Pretend It's a City - Season 1

Pretend It's a City - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes7
Datesjanv. 8, 2021 - janv. 8, 2021

Episodes

Pretend It's a City
Season 1Episode 130 min

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.


 

janv. 8, 2021
Cultural Affairs
Season 1Episode 232 min

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.


 

janv. 8, 2021
Metropolitan Transit
Season 1Episode 330 min

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.


 

janv. 8, 2021
Board of Estimate
Season 1Episode 430 min

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.


 

janv. 8, 2021
Department of Sports & Health
Season 1Episode 530 min

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.


 

janv. 8, 2021
Hall of Records
Season 1Episode 626 min

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.


 

janv. 8, 2021
Library Services
Season 1Episode 731 min

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.

janv. 8, 2021

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