Pretend It's a City

• 
  E1

  Pretend It's a City

  Meet Fran Lebowitz and join her on her rambles as she muses about deadly distractions, Times Square terror, subway stoppers and total building fails.

  2021-01-08 · 30m
  Mark watched
• 
  E2

  Cultural Affairs

  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.

  2021-01-08 · 32m
  Mark watched
• 
  E3

  Metropolitan Transit

  Mean cabbies, arty subway stations, interstellar tourism and spacey bus drivers can get Fran going. Then Leonardo DiCaprio offered her an e-cigarette.

  2021-01-08 · 30m
  Mark watched
• 
  E4

  Board of Estimate

  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.

  2021-01-08 · 30m
  Mark watched
• 
  E5

  Department of Sports & Health

  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.

  2021-01-08 · 30m
  Mark watched
• 
  E6

  Hall of Records

  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.

  2021-01-08 · 26m
  Mark watched
• 
  E7

  Library Services

  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.

  2021-01-08 · 31m
  Mark watched

Top cast

Fran Lebowitz

Self

Martin Scorsese

Self

Spike Lee

Self

Alec Baldwin

Self