(light, bouncy, whimsical music)
(Man grunting)
(Man sniffling)
- Yeah, it's nice to see you again, Jilly.
- And you as well, Tommy.
I can't wait to answer questions
about the whimsical world of chocolatiering!
- Ooh, Tommy, Tommy!
- Yes, you.
- Hi, Scott Bagel, Daily Report,
Tommy, question for you,
what would you say is the most zany, craziest part
of being a chocolatier?
- I'd have to say it's the expansion.
I started at Conglomo Chocolates,
and, I was in charge of production in Midwestern cities,
primarily with a population less than 500,000.
Now, well, wow.
(cameras clicking softly)
It's very exciting.
(Scott laughs)
- Incredible!
Jilly, as a woman, what does it feel like
to be in a male dominated field?
- Oh!
You're not gonna ask me the fun question, too?
- No.
- Well, you know, 'cause, I'm Jilly Jonka,
of the Jonka factory.
You know?
My candy can fly,
can turn your ears blue,
can sing you a song,
or can turn you into a bird, too?
Okay, well, I guess, as a woman, I face a lot of adversity.
(Scott puffs)
- So true.
- Bill Bread, From The Weekly Report,
Tommy, by the way, big fan of your work.
What's the craziest day at the chocolate factory
look like for you?
- Well, it's the day the lab gets a phone call.
I took a phone call the other day
from one our distributors in Tacoma,
a gal calls me up, she says, the boxes that we're using
to ship the chocolates are too thin,
so now, here I go, I've got to research the boxes,
and figure out which one is gonna be thick enough.
And, of course, I don't have any idea what sort of box
is gonna be thick the way we need it to be, and so,
now I'm down a rabbit hole on the thickness
and the thinness of the boxes,
and, wow, that was crazy.
(reporters laughing)
- Riveting.
- And, Jilly.
- Yes, the craziest thing about our chocolate lab
is that it is run by actual chocolate Labrador dogs.
You see--
- Actually, I was wondering,
as a woman of color,
did you find it difficult to break into the business?
- Wait, why does he get to answer all the fun questions?
I don't want to answer, as a woman of color.
- I'll take a stab at it.
- I mean, I literally just told you
that I have a lab run by dogs.
Isn't that exciting and fun?
(Jilly laughs awkwardly)
Don't you care how that works,
or how I'm legally allowed to do that?
- Sorry, Miss Jonka,
it's just that, you're one of the very few
women of color in your field,
who've gained this level of visibility and fame, so,
we're curious about your struggles, you know,
to help the children who look up to you.
- It's about the children.
- The children.
- [Scott] If you don't help the little children,
who will help them, 'cause I'm not--
- Well why, why doesn't he have to think about the children?
To answer your question, yes,
it was hard to rise up in my field.
Plenty of people are going to say no to you,
and you just can't say no to yourself.
For instance, when I was inventing
my fizzing magic light gummies--
- Do the magic light gummies
also face adversity as women of color?
- They are not women of color, they are cherry and lime.
Can somebody please talk to me about something fun,
I don't want to talk about serious stuff.
- Speaking of limes, I saw a lime
for the first time the other day.
(reporters gasping and laughing)
- Wow!
Tommy, what was it like when you first saw the lime?
Was it exciting?
- Tell us everything.
- It was green, and it looked spicy.
(reporters guffawing)
(Tommy chuckles)
- [Scott] I mean, the guy's a card!
Wow!
- Can someone please, please ask me a fun question?
I own limes that emit pure rays of joy!
- Uh, Jilly.
- Yes, what is it?
- What's your favorite kind of candy you've made?
- My favorite candy?
Yes, I love this question, thank you.
My favorite candy that we've made
is our malted spring of eternal life peanut butter balls.
They contain within them the secret to everlasting life!
- As a woman of color, is eternal life important to you,
and please reference your struggles in your answer,
thank you.
(microphone tapping and squeaking)
- She's very difficult.