Orville Redenbacher doesn't speak. He just makes legendary popcorn.

That is, unless you want to get married.

Like all professional mimes (and Batman), Gregg Steigmeyer has one rule. But Steigmeyer, who portrays Orville every year during Valpo's popcorn fest, agreed to officiate a wedding.

"They called me with an unusual request," Steigmeyer said of the wedding party. "It was just after the first year (I did) Popcorn Fest and I was told, 'Someone wants you to marry them as Orville Redenbacher.' I'd never married anybody."

Steigmeyer's only request was that they throw popcorn instead of rice, but this particular wedding wasn't just popcorn themed; the couple themselves had met at the popcorn machine plant in Valpo.

"They knew each other because of popcorn," Steigmeyer said. "I posed

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