Richard Linklater
Director
Up to Speed (2012)
Season 1
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.
Released Aug. 9, 2012
Episode 24 min
14+
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Documentary, Reality
Keywords: imdb.city, mdblist.has-trailer
Watch Providers: Hulu
Production Companies: Cinetic Media
Network: Hulu
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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.
Aug. 9, 2012, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
Aug. 16, 2012, midnight
S1E3 - 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.
Aug. 23, 2012, midnight
S1E4 - 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.
Aug. 30, 2012, midnight
S1E5 - 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.
Sept. 5, 2012, midnight
S1E6 - The Tour Guide Convention
Speed goes on adventures with other tour guides across the country.
Sept. 13, 2012, midnight
Network: Hulu
Episode Runtime: 24 min.
Season Runtime: 24 min.
Released: Aug. 9, 2012
Last Air Date: Sept. 13, 2012, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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