I used to get those cookies out of vending machines and eat them at work all the time. Pretty good!
How could Mr. Amos possibly make it in racist America? This has to be wrong! /s
RIP.
Always liked him, always had a positive vibe about him.
When I lived in L.A. I had a good laugh once when I saw the cookies of a competitor to Famous Amos branded as “Unknown Jerome.”
RIP Wally.
Guy like him you wish he had another 20 years of good health.
Appears he had life to the full.
We need more folks like him as examples for our youth as opposed to too many of what we have now.
RIP, Amos.
First place I saw Famous Amos was in a men’s clothing store back in the 70’s, followed by the men’s dept at McRae’s. I figured they were somehow cookies that were “not for little girls” like me because they were sold only in the men’s wear. Maybe they had dangerous “macho stuff” in them like coffee, gunpowder or alcohol! Don’t think I actually ate any of ‘em for a few years until they were in groceries.
They were okay.
Cookies are better fresh with real butter in them.
I saw him on Shark Tank trying to get help launching a Macadamia nut cookie. He had sold his chocolate chip cookie business in bits and pieces over the years so he couldn’t use his “famous” name.
The Sharks said they loved his product and his personality but they didn’t invest due his poor business sense.
Excellent story about a person striving to be a success.
I used to go to one of his cookie shops in Los Angeles. He sold the Famous Amos brand for a fair bit of money for the times, and then went on to create another cookie company when his contract expired. An American success story.
I never understood why he was pushed so hard by the media and entertainment, getting on shows like Johnny Carson, his incredible celebrity for making just another brand of cookie didn’t make sense to me.
I would drive to the LA original store and dream of them when I ran out.
I met him once many years ago. He was doing fund raising for the public library system I worked for.
He was very nice and gave me a REALLY good cookie.
Where we're going, we don't need dough.
RIP, Famous Amos