See Fran Lebowitz talk to Ari Melber about truth, growth & MAGA 'shame': 'The Summit Series'

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Writer Fran Lebowitz applies her iconic candor and wit to the insurrection, voter suppression, feminism, the news media, comedy - and why she says she’s not a pessimist, despite her reputation- in this wide-ranging interview, a new installment of The Summit Series with Ari Melber, featuring discussions with leaders at the summit of their fields. The series debuted in 2021 with Melber’s interview with Bill Gates. www.thebeatwith... » Subscribe to MSNBC: on.msnbc.com/Su...
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@AriMelber 3 года назад

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!

@andreag7822 3 года назад

Jane Fonda please Ari/MSNBC 🇬🇧

@JohnSmith-ft4fz 3 года назад

I would axe the "lightning round" for a guest like Fran

@cathychase663 3 года назад

I have such a crush on you!!! :)

@mvinjew 3 года назад

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?

@callalily4052 3 года назад

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.

@hayleyanna2625 Год назад

I adore this woman. She is certainly no phony. Straight talking, intelligent, witty, an observer and awake.

@retf054ewte3 6 месяцев назад

she or he?

@ingledoo58 3 года назад

Fran, I'm so glad you're on this Earth!

@suzibarlow3611 3 года назад

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.

@davidhefner2010 Год назад

Indeed

@iggypopisgod9 Год назад

source?

@sicknado Год назад

@@iggypopisgod9 ugh go away

@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg 10 месяцев назад

Lucky you!. If they're anything like her, I would have loved to know them.

@corpesdiem100 3 года назад

A wonderful woman. Thank you for interviewing this honest unique individual x

@Britgirl58 3 года назад

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 RU-vid.

@scpatl4now Год назад

It was the quickest 40+ minute video I've ever watched on RU-vid

@davidhefner2010 Год назад

Bravo!

@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg 10 месяцев назад

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.

@DavidTa2 Год назад

The way she says "youre welcome" at the beginning.... so Fran 🤣🤣

@letinatalie 3 года назад

"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

@taralilarose1 3 года назад

It's kinda sad that she has utter contempt for obvious blue collar workers!!! At least she was honest about being judgemental.

@letinatalie 3 года назад

@@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

@janesmith8050 3 года назад

@@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?

@gailremp8389 3 года назад

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.

@wgharrison99 3 года назад

Fran is amazing! One of the most truthful individuals in America. This is coming from a Canadian who lived in NYC for 10 years.

@mbords01 3 года назад

One of the most authentic individual on earth. So rare. But I do not know, why, I can punch Melber in the gut sometimes.

@Mike-rk8px 3 года назад

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.

@taralilarose1 3 года назад

Well you obviously haven't met tara lila rose.....

@taralilarose1 3 года назад

@@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.

@wgharrison99 3 года назад

@@taralilarose1 Toronto. I escaped when Trump was elected.

@nicki66 3 года назад

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.

@hansklimstra5987 3 года назад

Listening to this interview, I would like to comment that even if the truth hurts, I would rather hear that than being lied to.

@shannon3944 3 года назад

Yes!❤💯👍

@matthewhuszarik4173 3 года назад

To bad the vast majority of Americans aren’t like that. They only vote for politicians who tell them what they want to hear.

@xpsxps1339 3 года назад

Whatever painful truth is more bearable than a merciful lie if one ponders about the long-term cosequences.

@annmarieknapp 3 года назад

Amen to that. We used to hear facts and make decisions for ourselves based on our own thoughts from facts we'd been given via news. Now what news outlet is trustworthy and doesn't have a bias when a few people own all news agencies of world? Makes it hard for us to think for ourselves. We are operating on little truth and a lot of conjecture based on someone else's agenda. Scary.

@marymdavis3189 3 года назад

@Hans Klimstra I so agree. I'm the same way, I know personally even when it stings a little or a lot, getting and focusing, to strip the situation bald, and focus on the secondary or third party perspective, of someone able to step back, and tell you what they see, hear, with out a personal attachment, is a wonderful gift. My favorite radio & TV personality IDOLS as a child growing until they died, were Walter Cronkite & Paul Harvey for the same reasons, but delivered in a somewhat lighter manner, until he dropped the hammer. I received my Batchelor Degree in Communication Studies, but I'm one of those my college dropped my Final Degree pursuit 5 classes short (one semester) of my Webmaster Certification with an Internet Security Minor. I've paid 11 years on loans with only the 4,600 left, part of that Spring semester I didn't get.

@bcyes409 3 года назад

I absolutely love listening to Fran!

@fineartbytuckerdempstucker7786 3 года назад

I do as well.

@conniefletcher6884 3 года назад

Me too!

@rudyspective1870 3 года назад

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!

@marycoates4671 2 года назад

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! ; )

@marjoriegarner5369 10 месяцев назад

Agree, thank you. Everyone involved.

@janehale4402 3 года назад

I am so glad I listened to this interview, she has the ability to make me feel free to be my self.

@taralilarose1 3 года назад

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.

@redchic 3 года назад

Probably the best interview on all the major stations in the last 5 years, if not longer.

@Sides3Sides 3 года назад

I’ve noticed that Ari has been doing interesting interviews. I agree that this is really good.

@redchic 3 года назад

@@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'.

@benjaminberns497 3 года назад

Atypical interview for Ark

@stephr9859 3 года назад

“Being judge mental to me means I have standards” lol. Love it.

@rebahenderson211 3 года назад

Fran, straight no chaser. A refreshing conversation and interesting.

@marklawes1859 3 года назад

What a fascinating person. Great interview Ari.

@karlypearl9701 3 года назад

😂 I am robot 🤖

@alwayslernin4400 3 года назад

@Alex MacKenzie you'd have to be there.

@celtglen 3 года назад

@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.

@beverlyvriesenga9552 3 года назад

I love Fran I could listen to her all day she’s so unique. Great interview Ari.

@margeryriviers3432 3 года назад

A downright dynamic interview by Ari Melber. Fabulous!! Clearly prepared & thoughtful, better yet, egaged & SO professional. Yes please!

@krmccarrell 3 года назад

@@margeryriviers3432 Couldn't have said it better. Thank you!

@stevejette2329 3 года назад

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.

@jasonpop1628 3 года назад

Thank you and they will also thank you, one day !

@moniqueengleman873 3 года назад

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.

@petes9524 3 года назад

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.

@Circlewisewoman01 3 года назад

Same experience.

@Ontheroxxwithsalt 3 года назад

And they're probably insufferable because of it.

@JohnTLyon 3 года назад

Bravo Fran!!! Question authority, question EVERYTHING!

@karlvanzat4084 3 года назад

Thank you, I love Fran’s real mind, if more people like her run for office this world would be a much fairer place.

@Marchant2 3 года назад

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.

@bluezinnia847 3 года назад

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.

@Denise35jo 3 года назад

MEH.

@paulazemeckis7835 3 года назад

And a great role model for girls and women.

@nancystowell4877 3 года назад

@@Denise35jo Poor little muggle🙄❗

@wordsculpt 3 года назад

@@Denise35jo What an unbelievably unintelligent response. If you have nothing intelligent to say, say nothing.

@handledotcom 3 года назад

@@wordsculpt Which is why she doesn't ''get'' Fran.

@jayking2762 3 года назад

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!!

@daveogarf 3 года назад

LOVE YOU, Fran Lebowitz! Your honesty and candor are so refreshing in this world of purposeful LYING!

@hueylongadmirer55 3 года назад

Which she is doing very well herself.

@annek1226 3 года назад

@@hueylongadmirer55 No one will hold you to task for your comment because it is obvious that intelligence is something you are unfamiliar with.

@lindastruckus776 3 года назад

Old School

@ralph_m31 3 года назад

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....

@tracyhaverstick5672 3 года назад

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.

@TheBerny32 3 года назад

I agree!! Intersting conversation is much more important. She would be so much fun to have a conversation because of her wit and inteligence.

@Britgirl58 3 года назад

I know I would like her but I think I would find her rather intimidating to converse with, without knowing her personally.

@BLOATEDLUNATIC666 3 года назад

Trump on your list ?

@kiddtuffy 3 года назад

As I've worked with many of my hero's, I do not recommend meeting any of them.

@tracyhaverstick5672 3 года назад

@@kiddtuffy Probably sound advice sir.

@sparkleevenmore9638 2 года назад

There’s an art to interviewing Fran Liebowitz and Ari perfected it. Well done.

@Rekindle1976 3 года назад

Good job Ari Melber. I enjoy your work more and more each day.

@lindadewitt9239 3 года назад

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!

@pac2840 3 года назад

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.

@leechap3 3 года назад

My first report card had LEE IS A CHATTERBOX in all caps in the comment section. That was crippling to my personal development.

@elburko9453 3 года назад

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.

@dabeage 3 года назад

Different lens? No. She's looking through clear lenses, not rose-colored lenses. I do appreciate this gentleman as an interviewer. Nice job, Ari.

@Marses970 3 года назад

Ari is one of the best

@sunnydaze2359 3 года назад

@@Marses970 THEE BEST ! 👍🏼❤️

@analmf1210 2 года назад

I like him, her? not so much.

@Hitch_Hiker 3 года назад

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

@Bruintjebeer6 3 года назад

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.

@LS-ug1im 3 года назад

@ 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.

@Hitch_Hiker 3 года назад

@@LS-ug1im I will add them to my book list! Thank you!

@pac2840 3 года назад

Lucky you. You have a whole lot of enjoyment ahead. I've been a fan since the first thing she wrote.

@janmayberry337 3 года назад

Omg. Read her Metropolitan Life. You will not regret it.

@reginaduke7451 3 года назад

I love Ari and I love Fran. Both in conversation? Heaven.

@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 3 года назад

Fran is awful. She has nothing but disdain for anyone that lives outside of her nyc bubble.

@nomadicroadrat 3 года назад

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.

@LG-dj9qr 3 года назад

@@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.

@leechap3 3 года назад

@@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?

@Denise35jo 3 года назад

@@nomadicroadrat fran and sarah berndhart would have been epic.

@dadkathy8247 3 года назад

Like she said towards the end of the clip, apparently 47% of the country isn't aware of the truth of things

@origamimambo545 3 года назад

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 2 года назад

She provided a service. Ari thanked her. And she responded aptly by saying "You're Welcome. "

@origamimambo545 2 года назад

@@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.

@RhinocerosProductions 2 года назад

my favorite Fran response was Bill Maher once asked "how are you?" and Fran answered, "Compared to whom?

@larryhall2805 2 года назад

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.

@origamimambo545 2 года назад

@@larryhall2805 okay.

@roberttrepagnier9149 3 года назад

Fran has always told it like a is. She is the coolest person ever.

@WGB3019 3 года назад

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.

@oneirishpoet 3 года назад

She's actually just another angry old lesbian elitist and not funny or smart at all

@LG-dj9qr 3 года назад

@@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.

@leechap3 3 года назад

@@oneirishpoet You seem a lot more angry than her.

@hayleymatheson8681 3 года назад

She certainly is.

@susanallison183 3 года назад

Thank you, Ari, for this. Any time one can spend with Fran is a gift.

@petercase7697 3 года назад

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.

@bigem2166 3 года назад

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

@alwayslernin4400 3 года назад

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.

@georgeb.wolffsohn30 3 года назад

@@bigem2166 it's the idea of "Rugged Individualism" and the current interpretation of the 2nd Amendment that is fueling that difference.

@georgeb.wolffsohn30 3 года назад

@@alwayslernin4400 you mentioned Saint Ronnie. He definitely pushed America in this direction.

@karenwalkeden6030 3 года назад

Criminals get their hands on gun's in Canada and Australia too.

@monealiza7553 3 года назад

I don't think Fran is negative. She's a disappointed optimist.

@jennifergalberth1240 3 года назад

AMEN

@matthewhuszarik4173 3 года назад

Fran is just blunt she doesn’t sugar coat things she says to protect the sensibilities of snowflakes.

@leonardodemelo3711 3 года назад

I love the term “disappointed optimist”….but that’s not what she is…. I think she is more of a “callous sophisticate”.

@leechap3 3 года назад

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.

@carltonfuller3072 3 года назад

Perfect analysis.

@SoulSpirit1 3 года назад

It was said when I was young, “Children are to be seen and not heard”.

@katerineella274 3 года назад

I grew up in up in the duties fifties. My parents preferred that I not be seen as well. Spent alot of time alone in my room. Now I'm old and still spending alot of time home alone.

@mauriov 3 года назад

This is one of the most fascinating interviews I've seen in years. Thanks Ari, I love Fran.

@michibean666 3 года назад

"...I'm not negative, I'm realistic." I say this all this time. I like her.

@9UaYXxB 3 года назад

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.

@teresaf991 3 года назад

@@9UaYXxB sometimes giving attention to a negative can help us get to a positive.

@lindamazur6124 3 года назад

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 .

@lindaworthington4847 11 месяцев назад

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.

@jonfober6785 3 года назад

Fran is such an exceptional person. It's always a joy to listen to what she has to say.

@hayesdabney 3 года назад

"I never forgot Anita Hill." Right on.

@leechap3 3 года назад

Yet she was delighted Biden won the nomination, because a flawed man beats an inhuman monster.

@leechap3 3 года назад

@Chino T. Have you forgotten Donald Trump's two dozen sexual assault victims? Brett Cavanaugh's?

@maryhalverson5713 3 года назад

@@leechap3 - For every one Tara Reade who dares to step forward, there are a thousand who've yet to speak up.

@leechap3 3 года назад

@@maryhalverson5713 By that logic there are 100,000 Trump victims who haven't come forward.

@shells500tutubo 3 года назад

@@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.

@lovelyvictor77 2 года назад

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.

@misabbydu 3 года назад

She's right about the Supreme Court. A place I used to view in aw, has been trashed by corruption.

@petes9524 3 года назад

And a beer loving, lying groper.

@Denise35jo 3 года назад

Oh my like no one of color noticed.

@hangukhiphop 3 года назад

I'll go a step farther to say the Supreme Court was never a good idea to begin with.

@florian8599 3 года назад

@@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.

@marshwetland3808 3 года назад

@@hangukhiphop You need a court of appeal, though.

@hansklimstra5987 3 года назад

I always feel that whenever I listen to Fran's pronouncements that I am hearing 110 percent wisdom and truth--no holds barred!

@JungContrarian 3 года назад

That, and at least 110 "you know"s

@SC-uq2jf 3 года назад

@@JungContrarian So what? Did her repeating the phrase "you know" impede your understanding of the contextual nature of Fran's discourse?

@shariwelch8760 3 года назад

@@JungContrarian Everyone does that kind of thing, including you - you're just not aware of it in yourself. So what is your point exactly?

@marshwetland3808 3 года назад

@@shariwelch8760 No, seriously, those were the most you-knows I've ever heard. And they are not good speech and rather jarring.

@shariwelch8760 3 года назад

@@marshwetland3808 I didn't even notice. I wonder what makes you so sensitive to hearing it.

@michelleprice7605 2 года назад

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

@allysa2877 3 года назад

Brilliant interview, Ari. Could listen to you and Fran all day. Love her raw truth

@Mentallect 3 года назад

Anyone remembers when Confederate flags were considered patriotic? Me neither.

@sole_bragz6060 3 года назад

@@jerryulin6629 is that flag you a talking about still around?

@Mentallect 3 года назад

@@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.

@weedthenorthdragon9366 3 года назад

@@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?

@danisyx5804 3 года назад

@@jerryulin6629 i saw the KKK come out and openly endorse mango mussolini too, what's your point?

@danisyx5804 3 года назад

@@jerryulin6629 especially the stars and stripes, amiright?

@minipawpaw 3 года назад

She's the BEST!!! Truth-teller, keen observer, wry wit. Love you, Fran!

@thinktwice8860 3 года назад

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.”

@bessieking3797 3 года назад

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.

@thinktwice8860 3 года назад

You are so right, Bessie!

@thinktwice8860 3 года назад

@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.

@Circlewisewoman01 3 года назад

Utter truth.

@paulazemeckis7835 3 года назад

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 😪.

@heidi681 3 года назад

I've always loved Fran, she has been important to me since I was a young teenager.💕 Thank you for the interview.

@Marchant2 3 года назад

"No one can afford to live here, yet 8 million people do." I LOVE that.

@fenique2 3 года назад

It's exactly the truth. 🤔🤔

@joycedominguez1828 3 года назад

Doesn't take much for you to love

@tiwantiwaabibiman2603 3 года назад

Was LMAO at that too especially I plan on relocating to NYC.

@mfwriter959 3 года назад

That was a great interview, Ari! You asked so many great questions and gave her the room to really shine.

@karlypearl9701 3 года назад

😂 Why thank you Mike Frenkel, I really appreciate your thoughtful comment . 🤖

@teresaf991 3 года назад

Yes. The two together made a great interview. I enjoy them both.

@redwoods7370 3 года назад

I adore her. She is a national treasure.

@221b-Maker-Street 2 года назад

She's fabulous, isn't she?! 🖤

@rykersisland8254 3 года назад

This interview was so well done. I’m used to seeing her dry, sarcastic side. This brought a whole different side to light.

@pchinnIII 3 года назад

Fran is whoever she says she is and Fran would know because she has thought about it.

@cross3624 3 года назад

More than that - she has embraced it.

@yankee2666 3 года назад

Is that a female? Oh, wait...probably a lib female. I get it.

@TCS86 3 года назад

FFS!🤦‍♂️

@cross3624 3 года назад

@@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.

@cross3624 3 года назад

@@lindaleal809 Exactly

@nanwelch1394 3 года назад

Hearing/ listening to you Fran gives me💪✊power and strength!

@steini6771 3 года назад

It is simply impossible to not love Fran Lebowitz. Thank you both -

@vividemporium4533 3 года назад

She said "who's after you"? All these stupid guns in the hands of stupid people.

@STICKITINYOUREAR 3 года назад

Vivid Emporium- The people with the most guns are from the 10 stupidest states and they are all repug states. No surprise there.

@STICKITINYOUREAR 3 года назад

@Blood Spatter - So far this year alone, there has been 350+ MASS SHOOTINGS in the USA. 'Nuf said !

@kristianhartlevjohansen3541 3 года назад

@Blood Spatter … so … put on a mask, get vaccinated … Just playing to the stereotype, I know 🤷🏻‍♂️

@jollyandwaylo 3 года назад

@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.

@leechap3 3 года назад

@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.

@nimanknight662 3 года назад

She may not have any children of her own but she has been a mother to many.

@latentsea 3 года назад

I am not a dolphin, but I am a dolphin

@Ontheroxxwithsalt 3 года назад

That's a dude. I do not care what anyone says. That is a lumberjack in a dress.

@anhbenbrook4458 3 года назад

Talk is cheap.

@keltellsdublin481 2 месяца назад

@@Ontheroxxwithsalt What a 🤡 you are!

@keltellsdublin481 2 месяца назад

@@OntheroxxwithsaltWhat a 🤡 u are !

@fagandog5560 3 года назад

"I'm guessing you're not a desk guy... I'm guessing the last time you had a desk, you were in detention...in Jr. Highschool." Spot on Fran.

@50farrell 2 года назад

if he made it to high school

@YTPartyTonight 3 года назад

Why I like Fran Lebowitz; no B.S. What you see is what you get.

@t.r.campbell6585 3 года назад

Clearly she indicated she is full of it. She needs to stop being so smug.

@bryncarlson2322 3 года назад

@@t.r.campbell6585 Hey...she's a New Yorker !!

@shannon3944 3 года назад

YTParty...💯Yes!! My other fave lady is Ms. Wanda Sykes.💯❤

@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 3 года назад

Smug nyc neolib hack

@teresaamanfu7408 3 года назад

@@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 Obviously she’s not your cup of tea, and that’s OK!

@marilyngoldie5946 3 года назад

Thank you Ari Melber, for this interview with a extremely fascinating woman - Fran Lebowitz.

@priceandpride 3 года назад

Bring her back! This was such a good conversation!

@dianedavidson7977 3 года назад

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.

@richietattersall2122 3 года назад

That's not what happened, thier decision was based on the State Voting laws regarding recounts, NOT on who was actually running for President.

@bessieking3797 3 года назад

@@richietattersall2122 Bush's election was totally corrupt both times. Guess America was smarter than they thought.

@Jase-L 3 года назад

@@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.

@kreek22 3 года назад

Time magazine's "cabal" installed what passes for #46.

@sondragreen9562 3 года назад

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.

@OFOTCN 3 года назад

Avoid actors

@joniheisenberg6691 3 года назад

@@OFOTCN And corporate America.

@heartmd8943 3 года назад

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.

@ALL_CAPS__ 3 года назад

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.

@elburko9453 3 года назад

How well said. Yes, refreshing. Smart people just engaging in civil, thoughtful discourse is extremely refreshing.

@kreek22 3 года назад

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?

@mtheads1955 3 года назад

I love her brutally honest voice in this truly f’ed up world

@Quijanos1 2 года назад

Fran is remarkable. Superlative interviews and dialogue. Thank you for such excellence.

@floorted 3 года назад

I loved the Netflix special. The way she was able to make Martin laugh was magical. She’s a treasure.

@doppx 3 года назад

netflix = shitlib indoctrination programming

@angelatuck3673 3 года назад

FRAN IS MY IDOLLLL. LOVE HER.

@dadduorp 3 года назад

@Scientific Methodologist 🤣🤣🤣🤣 🖕🏻

@darrenwinter8616 3 года назад

Yeah that entire circus down in Arizona is tantamount to putting josef mengele in charge of neonatal care at Mount Sinai. In others words we don’t put wolves in charge of minding the sheep. That audit was literally theatre of the absurd.

@angelatuck3673 3 года назад

@@darrenwinter8616 perfectly put

@ginajones2328 5 месяцев назад

Mine also a favorite hello from Alaska

@mamadat3621 3 года назад

Love this interview! The questions were exactly what I wanted to know! Every follow-up was exactly what I wanted asked next. Thank you!

@TheSneezingMonkey 3 года назад

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.

@kreek22 3 года назад

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?

@yaelbarzilai 3 года назад

@@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.

@Stenn333 3 года назад

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.

@bigfakenetwork 3 года назад

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?

@markfrommaryland3825 3 года назад

More than it should be.

@jacked-666 3 года назад

I've always like Ari but I really miss his 5 o'clock beard.

@georgeb.wolffsohn30 3 года назад

I think he does his homework.

@krmccarrell 3 года назад

Hey Bobby, I couldn't agree more, wonderfully said !

@bigfakenetwork 3 года назад

@@krmccarrell Thank you!

@janusatthegate6201 Год назад

Amen, Fran. We need truth so much truth. No more gaslighting.

@claudinelandry 3 года назад

I love Fran Lebowitz, you can always count on her to say what she means, and means what she says.

@hew195050 3 года назад

Wouldn't it be enlightening if most people were like that? I'd love it'. Always knowing where you stand.

@susitamarie5849 2 года назад

So well put!

@Mingtree10 3 года назад

Wow. She is so engaging! I have to listen to entirety later. Thanks Ari.

@Denise35jo 3 года назад

I would like her take on using the n word...has she ever used it?

@lindazeidler9654 3 года назад

I absolutely love Fran and aspire to be more like her.

@michaelsalisbury1477 2 года назад

LindaZeilieeGood luck !!!!!!! Nn

@erictaylor5462 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

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 😆.

@erictaylor5462 3 года назад

@@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.

@azuchan6079 3 года назад

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.

@paulg3336 3 года назад

"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.

@moniqueloomis9772 3 года назад

@@paulg3336 BINGO!

@gwenfooteprints 3 года назад

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.

@ohiostreetjoe3185 2 года назад

I love her comment about hard work. "Mining is hard work. Right after mining: Writing!" Splendid!

@nhyde567 3 года назад

Fran has been and always will be an epic writer, reporter and human. She’s fabulous.

@mercyjokes2d696 3 года назад

She's brilliant. A true raconteur.

@michelekett8450 3 года назад

Fran is right, being afraid attracts those who wish to do harm.

@jessekeiser100 3 года назад

And conversely, being audacious and bold can also attract harm.

@Circlewisewoman01 3 года назад

Absolutely.

@carolmiller5713 3 года назад

I travel all over the world, mostly alone. I'm a petite white woman. I've learned & always believed - if you look & act confident, you discourage weak people looking for easy prey.

@elizabethbennet4791 3 года назад

@@carolmiller5713 I dont even think of myself as a victim..i think of myself as the predator

@michelekett8450 3 года назад

@@carolmiller5713 I love travelling alone and you’re right. When you know who you are and what you are capable of (I realised a long time ago that if anyone threatened me or one of my family, I would not hesitate to do them as much damage as possible). Just knowing that I am capable of killing another person is enough to prevent someone else from trying to harm me. Our energy field is constantly sending out the information that we believe.

@BrewsterBee 3 года назад

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.

@andreag7822 3 года назад

‘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.

@elburko9453 3 года назад

Great comparison. John Lennon didn't suffer fools either.

@hayleyannamathieson7261 3 года назад

I agree. And Lauren Bacall too. Great woman. ✨

@elburko9453 3 года назад

What an amazing interview. Ari is such an enlightened and benevolent professional who asks just the right questions and then actually lets the person fully speak. And of course Fran is priceless, funny, and wise. Great refreshing stuff. Contrast this with braving a beer at the local VFW hall. BRRRRRR!!!!

@clairethomas1440 3 года назад

Fran & Ari, This interview was the Best!!! I'm a Fran, Frances too. 🤩🤩🤩

@margorgogo 3 года назад

I agree. The truth is not always positive. Being honest is often perceived as negative, when it really is not.

@wohdinhel 3 года назад

In order to change the reality of inconvenient truths, you have to first acknowledge them as true.

@carolmiller5713 3 года назад

People can handle the truth. Granted, one needs to be sensitive about telling others the whole truth.

@meafordmichael 3 года назад

“SHAMEFUL AND SHAMELESS” - thanks for calling out Trump and the GOP, Fran. Your voice and your vote are your power, citizens; use it!

@craigpoer 3 года назад

70 million people don't see it that way. Democrats are evil.

@paul1242 3 года назад

@@craigpoer Take a look in the mirror. Your party supports torture and putting children in dog cages. Your party also worships Satan. The proof is on the GOP logo with 3 upside down pentagrams. Ever wonder how that happened? That didn't happen by accident!

@kittywiskerskiki3859 3 года назад

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 😂

@meafordmichael 3 года назад

@@craigpoer 70 million people are blind, deaf, dumb, deluded, uneducated, or some combination thereof; fortunately they are, and will remain, the minority …..

@meafordmichael 3 года назад

@@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 …..

@mithulahiri4105 11 месяцев назад

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!

@suepringle6642 3 года назад

Fantastic interview!! Both of them great in their own way and great together. Loved it.

@seq165432 3 года назад

I LOVE an honest atheist! Actually ANYONE like Fran - who is SO Anti-BS!!!

@con.troller4183 3 года назад

Do you know a lot of dishonest Atheists?

@TheLeotLion 3 года назад

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

@werone696 3 года назад

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.

@serpentines6356 2 года назад

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. 👍 🇺🇲 ✌️