So, is Fran a pessimist or a realist?! Again appreciate her time for the conversation - and let us know if you all have ideas for other people we should invite to the Summit Series!
Realist. Love her comments about algebra and sports questions on Jeopardy. I am of her time. Algebra was not taught to be applicable in our era, and because sports were entirely male dominated during our formative years, why should we care?
Dave Chappelle. That's who you should have on your Summit Series. Angela Merkel, after her retirement. Marco Pierre White. Sonia Sotomayer or Elena Kagan (or both separately). Ken Burns. Ian McKellan.
I'm 63 years old and I found Fran Leibowitz by accident as recently as five years ago. I always find her fascinating to listen to. This was a good interview - not too serious, quite varied of subjects, and Ari's reverence for her was palpable. She is definitely a product of her time, and yet she is also very aware of the world around her today. As I say, fascinating! I didn't want it to end. Thank you for putting this on TH-cam.
We're about the same age. Luckily I discovered her in the late 70s in high school when I read reviews of her book "Metropolitan LIfe." I read it at the time and loved her dry wit, with so many laugh-out-loud passages. So I feel I've known her all my life. I was just sorry that she famously suffers from writer's block and after her second book said she found it difficult to write more, though she's fine in interviews.
@@taralilarose1 I think you're mistaken about this. I am lower working class and I have never felt that she has contempt for us. Did you miss the part when she was talking about miners having the hardest job? Or she herself being a cab driver?
Oh god yes. I've already watched this one time a couple of months ago. But I decided to stumble in and watch this again. You need all the Fran that you can get... her and Katherine Hepburn are two of my most favorite speak what they want to speak Broadstone the whole world. RIP Kate. Keep on truckin Fran.
Fran is always a delight. I knew her mother and father. She sounds like her mother and delivers the punchline like her father. Good people. All of them.
Now 74, I was born in 1947 and raised in the 50s. Children were to be seen but not heard. I was never asked an adult question until I was about 20. Now I talk to my grandchildren as tho they are real people.
They are Real people, but they don't deserve a vote on certain issues. People who were seen and not heard have OVERCOMPENSATED too much. Feeling are not facts. Parents should not be "friends" with their children. Mine are grown now and I am enjoying the friendship, but not while they were younger. I usually have them a choice between two options.
Me too, I remember as a five year old, my old man would arrive home from work, get out of his car say hello, go change , sit down on the porch with a drink and say, " ok, it's gown up time now, go and play." At 74 I Still remember how I wished I could just stay to be near him.
I've watched many interviews of Fran Lebowitz and I find that many of the questions addressed to her were a bit redundant, but Ari asked intelligent questions, well thought out, and a few were even I might describe as challenging. Of course Fran being the woman that she is answered eloquently. Very entertaining interview. Great job Ari, and thank you Fran!
I laughed when Ari says 'thank you for being here,' Fran doesn't say 'Oh thank you for having me.' ... She says "You're welcome" with a curtness that punctuates all that that can imply. Haha, I love this woman.
@@deborahhaas8829 Listening to Liebowitz its kind of required to pay close attention to not only what is said but also how its said. What's true on the surface gives way to what is also implied.
Ahh Fran Lebowitz...she's a grand philosopher, and in so many ways...I just love her! She's honest with her opinions, and she could be right! Let's just say she has balls to speak truth to power! She's a beloved icon from my era.
Reality has innumerable facets though, and we can choose to focus more energetically on the ones that are grating, or tough, or irreparable, or infuriating.... etc, or we can focus on the many which are clearly indications of good will, indications of efforts toward constructive ends, indications of collaboration, etc. So what we focus upon can indeed show our bent, our mindset.
Her reality is her reality ,on which she very opinionated,But her opinion only influences her reality unless you absorb her opinion as your own ,thus accepting her reality as truth .
When I tell you I admire and love Fran. I just do! She never disappoints! We have celebrated thinkers such as Noam Chomsky but I think Fran is just as bright and worth listening to.
I lived in Manhattan my first 40 years (1966-2006) and I used to see Fran on occasion walking on the upper west side (I lived off of west 65th), especially in Central Park often with other people or her dog. New Yorkers don’t bother famous people on the street as a rule, so the most I did was wave and say hello, or make quick small talk while waking. She’s always interesting. There are a lot of awful things I can say about New York, but it’s never boring, and neither are the people who live there. It always would make me laugh when I’d see Fran being cranky on a talk show, or read something she wrote that was cranky, because every single time I saw her she looked very happy and would give me a big warm smile that didn’t seem at all phony. It’s too bad she smokes cigarettes, I do worry about her health, and the world would be worse off without her in it.
@@Mike-rk8px Wow.....you're the same age as my brother, who is sadly stuck in NY but at least he is in Brooklyn. I'm curious where did you move to? I moved to AZ, NM and am presently in semi-free FL.
@@hangukhiphop Well, the way it is appointed, at least. Meanwhile, in the UK, Supreme Court Justices actually appointed by an independent commission don't care about partisan politics.
@@leechap3 Probably are. Wouldn't be surprised if there is another Trump child or young adult running around somewhere, and certainly there are aborted fetuses.
I Love her wisdom, candid thoughts and answers. She's an amazing mind. Could listen to her all the time. Thanks NBC for this great and timely segment wit Fran Leibowitz. Loved it!!
Fran Sitting in my kitchen in Australia, I would never have known about you if it wasn’t for the internet. I am glad I have that opportunity and I really just enjoyed you! Thanks Ari.
Ari is one of the best interviewers anywhere. He is so smart it’s almost scary. I think one of the things that makes him so smart is, he really listens to people . He’s not interested in what he has to say as much as what his guests are saying, and that’s rare in this day and age where people are so egocentric ! Thank you Ari for just being you. 👏
@@jerryulin6629 Untrue. We never listen to Fox, the channel of Trump, traitors, and Russian propaganda. We listen to the progressive media where facts matters, vaccines are good, and Biden won the election by a landslide.
@@jerryulin6629 You have point. Do you think you could try and explain it better? So it doesn't come off like your being insulting or defending the Confederate Flag?
@@oneirishpoet she’s not angry. She is a commentator who isn’t driven by ideology (though she has her personal ideology) and she is immensely interesting and aware. Fran reads all the time and respects the written word. If you think she is angry the Insurrectionists must be nuclear to you.
The only thing that would have been better would have been to have simultaneous interviews with Fran Libowitz and Jeanne Garafalo both iconoclasts in theiir own right.
@@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 she might agree with you but awful is completely mean spirited and unkind. Fran humors herself and takes those of us who think she is fabulous along with her. Awful is cruelty and fowl smelling and odious. Fran is none of those things.
@@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 When have you ever heard her express disdain for people who don't live in New York? And even if she did feel that way, why would it make her awful? Would it hurt you? She is still witty and interesting, isn't that what matters?
@@Sides3Sides given that I know I'm a but biased, I'm glad someone else notices that he seems to be growing into being a journalist rather than just a 'talking head'.
Thank you for this interview. It is so rare to listen to someone speaking that resonates with your sense and sensibilities across the board. I love the way you think
As an Australian, this is the first time I have heard any American sum up what Australians think about guns. Wow.... exactly, "who's after you"? Maybe if voting WAS easy as it is in Australia, you might trust your government more, plus no one carries at the supermarket etc.
Same here in Canada and we share a border with them. It’s truly mind boggling how physically close we are to America, how closely related our culture is to theirs, yet how VASTLY different things are here compared to there !?!?! Legit boggles my mind. It is 100000% related to their second amendment and their obsession with self and American power
Both of you come from a country with universal healthcare. Just saying. America is going crazy, we also have Reaganomics. Could be 2 contributing factors.
@Alex MacKenzie If you are serious...I find her fascinating on a number of points, one of which is that she thinks. She doesn't skip over a comment nor an action with the flick of the wrist an then toss its importance off the planet. That is one...there are more but I feel I have lost you already.
this is the first i have ever heard of fran lebowitz and wow shes brilliant. thank you all for doing this and introducing her to your audience. thank you ari and fran
I grew up in the sixties and seventies and always saw her like that. She has the gift to put in words what we all thought at the time and now she shows us to look through a different lens because in reality things were not that bad. It is just what we not wanted for our selfs.
@ Sam You must treat yourself to; "Social Studies" and "Metropolitan Life." Those two books have gone through many printings and they are pointedly hilarious, Very quick reads.
I also remember the "asks too many questions" remark. My mother stood up to the teacher on that one. Luckily, the only really poor teacher I had was my first grade teacher. And thank you for being a realist, Fran! The world needs more of them!
The thing that was on every single report card of mine was "stares out the window" and "doesn't pay attention." I always thought they were interrupting my serious thinking.
I asked too many questions and was ejected from church and bible school at 7. Saved me from the dog pen of Christianity. Excellent interview, Ari. You are such a benevolent pro.
In America, blacks use guns far more than any other group. Are you calling blacks stupid? Is the Israeli Lebowitz? Hey, were the guns that rescued Israelis in Europe in 1945 stupid?
@@kreek22 she talked about the people that are holding guns to “protect themselves” wink wink. Not about professionals that needs weapons to to their major task. And she did not talked about a specific color of people. You did.
Kreek...what a BS bit of "WhatAboutIsm." Blacks (and other poor) "use" guns for survival in the underground jungle economy left to them, while they're largely shut out of the "white" economy of high-paying jobs many whites take for granted. While I disagree with her blanket statement of "guns are stupid," the real point is Intent and Context, which you ignore with your "what about blacks" observation. Many Trumpanzees think they're arming themselves to rise up against and "take back our government," so your apples and oranges use of guns between Blacks and Whites is a useless, 1-dimensional diversion.
Ari Melber is really a very interesting interviewer for Ms. Lebowitz. Courteous but also tenacious. He has a sharp, legal sort of mind (obviously), but is also quite culturally literate, and the way he sets up many of his questions - as well as the way Lebowitz responds to their intelligence and logic - gives the interview a kind of heft one doesn't normally associate with celebrity interviews, and I think allowed the discussion to go to more interesting places. So it was enjoyable on multiple levels - and how surprising is THAT?
@@craigpoer 70 million people are blind, deaf, dumb, deluded, uneducated, or some combination thereof; fortunately they are, and will remain, the minority …..
@@kittywiskerskiki3859 Joe Biden is, above all, DECENT, a quality completely absent in Donald the Psycopath, chronic liar (30,000 lies and counting) Trump. Might I propose a new mantra for you MAGA meatheads: “TRUMP FOR CHUMPS”, because that is how Trump treats you mesmerized fools. No matter, he’s going to jail in the near future; keep watching the “fake news” for all the disgusting details …..
The partisan monster would try to devour her. Fran would survive, but she'd spend too much time defending herself in the process and not enough time putting things right as a result of that.
Lindsey Graham also said that on many occasions, “ if we were to make voting fair, no Republican will be reelected! One would think that we are forced to vote for people we disapprove of?
@Blood Spatter So you are saying paranoid people are the ones with guns within reach. I grew up on a farm and we had a number of rifles in an unlocked cabinet but we never even imagined we would use them against humans. It is a paranoid fantasy for most people who carry guns on their person unless you have a specific job like security guard at a bank.
@Blood Spatter Here's a few facts to ponder.. The pandemic is making a comeback and the new variant is 1000x more contagious. 99% of the hospitalizations and 100% of the deaths are among the unvaccinated. Maybe when The Delta Variant finds you, and it will find you, you can shoot it with your gun. Yep, real smart not getting vaccinated, way too risky. Odd strategy for a guy who brags about being ready for bad things that might happen.
Thankyou Ari, this is the 1st time i've got to hear Fran Lebowitz talk for more 5 min's Fran is not really on the radar here in Australia... but it was very refreshing and honest. thanks again from down under.
Instead of, “I’m entitled to defend myself”, they are thinking, “I’m entitled to offend you, and because there may be consequences, I want guns for backup.”
So true, some thinks the constitution give you the right to OFFEND, not so. It gives you the right to DEFEND. To defend includes peaceful protesting, and speaking up about things like voters suppression and police brutality.
@Blood Spatter People who get in other people’s faces spouting racial slurs and insults sometimes get punched in the nose. This is deserved. The people causing themselves to be punched lately are carrying guns sometimes because their mental disorder won’t allow the shame or fear of getting punched.
Yeah, gun ownership certainly took a different turn the past 40 years. I remember when they were kept well hidden and never brought out except for target practice. Nowadays the youth uses them as a status symbol or something. Like I am cool because I have a gun. How awful. Its out of control 😪.
I like 98% of what she said but the South had THE RIGHT to secede and the north were obsessed controlling stalkers. It’s not a slavery issue. They were no slaves and areas controlled by the doors that were freed until well after the Civil War for example, oh Maryland, kept slaves until well after the war of Northern aggression ended.
Fran is on my very short list of people I would love to talk with for an evening. It's not that I find that we would agree on everything but rather a conversation that I would learn from. Learning is important to me.
People enjoy a unvarnished truthful opinion because it's so rare. As long as it's not mean spirited, it is something to be cherished. Something a true friend would give you.
If it's so rare, how come virtually no one in the comments is arguing a single point she made? Surely something she said must be open to another perspective? Is is possible she is saying exactly what her MSNBC audience wants to hear? Just like Maddow did in 2016-18 about the Trump-Russia investigation?
@@yankee2666 Fran Lebowitz is a world renowned satirist, author, activist, a national treasure. But I'm guessing you would have to be able to read to know that....Don't expect that from someone who chose a tag like yours.
Fran is not negative. I LOVE HER ATTITUDE! She is honest, frank, straightforward. I adore her and am only 3 years younger. She is refreshing and has her standards for herself.
3:00 Or put another way, "Frances is eager to learn."\ If I saw, "Asks too many questions" on a report card I would say, "Well why aren't you teaching her. That is what you are being paid to do, isn't it?"
@@stephenwedderburn9307 But some people really hate being asked questions they don't know the answers to. The most ignorant and stupid people hate it the most, and are the most likely not to know.
In her time children were to be seen and not heard. School is a place where the teacher says something to you and you just accept it as truth. Education in Fran's time is nothing more than pushing information into the brains of children by adults. So when a teacher says she asks too many questions, it's not a good thing because it's a challenge to the authority of the teacher and an affront to the system of education.
I absolutely LOVE this woman, for the most part of my life I've heard her name but never knew whom she is. When I saw her Netflix documentary I fell in love with her, she speaks truth and doesn't care if you don't like it.
That's one thing I liked about Trump. He often just said what he thought, and soooo many people hate him for it. I also think it's great that he pursued the Abraham Accords, and got it done. 👍 🇺🇲 ✌️
Fran is a National Treasure. Love her honestly and open conversation, were I ever to be trapped in an elevator I certainly hope I'd be trapped with Fran.... I'd break the elevator myself, and then twice on Sunday
No one ever asked her why you r leisbien? What happened ?she said choice. Bs. Ask her if she ever regreted not having children. Ask her was she barron ? Ask her just trying to understand your underlying truth.
I can see why a lot of people say that MSNBC reporters are biased, but this was a great interview with a national treasure. Fran Liebowitz is wonderful!
@@richietattersall2122 Yeah right. If that were truly the case, they would've refused to hear arguments and remanded it to a lower court for finality. Rather they heard the case and their decision installed someone as President.
The word that comes to mind is “authentic”. And I just realized that those are, and have always been, my favorite people. I always want to walk away from the people who are putting on the big act….I could never stay interested more than 10 seconds in them. Thanks for being real Fran.
It is interesting to see this amazing person's perspective, even spiritually. I love books...the written word is different than than the spoken word...TRUTH.
So, is Fran a pessimist or a realist?!
Again appreciate her time for the conversation - and let us know if you all have ideas for other people we should invite to the Summit Series!
Jane Fonda please Ari/MSNBC 🇬🇧
I would axe the "lightning round" for a guest like Fran
I have such a crush on you!!! :)
Realist. Love her comments about algebra and sports questions on Jeopardy. I am of her time. Algebra was not taught to be applicable in our era, and because sports were entirely male dominated during our formative years, why should we care?
Dave Chappelle. That's who you should have on your Summit Series.
Angela Merkel, after her retirement.
Marco Pierre White.
Sonia Sotomayer or Elena Kagan (or both separately).
Ken Burns.
Ian McKellan.
I adore this woman. She is certainly no phony. Straight talking, intelligent, witty, an observer and awake.
she or he?
A wonderful woman. Thank you for interviewing this honest unique individual x
I'm 63 years old and I found Fran Leibowitz by accident as recently as five years ago. I always find her fascinating to listen to. This was a good interview - not too serious, quite varied of subjects, and Ari's reverence for her was palpable. She is definitely a product of her time, and yet she is also very aware of the world around her today. As I say, fascinating! I didn't want it to end. Thank you for putting this on TH-cam.
It was the quickest 40+ minute video I've ever watched on TH-cam
Bravo!
We're about the same age. Luckily I discovered her in the late 70s in high school when I read reviews of her book "Metropolitan LIfe." I read it at the time and loved her dry wit, with so many laugh-out-loud passages. So I feel I've known her all my life. I was just sorry that she famously suffers from writer's block and after her second book said she found it difficult to write more, though she's fine in interviews.
Listening to this interview, I would like to comment that even if the truth hurts, I would rather hear that than being lied to.
"It's not your desk, you don't have a desk, last time you had a desk you were in detention!"
that rant was so elegant, made me laugh out loud
It's kinda sad that she has utter contempt for obvious blue collar workers!!! At least she was honest about being judgemental.
@@taralilarose1 she was talking specifically about that one guy who put his feet on Pelocy's desk on 1.06. - not about blue collar workers in general
@@taralilarose1 I think you're mistaken about this. I am lower working class and I have never felt that she has contempt for us. Did you miss the part when she was talking about miners having the hardest job? Or she herself being a cab driver?
Oh god yes. I've already watched this one time a couple of months ago. But I decided to stumble in and watch this again. You need all the Fran that you can get... her and Katherine Hepburn are two of my most favorite speak what they want to speak Broadstone the whole world. RIP Kate. Keep on truckin Fran.
Fran is always a delight. I knew her mother and father. She sounds like her mother and delivers the punchline like her father. Good people. All of them.
Indeed
source?
@@iggypopisgod9 ugh go away
Lucky you!. If they're anything like her, I would have loved to know them.
@@iggypopisgod9 sounds like personal experience, should be enough
Fran, I'm so glad you're on this Earth!
Now 74, I was born in 1947 and raised in the 50s. Children were to be seen but not heard.
I was never asked an adult question until I was about 20. Now I talk to my grandchildren as tho they are real people.
Thank you and they will also thank you, one day !
They are Real people, but they don't deserve a vote on certain issues.
People who were seen and not heard have OVERCOMPENSATED too much. Feeling are not facts.
Parents should not be "friends" with their children. Mine are grown now and I am enjoying the friendship, but not while they were younger. I usually have them a choice between two options.
Me too, I remember as a five year old, my old man would arrive home from work, get out of his car say hello, go change , sit down on the porch with a drink and say, " ok, it's gown up time now, go and play."
At 74 I Still remember how I wished I could just stay to be near him.
Same experience.
And they're probably insufferable because of it.
I've watched many interviews of Fran Lebowitz and I find that many of the questions addressed to her were a bit redundant, but Ari asked intelligent questions, well thought out, and a few were even I might describe as challenging. Of course Fran being the woman that she is answered eloquently. Very entertaining interview. Great job Ari, and thank you Fran!
I love Fran, you never know what level of wit she will deliver to the interviewer. She is a living Maxine that we so love on Hallmark cards! ; )
Agree, thank you. Everyone involved.
I laughed when Ari says 'thank you for being here,' Fran doesn't say 'Oh thank you for having me.' ... She says "You're welcome" with a curtness that punctuates all that that can imply. Haha, I love this woman.
She provided a service. Ari thanked her. And she responded aptly by saying "You're Welcome. "
@@deborahhaas8829 Listening to Liebowitz its kind of required to pay close attention to not only what is said but also how its said.
What's true on the surface gives way to what is also implied.
my favorite Fran response was Bill Maher once asked "how are you?" and Fran answered, "Compared to whom?
That's interesting because I thought it was a warm and sincere reply. I didn't interpret it as curt. I do wish more guests would reply as Fran did.
@@larryhall2805 okay.
Ahh Fran Lebowitz...she's a grand philosopher, and in so many ways...I just love her! She's honest with her opinions, and she could be right! Let's just say she has balls to speak truth to power! She's a beloved icon from my era.
MEH.
And a great role model for girls and women.
@@Denise35jo Poor little muggle🙄❗
@@Denise35jo What an unbelievably unintelligent response. If you have nothing intelligent to say, say nothing.
@@wordsculpt Which is why she doesn't ''get'' Fran.
“Being judge mental to me means I have standards” lol. Love it.
LOVE YOU, Fran Lebowitz! Your honesty and candor are so refreshing in this world of purposeful LYING!
Which she is doing very well herself.
@@hueylongadmirer55
No one will hold you to task for your comment because it is obvious that intelligence is something you are unfamiliar with.
Old School
This is the type of people that Americans should listen to, and not the "Orange Man", and his minions with their lies and conspiracy theories....
"...I'm not negative, I'm realistic." I say this all this time. I like her.
Reality has innumerable facets though, and we can choose to focus more energetically on the ones that are grating, or tough, or irreparable, or infuriating.... etc, or we can focus on the many which are clearly indications of good will, indications of efforts toward constructive ends, indications of collaboration, etc. So what we focus upon can indeed show our bent, our mindset.
@@9UaYXxB sometimes giving attention to a negative can help us get to a positive.
Her reality is her reality ,on which she very opinionated,But her opinion only influences her reality unless you absorb her opinion as your own ,thus accepting her reality as truth .
When I tell you I admire and love Fran. I just do! She never disappoints! We have celebrated thinkers such as Noam Chomsky but I think Fran is just as bright and worth listening to.
Fran is amazing! One of the most truthful individuals in America. This is coming from a Canadian who lived in NYC for 10 years.
One of the most authentic individual on earth. So rare.
But I do not know, why, I can punch Melber in the gut sometimes.
I lived in Manhattan my first 40 years (1966-2006) and I used to see Fran on occasion walking on the upper west side (I lived off of west 65th), especially in Central Park often with other people or her dog. New Yorkers don’t bother famous people on the street as a rule, so the most I did was wave and say hello, or make quick small talk while waking. She’s always interesting. There are a lot of awful things I can say about New York, but it’s never boring, and neither are the people who live there. It always would make me laugh when I’d see Fran being cranky on a talk show, or read something she wrote that was cranky, because every single time I saw her she looked very happy and would give me a big warm smile that didn’t seem at all phony. It’s too bad she smokes cigarettes, I do worry about her health, and the world would be worse off without her in it.
Well you obviously haven't met tara lila rose.....
@@Mike-rk8px Wow.....you're the same age as my brother, who is sadly stuck in NY but at least he is in Brooklyn. I'm curious where did you move to? I moved to AZ, NM and am presently in semi-free FL.
@@taralilarose1 Toronto. I escaped when Trump was elected.
I don't think Fran is negative. She's a disappointed optimist.
AMEN
Fran is just blunt she doesn’t sugar coat things she says to protect the sensibilities of snowflakes.
I love the term “disappointed optimist”….but that’s not what she is…. I think she is more of a “callous sophisticate”.
She answered the question, she's a realist, and I would add that since reality is mostly negative, and she reflects reality, she is seen as negative.
Perfect analysis.
Different lens? No. She's looking through clear lenses, not rose-colored lenses. I do appreciate this gentleman as an interviewer. Nice job, Ari.
Ari is one of the best
@@Marses970 THEE BEST ! 👍🏼❤️
I like him, her? not so much.
She's right about the Supreme Court.
A place I used to view in aw, has been trashed by corruption.
And a beer loving, lying groper.
Oh my like no one of color noticed.
I'll go a step farther to say the Supreme Court was never a good idea to begin with.
@@hangukhiphop Well, the way it is appointed, at least.
Meanwhile, in the UK, Supreme Court Justices actually appointed by an independent commission don't care about partisan politics.
@@hangukhiphop You need a court of appeal, though.
"I never forgot Anita Hill." Right on.
Yet she was delighted Biden won the nomination, because a flawed man beats an inhuman monster.
@Chino T. Have you forgotten Donald Trump's two dozen sexual assault victims? Brett Cavanaugh's?
@@leechap3 - For every one Tara Reade who dares to step forward, there are a thousand who've yet to speak up.
@@maryhalverson5713 By that logic there are 100,000 Trump victims who haven't come forward.
@@leechap3 Probably are. Wouldn't be surprised if there is another Trump child or young adult running around somewhere, and certainly there are aborted fetuses.
I Love her wisdom, candid thoughts and answers. She's an amazing mind. Could listen to her all the time. Thanks NBC for this great and timely segment wit Fran Leibowitz. Loved it!!
Fran, straight no chaser. A refreshing conversation and interesting.
I love Fran I could listen to her all day she’s so unique. Great interview Ari.
A downright dynamic interview by Ari Melber. Fabulous!! Clearly prepared & thoughtful, better yet, egaged & SO professional. Yes please!
@@margeryriviers3432 Couldn't have said it better. Thank you!
Thank you, Ari, for this. Any time one can spend with Fran is a gift.
I always feel that whenever I listen to Fran's pronouncements that I am hearing 110 percent wisdom and truth--no holds barred!
That, and at least 110 "you know"s
@@JungContrarian So what? Did her repeating the phrase "you know" impede your understanding of the contextual nature of Fran's discourse?
@@JungContrarian Everyone does that kind of thing, including you - you're just not aware of it in yourself. So what is your point exactly?
@@shariwelch8760 No, seriously, those were the most you-knows I've ever heard. And they are not good speech and rather jarring.
@@marshwetland3808 I didn't even notice. I wonder what makes you so sensitive to hearing it.
Her matter of fact candor is always refreshing
Fran
Sitting in my kitchen in Australia, I would never have known about you if it wasn’t for the internet. I am glad I have that opportunity and I really just enjoyed you! Thanks Ari.
Ari, I'm impressed, Fran really opened up to you, great conversation!
Ari is one of the best interviewers anywhere. He is so smart it’s almost scary. I think one of the things that makes him so smart is, he really listens to people . He’s not interested in what he has to say as much as what his guests are saying, and that’s rare in this day and age where people are so egocentric ! Thank you Ari for just being you. 👏
Anyone remembers when Confederate flags were considered patriotic? Me neither.
@@jerryulin6629 is that flag you a talking about still around?
@@jerryulin6629 Untrue. We never listen to Fox, the channel of Trump, traitors, and Russian propaganda. We listen to the progressive media where facts matters, vaccines are good, and Biden won the election by a landslide.
@@jerryulin6629 You have point. Do you think you could try and explain it better? So it doesn't come off like your being insulting or defending the Confederate Flag?
@@jerryulin6629 i saw the KKK come out and openly endorse mango mussolini too, what's your point?
@@jerryulin6629 especially the stars and stripes, amiright?
There’s an art to interviewing Fran Liebowitz and Ari perfected it. Well done.
Fran has always told it like a is. She is the coolest person ever.
She’s pretty good. She knows who she is so she can spend time looking at other people and things around her or that interest her.
She's actually just another angry old lesbian elitist and not funny or smart at all
@@oneirishpoet she’s not angry. She is a commentator who isn’t driven by ideology (though she has her personal ideology) and she is immensely interesting and aware. Fran reads all the time and respects the written word. If you think she is angry the Insurrectionists must be nuclear to you.
@@oneirishpoet You seem a lot more angry than her.
She certainly is.
I love Ari and I love Fran. Both in conversation? Heaven.
Fran is awful. She has nothing but disdain for anyone that lives outside of her nyc bubble.
The only thing that would have been better would have been to have simultaneous interviews with Fran Libowitz and Jeanne Garafalo both iconoclasts in theiir own right.
@@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 she might agree with you but awful is completely mean spirited and unkind. Fran humors herself and takes those of us who think she is fabulous along with her.
Awful is cruelty and fowl smelling and odious. Fran is none of those things.
@@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 When have you ever heard her express disdain for people who don't live in New York? And even if she did feel that way, why would it make her awful? Would it hurt you? She is still witty and interesting, isn't that what matters?
@@nomadicroadrat fran and sarah berndhart would have been epic.
The way she says "youre welcome" at the beginning.... so Fran 🤣🤣
Probably the best interview on all the major stations in the last 5 years, if not longer.
I’ve noticed that Ari has been doing interesting interviews. I agree that this is really good.
@@Sides3Sides given that I know I'm a but biased, I'm glad someone else notices that he seems to be growing into being a journalist rather than just a 'talking head'.
Atypical interview for Ark
Why I like Fran Lebowitz; no B.S. What you see is what you get.
Clearly she indicated she is full of it. She needs to stop being so smug.
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Hey...she's a New Yorker !!
YTParty...💯Yes!!
My other fave lady is Ms. Wanda Sykes.💯❤
Smug nyc neolib hack
@@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 Obviously she’s not your cup of tea, and that’s OK!
Thank you for this interview. It is so rare to listen to someone speaking that resonates with your sense and sensibilities across the board. I love the way you think
She may not have any children of her own but she has been a mother to many.
I am not a dolphin, but I am a dolphin
That's a dude. I do not care what anyone says. That is a lumberjack in a dress.
Talk is cheap.
@@Ontheroxxwithsalt What a 🤡 you are!
@@OntheroxxwithsaltWhat a 🤡 u are !
As an Australian, this is the first time I have heard any American sum up what Australians think about guns. Wow.... exactly, "who's after you"? Maybe if voting WAS easy as it is in Australia, you might trust your government more, plus no one carries at the supermarket etc.
Same here in Canada and we share a border with them. It’s truly mind boggling how physically close we are to America, how closely related our culture is to theirs, yet how VASTLY different things are here compared to there !?!?! Legit boggles my mind. It is 100000% related to their second amendment and their obsession with self and American power
Both of you come from a country with universal healthcare. Just saying. America is going crazy, we also have Reaganomics. Could be 2 contributing factors.
@@bigem2166 it's the idea of "Rugged Individualism" and the current interpretation of the 2nd Amendment that is fueling that difference.
@@alwayslernin4400 you mentioned Saint Ronnie. He definitely pushed America in this direction.
Criminals get their hands on gun's in Canada and Australia too.
She's the BEST!!! Truth-teller, keen observer, wry wit. Love you, Fran!
What a fascinating person. Great interview Ari.
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I am robot 🤖
@Alex MacKenzie you'd have to be there.
@Alex MacKenzie If you are serious...I find her fascinating on a number of points, one of which is that she thinks. She doesn't skip over a comment nor an action with the flick of the wrist an then toss its importance off the planet. That is one...there are more but I feel I have lost you already.
this is the first i have ever heard of fran lebowitz and wow shes brilliant. thank you all for doing this and introducing her to your audience. thank you ari and fran
I grew up in the sixties and seventies and always saw her like that. She has the gift to put in words what we all thought at the time and now she shows us to look through a different lens because in reality things were not that bad. It is just what we not wanted for our selfs.
@ Sam You must treat yourself to; "Social Studies" and "Metropolitan Life." Those two books have gone through many printings and they are pointedly hilarious, Very quick reads.
@@LS-ug1im I will add them to my book list! Thank you!
Lucky you. You have a whole lot of enjoyment ahead. I've been a fan since the first thing she wrote.
Omg. Read her Metropolitan Life. You will not regret it.
"No one can afford to live here, yet 8 million people do."
I LOVE that.
It's exactly the truth. 🤔🤔
Doesn't take much for you to love
Was LMAO at that too especially I plan on relocating to NYC.
I absolutely love listening to Fran!
I do as well.
Me too!
I am so glad I listened to this interview, she has the ability to make me feel free to be my self.
Now you hit it. I think that is what I find most refreshing about her. She is simply herself....giving others permission to do the same.
😂I am her sister in Algebra Failure! A riveting interview...but how could it be otherwise? It's Fran Lebowitz.
I also remember the "asks too many questions" remark. My mother stood up to the teacher on that one. Luckily, the only really poor teacher I had was my first grade teacher. And thank you for being a realist, Fran! The world needs more of them!
The thing that was on every single report card of mine was "stares out the window" and "doesn't pay attention." I always thought they were interrupting my serious thinking.
My first report card had LEE IS A CHATTERBOX in all caps in the comment section. That was crippling to my personal development.
I asked too many questions and was ejected from church and bible school at 7. Saved me from the dog pen of Christianity. Excellent interview, Ari. You are such a benevolent pro.
This is so therapeutic... Total REALIST. Love this conversation. Ari, you a wonderful interviewer.
Bravo Fran!!! Question authority, question EVERYTHING!
Great interview. I was not aware of her. As a European, someone who goes on TV in the US and says “guns are a sign of stupidity” has my respect.
In America, blacks use guns far more than any other group. Are you calling blacks stupid? Is the Israeli Lebowitz? Hey, were the guns that rescued Israelis in Europe in 1945 stupid?
@@kreek22 she talked about the people that are holding guns to “protect themselves” wink wink. Not about professionals that needs weapons to to their major task. And she did not talked about a specific color of people. You did.
Kreek...what a BS bit of "WhatAboutIsm." Blacks (and other poor) "use" guns for survival in the underground jungle economy left to them, while they're largely shut out of the "white" economy of high-paying jobs many whites take for granted.
While I disagree with her blanket statement of "guns are stupid," the real point is Intent and Context, which you ignore with your "what about blacks" observation.
Many Trumpanzees think they're arming themselves to rise up against and "take back our government," so your apples and oranges use of guns between Blacks and Whites is a useless, 1-dimensional diversion.
Ari Melber is really a very interesting interviewer for Ms. Lebowitz. Courteous but also tenacious. He has a sharp, legal sort of mind (obviously), but is also quite culturally literate, and the way he sets up many of his questions - as well as the way Lebowitz responds to their intelligence and logic - gives the interview a kind of heft one doesn't normally associate with celebrity interviews, and I think allowed the discussion to go to more interesting places. So it was enjoyable on multiple levels - and how surprising is THAT?
More than it should be.
I've always like Ari but I really miss his 5 o'clock beard.
I think he does his homework.
Hey Bobby, I couldn't agree more, wonderfully said !
@@krmccarrell Thank you!
Like she said towards the end of the clip, apparently 47% of the country isn't aware of the truth of things
“SHAMEFUL AND SHAMELESS” - thanks for calling out Trump and the GOP, Fran. Your voice and your vote are your power, citizens; use it!
70 million people don't see it that way. Democrats are evil.
Really!!! call joe out and ask him something you would ask a two year old and he can't answer with out saying really really I mean it 😂
@@craigpoer 70 million people are blind, deaf, dumb, deluded, uneducated, or some combination thereof; fortunately they are, and will remain, the minority …..
@@kittywiskerskiki3859 Joe Biden is, above all, DECENT, a quality completely absent in Donald the Psycopath, chronic liar (30,000 lies and counting) Trump. Might I propose a new mantra for you MAGA meatheads: “TRUMP FOR CHUMPS”, because that is how Trump treats you mesmerized fools. No matter, he’s going to jail in the near future; keep watching the “fake news” for all the disgusting details …..
@Topher The11th u do realize u have proven (by ur LACK of math skills) our point of election fraud?
Thank you, I love Fran’s real mind, if more people like her run for office this world would be a much fairer place.
The partisan monster would try to devour her. Fran would survive, but she'd spend too much time defending herself in the process and not enough time putting things right as a result of that.
It is simply impossible to not love Fran Lebowitz. Thank you both -
Lindsey Graham also said that on many occasions, “ if we were to make voting fair, no Republican will be reelected! One would think that we are forced to vote for people we disapprove of?
Trump said it too, of course
So true. I wish they'd just fold.
People need to listen to what he is saying. We have to cheat because the majority of Americans don't want us.
@Scientific Methodologist so? It's only propaganda, misinformation, lies.
@Scientific Methodologist So? Because he said it, it's supposed to matter? Get a grip.
Good job Ari Melber. I enjoy your work more and more each day.
This interview was so well done. I’m used to seeing her dry, sarcastic side. This brought a whole different side to light.
I loved the Netflix special. The way she was able to make Martin laugh was magical. She’s a treasure.
netflix = shitlib indoctrination programming
She said "who's after you"? All these stupid guns in the hands of stupid people.
Vivid Emporium- The people with the most guns are from the 10 stupidest states and they are all repug states. No surprise there.
@Blood Spatter - So far this year alone, there has been 350+ MASS SHOOTINGS in the USA. 'Nuf said !
@Blood Spatter … so … put on a mask, get vaccinated … Just playing to the stereotype, I know 🤷🏻♂️
@Blood Spatter So you are saying paranoid people are the ones with guns within reach. I grew up on a farm and we had a number of rifles in an unlocked cabinet but we never even imagined we would use them against humans. It is a paranoid fantasy for most people who carry guns on their person unless you have a specific job like security guard at a bank.
@Blood Spatter Here's a few facts to ponder.. The pandemic is making a comeback and the new variant is 1000x more contagious. 99% of the hospitalizations and 100% of the deaths are among the unvaccinated. Maybe when The Delta Variant finds you, and it will find you, you can shoot it with your gun. Yep, real smart not getting vaccinated, way too risky. Odd strategy for a guy who brags about being ready for bad things that might happen.
Thankyou Ari,
this is the 1st time i've got to hear Fran Lebowitz talk for more 5 min's
Fran is not really on the radar here in Australia...
but it was very refreshing and honest.
thanks again from down under.
Instead of, “I’m entitled to defend myself”, they are thinking, “I’m entitled to offend you, and because there may be consequences, I want guns for backup.”
So true, some thinks the constitution give you the right to OFFEND, not so. It gives you the right to DEFEND. To defend includes peaceful protesting, and speaking up about things like voters suppression and police brutality.
You are so right, Bessie!
@Blood Spatter People who get in other people’s faces spouting racial slurs and insults sometimes get punched in the nose. This is deserved. The people causing themselves to be punched lately are carrying guns sometimes because their mental disorder won’t allow the shame or fear of getting punched.
Utter truth.
Yeah, gun ownership certainly took a different turn the past 40 years. I remember when they were kept well hidden and never brought out except for target practice. Nowadays the youth uses them as a status symbol or something. Like I am cool because I have a gun. How awful. Its out of control 😪.
I adore her. She is a national treasure.
She's fabulous, isn't she?! 🖤
Fran & Ari, This interview was the Best!!!
I'm a Fran, Frances too.
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"Fran, thank you for being here.'
"You're welcome."
Everyone else: "thank you for having me."
I like her already..
I caught that as well. I'm always screaming at the television, "no! no! stop it! stop saying thank you, it's not fitting nor applicable!
I like 98% of what she said but the South had THE RIGHT to secede and the north were obsessed controlling stalkers. It’s not a slavery issue. They were no slaves and areas controlled by the doors that were freed until well after the Civil War for example, oh Maryland, kept slaves until well after the war of Northern aggression ended.
@@juliasturgman2351 Please read history
@@henrimatisse7481 as Henti Matisse said-READ HISTORY
@@juliasturgman2351 are you a troll? Are you saying that just to upset people?
Fran is on my very short list of people I would love to talk with for an evening. It's not that I find that we would agree on everything but rather a conversation that I would learn from. Learning is important to me.
I agree!! Intersting conversation is much more important. She would be so much fun to have a conversation because of her wit and inteligence.
I know I would like her but I think I would find her rather intimidating to converse with, without knowing her personally.
Trump on your list ?
As I've worked with many of my hero's, I do not recommend meeting any of them.
@@kiddtuffy Probably sound advice sir.
Love this interview! The questions were exactly what I wanted to know! Every follow-up was exactly what I wanted asked next. Thank you!
People enjoy a unvarnished truthful opinion because it's so rare. As long as it's not mean spirited, it is something to be cherished. Something a true friend would give you.
How well said. Yes, refreshing. Smart people just engaging in civil, thoughtful discourse is extremely refreshing.
If it's so rare, how come virtually no one in the comments is arguing a single point she made? Surely something she said must be open to another perspective? Is is possible she is saying exactly what her MSNBC audience wants to hear? Just like Maddow did in 2016-18 about the Trump-Russia investigation?
Fran has been and always will be an epic writer, reporter and human. She’s fabulous.
She's brilliant. A true raconteur.
Fran is remarkable. Superlative interviews and dialogue. Thank you for such excellence.
‘I’m not negative, I’m realistic’ What an excellent interview. Fran reminds me of Kate Hepburn, no frills, to the point and don’t complain.
Great comparison. John Lennon didn't suffer fools either.
I agree. And Lauren Bacall too. Great woman. ✨
Fran is whoever she says she is and Fran would know because she has thought about it.
More than that - she has embraced it.
Is that a female? Oh, wait...probably a lib female. I get it.
FFS!🤦♂️
@@yankee2666 Fran Lebowitz is a world renowned satirist, author, activist, a national treasure. But I'm guessing you would have to be able to read to know that....Don't expect that from someone who chose a tag like yours.
@@lindaleal809 Exactly
Fran is a great listener as well as a communicator. Ari is the best interviewer, and they bounce back and forth bringing out their talents.
Fran is such an exceptional person. It's always a joy to listen to what she has to say.
This is one of the most fascinating interviews I've seen in years. Thanks Ari, I love Fran.
This has been the most enlightening conversation with Fran I have ever had the privilege to listen to. T
Thank you Ari.
I love Fran Lebowitz, you can always count on her to say what she means, and means what she says.
Wouldn't it be enlightening if most people were like that? I'd love it'. Always knowing where you stand.
So well put!
That was a great interview, Ari! You asked so many great questions and gave her the room to really shine.
😂 Why thank you Mike Frenkel, I really appreciate your thoughtful comment .
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Yes. The two together made a great interview. I enjoy them both.
Fran Lebowitz is my Hero, even though she would hate being anyone's hero. Love her chutzpah! She's marvelous. 💐
Fran is not negative. I LOVE HER ATTITUDE! She is honest, frank, straightforward. I adore her and am only 3 years younger. She is refreshing and has her standards for herself.
3:00 Or put another way, "Frances is eager to learn."\
If I saw, "Asks too many questions" on a report card I would say, "Well why aren't you teaching her. That is what you are being paid to do, isn't it?"
Ask too many questions would be a great thing to read on your kids report card! That's how you actually learn, well usually, lol 😆.
@@stephenwedderburn9307 But some people really hate being asked questions they don't know the answers to.
The most ignorant and stupid people hate it the most, and are the most likely not to know.
In her time children were to be seen and not heard. School is a place where the teacher says something to you and you just accept it as truth. Education in Fran's time is nothing more than pushing information into the brains of children by adults. So when a teacher says she asks too many questions, it's not a good thing because it's a challenge to the authority of the teacher and an affront to the system of education.
"That is what you are being paid to do, isn't it?"
No.
You have a lot to learn about the purpose of education in a capitalist society.
@@paulg3336 BINGO!
Bring her back! This was such a good conversation!
I absolutely LOVE this woman, for the most part of my life I've heard her name but never knew whom she is. When I saw her Netflix documentary I fell in love with her, she speaks truth and doesn't care if you don't like it.
That's one thing I liked about Trump. He often just said what he thought, and soooo many people hate him for it.
I also think it's great that he pursued the Abraham Accords, and got it done. 👍 🇺🇲 ✌️
Thank you Ari Melber, for this interview with a extremely fascinating woman - Fran Lebowitz.
Fran is a National Treasure. Love her honestly and open conversation, were I ever to be trapped in an elevator I certainly hope I'd be trapped with Fran.... I'd break the elevator myself, and then twice on Sunday
Straight up as is woman! Dont always agree with her, but very much respect and love listening to her.
Absolutely!!
I always agree with Fran or have so far but I really respect your comment and open mindedness. It is refreshing.
@@LG-dj9qr I ALWAYS AGREE WITH ANY ONE THAT HATES THIS COUNTRY IS WHAT YOUR TRYING TO SAY. NOW YOUR FACT CHECKED. ENJOY!!
No one ever asked her why you r leisbien? What happened ?she said choice. Bs. Ask her if she ever regreted not having children. Ask her was she barron ? Ask her just trying to understand your underlying truth.
@@mikebriganti2187 oh my! Fran doesn’t hate the country. She just loves NY more. It is well within her rights.
Brilliant interview, Ari. Could listen to you and Fran all day. Love her raw truth
I can see why a lot of people say that MSNBC reporters are biased, but this was a great interview with a national treasure. Fran Liebowitz is wonderful!
I agree. The truth is not always positive. Being honest is often perceived as negative, when it really is not.
In order to change the reality of inconvenient truths, you have to first acknowledge them as true.
People can handle the truth. Granted, one needs to be sensitive about telling others the whole truth.
I feel the same way about the Supreme Court and they became irrelevant when they installed Bush 43. I was surprised to hear anyone else say that.
That's not what happened,
thier decision was based on the State Voting laws regarding recounts, NOT on who was actually running for President.
@@richietattersall2122 Bush's election was totally corrupt both times. Guess America was smarter than they thought.
@@richietattersall2122 Yeah right. If that were truly the case, they would've refused to hear arguments and remanded it to a lower court for finality. Rather they heard the case and their decision installed someone as President.
Time magazine's "cabal" installed what passes for #46.
Amen, Fran. We need truth so much truth. No more gaslighting.
Think I’m negative but I just have standards! It’s about time more of the population had standards.
I don't think she's negative she's refreshingly truthful love her
Agreed!!! Have some morals, values and character too....for a change!
The word that comes to mind is “authentic”. And I just realized that those are, and have always been, my favorite people. I always want to walk away from the people who are putting on the big act….I could never stay interested more than 10 seconds in them. Thanks for being real Fran.
@@ARNK-k3b And corporate America.
It is interesting to see this amazing person's perspective, even spiritually. I love books...the written word is different than than the spoken word...TRUTH.
"Because you're a girl", is a statement I fought my entire childhood. And growing up with four brothers, I could see quite clearly it wasn't true.
@Rasheed Gazzi It honors you to admit that.
Validation.
Your excessive Reverence for the written word. Could not be more on board with you. ❤️
I don’t think reason, self and truth is negative.
Oh but Fran, yes you do have power. As you admit, you speak truth. That’s what la-la people fear. So I have to disagree with you on this argument.
Wow. She is so engaging! I have to listen to entirety later. Thanks Ari.
I would like her take on using the n word...has she ever used it?
I 💙 Fran
Because Fran 💙 us.
Hearing/ listening to you Fran gives me💪✊power and strength!
I've always loved Fran, she has been important to me since I was a young teenager.💕 Thank you for the interview.
I love her comment about hard work. "Mining is hard work. Right after mining: Writing!"
Splendid!