Up to Speed (2012)
"A licensed tour guide. Kind of."
Synopsis
Tour guide, historian and flaneur "Speed" Levitch travels the nation visiting those monuments that rarely make it into travel guides, from the shoe gardens of San Francisco to the luckiest subway grate in New York City.
Creator
Richard Linklater, Alex Lipschultz, Charlotte Koh
Network
Hulu
Episodes
San Francisco: A City Shaped by Earthquakes
Speed takes us on a tour of renowned objects in San Francisco – a city shaped by earthquakes that makes a point of attacking the status quo and appreciating the beauty in the unexpected.
Chicago: To Conjure a Lost Neighborhood
Speed spends a day steeped in the history of working class Chicago – a city of blue collar labor constantly fighting back against the status quo of their corporate overlords.
Kansas & Missouri: In the Middle of the Middle of the Midwest
Speed explores the idea of borders and boundaries in Lawrence, Kansas – a city straddling the line between opposing sides during the American Civil War.
Virginia: The Many Flavors of Thomas Jefferson
Speed sifts through the many flavors of Thomas Jefferson in Monticello and the University of Virginia – two historic landmarks representing the many sides of America’s most complicated founding father.
New York City: The Beauty of Randomness
Speed wanders through the chaos of New York City – a metropolitan hub teeming with simultaneous bouts of randomness and synchronicity.
The Tour Guide Convention
Speed goes on adventures with other tour guides across the country.
Cast
Trailer
Details
Original Title
Up to Speed
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
6
Production
Cinetic Media