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By Bija Gutoff
John Chester, Andre Miller and Erin, whom Chester and Miller met on the streets of Providence, Rhode Island. They arranged an interview for Erin with the Candy Ford modeling agency in Boston, Massachusetts.
To most passers-by Jan was just another derelict � a nuisance, perhaps, if you even noticed him, but more likely an invisible blotch of human paint on the noisy canvas of the urban streetscape. To John Chester and Andre Miller, however, Jan was a person of immediate and immense interest: the target for their next guerilla philanthropic encounter.
Chester and Miller are the heart and soul of a daring experiment in random acts of kindness that they recorded as mini-documentaries and have now edited into a ten-episode series of true-story experiences for the A&E cable TV network. Since 1996 the two friends have been stopping strangers up and down the East Coast, offering to help resolve some problem in their lives. They call the exercise, and the show, �Random 1.�
�Let�s face it, helping people is selfish. We tell ourselves we do it to make the world a better place, but the fact is, it feels good.�
�Our mission is to try to make a difference,� says Chester. �And most of what we�ve done for people has worked, although sometimes things go horribly wrong.� Despite the occasional setback � included, without apology, to inject the TV series with an unsentimental dose of cinema v�rit� � Chester and Miller are hooked on what they call �the addictive thrill of encountering the unknown.�
�Let�s face it,� confesses Chester, �helping people is selfish. We tell ourselves we do it to make the world a better place, but the fact is, it feels good.�
Reality Road Trip
Fueled by their provocative vision and backed by a crackerjack"
By Bija Gutoff
John Chester, Andre Miller and Erin, whom Chester and Miller met on the streets of Providence, Rhode Island. They arranged an interview for Erin with the Candy Ford modeling agency in Boston, Massachusetts.
To most passers-by Jan was just another derelict � a nuisance, perhaps, if you even noticed him, but more likely an invisible blotch of human paint on the noisy canvas of the urban streetscape. To John Chester and Andre Miller, however, Jan was a person of immediate and immense interest: the target for their next guerilla philanthropic encounter.
Chester and Miller are the heart and soul of a daring experiment in random acts of kindness that they recorded as mini-documentaries and have now edited into a ten-episode series of true-story experiences for the A&E cable TV network. Since 1996 the two friends have been stopping strangers up and down the East Coast, offering to help resolve some problem in their lives. They call the exercise, and the show, �Random 1.�
�Let�s face it, helping people is selfish. We tell ourselves we do it to make the world a better place, but the fact is, it feels good.�
�Our mission is to try to make a difference,� says Chester. �And most of what we�ve done for people has worked, although sometimes things go horribly wrong.� Despite the occasional setback � included, without apology, to inject the TV series with an unsentimental dose of cinema v�rit� � Chester and Miller are hooked on what they call �the addictive thrill of encountering the unknown.�
�Let�s face it,� confesses Chester, �helping people is selfish. We tell ourselves we do it to make the world a better place, but the fact is, it feels good.�
Reality Road Trip
Fueled by their provocative vision and backed by a crackerjack"
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