(Deadpool) Cashing in his chips

[Richard de Give]

Cookie entrepreneur Wally Amos.

https://people.com/wally-amos-dead-famous-amos-cookies-creator-8695565

[danny burstein]

> Cookie entrepreneur Wally Amos.
>
> https://people.com/wally-amos-dead-famous-amos-cookies-creator-8695565

Was a big proponent of better literacy with lots of PSAs and
probably programs and grants

[T Freitas]

I was always impressed that he was so constantly optimistic despite all of his hardships. (Several rounds of bankruptcy, losing the use of his own name, living in a shelter for a few years...)

[danny burstein]

one of many clips of him promoting reading

https://youtu.be/cWb1Wzc-ZaA

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[T Freitas]

There's a documentary for those who want to learn more:
https://greatcookiecomeback.com/

(I recall meeting him twice; once on an elementary school field trip to his store, and again a decade and a half later when he came to the tv studio to shoot a PSA)

[Mark Sunshine]

I would watch "Learn to Read" in the times of also WNN watching. It was on late night on PBS edu rebroadcasts for video taping. #90s

It never escaped me that they somehow got to rob him of his name.

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[Richard de Give]

The last time I recall seeing him, he was on "Shark Tank" seeking funding for a business he was starting. He didn't get it from the Sharks 

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[T Freitas]

The Shark Tank pitch is covered in the documentary (I'm rewatching at my desk right now. found it on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/dJKfKpSoy3w?si=lF30zBP2y6yk4E_4 )

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