Pretend It's a City — Limited Series
Episodes
E01 Pretend It's a City
★ 8.0Jan 8, 2021 · 30m
Meet Fran Lebowitz and join her on her rambles as she muses about deadly distractions, Times Square terror, subway stoppers and total building fails.
E02 Cultural Affairs
★ 8.0Jan 8, 2021 · 32m
The mysteries of talent are scrutinized as Fran looks at the peril of writing, the joy of Motown and the time Charles Mingus chased her on the street.
E03 Metropolitan Transit
★ 8.2Jan 8, 2021 · 30m
Mean cabbies, arty subway stations, interstellar tourism and spacey bus drivers can get Fran going. Then Leonardo DiCaprio offered her an e-cigarette.
E04 Board of Estimate
★ 8.0Jan 8, 2021 · 30m
It's a living: Fran hates money but loves things, so she must work — though she prefers to read. Winning the lottery may be her only other option.
E05 Department of Sports & Health
★ 8.0Jan 8, 2021 · 30m
Knowing that some are annoyed that she's still alive, Fran understands that smoking is bad for you. "Wellness" and sports sound even worse to her.
E06 Hall of Records
★ 7.8Jan 8, 2021 · 26m
Fran's all about fun — guilty pleasures, not so much. Just give her a party, a movie, a small child or a luminous Cary Grant. You can keep technology.
E07 Library Services
★ 8.3Jan 8, 2021 · 31m
Books opened up the world to young Fran. Today, she can't throw a volume away — but she will trash the writer of a glowing blurb for a lousy tome.