Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story
Episodes
Holiday Bonanza! Cookie Q&A and A Very Dickens Christmas
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this episode from our friends at Milk Street Radio!We answer your calls with Vaughn Vreeland (of New York Times Cookie Week fame) to help you ba...
Legacy Is a Tricky Thing
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The final chapter of Wally Amos’s life (and this podcast) begins with him quite literally on the run back to Hawaii and sets up a series of painful ...
When a Cookie Crumbles
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Wally Amos continues to chase the fading fame from his Famous Amos days, he drifts farther and farther away from those who know him best, including...
Almost Happy Endings
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the surface, Wally Amos appears to have it all: the fame, the fortune, and a new wife and daughter. And to top it off, he’s living in a big pink ...
The Cookie King
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From Andy Warhol to Andy Kaufman, the meteoric success of Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies was filled with big personalities and truly original idea...
Don’t Take Pictures in Hell
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Born in 1936 in Tallahassee, Florida, Wally Amos would rise from a poor Black kid in the segregated South to the first Black agent at the William Morr...
My Dad, Famous Amos
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Wally Amos. He founded the ubiquitous Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies in 1975, turning the brand into an overnight sensation and himself into ...
Welcome To The World of Wally “Famous" Amos
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A poor Black kid from the segregated South, Wally Amos would go on to be one of the most recognizable business and pop-culture figures of the 1970s an...