LolliLove (2004) - full transcript

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NARRATOR: Los
Angeles, California,

nestled in its rolling hills are
countless multimillion dollar

homes, glamorous
shopping districts,

and the most beautiful
people on earth.

Most LA natives enjoy this
incomparable prosperity

without regard for
those less fortunate.



But this month, Community
Interest Programming caught up

with two Angelenos who realize
that with great privilege

comes great responsibility and
want to give something back.

Well, James and I were
married about a year ago.

And since then, we've
been very blessed.

James makes a lot of
money, so we're very

well taken care of financially.

We're happy, but I think we
felt like something was missing.

JAMES: I think for me that
thing that was missing

was my beautiful Jenna.

I think Jenna's always been
a very charitable person.

She's done a lot
of volunteer work.

She has a very big heart.

That's one of the things
I really love about her.



And when we got married I
thought, now that we're getting

married, maybe this is something
we could do together as a team

to help make the
world a better place.

So we decided that we
wanted to start a charity.

We just didn't know for who.

And we actually-- I
mean this sounds silly,

but we actually
made a list of all

the different
charitable organizations

that we might deal with.

It was a very, very sad list.

There's the cancer
people, and diabetes,

which is a horrible disease,
and the Heart Foundation--

JENNA: AIDS babies.

JAMES: --AIDS babies,
crack babies, the NAACP--

JENNA: Gay men.

JAMES: Right, them.

There's the kids with
the-- what do you call--

the-- you know what I'm--
the rabbit lipped kids.

Cleft palates.

The kids with
the cleft palates.

There's an organization out
there actually dedicated

to sewing their lips back
together so that they

can live a normal life.

And there's also the
conjoined twins, which are

like-- those are Siamese twins.

And I remember when I was a
kid, I thought that it would be

really awesome to
have a conjoined twin,

because you'd always have a
playmate, somebody to hang

out with no matter what.

You'd never be lonely.

But the reality is much
more grim than that.

It gets old very
quickly, and it's

hard to maneuver through, like,
a restaurant, or whatever.

You knock over stuff a lot.

JENNA: So finally, we
came to a group that

really touched very deeply.

JAMES: And that was--

That was the homeless.

The homeless-- the homeless.

NARRATOR: Since the
Great Depression,

America has been plagued by
the plight of the homeless.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's
New Deal started a long line

of well-intended,
expensive government

and charitable programs aimed
at giving the homeless American

a pull up by his bootstraps,
but none of these

has been enough to truly
and permanently change

the lives of the homeless.

James and Jenna Gunn had
a groundbreaking answer.

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--Each week, we provide homeless
individuals with a lollipop.

But they're not just any
lollipop, which would be great.

Our lollipops feature uplifting
slogans on the wrapper,

and each wrapper features some
of James's original artwork.

Yeah, um, I think
that with God's help

I'm able to create
very powerful artworks

that will help to
make a real change

in the homeless community.

That a homeless person might
see one of my artworks,

and it might change their
worthless life into a life that

has meaning-- transformation--
that the lollipops of Lollilove

may propel homeless
people into going out

and to doing something
good with their lives,

feeling good about themselves,
perhaps getting a job,

maybe using birth control,
all these types of things--

I think-- you know what?

I'll share something with you.

When I was five years old, I had
a defining moment in my life.

It was the first time
I saw my own artwork.

And I was blown away.

NARRATOR: Armed with only
their good intentions,

how does a young and attractive
married couple in Los Angeles

actually start an
effective charity?

The first thing
that we need to do

is to find a corporate sponsor.

A corporate sponsor brings
a level of prestige.

You want to get another
company involved in you,

so that everyone out there
knows that you're a big shot.

Shay, how are you?

I mean, for example,
what sounds better?

Hey!

Lollilove, or Nike a proud
sponsor of Lollilove?

Oh, good, well I-- yes, I'm
working with a new group.

It's a brand new charity
completely different than

anything I've ever done before.

It's called Lollilove.

I think that what
we're going to find

is when I get on the
phones, something magical

is going to happen.

I think that people are
going to respond to me.

They're going to
respond to Lollilove.

I think that there's something
about our organization

that is irresistible.

NARRATOR: Through James's
business connections, as well

as through various
churches, country clubs,

and alumni groups, Jenna and
James built an impressive list

of potential sponsors.

Jim Masterson, hi, Jenna
Gunn, calling from Lollilove.

Mr. Martin.

Scott, hi.

You don't know me.

My name is Jenna Gunn, and
I'm a non-profit organization

called Lollilove.

Scott, let me ask
you a question.

Do you walk down
the street each day

stepping over hobos
on your way to work?

Each of the lollipops
will feature

some of my husband's artwork.

Yeah, we work with the homeless.

Well, that's where our
group comes into play.

--respectfully
request a donation

from your company
to help us further

our work in the
homeless community.

Hi, Emily, I think
we got disconnected.

[DIAL TONE]

Hello?

Yeah, could I speak to someone
in your human resources

department?

Hello, is this Mission
Building Corporation.

Hello, may I please speak
with your mom or dad?

Um, um, por favor--

[DIAL TONE]

--speak to--

I was just curious how come
you hadn't called back.

Mr. O'Reilly?

I can make that promise.

Let me tell you how.

Each week we pledge to provide
100 homeless individuals

with a lollipop.
A lollipop.

A lollipop.

That's right-- a lollipop.

A lollipop.

No, this isn't a joke.

A lollipop.

Excuse me?

Why don't you go [BLEEP]
yourself, [BLEEP] --sucker?

[CRYING]

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JAMES: So Jenna got denied
sponsorship by another lollipop

company today.

They told her that
she was disgusting,

and the idea for
Lollilove was demeaning.

And I think that that's
a good sign, myself.

She's a little bit
bummed out about it,

but, you know, all great
ideas face a lot of adversity.

So when people start
calling you disgusting

or putrid or demeaning,
you know that you're

onto something really terrific.

I mean, that's just the
way the world works.

And I mean, Stephen King--
how many people-- he turned

in his novels to how
many places that called

him a sick son of a bitch?

And now he's the world's
biggest-selling novelist.

You know what I mean?

So I don't know.

Somebody called Jenna
a [BLEEP] last weekend.

And she was about to cry.

But man, I'm like, hey,
you know, that's good.

That's awesome.

I certainly think
that's a good sign.

That's a great sign.

I see myself as, like,
the Martha Stewart

of charity events planning.

I want to take it up
a notch, you know?

I don't want to start a
charity just because something

bad happened to me.

Oh no, I got breast cancer.

Oh no, my kid was kidnapped.

Let me start a TV show.

It's not about me.

It's about the people.

It's about the people
who are suffering.

And if there's a
way that I can get

attention for myself
and Lollilove,

that's what I'm about

I don't know if you
know this about me,

but I used to be a model.

That industry was so selfish
that I had to get out of it.

That is why today I want
to be famous for being

a charity events planner.

Oh god.

Personally, I don't
think-- I don't think I get

a lot out of doing my artwork.

I mean, personally, you know,
it like saps me of my life,

myself, my being.

It's like-- it's like I take
something out of myself,

and I put it into
the art, you know?

And then it's gone
from me, you know?

And I guess it does
something for someone else,

but it just saps me of my
energy and makes me weaker.

So it's hard.

It's a hard, hard process.

It's just like pushing
at me, man, all the time.

And I really can't think of
much else but Jesus Christ.

He gave himself.

And that's what
I do with my art.

The only difference is is that
Jesus is a totally made up guy,

and I'm completely real.

I really am feeling this.

You read his words in the book.

This is me.

This is real.

And I like to, uh,
look at the canvas

and ask it what it needs.

I don't like to-- it doesn't--
I don't think something.

It's like I ask the
canvas, what do you need?

And I try to, like, you
know-- I just try to feel it.

Feel it, and I try
to, like, pull it up.

You know what I mean?

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[GROANING]

What am I feeling?

It's like I see colors.

I see a little yellow over here.

That's right-- a little
yellow bird singing, singing

the song right down here.

I like to pull it up.

Pull up some-- co-- what's?

I see a line of blue.

Pull it up out of
there, feel it come

up through me-- through me.

Do you know who I am?

Do you know who
you're talking to?

I am an artist.

I am a creator.

Pull it up.

Come on-- blue, blue, blue.

Sorry, but people are
being really mean to me.

I'm not having any
luck with anything.

I can't get anyone--

Honey, honey, honey, how many
times have I told you this

is my private creative area?

This is for me, alone.

And I've told you a million
times not to be coming out here

while I'm doing this, all right?

How are you-- you're really--
-I'm sorry.

- --going to ruin it.
-No, you're right.

-That's one homeless--
-I'm sorry.

--person you just killed.

I'm sorry.

So um, Jenna is my
very best friend.

And we met in boarding school.

And we just-- we love to
do this volunteer thing.

JENNA: Oh no, we're just
sitting here in the park.

We're doing the flyers today.

I'm with Sarah.

Say hi to Sarah.

Hi.

Hey!

We came to the park today to
just stay in the public eye,

maybe find a corporate sponsor.

SARAH: Lollilove,

JENNA: Lollilove-- help
us help the homeless.

BOTH: Lollilove!

Making a difference!

Come take a flyer!

Lollilove.

Lollilove.

Lollilove-- help us
help the homeless.

Hi!

Make a difference!

Lollilove.

Lollilove.

Lollilove.

Oh, hey, are you and Peter
coming to that benefit

at the Ritz this weekend?

Oh, yeah, definitely.

Oh good.

Are you guys going to go?

I think so.

We go every year.

Hey, pretty ladies.

Hey, honey.

I'm going to go
get a frappuccino.

You guys want anything?

SARAH: Oh, I would
love a Diet Coke.

JAMES: Diet Coke, OK.

Same for me.

Running out of Kleenexes.

Hey, listen, we're going
to that benefit at the Ritz

this weekend, right?

Baby, I don't want to
go with those people.

They are so out of
touch with reality.

Can you put the rest of
this stuff back for me?

Yeah, I got it.

Thanks.

JENNA: It's true.

Doing charity work, you can get
something out of it personally,

and that is an attractive thing.

Like for me, I have to confront
my feelings about our wealth.

Like, when I see a homeless
person, I want to run away.

I don't want to look
at that, and that's

because I don't want to have
to think about how very wealthy

we are.

With James, I mean like James
has his thing with germs.

And if we're going
to do this, we're

going to have to confront that.

I mean, if we do it, you're
going to have to confront that.

Well, no, no, I mean,
I agree with you.

I see a homeless person,
and I want to run away.

But the germ thing--
that's not-- I

don't think that's exactly
something that I need

to confront, because
there's a way around it,

like, by wearing gloves.

So, man, this is like-- I got
a-- I went to the mall today,

and I touched the
escalator rail by accident.

Normally, I stand right in the
middle and try to avoid it,

but I touched it with this hand.

And I got it all over me.

It's an awareness.

I have an awareness of germs
other people don't have.

But it's a blessing.

It's a-- I have a second
sight when it comes

to germs, which protects me.

I'll probably live to be
a very old man because I

don't touch dirty things.

It's just Jenna thinks I'm
a little bit-- I don't know.

She doesn't like the fact
that I wash my hands so much,

but it's not like I'm
obsessive or anything.

It's just that there's
a lot of things

out there that you can catch--
E. coli and Lyme disease

and salmonella
and mycobacterium,

tuberculosis-- it's just-- there
is germs all over the place,

you know.

And that's-- I got to admit,
that's the hardest thing about

working with the homeless is
that, you know, they got the E.

coli I all over them.

They're used to it.

They've had it in
them for generations.

It doesn't affect them anymore.

They eat it in their food.

They sleep on it.

And you know, to touch one
of those guys, it's like,

can you imagine the
amount of germs in one

of those guys' saliva?

It's just like a
[BLEEP] Petri dish.

NARRATOR: Following every lead
to find financial backing,

James and Jenna Gunn
approached their circle

of successful friends,
including celebrity

power couple Jason Segel
and Linda Cardellini,

star of Scooby Doo.

JENNA: Oh, so the other
thing is how expensive

it is to run it as charity.

I mean, like, uh-- like the
ribbon that we're using-- we're

putting bows on each
lollipop, and the ribbon

alone cost $15,000.

And the paper is the finest
handwoven paper you can get,

imported from Bali.

You can tell it's really
good, because it's

got all the little
squiggly threads in it.

That's how you tell good paper.

Cost about $80,000.

Wait, is it like, um, cloth?

No, it's paper.

Well, I have a-- OK, since
you're going to spending so

much money on that, and you're
going to be wrapping it,

why don't you use it to kill
two birds with one stone?

-Great idea.
-Maybe it's a--

Great idea, great idea.

Use it as, like, a napkin.

JASON: Oh my god,
that's a great idea.

And then after
eating [INAUDIBLE]

You hear that?

It's just great.

Or you know what?

I hate to say while we eat.

But maybe they use
it as toilet paper.

That is a gr-- toilet paper.

Why don't you guys
just use toilet paper?

Yeah, I mean, really.
JASON: Put a little--

LINDA: You just draw
the little picture.

JASON: Yeah.

LINDA: Make sure it's not--
the paint doesn't run,

and then they--

No, the thing is is that
they're going to want to save

the artwork, so they can put
it on the wall next to them

and look at it.

The wrappers have--
the wrappers have

some of James' artwork on them.

Mm-hm.

You're an artist?

Yeah, you went to
my show last year

at Merry Karnowsky Gallery.

You really enjoyed it.

Oh, right, you gave
us, uh, that thing.

It's up in the living room.

It's beautiful.

He wipes his ass with it.

Just kidding.

Just kidding.

Linda's joking.

She's so funny.

That is a great joke.

No, that's-- that funny.

That is funny.

JASON: That was a great joke.

JAMES: I don't need anymore.

And that's funny.

That was-- that was--

Uh, well, listen, you guys
have a lot of great ideas.

And um-- and we can tell you're
really fired up about the idea.

And--

And one of the reasons we
asked you guys to come-- I

know we don't know
you that well,

but we do consider you our
best and our dearest friends.

Wow.

Not to mention the wealthiest.

We consider you guys
definitely friends, yeah.

We like you.

Yeah, you guys are interesting.

That mean-- that
touches me deeply.

It really does.

And so--

Well, we would,
um-- we would like

to offer you the opportunity to
make a financial contribution

to Lollilove.

That's so-- I would love to.

I would love you.

The operation will
cost about $250,000.

Are you being--

LINDA: Whoa, come on, now, guys.

$250,000, James.

James, for lollipops.

You guys can't be serious.

These are for homeless
people, right?

Why don't you just
give them the $250,000?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, maybe
then you-- that's-- good point,

Linda, really good point.

But I-- maybe you should
consider a smaller

contribution, say $225,000?

The answer is no.

I think the idea is a
little bit ridiculous.

And I think if you really want
to give something to charity,

just give those
people the $250,000.

So like, $150,000?

LINDA: No.

JASON: Thank you very much.

$100,000.

LINDA: No, I'm not giving
you a single penny.

$125,000.

LINDA: You're going
to-- you're going

to ask us to lunch
under the pretense

of a friendly get together--

Here we go.

--and then ask for $250,000
out of our pockets to hand

suckers out to homeless people?

So what you're saying is
you're open to the idea,

but you're not convinced.

No, what I'm saying is
I'm closed to this idea.

NARRATOR: Less than two
weeks into the project,

James and Jenna were
facing seemingly

insurmountable setbacks.

Hello, this is Jenna.

MAN (ON PHONE): I'm calling
from Slucker's candy.

Did you call us?
-Yes, I--

[STEREO PLAYING]

Sorry, sorry, yes, I did.

I called you-- I was calling
from a nonprofit organization

called Lollilove.

MAN (ON PHONE): Yeah, we
know all about you down here.

Oh, I'm so glad you've
heard of our organization.

MAN (ON PHONE):
Listen, Ms. Gunn,

if you're going
to use our candy,

we'll be forced to litigate.
-Oh, I'm sorry.

I don't understand.

MAN (ON PHONE): I will
sue you and press charges.

No, I'm sorry.
I don't understand.

Why would you press charges?

MAN (ON PHONE): You're
using our lollipops.

You press charges against me--

[MUSIC PLAYING]

NARRATOR: Excerpts from
Jenna's Lollilove diary.

JENNA (VOICEOVER): I can't
seem to make it work.

Everything is going wrong.

I don't understand.

Jessica took our spot at the
church auction fundraiser.

I can't believe
she would do that.

This sucks-- truly sucks.

We haven't raised
a single dollar.

All I can do to myself going
is to chant over and over

in my mind all of the
people I'll become friends

with if Lollilove happens.

NARRATOR: No matter what the
obstacles, James and Jenna

know that charity work
demands a rare dedication

and temperament.

To find out whether
they have what it takes,

our cameras visited one of the
people who knows them best.

Jenna's the one who helped
me realize that I'm suffering

from an eating disorder.

I know you're not
going to believe this,

but when I look in the
mirror I see a big fat woman

staring back at me.

But then I realized that that's
just the disease talking.

You see, I'm an anorexic.

NARRATOR: With Jenna's
counseling and support,

Kathy Rohl is bravely
facing her disease.

You know, a lot of times when
I'm, uh, making sandwiches,

I-- if you notice, I
never eat the ends.

And you know what?

As I've been sitting
here, I've been

thinking this is a lot like
what homeless people are

in the world.

They're the ends of
the loaf of life.

And, uh--

JENNA: James!

Uh-huh.

JENNA: James!

JAMES: Yeah?

I'm in the kitchen.

I'm coming.
I'm coming.

I'm coming.

I'm coming.

What's up?

I got a corporate sponsor.

Oh my god.

Oh my god!

Oh my god, can't-- oh,
I knew you would do it,

though, of course.

I mean, I told you
from the beginning.

I know.

Anything you set your
mind to, you can do.

I know.
I know.

Right?

Yes, um, he wants to
have a formal presentation

in his office.

Uh-huh.

Um, so I need your artwork.

Uh, what do you mean?

Uh, well, he wants to see
prototypes of the lollipops.

So I'm going to go
take your artwork.

I'll have it scanned.

I'll just make up, like, some
mock-up wrappers or something.

There's one problem is that I--
this thing really didn't seem

to be going anywhere, so
I stopped working on it

a couple days ago.

James, that was the only
thing you were suppose--

So.

Go work on it now,

JAMES: I'm making a sandwich.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SIGHING]

Whatever you do is fine.

I just-- it's late, and
I have to still go do,

like, a million things, so--

So you want me to turn in crud?

No, I just want
you-- I just want you

to do it as fast as you can.

That's just-- or if you
have any idea of when

you think you will be done.

I--there's one-- it'll be
done exactly in the amount

of time it takes to do it.
-OK, I don't-- you know what?

I don't--

[MUSIC PLAYING]

The homeless need your help.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

That's great.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]

JENNA: That's great.

This is the script
for Larry's office.

I need you to memorize this
for the presentation tomorrow.

All of this?

Yes, OK?
OK, bye.

I love you.
Good job.

Great job.

Wait, wait, wait,
which character am I?

JENNA: James.

And you're Jenna?

JENNA: Yes.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[BLEEP]

No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no! [BLEEP]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Are you ready?

MAN: Yeah.

OK, 1, 2, 3, go.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

MAN: It's-- it's-- it's
touching your chin.

No, it's not.

MAN: Your lip too.

Look at that.
-Cut it out.

MAN: Look at that.

What?

That's how you do it.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[PLAYFUL SHOUTING]

They don't have the
kind with the gum inside.

And if you don't have
the gum inside-- I mean,

we're trying to help
brush their teeth.

That's just regular.

That's just candy.

[INAUDIBLE]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I mean, what if he unwraps
it, and he looks at it,

and he sees that
they're obviously

not the kind with gum inside?

I mean, I just don't want
to look unprofessional.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[ALARM BEEPING]

Oh god.

Get up.

What?

You know, James gets a lot
of attention for his artwork.

And, um-- and I'm
proud of him for that.

But I am really proud of how
those prototypes turned out.

I mean, they look great.

And, uh, I think this is going
to be my moment to shine.

Hi.

Jenna Gunn, nice to meet.

Larry Fitzgibbon,
nice to meet you.

James Gunn, hi.

-Hi, James, are you doing?
-Great.

You two want to have a seat.

Yeah.

Well, we prepared
a presentation

based on our organization, and
maybe we can start with that.

-Great.
-(WHISPERING) OK.

-(WHISPERING) OK.
-Ready?

-Yeah.
-OK.

OK.

[INAUDIBLE]

[WIND NOISES]

No, I am an
important businessman.

I don't have time for you.

You are human debris.

Oh!

The homeless are to
blame for being homeless.

No!

Less than 6% of the homeless
are that way by choice.

No, the homeless are to
blame for being homeless,

don't you think?

No, many of the
homeless are victims

of child abuse or violence.

25% are children, many
have lost their jobs,

and all have lost their homes.

But they don't work.

They're lazy.

Many of the homeless are
among the working poor.

A person earning a full
time minimum wage salary

only earns $11,000
a year-- not even

enough for an inner city rent.

But they are drug addicts
pumping drugs into their veins.

About 1 in 4 are substance
abusers, but many of them

fall under the 25%
who are mentally ill.

They smell.

They do smell, but
that's because they

don't have any showers or
anywhere to clean themselves.

But I tell you-- I tell you I
am an important business man.

I don't have time for you.

You are worthless.

And with that attitude, the
homeless will remain homeless.

Doing nothing ensures
that nothing will change.

That is where Lollilove
makes a difference.

But perhaps if I
look within myself,

I can see that
I'm something more

than an important businessman.

Maybe I'm a--

You matter.

And that's basically it.

Why don't you two have a seat.

Mind if I set that there?

No problem.

I want you guys to know
that I think that was great.

I really liked the characters.

I think, really, the
only last to thing to do

is to see the lollipops.

JENNA: The lollipop-- the
power's in the pops, right?

LARRY: Let's hope so.

Let's hope so.

Um, I think
they're in that bag.

No, those are--
that's just my stuff.

Uh-huh, uh-huh.

They were on the table.

Right.

Um, I don't-- I'm sorry.

I don't have the
pops, but we can have

them messengered over to you.

You guys don't have them?

JENNA: I am so sorry.

Um.

JENNA: I guess that, um--

I was really
expecting to see them.

[LAUGHING]

No, [INAUDIBLE] I can't.

I told you already.

I can't do it.

Yes, I'm eating.

Right.
-Hey, baby.

I can't.
I can't.

We've got this charity thing.

Hey, listen.

It's not that it's
all that important--

I have to go buy a [INAUDIBLE]
hat for the presentation.

I just have to do it.
Yeah.

And I don't want to bring the
lollipops with me, because I'm

afraid they're going to melt.
-No, I can't.

No.

So, I'll take everything
else, but when I honk, will

you come out with them, please?

Yes.
Thank you.

You will?

Not-- repeat what I just said.

You said bring the
lollipops out to the car.

You don't want them to
melt. You're going to honk.

-OK.
-All right?

Yes, thank you.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]

I'm sorry.
I'm very tired.

I've got sugar.

I love you.

Give me a kiss.

[INAUDIBLE]

No, no, no, oh, oh, whoa.

I think it's pretty critical as
a piece of the decision-making

process that I get to see--

NARRATOR: With their
backs against the wall,

James Gunn improvised.

Larry, if you could just--
I know Jenna should have

remembered the lollipops, OK?

But if you could just
humor me for one minute.

It's going to sound silly,
but if you could just

close your eyes for a moment.

LARRY: Uh, that does sound
pretty silly to me, James.

Let's just-- we could just try
it out just for two seconds,

OK?

Close your eyes for me.

Humor me.

All right, I will.

I have some of my own
artistic renderings over here.

Here we go.

This is what one of the
lollipop covers would look like.

The name of this particular
piece is "You Matter."

That's a phrase you
heard back there.

And to you or I this may
be, wow, that's a very

interesting picture.

There's something about it
that's sort of touching.

But to a homeless
person, he looks at this,

and I don't want to get
too intellectual on you,

but this is like looking in
a mirror of his inner psyche.

A bum looks at this and says, oh
wow, this is what I look like.

I look like this guy that's
got flies all around my head.

I've got smells coming out me.

I've got googly eyes going
in different directions.

And, uh, oh wow, I must be
a big huge piece of crud.

No sir, you're not,
because you matter.

And then they would go, wuh?

So I also have this piece.

This is my anti-drug piece.

It's called "High on Joy."

A crack addict will look
at this and say, what am I

doing wasting my life
smoking all this crack,

when I could be high on joy?

Over here, we have a
mascot that I've created.

His name is Felix.

He's created to tune into
the Latino community.

He's Latino.

You can tell he is because
he's wearing a sombrero

and a poncho, as Latinos do.

You may or may not
know, but about 75%

of all homeless
people are Latinos.

Where did you, uh, hear that?

Well, I've taken my
own random sampling

with-- there's four guys
that live, like, on my block.

And three of them
are Latino-- 75%.

I mean, the one guy is black.

He could be, like, a
dark-colored Latino.

But that wouldn't
really make any sense,

because that would mean 100%
of homeless people are Latino.

And Felix has a lot
of slogans that'll

appeal-- give
positive messages--

to the Latino community.

Right here, Felix is
saying, (BAD ACCENT)

no complaining, hombre.

I imagine down at the barrio,
people will be saying this

to each other all the time.

It's like their own
sort of, what's up, doc?

I also imagine some other
characters that I'm creating.

For instance, I have
this guy named Mustafa.

He's a Muslim.

He's somebody who's
anti-terrorism.

I think that if the 9/11 guys
had seen Mustafa giving them

a positive slogan before
they got in those planes,

they would have said, gents,
this is not a good idea.

Let's do something else.

(BAD ACCENT) Ooh,
my name is Mustafa.

No longer fly planes
into buildings, no?

Love your Christian
brothers and sisters.

JENNA: Larry, we're just going
to let you think about it.

And I'll have those lollipops--

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

Oh, no, no, no Jenna,
Jenna, Jenna-- I get it.

He gets it.

He understands now.

I'm ready to go.

I'm your guy.

You don't need to-- there's
no higher authority.

So this means you're going
to cover the whole deal?

I sign the checks around
here, so let's get going.

Hi, um, excuse me.

Hey.

Hi, can I just talk to
you guys for just a second?

JAMES: Yeah, totally.

I'm Larry's
assistant, Michelle.

Hi.

MICHELLE: And, um, I
overheard your presentation,

and it really struck
a chord with me.

I was just wondering,
do you ever

need any volunteers or anything,
because I would love to help?

JAMES: Oh, that would be--
that would be terrific.

Really?

Yeah.

Uh, yeah, um, I'm actually--
I'm feeling very overwhelmed

right now, and I
could really use

the help with, like, lollipop
production and stuff like that.

MICHELLE: OK.

Yeah, I mean that
we could really

use somebody who's just
very, very attractive

and bubbly and vivacious.

And I saw you earlier, and
I was like, wow, who's that?

I mean, it's really--
you made an impression.

And I think you make an
impression upon people, and--

MICHELLE: Wow, really?

JAMES: Yeah.

You know what I'm saying.
-Thanks.

JENNA: Well, you'd
probably, uh--

JAMES: You're welcome.

Yeah, you'd be
working with me a lot,

doing pretty mindless stuff,
like stuffing envelopes.

Or you could do more
important things by helping me.

And I could use somebody
to, like, be an assistant

to come in and mix my paints,
come into my private space,

and almost--
MICHELLE: Oh, I would love that.

-- act as a type
of muse, yeah.

That'd be great.

I took art classes in college,
so I know all about that stuff.

I'm so great at that.

I knew that.
I knew that.

I don't know why.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hey, careful with my art.

Seriously.

You know, your art's really not
the priority right now, is it?

Well, I don't care
what's the priority.

I just want to put
it in the trunk.

Oh, well, if your
artwork gets hurt,

why don't you go mix some
paints with Michelle,

and make it all better?

How's that going to help?

Just get in the car.

Open up the trunk.

JENNA: Get in the car!

Open up the [BLEEP]
trunk, Jenna.

It pisses her off
when I lollygag

or sort of take my time.

[HONKING]

It's not ready yet, honey.

It's not ready yet, dear.

I have to just put it right--

Just get in the car!

Hey, come on.

Seriously, I had to
put it in there right.

You know, you're just angry,
because I shined like a star

up there, and you sunk straight
to the bottom like a $10 rock.

Is that so?

That is so.

That is exactly so.

What are you doing?

Jenna?

Fine.

-What are you doing?
-I'm leaving.

No.

I'm taking the keys,
and I'm taking a cab.

I don't have any
money, Jenna, seriously.

That's not my problem.

It is your problem.

Wait, it is your problem,
because this morning I said,

who's going to drive?

And you said, I'll drive.

And I said, OK, well, if
you really want to drive,

you can drive.
-Yeah, who's going to drive?

You're the one that--
[INTERPOSING VOICES]

Who's going to do everything?
Who's going to plan everything?

No.
No, that's not--

Me.
Always me.

No, it's not always you.

Now, come on,
seriously, you agreed

to drive the [BLEEP] car.

That's an oral agreement.

That's a legally
binding contract.

I could sue you over this.

Are you kidding me?

No, I'm not kidding you.

Come on, seriously, all right.

Just-- I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm calming down, all right.

Just drive us home, all right?

You are in a marriage with me,
which means that's-- the basis

of that is you being
trustworthy, which you

are not being at all right now.
So--

Yeah, trustworthy.

Right.

Like me trusting you
to remember one thing.

JAMES: No, no.

But because it wasn't about
you, you couldn't remember it.

No, no.

Because all you care about
is your stupid artwork.

No, no, what?

JENNA: You don't you
care about the homeless.

You don't care about
helping people.

All you care about is yourself.

You're a-- you're
a-- you're a-- you're

an egomaniac
narcissistic [BLEEP]

My stupid artwork?

What the [BLEEP] is that?

Jenna, if anybody cares anything
about the homeless, it's me.

You're the one that's
on the telephones

trying to get on TV all day.

The only reason I'd ever want
to be on TV is because I know I

would be a good example
for other [BLEEP]

stupid [BLEEP] [BLEEP] people.

But you-- you don't
give a [BLEEP] anybody.

You're just out there
meeting [BLEEP] celebrities.

All I have ever cared
about for my whole life

is the homeless-- my whole
life has been dedicated

to helping those people.

What are you talking about?

You never brought
up the homeless

until about two weeks ago.

My problem is that I don't
even know how to be selfish.

So I don't even understand you.

You're doing a very good job
of being selfish right now.

-You-- you-- you--
-Shut up.

Shut up.

You're a stupid
[BLEEP] [BLEEP].

Jenna.

I don't have any money!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I, James, take you, Jenna--

To be my wife

--to be my wife.

I promise to love you
and let you love me.

I promise to love you
and let you love me.

I will never leave you.

I will never leave you.

I, Jenna, take you, James--

I, Jenna, take you,
James, to be my husband.

I promise to love you--

JENNA (ON TV): I promise you--

PASTOR (ON TV): --and
let you love me.

PASTOR (ON TV): --and
let you love me.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOOR CLOSING]

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.
[CRYING]

I know.

I know.

Hey, listen, this thing
is bigger than us.

We've been called by
God to do his work.

We can't let this happen again.

You understand?

The truth is-- is
that you're right.

I haven't been
pulling my weight.

I've been afraid if I show
my true and whole self

that I'll overpower you.

And today, in the office, when
I showed myself with Larry,

I did.

I overpowered you.

But I realized that's the
essence of our marriage.

And I promise I will not
hide myself any longer, OK?

OK.

So I'm sorry for that.

OK.

OK.

What are you sorry for?

Jenna and James have
come to me occasionally

during those hiccups
of their marriage.

And I counsel them.

I try to encourage them.

I'm not-- I'm not saying,
like, she's a bitch,

like that's who she is.

It's just that
she's being a bitch.

Do you understand?
-Look, now you've spoken.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

James, now, you have spoken.

Jenna, maybe you should
talk for a minute.

I feel like--

I really hope they
can work things out.

I mean, Jenna's
such a good person.

Hey, Jennifer, come on in.

How are you?
-Hi.

-Hi, how are you?
-Good.

Hi!

Hi!

Sarah, how are you?

Good.

JENNA: What we're
going be doing today

is we're going to be taking the
old wrappers off the lollipops

and putting the designer
wrappers on the lollipops.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

NARRATOR: Despite their
efforts to make the peace,

the tension between
Jenna and James

almost brought Lollilove
and their marriage

to the very brink.

JENNA (VOICEOVER): March
4, Toluca Lake, California.

James continues to
sabotage everything

I try to accomplish in life.

For example, on assembly day, he
kept making ridiculous comments

in front of Sarah.

Well, maybe if someone
had given a Jew a lollipop

with "dare to dream" on it
before they went to Auschwitz,

they would have dared to
dream to get out of Germany

and not just given up and gone
to Auschwitz and gotten killed.

Do you understand
what I'm saying?

JENNA (VOICEOVER): She's Jewish.

He can be such a moron.

He never does any
work around the house.

The toilet upstairs
is still broken.

I cannot pee in the middle of
the night, but he doesn't care.

I am so overwhelmed.

I should've known.

This is all going
so terribly wrong.

I wanted Lollilove
to bring us together,

and the only thing it's
doing is driving me crazy.

Does he notice?

JAMES (VOICEOVER): Dear
diary, ordered a video called

"Bumfights" this morning.

It's full contact
wrestling and fighting

with real homeless guys.

Supposedly, the winners get
40 ouncers and, like, $3.

I totally, totally, totally
cannot wait to see it.

JENNA (VOICEOVER): God I
miss him so much right now.

It's like a funeral.

We never talk.

I try to, but whenever I start,
I feel I will burst into tears.

JAMES (VOICEOVER):
Ideas-- in episode 6,

Mustafa can get a new sidekick,
Osama bin Awesome-- Osama bin

Laden's really cool brother.

2, spray-on plastic
sheet to prevent

body from getting germs.

Also, can slither
around on ground-- ha.

Seriously though, call DuPont.

[SOBBING]

Just-- I don't-- he just
is-- he's driving me crazy.

It's just like it's all
about him all the time.

He just doesn't
seem to understand--

WOMAN (ON PHONE): You
just have to be patient.

--why I might
need something you.

WOMAN (ON PHONE): No one said
marriage would be easy, Jenna.

I know.

WOMAN (ON PHONE): It
takes a lot of work.

I know.
I know.

WOMAN (ON PHONE): It's
a lot of work, sweetie.

I know.

WOMAN (ON PHONE):
Everyone goes through this

after a year or so.

You have to know that.

I just-- I mean-- maybe we
just rushed into it, you know?

WOMAN (ON PHONE):
Rushed into what?

Just the whole marriage thing.
I mean, maybe we just--

WOMAN (ON PHONE): Jenna.
It.

rushed into it.

I mean, we didn't know
each other very well.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

WOMAN (ON PHONE): Jenna, are you
saying that you made a mistake.

No, I-- no, I'm
not saying that.

I'm just-- I'm just saying--

WOMAN (ON PHONE): Sweetie.

--maybe I just
need to get away.

WOMAN (ON PHONE): James is a
genius, and that's what happens

when you marry a genius.

Every Wednesday morning.

You have never woken up
early on a Wednesday morning

to take the trash
out-- not once.

You always do it
on Tuesday night.

That's why--
[INTERPOSING VOICES]

Why are you doing this
right-- why are you

doing this right now?

Why are you not
taking out the trash?

Because I don't want
to take out the trash.

That's why.

I can't-- I can't do it--

Oh, that's right.
I forgot.

You don't want to
take out the trash.

You don't want to call
the sprinkler man.

You don't want to do anything.

No, I don't.

JENNA (VOICEOVER):
I can't believe

how inconsiderate he is being.

Doesn't he love me?

Can he be so oblivious
to see that I am in pain?

I can't go through this alone.

JAMES (VOICEOVER): Self
portrait-- nude, but different

from others.

[BLEEP] My pen is running out.

Why does the world
keep [BLEEP] me?

Yeah, um, I spent six
months in a halfway house

for victims of
domestic violence.

And when I met
Jenna, she told me

that Lollilove
would just help me

feel so empowered around men.

JENNA (VOICEOVER): Jenna!

JENNA: They're doing
the interview, James!

NARRATOR: Because the
Lollilove mission involves

direct, face-to-face contact
with potentially dangerous

and unpredictable
homeless people

in oftentimes under-patrolled
neighborhoods,

Jenna and James arranged
for a comprehensive

self-defense training session
for the Lollilove volunteers.

Self-defense instructor and
four-degree black belt Mike

Tanaki tailored the
training to anticipate

real life street situations.

You put it right
in the bum's face.

[SHOUTING]

Attention.

We're going to start
with just your left hand

and a left jab
right into this pad.

Yeah.

Good, two.

Hiya, good, good.

You might want to
vocalize a little bit.

It helps you to
gather your--your

strength and your power.
-OK.

6, 7,

[SCREAMING]

8.

And 1.

[SIMPERING]

Now we're to up it.

We're going to throw two
punches-- left then right

into this pad on each count.

-OK, I got a-- I got a question.
-Yes.

If a guy's coming at me
with one of these things,

why wouldn't I just
hit him in the face?

[APPLAUSE]

Who's next?

And 1, good, 2.

OK, I got another idea.

I hit you twice here, duck,
and then I tackle you.

And then I make you-- I push
your face into the dirt,

and I make you eat the grass.

That's lesson 10.

Can you teach me how to do it?

Left, right, back!

Left, right, duck!

Get up.

NARRATOR: To
conclude the session

with a final test of
skill, Mike Tanaki enacted

in full-contact simulation.

Ha!

That's pretty good.

[SCREAMING]

JENNA: Awesome, you guys.

That was awesome.

NARRATOR: On the eve of
their first encounter

with the homeless, our cameras
returned to Toluca Lake

for final thoughts.

I realize tonight
that we have--

we just-- we are really going to
make a difference in the world.

And seriously, that's all
I've ever wanted to do.

I think we're going to
inspire a lot of people.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

FATHER LLOYD: And the world
is going to be a better place

with this beautiful gesture.

And now, let us pray.

Thank you, Jesus, for giving us
these homeless people to help.

Amen.

I saw one of the fliers,
and I wanted to help.

Also, I'm an actress,
and I heard there

would be some media exposure.

So I thought it would be a
good opportunity to, you know,

be in front of the camera,
acting like I care.

[COUGHING]

[GIGGLING]

There you go.

One, and [INAUDIBLE]
There's the dirty girl.

Great.

[CHATTER]

Judy, always have
your bows facing out.

James, come on.

Let's go.

OK, so we have
exactly 100 lollipops

between us in our baskets.

We're going to hand them out
to 100 different people, OK?

Oh my god.

Honey, what are you doing?

What?

What?

You're not wearing that.

Oh, come on, baby.

Safety first.

No, we are going to
be seen by the press,

and I'm not going to
have you wearing that.

All right, then just let
me wear the gloves, OK?

I'm not going to let
you wear plastic gloves.

You guys get to wear
your special fancy gloves.

Why don't you let me
wear some of those?

Yeah, that's because
they're girl gloves.

They go with our outfits.

You're going to look stupid.

Baby, I am really scared.

Oh, honey, it is OK.

Listen, you do not need to
wear all this stuff, OK,

because God will protect you.

He would not call you to do this
work and then not protect you.

I know.

That's why he put it
in my brain to wear

this special suit of mine.

OK.

Come on.

OK, thank you, sweetie.

Please hurry.

Please hurry.

We'll go outside.

We'll be outside.

OK, now the green lollipops
are the ones, um, [INAUDIBLE]

and operate.

So if you have someone that is
Latino or that you think might

be Latino, give them that--

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I'm TeeJay Boyce, on
location for Channel 7 News.

We all see the homeless
on our way to work,

on our way to play,
but one group of heroes

is doing something
about it-- Lollilove.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Oh, I smell it.

JENNA: I sure do too.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

We've come down here
to help the homeless,

and it's a little disappointing,
because they're all asleep.

I mean, I wish they would
just grow up and wake

up and take the lollipop.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Excuse me, sir, would
you like a lollipop?

It's to help you not
be homeless anymore.

That character's name
is Felix, right there.

Do you feel in tune
with him at all?

Is he--

He's got a hat, like you do.

I have a lollipop for you
to cheer you up and help

you to stay off the streets.

Thank you.

Sure.

So stay off the
street, homeless man.

Hello, ma'am, would you like a
nice Lollilove lollipop today?

There you go.

What's your name?

Delores, I'm James Gunn.

Nice meeting you, thank you.

Nice meeting you.

There's bathrooms over there.

I'm going to wash my hand.

OK, now?

Yes

[MUSIC PLAYING]

There's no soap.

There's nothing
to dry your hands.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[GAGGING]

TEEJAY BOYCE: Founded by
community activist Jenna Gunn,

Lollilove's mission
is to distribute

fun, uplifting,
designer lollipops

to Los Angeles' homeless.

We've been handing out
lollipops to homeless all day.

And the response
has been amazing.

This is a dream come
true, TeeJay Boyce!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[LAUGHING]

JENNA: Sir, would
you like a lollipop?

[BLEEP] your bloody gash.

I'm going to stab
[BLEEP] your bloody gash.

[LAUGHING]

Baby, what's wrong?

What's wrong?
What's up?

That guy.
That guy.

Which guy?

He said-- right there.

He said that he was
going to-- he was going

to [BLEEP] my bloody gash.

I don't know what it means.
But I don't--

[INTERPOSING VOICES]
-That-- that guy?

-Yeah.
-That ungrateful bastard.

We've been out here serving
in the trenches, saving lives,

and he said he was going to
[BLEEP] your bloody what?

Gash.

That's your vagina, baby.

He was talking
about your vagina.

God damn it.

No baby, wait.

Wait.

Honey, wait, seriously.

He's got a big problem, huh?

Let's see what he says--
feel like saying it to me.

Hey, big mouth!

Guy, hey big mouth!

Hey, big man, macho man,
what's your problem?

[BLEEP]

I think you owe
my wife an apology.

Excuse me, sir.

Sir, you have a problem?

Sir, excuse me, I'm
talking to you, sir.

Come on, Mr. [INAUDIBLE]

[LAUGHING]

Who cares about--

You son of a bitch.

You dirty piece of trash.

You understand what
I'm saying, huh?

Come on.

You want to say that to me?

Want to say what you
said to my wife to me?

Come on.

You want to [BLEEP]
her bloody gash.

Or do you want to
[BLEEP] my bloody gash?

Huh?
[LAUGHING]

[INAUDIBLE]

Big man Big man, come on.

Come on.

Bring it.

[SCREAMING]

No, no, no, no, my god!

Get it off me! [INAUDIBLE]

I don't want to touch it!

Oh my god, I told you I should
have worn my special suit.

Call 911.

Call 911 now.

Where's my cell phone?

[SCREAMING]

Somebody stole my cell phone.

JENNA: Baby,
please, the cameras.

James, the cameras!

Why'd you have to spit on him?

These [BLEEP] people.

[LAUGHING]

You murdered me.

You're looking at a dead
man. [BLEEP] Oh my god!

Oh my god.

God save me.

JENNA: So this is the part where
we tell you how we're doing.

Right.

Well, we've never been happier.

Absolutely.

Our marriage is going great.

Um, this whole project really
brought us closer together.

I think that for me
it was the moment

in the park when James
came to my rescue

when that man was coming at me.

He was just so strong and
so brave and just so willing

to risk everything
in order to save us.

And I mean, I just fell in
love with him all over again,

and I realized
that that's really

what I want in my life is
a strong, loving marriage

with my husband.

Yeah, I think it was shortly
after that we decided Lollilove

has to come to an end.

I wasn't going to put my wife
or my loved ones in harm's way

any longer.

I think we were a little
naive to begin with,

not really accurately seeing
how many dangers the homeless

actually presented.

We knew about the
bacterial danger,

but not about the
physical danger.

JENNA: It was really dangerous.

Um, but we're onto new
things now, I-- I think.

You know, one of the
things on that day--

I realized that Jenna could have
been raped by that bum that day

if I wasn't around.

And I have imagined her
getting raped by that bum

again and again and
again and again.

And so I did a
little artistic essay

with Jenna getting raped by
that bum in various positions

of the Kama Sutra.

It covers three walls.

And-- and it's really
gotten a lot of press--

not all of it good
press-- but as you know,

there's no such
thing as bad press.

JENNA: Yeah, I don't think
of this as a failure--

JAMES: No way--

-- no, because we got a lot
of great things out of it.

Um, I think one of
the great things

that we got out of it
is this documentary--

Absolutely.

--which is
undoubtedly going to go

on to inspire a lot
of other people to do

a lot of other great things.

I think this
documentary is going

to inspire more
people than Lollilove

was going to begin with.

And you know, you think back
to, like, the Holocaust--

a terrible, terrible time?

Yes.

Worth it?

Perhaps, because of all the
great Academy Award-winning

documentaries that have been
made about the Holocaust,

all the people that have gone to
the theater all over the world

and cried their eyes while
watching about the plight

of those poor people.

And that would have
never happened--

"Schindler's List" would
have never happened--

without the Holocaust.

Can you imagine if "Schindler's
List" never happened.

Yeah, I mean it's-- Spielberg
would have never won an Academy

Award without the Holocaust.

So everything works
out in the end.

A-plus, baby.

Thank you.

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This piece in particular
works really well,

because I tested it on a
number of homeless people

that hang out around
the shopping center

where I go buy my groceries.

And all of them were touched.

They didn't necessarily say
that, because some of them

can't talk.

They're like
[NONSENSE] But they,

uh-- they were very touched.

For me, what I'm really into
right now is helping people.

And if that is going
to put me in touch

with certain celebrities,
I can't help that.

I mean, I would to get, like,
Jason Priestley on our team.

I mean, don't tell James,
because he gets really jealous.

But, um-- I don't
know if you know this,

but Jason Priestley
hates homelessness.

We would have so
much to talk about.

I mean--

-Thanks, Jenna.
-Thank you.

-You were awesome.
-Thank you.

You were awesome.
Thanks, James.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

I really appreciate
what you said.

Thank you for digging deep.

I know that must
have not been easy.

I know it, because
I've been there.

You bet.

OK, there it is.

Thank you.
-OK.

And that's how we came up with
an idea for an animated series.

And it's going to be
revolving around the character

of Mustafa.

And Mustafa's going
to go around the world,

and he's going to talk
to different terrorists,

and he's going to talk them
out of that way of life.

And, you know, there's-- it's
not about becoming a Christian.

It's just about how Jesus is
more realistic than Allah.

I want to also
appeal to celebrities.

We have some celebrity
friends that I would

like to try and get involved.

I would like to
have them maybe be

spokespeople, perhaps do
some of our television,

print ads for us.

But probably most of that
stuff they're going to want

me to do since it's my art.

So probably most of the
stuff, they're going

to be interested me doing it.

And then-- but I
could probably have

somebody like William
Aames as my sidekick,

or something, right?

Yeah.

Or John Schneider.

I think it should
be somebody of color,

because I don't think we want
it to just be white people.

Like Whitney Houston
could, you know--

Oh my gosh, I would
love to get, like,

Halle Berry, because
she's actually

half-white and half-black.

I'm trying to think of
another black person.

Um.

Eddie Murphy.

Mm-hm.

Tyra Banks.

Mm-hm.

George Huff.

Mexican people?

Well, I-- there's still
more black people left.

Bill Cosby.

But what about
black people we know?

Sorry.