Fran Lebowitz Doesn’t Have an iPhone Because Yours Will Do, Thank You

[@defneustunoglu291]

I want fran lebowitz to call me culturally deprived to my face

[@dennis_duran]

With that many umlauts in your name I doubt anyone would dare

[@skontheroad]

@@dennis_duran That was funny!

[@perrycomeau2627]

@@skontheroad She is. That's what I like about her in a serious way.

[@jinancim]

HAHAHAHHAAH

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa333]

How does someone become culturally inclined?

[@yourjewishmom7791]

I’m not young enough to mean Brooklyn. Omg hahaha 😂

[@oquefilmaragora]

Your Jewish Mom “to have to be in Brooklyn”!

[@jaylabuzov6650]

@@oquefilmaragora no she said "to have to mean brooklyn?

[@jojomakes]

@@oquefilmaragora You’re correct. I don’t know what everyone else is listening to lol

[@GaryDelgado]

@@jojomakes Parallelism with "when I say New York I mean Manhattan", but yes she says "to have to be in Brooklyn"

[@1991jdclark]

I love the way she thinks about things. A fascinating and intelligent person.

[@Dhhtyu4566]

Jenny klarke hyperbole

[@davedaniel4824]

So she doesn't own an iPhone, but she gets people to pay for her Uber rides?...

[@benkleschinsky]

Intelligence and observation, something that is absent in this decade.

[@davedaniel4824]

@andrewquinn2012 Does she really? She seems to be a very cheap person. And not in a good way.

[@BaumanExplores]

Id HAPPILY pay for many Uber rides so she could tell me stories

[@akayrk]

“When I say New York, I mean Manhattan - I am not young enough to have to mean Brooklyn.” 😂😂🤧savage

[@dunebuggy3262]

I'm 21 and I love listening to her talk because she's not only hilarious but really puts things into perspective

[@juicebox5883]

Me too

[@karolbloss3217]

And you are eager for older person authority in your life ;)

[@simraarif4163]

Same, mate

[@kaliyuga1476]

Cringe

[@miamijim5964]

I am so in awe of her.. she has seen it all, she knew Warhol, she went to Studio 54 , Paradise Garage, she was in that scene.. just the thought of being a part of all that gives me goosebumps.

[@ilikecinema1234]

When cool and famous people were meant to be famous!!!

[@tillysanders2593]

So refreshing to listen to someone's whose brain is working at lightening speed .

[@rr7firefly]

Fran did not smoke a single cigarette in this entire video. Congratulations, Fran. We want you to live a long life in good health.

[@DHU11]

70+ is a long life

[@poolmilethirty2859]

Fran has actually had much longer interviews and talks without smoking. She's been on 17-hour flights without smoking.

[@rudypalma1250]

Every day we have her is a gift.

[@rr7firefly]

@@poolmilethirty2859 That's a long time, for sure. I have a friend who is a chain smoker. Like Fran, he is very intelligent, with a facility to communicate verbally. I've seen him fumbling for a cigarette in his top pocket as he speaks.

[@nicolecarnemolla8724]

She is so SPOT ON....I so relate to her thought process and I am 4 years older than she is....just finished watching the NETFLIX documentary with Martin Scorsese.....SUPERB

[@mragbangles]

"I'm not young enough to mean Brooklyn." I'm 29, and I'm not young enough to mean Brooklyn either.

[@GH-oi2jf]

Cielo Suite - There are plenty of late 20s - early 30s people who migrated to Park Slope.

[@itssoezy]

100%. New York _is_ Manhattan. Brooklyn is where New York ends and America begins.

[@istvanpraha]

@@GH-oi2jf 40-50 somethings nowadays!

[@SloggieBear]

How do I get to hang out with this woman? I feel like she could tell my anxiety to go away and it would say "ok, yes, you're right. That's correct." and it would never come back.

[@MichelePernerBlum]

My mom doesn't have one either. She's over it and one of the happiest people in the world.

[@Bergen98]

Still unbelievable to me that she has had writers block for all these years. She is genius

[@nancywysemen7196]

Always clever and pointed.

[@springhillgolfer878]

Surprising that she never became a stand up comedian. She's hilarious.

[@dailybls]

That's basically what she is, she just works for more serious establishments.

[@gutsfiend6678]

@@dailybls more like too pretentious to appeal to a club crowd

[@mammontustado9680]

Here I am thinking of what she said here that you find so hilarious.

[@maureenharrison1261]

However, she is. College campuses etc.

[@ShivCreates]

I don’t know who this is but she is an ICON 😂😂

[@StacyPowerhouse]

Shiv same

[@sambrownsings]

Google, kids. Fran Lebowitz is legendary.

[@OsirisIxchel]

Some people think of her as Oscar Wilde's love child. 💋💋

[@jonathanyodice8732]

@ Shiv - she's a writer and she was something of a big deal in the 80s - her book "Metropolitan Life" is marvelous. Check it out - you'll enjoy it!

[@themaggattack]

Correct! You know an icon when you see one! You should definitely learn more about her.

[@elizabethtrainer9732]

I've had a HUGE crush on Fran for 40 years...love her!

[@AlvaSudden]

That's sweet. And understandable.

[@XX-zk2lf]

I've recently discovered her and same. lol

[@DasZuckerhaus]

the fact that she can be so sure that there will always be someone with a phone there speaks to her social wealth

[@KD-ou2np]

Phones are so accessible now what are you talking about?

[@DasZuckerhaus]

@@KD-ou2np „social wealth“ is about something different; it means she know she will never be lonely or rejected socially

[@fpengelbrecht9314]

@@KD-ou2np You probably own an iPhone and a wristwatch 😂😂😂😂

[@KD-ou2np]

@@fpengelbrecht9314 no wristwatches and I happily used my droid razr for yrs.. yeah the cheap brick phone that does the job.

[@joez6235]

@@KD-ou2np He's not talking about access to phones, he's talking about access to someone who has a phone. Fran thinks you can just turn to the person next to you at any given moment and ask them to call you an Uber, but she doesn't realize that many of us don't have a personal assistant to do stuff for us. Who am I supposed to ask when I'm on my own? It's not an "incredible extravagance for no reason" when you don't have many other options.

[@wendysherbert3257]

They do still make Trip-Tiks...but generated on computer and printed these days. Making Trip-Tiks for AAA Members for AAA was my first full time job. :)

[@andreasloizou3038]

Post more Fran!

[@paulstillman2878]

I used a triptic when I took a road trip to Western Massachusetts in 2009. Got it at AAA.

[@akayrk]

"when i say new york, i mean manhattan -- i am not young enough to have to mean brooklyn" i felt that 😂 guess i am not young enough either 😂😂

[@sosonolow5094]

The story she told about how she viewed watches when she was young.....Hahaha!....so cute!

[@Shusha0029]

I adore her so much. She is a gem. Like a emerald in a word of diamonds

[@shaund9759]

NYC would not be NYC without Fran Lebowitz.

[@paula889]

The way she pronounces Morristown brings me back to my childhood and makes me miss some of my deceased relatives.

[@BaumanExplores]

I can listen to her forever. What a fascinating mind

[@woin9361]

She’s fascinating; I love her anecdotes

[@BebeLush2]

We love you Fran. Never change.

[@redooc223]

OMG Triptik! Haven’t heard that word in years!

[@helioliskfire5954]

I like this neurotic energy. She's my idea of the artistic type who is always preoccupied with being original or coming up with something original or coming off as original. And the performative aspect of this process is an element of his artistic being itself, that is, to regale the audience with that frenetic persona.

[@Confuzius]

i understand your comment and appreciate it - i don't like the neurotic energy at all it makes me neurotic myself lol

[@caniacattack]

Unfortunate side effect of modernity

[@ojxolape]

I find the wristwatch analogy interesting. However I’m a doctor & sometimes might need it to count the pulse 😂

[@dash6385]

She is a national treasure.

[@dillon9016]

This lady seems just great. Idk what she does but I need more.

[@markmarrk5060]

"I think me being totally out of touch has been an aid in journalism."

[@lawc23]

I love her voice

[@safhirarovida8850]

yes. me too. very soothing for my ears

[@karynb7781]

….raspy 'smoker's' voice, like an old Rockstar! I love her writing 'voice', refreshingly unabashedly opinionated but INFORMED. Smart Cookie.

[@johnbondza]

Wow - Is this an AMERICAN ICON?.... As a kid in Port St John's, South Africa we had no phones. Electricity came when I was 6. Paved roads, what were those. You reached our town by pont (car carrying boat) over the river. We knew about the deep south. We marvelled over Detroit 😢. We understood President Eisenhower policies. We were troubled about the developing Vietnam war (French). I speak for the whole community of about 1000 people. We read Time and Life and a couple of English publications. Few Americans can claim they didn't know the USA of the 1950s. I now play with IOT and using data in the cloud. I've written two apps for smartphones. I am excited by the power of AI. I am one of countless people over 70 doing this. How can you NOT know the current world. The world has little time or space for dinosaurs. Look rather to the young trailblasers with merit. The youngsters also have IQs that are on average 15 points higher than us old people.

[@bgimusic]

I enjoy hearing her stories

[@Julie-bq6iz]

Fran's family vacation via the car was just like mine-right down to fighting with my little sister in the back seat...

[@joez6235]

"There's always someone you're with" No there isn't

[@mcgonagallerys]

I just hate how people say IPhone to mean smartphones

[@danholmesfilm]

Well that's almost literally what iPhone means -_-

[@camham2097]

i love the way she speaks

[@margoomahony9565]

I love her. Thank you Fran x

[@perrycomeau2627]

But what if I get stuck in an elevator alone? Who is going to feed my cactus?

[@gutar5675]

I have no idea who this is, but she would be a perfect Edna Mode in a live action Incredibles

[@thugtrippin]

You have everything humanity has ever learned in your pocket and you don’t want to carry it around? Okkkkkk Fran

[@samanthab1923]

laying outside with my sibling & neighbors when my mom drove by on the way to our house with my dad in the passenger seat. Always stood out

[@kaniphish]

Her smartphone/watch take is so dumb. She's basically saying "I don't need anything because I can always ask someone that actually has their life figured out."

[@vincentmaldon7707]

Only Fran can make me laugh despite this horrific weather crisis in Texas! An American treasure.

[@emmaburgess4320]

You are the best at everything !! I love you Fran!!

[@lilycoyle9560]

Why was there an I phone ad?!

[@gibsonmitchell]

The fact that I got an iPhone 12 Pro ad before this video😂😅

[@usethis4511]

That title makes you think she’s the fbi member watching us through our phone screens lmaoo

[@samurai331]

The not seeing the driver is a great point.

[@jojo-fj7lw]

"i profited by not knowing anything" ✨

[@proud2bme998]

I love Fran Lebowitz! She is one of my favorite people to watch, read, and just enjoy! Such an interesting person, such a interesting woman! Hooray for Women!! I too have seen many of the things that F.L. has seen and done! My dad always got a TRIPTIC as my husband and I did when we went somewhere! I still love a good map! Yes you can look it up online, but I like seeing the full picture of every state that we visited! No tiny little screen to visualize on my phone or Ipad!!

[@henningbartels6245]

So "iPhone" stands basically for all smartphones in American English?

[@minnak6873]

ohhh, that explains, i was sitting here wondering why you can't get uber on a non-iPhone like a true idiot :D

[@pnkgrlxo05]

There’s at least some Thai food in Morristown now, that’s for sure

[@biomanization]

I love Fran! Read “Metropolitan Life”! If you’ve already read it, read it again

[@spb7883]

She is spot on about everything that is wrong with American culture, especially at present.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Suddenly watches do sound like the most pointless object imaginable. 😄

[@capybaraponque611]

Come on, dude, don't fall for her antics.

[@vincentrevote4979]

Lets admit. Nobody reads vanity fair magazine or magazines. anymore. The glory days of these expensive editors telling us how to do lifestyle is long over.

[@lukeGGlee]

Vincent Revote that's only because the stuff the put out is horrid and unfashionable and impractical

[@dannyhernandez2203]

I'm not rich. But I would reckon the rich folks downtown still get tips and stay ahead of the curve by reading them lifestyle magazines

[@univerzaltruth6481]

I used to collect VF. It's full of advertising and very few good articles. I am very selective now as to which issue I purchase now. Not to mention that it's 1/4 of the size. 😑

[@everywherecat9824]

Thank God. Let the gatekeepers be gone.

[@sableann4255]

I love this woman! She's a jewel!

[@allthatjazzspaz95]

Fran Liebowitz is so honest. I respect her

[@samanthab1923]

It’s funny I was born in 59 & remember it the same with men driving. When my parents met in college my Dad had no license. Didn’t need one grew up in the Bronx. Mom did though, she was Yonkers.

[@beakittelscherz5419]

she is so right about what she said!

[@HandlewithcareVibes]

That means she won’t ever be self sufficient, telephone wise

[@dallasboringnews7157]

I'm excited to see how silicone valley will sell an affordable spyphone without Chinese slave labor

[@lesleymcshanemitchell9651]

love this lady so caustic and funny

[@blahblah1438]

She is so funny

[@ritaroad]

I can relate, on road trips my dad drove and my mother sat like a princess doing her nails. I grew up in Chicago and was taking the L at 10. I loved those big green buses. I usually paid with a token but the driver actually used to give change. He had the coin thing on his belt and a wad of bills in his pocket. I don’t drive, never have. I always thought it was safe but now I’m not so sure. The pandemic and politics has people deranged.

[@gemmeeljanne3184]

Exactly what I feel about watches.

[@Starkardur]

I love my iPhone but I understand the wrist watch thing. I could never get used of having it on my wrist. I would rather just ask someone about the time and now that I have a phone I can see the time.

[@ImNotADeeJay]

It amazes me how I didn't know about this woman before yesterday (thanks Netflix for recommending me "Pretend It's a City") but I heard about the Kardashians a long time ago

[@hotstitch1]

Yes that wonderful joy of Discovery - real life; real time discovery. How do the young experience that now?

[@stephj505]

I relate to Franny on hating the present, but not enough to not have a smartphone.

[@cam11971]

I can concur and say that one of the best Thai restaurants is in Morristown NJ :)

[@CaptainKarma1972]

I love her !! ❤️woman of substance !!!

[@anthonygarcia9175]

Lol, I was born and raised in Los Angeles, and even here almost every small business has the "We reserve the right to refuse service" signs.

[@runemagged21]

LA is one of the most segregated cities in America, no?

[@anthonygarcia9175]

@@runemagged21 It depends. LA is very diverse, but yes, it has it's nicer, "whiter" neighborhoods.

[@runemagged21]

@@anthonygarcia9175 Undoubtedly diverse, and that makeup changed with every bus route I took, it was thrilling to witness! I also noticed that IDs are required for purchases with bank cards. I felt there was less trust between people than the smaller cities I'd lived in.

[@Therealmykag]

Ah yes feeling a sense of danger even though you are “welcome”

[@stevie68a]

I read her book, "Social Studies" years ago, and I remember enjoying it.

[@dawnrogers723]

I love her smile, and the way she can say things as they are! Fran if you were Pope as you wished, the world would be a better place!

[@ErinsProjects]

The odd thing is children in the South are taught not to go places like New York, because of the high crime rate and pollution. We tend to vacation in Florida or the mountains. I was not alive during the time period that she is talking about, however, so maybe we had a higher murder rate back then? Still the murder rate couldn't have been higher than New York.

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

Modernity is a story of gains and losses. Fran is always magnificent.

[@wayfaringshaman]

Fran Lebowitz is my spirit animal.

[@greyclouds2069]

Love her!!!Great vlog!!

[@greyclouds2069]

👋👋😊😊

[@zippyustar6350]

She’s right. I don’t have a cell phone either because everyone has one... looking into a. Phone wristwatch?

[@adinail8048]

Her mannerisms are a lot like Trump’s. Is it a New York older generation thing?

[@jesusisapisces]

Lool they actually are!! Hilarious!

[@casadecolores.ceramics]

i noticed this too!

[@arthurb8436]

haha yes I did think there was a similarity, except one is intelligent and contributes to society, and one is a failure of an ex-president

[@jesusisapisces]

@@arthurb8436 ugh take this pretentious, sjw drivel to Twitter. No one cares. The man is out of the white house now.

[@StrawberryFeildsforNever]

That’s exactly what I was thinking, but I didn’t want to be rude by making the comparison

[@danielpalma1426]

She was great in The Incredibles.... Ed-nah..😬

[@ChristinaGina]

Im in my 20s and i relate to her

[@bethberger19]

Weird that VF has terrible color graders...

[@supervegeta101]

+Beth Berger Right. They must be working on old monitors and didn't notice.

[@jamescasteel8990]

+Beth Berger budget is also a thing.

[@jamescasteel8990]

+brad fuller Could be a double compressed h.264?

[@outtathyme5679]

One of the best brains

[@dxmxo9427]

There's also Android... did she forget about that lol

[@ronaldjohnson3206]

Androids aren’t relevant

[@aaronying4989]

Who uses Androids LOOL

[@mervunit]

this lady has definitely used an expired coupon before.

[@ziggy33399]

Yes, yes, yes. My childhood trips were scary to me as a little White girl I didn’t understand the southern signs separating blacks (then African Americans) , why they could as easily turned on me ...or my parents...and I could hardly understand the thick accents and slow talking ...it was just intimidating to the point I hid inside the car at gas stations hoping not to be seen.

[@ArghRawrWhoa]

Turned on you?

[@illbeyourstumbleine]

@@ArghRawrWhoa I think she mean southerners, at least by the way she is describing their thick accents she couldn't understand. She sounds scared of their hatefulness towards blacks and was afraid they would direct it at them any moment for being "not one of them". At least that's what I gathered.

[@geraldfrank1630]

George Eliot revisited. 👌👏

[@mishaelfernandez1]

watching this video gave me the connection between iphone/smartphone saturation and herd immunity XD

[@magicworld3242]

If Fran was a friend of mine we would be on the phone talking everyday. She's fascinating.

[@wackyglobe5447]

Magic World you might’ve missed the part where she said she doesn’t have one

[@rectumspectrum8804]

@@wackyglobe5447 she doesn't have an iPhone, yet I highly doubt she doesn't have a house phone.

[@aaronying4989]

She does in fact have a landline. That’s the only technology she has.

[@cetacious]

Idk who she is but YT recommended 'cause I saw the first ep of her docu. Who else is here because of it?

[@saymums9383]

lol same

[@parkeobrien7526]

Fran and Woody Allen would have been quite a interesting couple.