I was watching a documentary about Famous Amos. After all these years, losing his business, battling homelessness, and he is STILL baking cookies. He's an inspiration.
The video and his own son said that HE sold the company because of HIS bad business decisions and impulsiveness. So how is that considered them “taking it” from him??? We always trying to play the victim 🙄
When I was a kid, I remember my mom telling me she doesn’t buy Famous Amos cookies because he doesn’t get the money off them. I couldn’t believe it. She explained it to me. My first lesson about how messed up business can be. 😢
About how if you dont check your own business correctness to make sure to make sure These infidel corporate types will take advantage and take advantage they will
Mr Amos came to our school assembly in the early 80's, when I attended P.S. 30 Queens (in Queens NY), while in elementary school. Depending on how many books you read over the summer, that's how many free bags of his cookies you got. He was the first celebrity I had ever met😊.
His story is the story of many blacks that have lost the 'big deal' many don't stay focused on the business aspects of being in the business many don't read the small print or hire an attorney to look over the contract and if they do most of the time it's after the deal is done and the contract is signed. I even know if you have a business and sell it if you don't want your picture included you have to exclude it prior to signing the contract because once it's signed it includes everything including your picture which in many cases is the selling point. Famous Amos smiled a lot but didn't understand business, he should've taken courses in understanding the business thoroughly or hired someone to do just that. Wow, he lost millions and those cookies were really good but, they don't taste the same today and are full of preservatives. Another case of live and learn.
I live in Honolulu and many times run into Wally Amos at the car wash and at the Farmers Market. I frequented his cookie store in Kailua and thought he made a big mistake by opening a second store at Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center one of the most expensive rents in USA which eventually ended up closing all of his stores. He started making and selling his cookies at our local Costco Stores before going into Shark Tank where unfortunately no Shark wanted to invest in him. He eventually moved to the mainland where he started Aunt Dellas Cookie Company and the muffin company. He no longer has these companies but I’ve still been following if he will ever startup anything so I can at least go online to purchase his products. He’s a good man and always thoughtful about young children. He used to always give kids his cookies while waiting for his car at the car wash and you could always notice him because of his colorful hat and shirt.
Wow, I didn't know all this! I mean, I already knew about Wally & how he sold the company, but I was always under the impression that he had been paid a great amount by the new owners, but after watching this, I got the real story. It's unfortunate that he lost it, but I'm glad to see that he's still trying, & his story is truly inspiring.
I used to see him around Honolulu sometimes when he lived in Hawaii. I think those were the days when he was hired as a spokesperson. I didn't know he had moved away but good to hear he's still grinding. Much luck to him and I hope this latest company takes off the way his original one did.
What I take from this older man as a 30 year old man finding my way in more happiness and more Life is that this man never stopped throwing the curve balls back at Life when Life threw them at him first. I Love it. He was a fighter and he reestablished his happiness and Life even more before he passed away. Rest In Peace OG. Us people from the hood understand your contribution to society 😢.
I was just in the store looking for a box of these cookies and noticed a new smaller and more expensive version of the iconic Famous Amos. They had Belgian Chocolate and Phillipine Coconut...so sad my childhood cookie is goneee
He came to my jhs in the bronx and explained his mistakes was intresting to hear , crazy when. I think back he made it simple to understand real life business to pre teens or I was just so mature I took in all he said about business plans and knowing who to work with .
CONGRATULATIONs Comedy Hype, Your Research Department gets no complaints from me; (Famous Amos discovered Simon and Garfunkel) is the most telling reveal possibly EVER on your platform.... (also dude reading [copy] is just as good as anybody y'all have) #BLACK Excellence
Right! It's maddening!! My jaw dropped and had to pause the video when they showed him how much the company could have made after he sold it for that measly 1 milly smh
I remember in the '70's when we went to LA to visit extended family and we stopped at a store and bought some of his cookies. DELICIOUS is all I can say. I haven't tasted a chocolate pecan cookie like that since!
I remember my Maternal Grandmother always brought a bag of Famous Amos cookies in the early 80's.... Back then, Those cookies tasted like none other......
Hey-OOO ,Well Wow,I'm highly impressed, it literally sounds like A Really Nice classic +,authentic Innovator ,so wish he had A accountant, Very inspiring story ,God. Bless
I’m glad you’ll did the story because yt ppl have told us growing up in the south this black man was dead and bake cookies for slaves. When I call my teacher liar (I was about 10) I got kick out school and visit our school in Atlanta black business owners. I’m glad Me. Amos story coming to light and still giving blueprints on how to never give up.
I disagree because you still need that belief that you can accomplish anything with and without help. So the ego is needed regardless. So with that said. Here’s my personal quote of the day. “Confidence creates dominance”. Remember that son✌🏿
Thanks for this! Great story telling! I'm so glad FA had a happy ending. I remember seeing him on Taxi. Jim made cookies with cocaine in them, and hallucinated Famous Amos in his apartment. Le sigh. Machine made cookies are shit.
Definitely a great lesson for you serial entrepreneur. Sometimes we have to weather the storm to keep hold of our legacy…because you can be written off with the same pen they wrote your check with…🤷🏾♂️
The original famous Amos cookies were delicious.. these fake ones out now dont compare..to bad he didn't speak to someone before selling his company. His grandchildren's grand would be millionaires.🤔
Yesss, when i saw the new bag for them, i knew itd never be the same😞 Famous amos was the best cookies man, i grew up on those. Never had a better chocolate chip cookie
He visited my school during career week in California when I was in the first grade and I want to say the original recipe doesn’t taste anything like the current, the best I recall…Sweet hearted guy.
Besides them stealing/taking his cookies and brand; he really didn't need them! He was already off the ground flying; he fell for their lie that they could take him higher, quicker!
@James Denny Yes, Of course they probably "shut him out" -- That's what THEY do. To bring down or capitalize on another person's views, ideas, business & finances. And then THEY steal everything to profit of their own. Did y'all listen to the part where they wanted to add preservatives to his recipe in order to make a longer shelf life. (Yeah, tell me something I don't know) Famous Amos wasn't falling for that. That's what these people will do to any entrepreneur who may not know the business. What I would really like to know is the backstory of the Famous Black Jamaican man's business store "Golden Crust" entrepreneur and owner who has died several years ago. But Thank You again, for this Famous Amos story.
Wally should have licensed his Cookie brand just like how McDonald restaurants are licensed. That way other people would have invested their money to make the cookies in a large warehouse Wally would own. And he would have made a fortune just by licensing the Wally brand. Of course each licensor would have had to make the cookies with the same standard of the original cookies. The other thing he should have done was trademark the Wally Amos Cookies name. That way he would have still made royalties on cookie sales to his death.
I remember the Famous Amos stand alone store in L.A. that kind of resembled an alpine A frame house, it's pictured in the video. It was on the North side of Sunset Blvd. just West of La Brea. A&M records was on the East side of La Brea just South of the intersection. Every time I got out that way I'd get a dozen cookies. Haven't been that way in years, don't know what's there now (Oct 2022).
I always saw his face on the box & would be curious about his story. Love the cookies growing up & still do but now makes me wonder what the originals tasted like.
The first person who I got the story from was Djehuty Ma'atra on youtube. That solidified it for me. Sad how this man had to start over on his own brand, but that's America for you.
I was watching a documentary about Famous Amos. After all these years, losing his business, battling homelessness, and he is STILL baking cookies. He's an inspiration.
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He’s still alive?!
Definitely!
And not of us stepped up to
re configure his brand
I'm saying.. how can we help this man ?
"Remember the Cookie Man? They took them damn cookies."
- Paul Mooney
You meant the 🍪 boy 👦 🤣 😏
@@truthserum4life101 boy he said it right
R.I.P paul mooney
💀💀💀I'm dead that's who he was talking about 🤣
The video and his own son said that HE sold the company because of HIS bad business decisions and impulsiveness. So how is that considered them “taking it” from him???
We always trying to play the victim 🙄
I met him in Hawaii. He has a real calm loving soul. Good people no doubt.
That was beautiful. He had so many reasons to give uo, but he didn’t quit. He pushed forward. Amazing
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When I was a kid, I remember my mom telling me she doesn’t buy Famous Amos cookies because he doesn’t get the money off them. I couldn’t believe it. She explained it to me. My first lesson about how messed up business can be. 😢
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The I will no longer buy either!
My mom said the same thing to me.
About how if you dont check your own business correctness to make sure to make sure
These infidel corporate types will take advantage and take advantage they will
Mr Amos came to our school assembly in the early 80's, when I attended P.S. 30 Queens (in Queens NY), while in elementary school. Depending on how many books you read over the summer, that's how many free bags of his cookies you got. He was the first celebrity I had ever met😊.
He came to my school too in Queens
in the 80's PS 40.
@@firstladyofyoutube2249 -Get out!
Was your school past or near Rochdale Mall?
@@calvthomas6153 I went to PS.30.
@@denzelreid4834 ok i thought i was having a false memory he came to my schools assembly too pass out cookies this was in Vegas in 1982!!!
Kenya Barris (Black•ish) is doing a movie about him. Lookin forward to that.
Really?? Will definitely be looking forward to that!
Yeah he briefly talked about it on the breakfast club interview.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I could see Lakeith Stanfield playing Wally.
is he? how do you know?
I met this brother 20 years ago in Waikiki, he lived on my street. Glad to know he's still going strong..
R.I.P. Wally Amos. You’ll be missed. 😢
His story is the story of many blacks that have lost the 'big deal' many don't stay focused on the business aspects of being in the business many don't read the small print or hire an attorney to look over the contract and if they do most of the time it's after the deal is done and the contract is signed. I even know if you have a business and sell it if you don't want your picture included you have to exclude it prior to signing the contract because once it's signed it includes everything including your picture which in many cases is the selling point. Famous Amos smiled a lot but didn't understand business, he should've taken courses in understanding the business thoroughly or hired someone to do just that. Wow, he lost millions and those cookies were really good but, they don't taste the same today and are full of preservatives. Another case of live and learn.
Traveling to one of his cookie shops, was a reward to myself on pay day. He is such an inspiration. Best wishes Mr.Amos!
I use to love ❤ those cookies when I was young. Now, I'll probably never eat them again.
They taste like 💩 now
They don't taste the same anymore.. and they are hard as rocks smh . All the additives are apparent when you taste them .
@@purpleplumtrinkets I agree 👍
You're right they don't taste the same when I used to eat them they used to melt in my mouth now nah
I grew up on Famous Amos cookies those chocolate chip cookies are fire 🔥
i had no idea he discovered simon and garfunkel. what an undeniable legend.
I live in Honolulu and many times run into Wally Amos at the car wash and at the Farmers Market. I frequented his cookie store in Kailua and thought he made a big mistake by opening a second store at Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center one of the most expensive rents in USA which eventually ended up closing all of his stores. He started making and selling his cookies at our local Costco Stores before going into Shark Tank where unfortunately no Shark wanted to invest in him. He eventually moved to the mainland where he started Aunt Dellas Cookie Company and the muffin company. He no longer has these companies but I’ve still been following if he will ever startup anything so I can at least go online to purchase his products. He’s a good man and always thoughtful about young children. He used to always give kids his cookies while waiting for his car at the car wash and you could always notice him because of his colorful hat and shirt.
To Mr. 2895: Do you think that Amos's limits had anything to do with ...?
🙋🏾♂️Its true...You can't take it with you but... You can keep it and pass the WEALTH💰 to your Kids.
That's what he tell his self to fight depression
Wow, I didn't know all this! I mean, I already knew about Wally & how he sold the company, but I was always under the impression that he had been paid a great amount by the new owners, but after watching this, I got the real story. It's unfortunate that he lost it, but I'm glad to see that he's still trying, & his story is truly inspiring.
Back in 97 or so, when i learned that the brother DID NOT OWN the brand any more? ... i actually STOPPED BUYING THEM.
I used to see him around Honolulu sometimes when he lived in Hawaii. I think those were the days when he was hired as a spokesperson. I didn't know he had moved away but good to hear he's still grinding. Much luck to him and I hope this latest company takes off the way his original one did.
What I take from this older man as a 30 year old man finding my way in more happiness and more Life is that this man never stopped throwing the curve balls back at Life when Life threw them at him first. I Love it. He was a fighter and he reestablished his happiness and Life even more before he passed away.
Rest In Peace OG.
Us people from the hood understand your contribution to society 😢.
Passed today… Long live Amos🕊️💔
I remember meeting him back in the late 80s. His smile was infectious and his energy was amazing.
In his 80's and still kicking' ass...
My oldest brother took me to the spot in Hollywood. It was the place to be then.
I met Wally Amos once at a grocery store. He was there handing out samples of his cookies from a new brand he started, 'The Uncle No-Name Cookie Co.'
I was just in the store looking for a box of these cookies and noticed a new smaller and more expensive version of the iconic Famous Amos. They had Belgian Chocolate and Phillipine Coconut...so sad my childhood cookie is goneee
Thanks for covering this. I remember him on Shark Tank and I felt bad to think about all of the money he missed out on.
Really? What product did he have on shark tank??
@@keykarissa I think he developed another brand of cookies and was looking to get it off of the ground but he didn't get a deal from the sharks.
@@keykarissa It was called The Cookie Kakuna.
He came to my jhs in the bronx and explained his mistakes was intresting to hear , crazy when. I think back he made it simple to understand real life business to pre teens or I was just so mature I took in all he said about business plans and knowing who to work with .
CONGRATULATIONs Comedy Hype,
Your Research Department gets no complaints
from me; (Famous Amos discovered Simon and Garfunkel)
is the most telling reveal possibly EVER on your platform....
(also dude reading [copy] is just as good as anybody y'all have)
#BLACK Excellence
Wow... such an unfortunate situation. There's power in your name.. never give/sell it. Many blessings to him💞
I remember being introduced to him on the PBS show "Learn to Read" back in the day.
I grew up eating this cookies. My mom always had a box in the house.
May God Bless and keep this man. We all make mistakes, I pray that he gets restitution before leaving this earth!
God bless him. Those were my favorite cookies. ❤️
"Money? Can't take it with you but you sure enough need it while you're here." Denzel Washington
I got hooked on Famous Amos cookies & milk omg🤤 Those were my fav!!!
HE WAS A BLESSING 🙌 🙏 ✨️ ❤️ 🤧 💖! GOD BLESS MY BROTHER !LOVE LEE LEE!
I knew something happened. They just don't taste the same.
Every time bro.. every time! WE create multibillion dollar companies and GIVE them away.
Right! It's maddening!! My jaw dropped and had to pause the video when they showed him how much the company could have made after he sold it for that measly 1 milly smh
Or they create circumstances that make it hard for you to refuse If you catch my drift 👀
Who the hell is WE. I don't know you nigga
3:33 My man is chewing the hell out dem cookies! 🤣
😂😂😂
Them mugs be slaps he tryna get all da flavor!
What an excellent, informative piece of information! I learned the impressive back story, of this talented man.
I remember those cookies years ago. My mom use to order them from the back of a black true confessions magazine called Bronze Thrills .
Remember Him and his Cookies.
They Were good.
I remember seeing him on Taxi as a kid! The re runs during the 80s
RIP sir.
A foolish man with a burning passion, and a neverending sense of persistence.
I remember in the '70's when we went to LA to visit extended family and we stopped at a store and bought some of his cookies. DELICIOUS is all I can say. I haven't tasted a chocolate pecan cookie like that since!
I never knew this. Thank you for sharing
I just read Wallace " Wally" Amos died. Great story!
I remember my Maternal Grandmother always brought a bag of Famous Amos cookies in the early 80's.... Back then, Those cookies tasted like none other......
He came to our high school years ago and was soooooo arrogant it was ridiculous. I'm not surprised he fell.
The truth really hurts.
Famous Amos came to my high school and told his story. He was very nice.
I literally have a bag of Famous Amos Philippine Coconut and white chocolate chip sitting right in front of me.
I didn't know they made them flavors
@@p.i.m.ppaperismypleasure6601 Yeah...they do.
I worked with his son Michael years ago. Sad to hear this
I sold door to door as a kid, maybe I should start baking!
Hey-OOO ,Well Wow,I'm highly impressed, it literally sounds like A Really Nice classic +,authentic Innovator ,so wish he had A accountant, Very inspiring story ,God. Bless
No wonder the last time I had them,they were nasty.It’s been years.
Damn I ain’t realise he went out of biz. Used to live those cookies as a kid
I swear his cookies was the best in my opinion
I met him in the 90’s he moved to Hawaii and was running a new cookie company called no-name cookies.
I’m glad you’ll did the story because yt ppl have told us growing up in the south this black man was dead and bake cookies for slaves. When I call my teacher liar (I was about 10) I got kick out school and visit our school in Atlanta black business owners. I’m glad Me. Amos story coming to light and still giving blueprints on how to never give up.
@SUAVAY
👊👊 Yes, I hear you.
Ego is a killer.. Every single timed I’ve failed its bcuz I place my victories solely on myself. You gotta kill that ego
This so true!!!
True shit...it's always about the collective
"Sometimes you need your ego, you gotta remind these fools" -Jay-Z
I disagree because you still need that belief that you can accomplish anything with and without help. So the ego is needed regardless. So with that said. Here’s my personal quote of the day. “Confidence creates dominance”. Remember that son✌🏿
There is nothing wrong with having an ego, it’s how you apply it 💁🏾♀️ sometimes you have to let mfkers know
Thanks for this! Great story telling! I'm so glad FA had a happy ending. I remember seeing him on Taxi. Jim made cookies with cocaine in them, and hallucinated Famous Amos in his apartment. Le sigh. Machine made cookies are shit.
Alot to learn from this
and this is for future entrepreneurs n businessman
I still remember watching his PBS show, 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥, back in the 80s.
RIP, Cookie King.
Definitely a great lesson for you serial entrepreneur. Sometimes we have to weather the storm to keep hold of our legacy…because you can be written off with the same pen they wrote your check with…🤷🏾♂️
Famous Amos cookies with a can of Country Time Lemonade was the best snack ever as a kid
Some of the best cookies out
The original famous Amos cookies were delicious.. these fake ones out now dont compare..to bad he didn't speak to someone before selling his company. His grandchildren's grand would be millionaires.🤔
Yesss, when i saw the new bag for them, i knew itd never be the same😞 Famous amos was the best cookies man, i grew up on those. Never had a better chocolate chip cookie
Thats what I hate about when people say "you can't take it with you" yes, but your family should profit, not other people!
Yup, the newer ones dryer then a Popeyes biscuit.
Agreed
He visited my school during career week in California when I was in the first grade and I want to say the original recipe doesn’t taste anything like the current, the best I recall…Sweet hearted guy.
Famous Amos was also co-host of the PBS program Learn to Read.
Beside the Cookies business I thought he started a clean product that was sold on HSN or QVC. Thank you for sharing this story
Besides them stealing/taking his cookies and brand; he really didn't need them! He was already off the ground flying; he fell for their lie that they could take him higher, quicker!
I loved Famous Amos cookies. Then they turned them into corporate cookies, they didn't taste the same.
Getting sued for using your name and likeness to start another company is crazy😂
Rihanna sued her father for using his name - Fenty - in a business he started. She won.
Wowww I never heard this story. The importance of knowing your business.
Thanks for sharing.
If you don't know business they will get you. 🙆🏽♀️
This was very interesting… thank you… a lot information…. I didn’t know
I love this content!😊
Great story! I been there a few times, I never knew the backstory.
An incredible story of this man's life
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The story has changed, the TV interview said his investors bought the stocks which made him not the controller of his business n shut him out !
@James Denny
Yes, Of course they probably "shut him out" -- That's what THEY do. To bring down or capitalize on another person's views, ideas, business & finances. And then THEY steal everything to profit of their own. Did y'all listen to the part where they wanted to add preservatives to his recipe in order to make a longer shelf life. (Yeah, tell me something I don't know) Famous Amos wasn't falling for that. That's what these people will do to any entrepreneur who may not know the business. What I would really like to know is the backstory of the Famous Black Jamaican man's business store "Golden Crust" entrepreneur and owner who has died several years ago. But Thank You again, for this Famous Amos story.
The soft batch chocolate chip cookies used to smack too
Wally should have licensed his Cookie brand just like how McDonald restaurants are licensed. That way other people would have invested their money to make the cookies in a large warehouse Wally would own. And he would have made a fortune just by licensing the Wally brand. Of course each licensor would have had to make the cookies with the same standard of the original cookies. The other thing he should have done was trademark the Wally Amos Cookies name. That way he would have still made royalties on cookie sales to his death.
OMG say it aint so this was my childhood hero
I loved the peanut butter cookies but they stopped making them years ago❤
All I knew was chocolate chip and pecans
Thanks for this one 🤗💝
Thanks for sharing great story.😊😊
There's still a strip joint across the street from the former store location at 7181 Sunset. lol
Famous Amos Oatmeal Raisin cookies were absolutely delicious.
I remember the Famous Amos stand alone store in L.A. that kind of resembled an alpine A frame house, it's pictured in the video. It was on the North side of Sunset Blvd. just West of La Brea. A&M records was on the East side of La Brea just South of the intersection. Every time I got out that way I'd get a dozen cookies. Haven't been that way in years, don't know what's there now (Oct 2022).
I loved Famous Amos little, crunchy, chocolate chip cookies. 😪
Best cookies in the 80's!!
This man is super consistent!
I remember him on Shark Tank a few years ago... They kinda blasted him for terrible business dealings and didn't get a deal...
R.I.P. Amos. Dam fine cookie.
Thank you!
I love his Cameo in the office LOL
I always saw his face on the box & would be curious about his story. Love the cookies growing up & still do but now makes me wonder what the originals tasted like.
The first person who I got the story from was Djehuty Ma'atra on youtube. That solidified it for me. Sad how this man had to start over on his own brand, but that's America for you.
Such a brilliant man. And such a cautionary tale.