Fran Lebowitz On The Upside Of Being Old

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  • @kathywilkowski725
    @kathywilkowski725 8 місяців тому +210

    She is unapologetically herself. She's an original. How refreshing!

    • @psps2034
      @psps2034 8 місяців тому +2

      Alot of people are just being themselves - you just dont like them.

    • @PhuckYourExistence
      @PhuckYourExistence 8 місяців тому +4

      *Yeah... OMG! Hating Trump is soooo original. She' over overrated. BTW: I'm indifferent to Trump, Biden, the Clintons, Democrats and Republicans.*

    • @davidherz9968
      @davidherz9968 8 місяців тому

      yes but people are themselves people we don't necessarily want to be around with@@psps2034

    • @stationarywanderer7910
      @stationarywanderer7910 8 місяців тому

      She's a transphobe.

    • @veenamishra8950
      @veenamishra8950 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@PhuckYourExistenceHating Trump is not her only opinion

  • @emmylou-y4b
    @emmylou-y4b 8 місяців тому +125

    I am old enough (like Fran) to remember the reading of Metropolitan Life she gave at one of the midtown libraries in Manhattan. Her famous line, "The opposite of talking isn't listening...it's waiting," has stuck with me for over 40 years.

    • @ER1CwC
      @ER1CwC 8 місяців тому +13

      That quote is so true.

    • @ReadingsinSuspension-gh6uc
      @ReadingsinSuspension-gh6uc 8 місяців тому +8

      I was about 18 when I first read that line, & I found it absolutely hilarious! Used to quote it often, always crediting her, of course.

    • @pierre1050
      @pierre1050 8 місяців тому +2

      She obviously waits to speak instead of listing what another one has to say. That makes her such a stubborn person.

    • @TheMockatiel
      @TheMockatiel 2 місяці тому +2

      @@pierre1050 🥱 comments like this are why. Imagine being the funniest and most interesting person in the conversation but having to listen to you instead 😂😂😂
      Shaddap and let Fran talk

    • @anncude531
      @anncude531 27 днів тому

      ⁠@@TheMockatiel YOU are so funny, and insightful.

  • @debsylvester2012
    @debsylvester2012 8 місяців тому +48

    You are just the best Fran. I love your brain.
    Thank you. ☮️🌹

  • @kimberknutson831
    @kimberknutson831 8 місяців тому +92

    God, I love that woman. That was really fun to watch. Thank you. : )

  • @XX-zk2lf
    @XX-zk2lf 8 місяців тому +149

    Fran being wonderful as always

  • @B-rian937
    @B-rian937 8 місяців тому +81

    Fran Lebowitz is my spirit animal.

  • @filmsforsmartpeople3587
    @filmsforsmartpeople3587 8 місяців тому +36

    I love Fran...I remember her many talk show appearances back in the 70's-80's when they had actual intelligent people on talk shows...

    • @j.b.9895
      @j.b.9895 7 місяців тому +1

      Wow yeah. I remember when talk shows had interesting, intelligent guests on. Now the people are on just to sell something

  • @margaret7688
    @margaret7688 8 місяців тому +37

    Ms. Leibowitz is one of those rare human beings with a true, clear sense of who she is and doesn't make excuses for it. I have always enjoyed her down to earth persona. I always seem to learn about life listening to her. I hope she stays on this earth at least until I am no longer here. I am 70. So there!

  • @Medina-bk2fo
    @Medina-bk2fo 8 місяців тому +62

    I'm with Fran: I like people - out there. The best way to keep liking people is to never let them in your house - maybe for coffee..

  • @amandad6513
    @amandad6513 8 місяців тому +26

    I love Fran. Thank you for hosting her!

  • @patriciatapia1710
    @patriciatapia1710 8 місяців тому +27

    the host was trying to get Fran to seem more humble, when she doesnt care, she s just right, and she loves it.

    • @neonoires
      @neonoires 7 місяців тому +2

      Right it felt kind of antagonistic at times lol

  • @patricenz
    @patricenz 8 місяців тому +29

    Fran was excellent, as expected, and Benjamin Law was absolutely wonderful. And ... the Opera Houuuusssse!!!

    • @JudithRandall-vz1zk
      @JudithRandall-vz1zk 8 місяців тому

      Really? "Absolutely wonderful:"? He did little more than ask a few mild questions.

  • @gilbertkelly-sx8gh
    @gilbertkelly-sx8gh 8 місяців тому +54

    Donald Trump makes it easy for people to express their racism - insightful

    • @TheKmonta
      @TheKmonta 7 місяців тому +7

      She's right.

  • @emilymcnamara5179
    @emilymcnamara5179 8 місяців тому +18

    Thank you, Fran. There is very little that is good about being old. Nobody really appreciates your wisdom or your experience unless you know how to fix their faucet or take care of their child so they can go out to dinner. I also enjoy my time alone but it is nice to know my husband is around most of the time in case I fall and can’t get up.

  • @MrDemoldo
    @MrDemoldo 8 місяців тому +8

    As a human being, it's incumbent upon you to engage your intellect and humanity. Fran exemplifies this by leveraging her cognitive faculties to actualize her fullest potential.
    She remains true to herself, refusing to compromise her authenticity for the sake of others' demands or dependencies.

  • @Barb6106
    @Barb6106 8 місяців тому +10

    I adore Fran..so smart, whitty and effortlessly snarky. I always come away with a quip to toss around after listening to her. She cares about it all in a way that makes you care- but not really. What a gem.

  • @JudithRandall-vz1zk
    @JudithRandall-vz1zk 8 місяців тому +11

    She says everything I think and believe. In other words, she's great.

  • @ClueSign
    @ClueSign 8 місяців тому +29

    She's finally graduated to being an "old curmudgeon" instead of a young curmudgeon. God bless her.

  • @marzymarrz5172
    @marzymarrz5172 8 місяців тому +9

    She made me nostalgic for my bad jobs. What I loved was how easy they were to leave. No doubts, no second thoughts, no nostalgia. Ah the good old days.

  • @lindas.martin2806
    @lindas.martin2806 8 місяців тому +18

    I do not like to work anymore either...not since I reached 63. Pretty unacceptable in the USA but I would rather live very, very simply than work like I did when I was young. And instead of gathering things, one of the nice things about being older is enjoying giving things away and uncluttering.

    • @allnyermind
      @allnyermind 8 місяців тому +3

      I agree totally. Why keep working to accumulate more things? I'm 65 and I don't need more things.. I need time, time to read, time to spend with friends,, time to simply think, study, cherish.

  • @dianebarbera1284
    @dianebarbera1284 8 місяців тому +4

    Yes, Fran. You are right we are always changing jobs in NYC. It was pretty easy. I remember you and am glad to see you again.

  • @LiliWhyte
    @LiliWhyte 8 місяців тому +13

    I'm so happy to hear from Ms Leibowitz! What an icon! I love her!

  • @Kim-lc3fv
    @Kim-lc3fv 8 місяців тому +10

    I've seen her at her show in Copenhagen and she is so fun.

  • @JJNow-gg9so
    @JJNow-gg9so 8 місяців тому +6

    Respect Fran and nothing but respect. Celebrate who you are.

  • @barbarabrooker2502
    @barbarabrooker2502 8 місяців тому +11

    I LOVE Fran Liebowitz-authentic. Smart. Says what we think.

  • @roxtar38
    @roxtar38 8 місяців тому +14

    I've always known OF Fran, but in this 6:25 video, I LOVE her.

  • @angelscreation1
    @angelscreation1 8 місяців тому +21

    She is 100% on point!

  • @davidanthonystone5165
    @davidanthonystone5165 8 місяців тому +7

    I am a native N Y er and remember the 1960’s and 7O’s
    for I was in my 20’s. I was interested in $ or a career then
    Until the 1980’s. However I
    Adore and Abhor N Y and feel grateful that I have a rent control apartment with garden

  • @TroyBrooksPainter
    @TroyBrooksPainter 8 місяців тому +8

    That interviewer graded on my nerves. Fran was gracious and smart as always.

    • @moimeme6533
      @moimeme6533 8 місяців тому +1

      he sorta missed the point several times esp at the beginning and she rescued the moment with aplomb

  • @craigmiller-randle8921
    @craigmiller-randle8921 8 місяців тому +25

    I’m here to tell you being 60 is so much better than being 20! I wouldn’t ever want to go back to that 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @debbiemetke5938
      @debbiemetke5938 8 місяців тому +4

      Yes, in many ways I agree with you, though the energy dissipates.

    • @craigmiller-randle8921
      @craigmiller-randle8921 8 місяців тому +7

      @@debbiemetke5938 oh yes agree my energy is definitely diminished, if I could have the energy of a 20 year old with the brain of a 60 year old well that would be perfect but as someone great once said youth looks much better than it feels but age feels much better than it looks 😜

    • @debbiemetke5938
      @debbiemetke5938 8 місяців тому +1

      @@craigmiller-randle8921 Ha! Never heard that before. True dat! :-D

    • @TheMockatiel
      @TheMockatiel 2 місяці тому

      FOR YOU -

  • @janserventi
    @janserventi 8 місяців тому +25

    😂 love you Fran

  • @diaryofanafricanladyutanyo9656
    @diaryofanafricanladyutanyo9656 8 місяців тому +10

    Fran is just like me about not wanting people in my house

  • @karinschild9020
    @karinschild9020 8 місяців тому +19

    Haha, she calls us non-New Yorkers Hillbillies when we come to her city. Here in the country we call urban tourists "citiots"

  • @joanlyoung1
    @joanlyoung1 8 місяців тому +9

    Fran is awesome.
    Truthteller!🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @brucemajors7525
    @brucemajors7525 8 місяців тому +1

    New York City is now so wonderful, having enacted all of Fran's party's policies and ideas. Way to go Fran!

  • @johngalt5411
    @johngalt5411 8 місяців тому +12

    I love Fran

  • @barbarabrooker2502
    @barbarabrooker2502 8 місяців тому +2

    I love her. Love her VOICE. Her truths. I am 87, the founder of the first age march in history-age pride for ALL ages. I'd rather be 87 than 20 so I disagree with Fran. But I LOVE HER. I also hate domestic life.

  • @12thDecember
    @12thDecember 8 місяців тому +7

    I like the way she just came out and said, of TFG supporters, "They're wrong." Not sugarcoating or coddling by saying, "I _think_ they're wrong." Just flat out, "They're wrong." Because they are.

  • @aslfdjalskjflkajs134
    @aslfdjalskjflkajs134 8 місяців тому +2

    I felt like the interviewer wanted her to seem like a woman of the people, but instead she was just herself and good for her. Confidence in your own being is underrated, and it's not like she was being rabid and attacking people, she made statements, either factual or opinion, and left it at that. My word is my word and that's enough for me - I've said my piece.

  • @skypics
    @skypics 6 місяців тому +1

    Just saw her at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, brilliant! Man, she gets around.

  • @nanny287
    @nanny287 7 місяців тому +1

    Her unbridled honesty is incredibly refreshing. Love her!

  • @EvelynBaron
    @EvelynBaron 8 місяців тому +2

    Fran using humour rather than rage to address the Dunning-Kruger effect not localized anymore, I don't know how she does it. Watched an interview with Jon Stewart 7 years ago where he was so angry and simultaneously addressing an audience of young people. He was visibly fighting with himself to keep even a modicum of the public persona he struggled to maintain so as not to discourage the younger generation from completely abandoning any kind of public discourse, in retrospect was chilling. Glad she's still around. Glad he hasn't given up.

  • @heatherwhite2788
    @heatherwhite2788 8 місяців тому +50

    Nobody can go wrong looking down on Trump 😂

  • @Collageartist69
    @Collageartist69 8 місяців тому +4

    She is right. I love her.

  • @mairimillar6606
    @mairimillar6606 8 місяців тому +1

    Love Fran. So charming, intuitive, direct and honest. A breath of fresh air.

  • @EK-cr5ht
    @EK-cr5ht 8 місяців тому +3

    I don't think he gets Fran, really. Well, I do and I love her.

  • @Misshattans
    @Misshattans 8 місяців тому +1

    She is 💯 correct. We do not like tourist or working.

  • @MariaAyub-ma-sentient24
    @MariaAyub-ma-sentient24 8 місяців тому +3

    “It is better to be twenty but you don’t have a choice”-best line of the interview. 😂

  • @cg9612
    @cg9612 8 місяців тому +10

    Fran, how was the airplane journey this time? What books did you read enroute? Was your plane delayed from landing in Aus.?

    • @LiliWhyte
      @LiliWhyte 8 місяців тому

      That would be a better interview than we got here!

  • @katnap9189
    @katnap9189 7 місяців тому

    Totally agree Fran!

  • @ryangrey8643
    @ryangrey8643 6 місяців тому

    Saw her give a speech in the 80’s at Franklin Marshall college and she was amazing! Had no idea who she was before that.

  • @rumorhasit9506
    @rumorhasit9506 8 місяців тому +38

    I agree with Fran's estimation of Donald Trump.

    • @wwbuirkle
      @wwbuirkle 8 місяців тому +3

      She's wrong and she's dangerous

    • @c.a.savage5689
      @c.a.savage5689 8 місяців тому

      ​@@wwbuirkle luckily she's not running for president, eh?

    • @wwbuirkle
      @wwbuirkle 8 місяців тому

      @@c.a.savage5689 Yea well she's tuff to look at

    • @davezwick5539
      @davezwick5539 8 місяців тому

      @@wwbuirkle Lucky for us that she doesn't care what you think.

  • @moimeme6533
    @moimeme6533 8 місяців тому +4

    the interviewer missed the point at the beginning and she discreetly bailed him out 3 times

  • @jamesktucker979
    @jamesktucker979 8 місяців тому +1

    I am an American, and a Bush Republican. I love Fran.

  • @jamesrobiscoe1174
    @jamesrobiscoe1174 7 місяців тому

    Fran Lebowitz speaks for a lot of us. Civic leaders can learn a lot from her bold and forthright views. She certainly is a fine observer of our social and political culture. Long may she flourish.

  • @endlessnameless6494
    @endlessnameless6494 8 місяців тому +8

    She's always been cool. And please, guys- never drink and drive. Stay safe, call a cab if you must! 11,000 die each year. Don't be one!

  • @dailybls
    @dailybls 8 місяців тому +3

    'He allows them to express their racism, which is apparently so pleasurable they dont care what else he does'!!! Nobody put it better!

  • @rodneyhamilton2562
    @rodneyhamilton2562 8 місяців тому +2

    The thing about getting old is that you have to work towards it when you are younger, otherwise you will grow old ill prepared and will not be able to enjoy the upsides of being old. Most of them have to be earned.

  • @larrysamet4030
    @larrysamet4030 3 місяці тому +1

    Fran for NYC Mayor

  • @LeCrenn
    @LeCrenn 7 місяців тому +4

    "He enables them to express their racism, which is apparently so pleasurable they don't care what else he does." Bingo. That is exactly it.

  • @lesleymcshanemitchell9651
    @lesleymcshanemitchell9651 7 місяців тому +1

    Love this intelligent interesting lady

  • @Apollo_Blaze
    @Apollo_Blaze 8 місяців тому

    I love Fran so much. She has said that holding grudges is in the same category as having standards....I totally agree with her on that and on SO many things.....I would love to sit around and have drinks with her. None of her videos are ever long enough.

  • @irockluculent961
    @irockluculent961 8 місяців тому

    Nice interview! I like Fran and I like Sydney, so what a good combination...

  • @christianruiz5385
    @christianruiz5385 8 місяців тому +1

    If you ever want a definition of what a real New Yorker is : she is it!

  • @Rosiedelaroux
    @Rosiedelaroux 8 місяців тому +1

    I love you Fran - the brightest star in the UNIVERSE

  • @kentdunne1320
    @kentdunne1320 8 місяців тому +1

    Any time she is saying something, I feel a broom sweeping a cobweb in my brain.

  • @waniaxaviermonteiro8487
    @waniaxaviermonteiro8487 8 місяців тому

    Fran is an unique person. Very genuine.

  • @skyeblu817
    @skyeblu817 8 місяців тому +7

    In New York no matter how rich you are you still end up walking on a filthy sidewalk to get to your $500 meal. Haha.

    • @lobstermash
      @lobstermash 7 місяців тому +1

      Air people don't walk on the filthy sidewalk. The limo takes them to the red carpet under the porte cochere at the restaurant. They get into the limo under the porte cochere at the house or apartment building. 😀. That's how come they can wear pale pink satin slippers in the rain.

  • @BrigidaRuffo-x7j
    @BrigidaRuffo-x7j 8 місяців тому +1

    Fran understands life like no one else

  • @semmaville
    @semmaville 8 місяців тому +1

    Luv you Fran ❤❤❤ I’m a dumdum that adores old age… it fits me really well… 😊🎉

  • @billbernhard3582
    @billbernhard3582 8 місяців тому +2

    Thank you, Fran !!! People 'like' The Don because he enables their inhumanity and intolerance, in exchange for their homage !
    This is an ultimately sick & dangerous interdependence !

  • @dottieparker7274
    @dottieparker7274 8 місяців тому +1

    LOVE LOVE LOVE ❤❤❤

  • @karenbenning2166
    @karenbenning2166 8 місяців тому +1

    I love her humor, Have often wondered if she is really a grumpy old person or that is just her comedic person that we get to see and chuckle over. By the way I disagree w her politics-but she is still a very funny lady.

  • @kgolem79
    @kgolem79 8 місяців тому

    Fran is Fabulous!

  • @sawahtb
    @sawahtb 8 місяців тому +1

    She's not wrong. I use to live in San Francisco and the tourists were a danger to themselves. Of course they were a financial life line and are sorely missed by hotels and restaurants, but yeah, they were also kinda awful. We wanted them to stay in the tourist attractions like on the water front. They would make their way into neighborhoods and be in the way.

  • @ziziscorsese9475
    @ziziscorsese9475 5 місяців тому

    Fascinating woman !

  • @gstavella
    @gstavella 8 місяців тому

    Fran is our national treasure.

  • @PatriciaDryburgh
    @PatriciaDryburgh 7 місяців тому

    I love this woman!!!

  • @amusicment4829
    @amusicment4829 8 місяців тому +1

    Love her!

  • @ballet07
    @ballet07 8 місяців тому

    Love her!!!❤

  • @janemariesinger6779
    @janemariesinger6779 8 місяців тому +3

    Thank you for saying that! He is a danger. How can we stop this?

  • @bluelv
    @bluelv 8 місяців тому

    One of Americas best exports! ❤️

  • @Brian-os9qj
    @Brian-os9qj 8 місяців тому +1

    Fran is a treasure

  • @mrmink
    @mrmink 7 місяців тому

    She laid it out just right!

  • @marianfrances4959
    @marianfrances4959 8 місяців тому

    Shes awesome!👍😎🇨🇦

  • @DippyHippie
    @DippyHippie 8 місяців тому +8

    So sad….no cc,what’s a deaf person to do?😢

  • @lisaperez8276
    @lisaperez8276 8 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for telling the truth about Donald Trump

  • @suzannemostafavifar1686
    @suzannemostafavifar1686 8 місяців тому +1

    “ herds of hillbillies”. Wonderful observation!

  • @johndillon9791
    @johndillon9791 8 місяців тому

    Right on

  • @dominicportelli7468
    @dominicportelli7468 8 місяців тому

    I give this a thumbs up before I even watch it cause I'm sure it'll be a cut above intellectually.

  • @cidsanta4204
    @cidsanta4204 8 місяців тому +1

    ♥️ Fran

  • @themanwnoname3454
    @themanwnoname3454 8 місяців тому

    I think Senator Sandwers is fantastic & if Donald Trump was elected President would posit the question “If the USA is the leader of the free world when exactly has Western Democracy failed?”

  • @doloreswylie3067
    @doloreswylie3067 5 місяців тому

    When she was young she was very beautiful ,interesting and unique…still is …and just adorable.

    • @Kell4088
      @Kell4088 17 днів тому

      She has always been interesting & unique. But there is virtually no one that would have ever described her as beautiful 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @ruling528
    @ruling528 4 місяці тому

    For a second I thought it was George Burns with a wig!

  • @lisahinkofer2085
    @lisahinkofer2085 8 місяців тому +1

    Love her

  • @dougwilliams9731
    @dougwilliams9731 Місяць тому

    Love Fran, but at 60 I'm the happiest i have ever been. No way would I go back to 20.

  • @dawnbell7826
    @dawnbell7826 8 місяців тому +2

    "Nobody could go wrong NOT liking Donald Trump" brilliant. perfectly expressed, Fran

  • @user-ek3rn7qe1f
    @user-ek3rn7qe1f 7 місяців тому

    A complete original.

  • @123Rockchild
    @123Rockchild 8 місяців тому +3

    Wow…smoking has not been good to her. 🙄

  • @blqeddie2946
    @blqeddie2946 8 місяців тому

    Fran is the funniest woman on the earth 😂