S E1095: Shawn Amos: "Cookies and Milk" The Famous Amos' Legacy

This Is Karen Hunter

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Empowerment, Africana Studies, Greg Carr, Karen Hunter, History, Education, Society & Culture

4.5 • 888 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Author, blues musician and son of Wally "Famous Amos,” Shawn Amos, joins Karen to discuss his new book, "Cookies & Milk." The story is inspired by Shawn's real-life experience helping his dad open the world's first chocolate chip cookie store.

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0:00.0	This is Karen Hunter and welcome to the hub. I looked up
0:25.0	up she sat down
0:28.0	she said you gonna need a friend if you spent the stick around
0:32.0	and I got my hat
0:35.0	bought me new shoes I'm feeling like a million bucks in my 20 dollar suit but I got the $20 suit but I got the blue.
0:43.0	Yeah, you got the Hollywood blues.
0:48.0	You got the Hollywood blues.
0:49.0	Well, so do we and I'm really, really happy to talk to this gentleman.
0:53.0	That's his voice by the way and he has a new book out.
0:56.0	It is called cookies and milk.
0:58.0	Cookies and Milk.
1:00.0	Let me welcome the, Sean Amos.
1:04.0	Hi.
1:05.0	Hello.
1:06.0	Good to see you.
1:07.0	Thanks for having me, Sister Hunter.
1:10.0	Listen, Reverend, Rebbem, Rebbem, um, many people I was telling you before we came on
1:16.0	that your dad, Wally, Famous Amos,
1:18.0	Amos was a staple in our community.
1:20.4	You know, everyone knew Famous Amos because not just the cookies the cookies were delicious let me just be transparent the cookies were
1:28.2	Chef's kiss to to the recipe but his showmanship, his marketing, brought you in and it was the first time many of us saw a black man, you know, on television with his own brand that we could invest in and eat some delicious cookies so I'm imagining cookies and milk is an is an homage to wildly famous Amos.
1:49.9	It is amongst other things. Thanks for having me.
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