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Famous and Gravy
Famous and Gravy
Wondery | 14th Street Studios

Think you know everything about some of modern history’s most recognizable figures? We’re Amit and Michael, two pop culture enthusiasts who upend... more

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Episodes

Surely Serious (Leslie Nielsen)

This person died in 2010 at age 84. His elder brother was deputy prime minister of Canada. Before his 18th... more

23 Oct 2024 · 58 minutes
Dirty Dancer (Patrick Swayze)

This person died in 2009 at age 57. His father was an engineer and a rodeo cowboy. He was a... more

09 Oct 2024 · 59 minutes
Simply the Best (Tina Turner)

This person died 2023 at age 83. In 2013, after demonstrating a proficiency in German, she became a citizen of... more

25 Sep 2024 · 58 minutes
Boundary Breaker (Barbara Walters)

This person died in 2022 at age 93. In 1976, she became known as the “million-dollar baby” because of a... more

11 Sep 2024 · 56 minutes
More Respect (Rodney Dangerfield)

This person died in 2004 at age 82. His big break came in 1967 when, at age 44 and relatively... more

28 Aug 2024 · 57 minutes
Vocal Bedrock (Johnny Cash)

This person died in 2003 at age 71, He is considered a pioneer of rock 'n' roll, and in 1992... more

14 Aug 2024 · 57 minutes
Famous & Gravy Announcement!

We’re back, and we’re sharing the exciting news that Famous & Gravy is now part of Wondery! Amit and Michael... more

07 Aug 2024 · 14 minutes
Rebel Rebel (David Bowie)

This person died 2016 at age 69. He suffered a blow in a teenage brawl that caused his left pupil... more

24 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
Dimpled Ambassador (Shirley Temple)

This person died in 2014 at age 85. In the 1930s, she was a determined child actress who sang and... more

10 Jul 2024 · 1 hour,
Super Funkhouser (Bob Einstein)

This person died in 2019, age 76. In 1958 when he was 14, his father died immediately after performing a... more

26 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Likable Villain (Alan Rickman)

This person died in 2016 at age 69. In an acting career spanning more than 40 years, he played a... more

12 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Purple Reign (Prince)

This person died in 2016 at age 57. He won an Academy Award in 1985, and a Webby Lifetime Achievement... more

29 May 2024 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Hungarian Socialite (Zsa Zsa Gabor)

This person died in 2016 at age 99. She appeared as a nightclub manager in Orson Welles’ 1958 “Touch of... more

15 May 2024 · 52 minutes
Poetic Justice (Maya Angelou)

This person died in 2014 at age 86. She was a Tony-nominated stage actress, and a calypso dancer for a... more

01 May 2024 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Love and OJ Jokes (Norm Macdonald)

This person died in 2021 at age 61. He almost joined the newspaper business as a young man, but deliberately... more

17 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
The Masterclass Act (Philip Seymour Hoffman)

This person died in 2014 at age 46. His mother was a former family court judge, and his father worked... more

03 Apr 2024 · 58 minutes
Professor on Elm Street (Wes Craven)

This person died in 2015 at age 76. He taught English at Westminster College in Pennsylvania, and was also a... more

20 Mar 2024 · 47 minutes
Mind Traveler (Oliver Sacks)

This person died in 2015 at age 82. When he moved to California in the early 1960s, he befriended the... more

06 Mar 2024 · 59 minutes
Defiant One (Sidney Poitier)

This person died in 2022 at age 94. In 2009, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Although often... more

21 Feb 2024 · 58 minutes
SYCBS x F&G

Special crossover episode! Imagine this: You’re on a desert island, and you can choose one actor or actress – and... more

07 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Foul House (Bob Saget)

This person died in 2022 at age 65. In his last year of college, he won a student Academy Award... more

24 Jan 2024 · 54 minutes
Sentient Princess (Carrie Fisher)

This person died in 2016 at age 60. She was just 19 years old when she acted in her most... more

10 Jan 2024 · 56 minutes
Golden Rose (Betty White)

This person died in 2021 at age 99. During World War II she drove a truck delivering soap, toothpaste and... more

27 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
Let's Get Metaphysical (Olivia Newton-John)

This person died in 2022 at age 83. She amassed number 1 hits, chart-topping albums, and four records that sold... more

13 Dec 2023 · 48 minutes
Father of the Bride (William Goldman)

This person died in 2018 at age 87. He wrote his most famous screenplay while teaching creative writing at Princeton... more

29 Nov 2023 · 58 minutes
Higher Power (Bill Russell)

This person died in 2022 at age 88. He was once described by his coach as “the single most devastating... more

15 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
America's Mustache (Burt Reynolds)

This person died in 2018 at age 82. His early passion was for football, and he played halfback at Florida... more

01 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Lord of Horror (Christopher Lee)

This person died in 2015 at age 93. He was a physically towering British movie actor with distinguished good looks,... more

25 Oct 2023 · 1 hour,
Dame Detective (Angela Lansbury)

This person died in 2022 at age 96. She once said “I wasn’t very good at being a starlet. I... more

18 Oct 2023 · 59 minutes
Geto Man (Bushwick Bill)

This person died in 2019 at age 52. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica but spent much of his childhood... more

04 Oct 2023 · 1 hour,
Two Ticket Holder (Eddie Money)

This person died in 2019 at age 70. His birth name was Edward Mahoney. He was the son of a... more

20 Sep 2023 · 54 minutes
Best in Show (Fred Willard)

This person died in 2020 at age 86. Over the years he was a favorite among talk-show hosts, making at... more

06 Sep 2023 · 57 minutes
Cool Hand Dylan (Luke Perry)

This person died in 2019 at age 52. His looks were often compared to James Dean. Before his breakout, his... more

23 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Sleepless Sally (Nora Ephron)

This person died in 2012 at age 71. In the summer of 1961 she was a summer intern in the... more

09 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Pure Imagination (Gene Wilder)

This person died in 2016 at age 83. He was an accomplished stage actor as well as a screenwriter, a... more

26 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Secret Chord (Leonard Cohen)

This person died in 2016 at age 82. He was an unlikely and reluctant pop star, if in fact he... more

12 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Heartwarming Humor (Louie Anderson)

This person died in 2022 at age 68.  His act fit comfortably into the category of “family entertainment.”  He had... more

28 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Electric Vanities (Tom Wolfe)

This person died in 2018 at age 88. When he graduated college in 1951 he had enough skill as a... more

14 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 28 minutes
Goofball Stud (Bill Paxton)

This person died in 2017 at age 61. He was described as good-natured in assessing his status in Hollywood. In... more

31 May 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Golden Rose (Betty White original)

This person died in 2021 at age 99. During World War II she drove a truck delivering soap, toothpaste and... more

17 May 2023 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Hammer Time (Hank Aaron)

This person died 2021 at age 86. He was routinely brilliant, performing with seemingly effortless grace. He did not enjoy... more

03 May 2023 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
What About Bob (Bob Dole)

This person died 2021 at age 98. He was a star athlete who lettered in football, basketball, and track. He... more

19 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Proud Mary (Mary Tyler Moore)

This person died in 2017 at age 80. At age 17, she was hired to appear in a series of... more

05 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
Love and OJ Jokes (Norm Macdonald original)

This person died in 2021 at age 61. His brother Neil once told a reporter that he almost joined the... more

22 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Rebel Rebel (David Bowie original)

This person died 2016 at age 69. He suffered a blow in a teenage brawl that caused his left pupil... more

08 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
Inner Soprano (James Gandolfini)

This person died in 2013 at age 51. His father was an immigrant who held a number of jobs, including... more

22 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Poetic Justice (Maya Angelou original)

This person died in 2014 at age 86. She was a Tony-nominated stage actress, and a calypso dancer for a... more

08 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Game Changer (John Madden)

This person died in 2021 at age 85. He had an irrepressible way, and a distinctive voice. Fox snagged him... more

25 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Viva Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker)

This person died in 2020 at age 78. He grew up in Oneonta, New York. He began his career in... more

11 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Eve's Dropper (Dick Clark)

This person died 2012 at age 82. He was among the most recognizable faces in the world. He built an... more

28 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Super Funkhouser (Bob Einstein original)

This person died in 2019 at age 76. In 1958 when he was 14, his father died immediately after performing... more

14 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 1 minute
A Lovely Lady (Florence Henderson)

This person died 2016 at age 82. She starred in “Fanny” on Broadway in the mid-1950s, and did national tours... more

30 Nov 2022 · 1 hour,
Just a Friend (Biz Markie)

This person died 2021 at age 57. He appeared regularly on the Nickelodeon show “Yo Gabba Gabba”. He collaborated with... more

16 Nov 2022 · 57 minutes
Singing Mailman (John Prine)

This person died in 2020 at age 73. He was a relative unknown in 1970 when Kris Kristofferson first heard... more

09 Nov 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Likable Villain (Alan Rickman original)

This person died in 2016 at age 69. In an acting career spanning more than 40 years, he played a... more

02 Nov 2022 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Zombie Mastermind (George Romero)

This person died in 2017 at age 77. One of his early commercial films was a segment for Mister Rogers'... more

30 Oct 2022 · 57 minutes
October Error (Bill Buckner)

This person died in 2019 at age 69.  His father died when he was a teenager, and his mother was... more

19 Oct 2022 · 57 minutes
Hot Stuff (Donna Summer)

This person died in 2012 at age 63. She grew up singing in church and decided in her teens to... more

05 Oct 2022 · 56 minutes
The Greatest (Muhammad Ali)

This person died in 2016 at age 74. He had an agile mind, a buoyant personality, and a brash self-confidence.... more

21 Sep 2022 · 56 minutes
Rain Man Judge (Judge Joseph Wapner)

This person died in 2017 at age 97. He graduated in 1937 from Hollywood High School, where he briefly dated... more

07 Sep 2022 · 53 minutes
Zen Comedian (Garry Shandling)

This person died 2016 at age 66. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Arizona. He began his comedy... more

24 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Famous & Gravy Origin Story

Michael and Amit conceived of a game app in 2011, and 10 years later this podcast was born instead. In... more

17 Aug 2022 · 20 minutes
Mrs. T (Margaret Thatcher)

This person died in 2013 at age 87. She grew up in a flat above a grocery store owned by... more

10 Aug 2022 · 54 minutes
Wild Thing (Maurice Sendak)

This person died in 2012 at age 83.   As he grew up – working class, Jewish, gay — he felt... more

27 Jul 2022 · 57 minutes
Best of Coffee Cocktail Cannabis

Today we celebrate our 25th episode by spotlighting a fan-favorite category: Coffee, Cocktail or Cannabis. In this category, we ask... more

20 Jul 2022 · 15 minutes
Dazzling Dribbler (Curly Neal)

This person died in 2020 at age 77.  He began shaving his head at age 12, long before he got... more

13 Jul 2022 · 53 minutes
Book Rancher (Larry McMurtry)

This person died in 2021 at age 84. He was friends with Ken Kesey and made a memorable appearance in... more

29 Jun 2022 · 55 minutes
Hungarian Socialite (Zsa Zsa Gabor original)

This person died in 2016 at age 99. She appeared as a nightclub manager in Orson Welles’ 1958 “Touch of... more

15 Jun 2022 · 51 minutes
Florida Man (Tom Petty)

This person died in 2017 at age 66. There was a scrappy defiance in his career choices. He melded California... more

01 Jun 2022 · 58 minutes
Notorious Dissenter (Ruth Bader Ginsburg)

This person died in 2020 at age 87. She once said her writing style was partly inspired by Vladimir Nabokov,... more

18 May 2022 · 1 hour,
Singing Mailman (John Prine original)

This person died in 2020 at age 73. He was a relative unknown in 1970 when Kris Kristofferson first heard... more

04 May 2022 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Darling's Critic (Roger Ebert)

The person died in 2013 at age 70. The force and grace of his opinions propelled him into the mainstream... more

20 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Modest Moonwalker (Neil Armstrong)

This person died in 2012 at age 82. His most famous moment lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes. He was... more

13 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Quintessential Quizmaster (Alex Trebek)

This person died in 2020 at age 80. He won six Emmys and a lifetime achievement award. He ran a... more

06 Apr 2022 · 59 minutes
Cocaine Soccer God (Diego Maradona)

This person died in 2020 at age 60. FIFA, soccer’s governing body, voted him and Pelé the sport’s two greatest... more

30 Mar 2022 · 58 minutes
Dimpled Ambassador (Shirley Temple original)

This person died in 2014 at age 85. In the 1930s, she was a determined child actress who sang and... more

23 Mar 2022 · 1 hour,
Stubbled Pop Star (George Michael)

This person died in 2016 at age 53. He was a handsome, smiling teen-pop idol making lighthearted singles like “Wake... more

16 Mar 2022 · 50 minutes
Emblem of Dignity (Nelson Mandela)

This person died in 2013 at age 95. His given name translates colloquially as “troublemaker.” The question most often asked... more

09 Mar 2022 · 57 minutes
Stiletto Comic (Joan Rivers)

This person died in 2014 at age 81. In her twenties, she worked in the publicity department at Lord and... more

02 Mar 2022 · 57 minutes
Countdown King (Casey Kasem)

This person died in 2014 at age 82. He once said his technique of using biographical teasers to introduce songs... more

23 Feb 2022 · 48 minutes
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This person died in 2013 at age 95. His given name translates colloquially as “troublemaker.” The question most often asked about him... more