over the years. Guess it's never too late to...I don't know. Show appreciation or love or make some amends.
a belated Merry Christmas and a Happy, Safe and Prosperous New Year to you and your family and everyone on this site (and their family)!!!!! "Justice League " !!!!!!! Yes, cannot wait !!!
I’ll be interested to see what she thinks of JL. Since she’s talking about a possible two-part reaction I have to think she’s watching the Snyder cut.
Nothing on YouTube this week? Also, when can we expect to see the Gremlins reaction please?
we have our editor the week off but hopefully gremlins this week as he had already edited it!
I don’t live in America but holy smokes that is so nice and so generous of you. I’ve never seen a YouTuber do something like that. As a fellow Canadian seeing you be so generous gives me great pride. Glad to hear your Xmas was awesome and hope your new year is also just as awesome.
Cassie, I'm glad you and your family had a great Christmas. Thanks for the gift card.
Does this mean that there will not be any early release YT reactions for Little Kernels again?
Think they are giving the YT editor some holiday
Cassie, you are too sweet. Next time, instead, get a Tim Horton's card for your fellow Canucks. 🤣🍁
Saw a video on YTube about the Tim Horton's menu the other day and it looks amazing.
Can't wait to see the City Slickers reaction. Please be sure to watch City Slickers 2 as well.
Agree!
Thank you for this! Glad everyone is relatively healthy! Dang, I can’t remember if I picked my flick of the month. Dec 1 is so far away. Is there anyway I can check whether I did or not?
Hi Dave, hope you had a great holiday. And I hope work on the new book is going well. To check if you have successfully made a submission for Pick a flick please try this link: https://go.popcorninbed.com/PAFconfirm
Glad you had a good christmas, Cassie. We also stayed home. Older brother and his wife and kids visited. Everyone was pretty much over ham/turkey so we had a christmas BBQ. Ribs, beans, slaw, mac n cheese, the works. City slickers should be fun. So is the sequel. Looking forward to 2026, the poppies, all the things.
yummm
Just out of curiosity, Cassie, roughly how many suggested DVD/Blu Rays have been sent to you to watch? Whenever I see the bag on YT Live, it looks like a LOT! I was thinking of sending you a region free Blu Ray of a movie I love but I'm not sure given the already large number of films you've been sent already.
At popcornrequests.com, it notes if a movie she hasn't seen is already in her DVD/Blu-ray collection. Her collection is massive. She has shelving in a room filled with DVDs/Blu-rays sent to her.
Greetings, Christmas was fine. The Pick-a-Flick option on the new website works great. Very nice! Funny thing: one of my favourite films, The Dish (2000), is already picked by someone else, which is great! BUT I really have to hope it doesn’t win, because I can’t find a digital copy here in Germany. It seems it is available via Amazon Prime Turkey, or on a streaming service in Switzerland, though.
Thank you Cassie. Continue to have a great holiday season. Glad you all are healthy and enjoyed Christmas. Now off to 26. Nice to see City Slickers and more GoT on the way.
Unfortunately, Christmas this year wasn't all good. On Christmas morning I heard that a close family friend was killed in a hit-and-run. 😔😢 This woman babysat me for my entire childhood and helped raise me. 😭 It hurts more when you lose someone close at Christmas time.
I’m so sorry to hear that Zane.
I hope you had a great Christmas! Will you still be reacting to, "Meet Me in St Louis?"
She posted her full reaction to Meet Me In St. Louis (1944) to Patreon on Dec 22. https://www.patreon.com/posts/meet-me-in-st-146448368 I am not sure if she will do a YT edit.
Great you had a nice Xmas hope you didn't eat as much as i have, don't think I can touch chocolate for a while now 😊. Good news for us the break is already over as some of us are missing GoT.
"Here is a starbucks gift card, I'm so sorry this is only for USA patrons." That's OK, Cassie; I bought myself a brand new Hotel Chocolat Velvetiser for myself (I also bought a 2nd one for my mum!). It makes a choice of both hot and cold chocolate in a variety of flavours. The creme brulee flavour is really nice! https://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk/velvetiser-pewter-machine.html?cgid=the-velvetiser A belated Merry Christmas and a Happy 2026 to you and your whole family!
I had an incredible cup of hot cocoa last week but I have no idea what it was or where it came from. Chocolate Velvetiser is bringing back memories though. Tasted like melted Ghirardelli.
Thank you Cassie you are a sweet soul looking forward to City slickers reaction
I’m soooo ready to go back to Westeros with Cassie!
7 and 8 are bangers
Glad you had a wonderful Christmas. I feel Ben’s pain. The three most terrifying words in the English language… “some assembly required”. Enjoy your time with the family.
AND Bruce Lee Roy. I couldn’t be happier, unless I was twins.
SHO-NUFF!!!
Just what I needed to get me through this last week, some GoT and Norman (iykyk). Hellooooo…
Only 3K youtube subscribers away from HALF A MILLION 😝 Incredible 👍❤️
Thank you Cassie. Be well all 🤞❤️🙏
happy holidays
City Slickers?!?? I am so Happy. “H - A - P - P - Y” — A La “Ford vs Ferrari”
Episode 8 will be interesting to see haha
When’s the YT cut of 2001?
as soon as Matt is back from his week off!
Christmas was good but I think I’m looking forward to some more GOT 🙃