Fran Capo
Fran Capo - The World's Fastest Talking Woman - Comedienne - Adventurer - Author - Actress - Spokesperson - TV Host - Voiceovers- Keynote
Dubbed “Fast Talker Extraordinaire” by the Associated Press, Fran Capo doesn’t mind if you call her motor mouth. In fact, she’s proud of it! Fran Capo is The Guinness Book of World Records fastest talking female clocked at 603.32 words in 54.2 seconds. That’s 11 words a second! Her record also appears in Ripley's Believe it or Not (2007 & 2008 books) & RHR.
Her fast-talking, boundless energy, down to earth approach makes her easy to relate to and a fun quick-witted TV guest. She has appeared on over 350 TV shows including; Good Morning America, Larry King Live, Last Call with Carson Daly, Inside Edition, ET, Ripley's Believe it or Not, More than Human ,Martha Stewart and CNN where her segment was voted top 5 watched. She’s been heard on over 3500 radio shows including Howard Stern, Bloomberg news and Rick Dees.
As a comedienne, Fran Capo has performed in major comedy clubs from Dangerfield’s in NY to the Tropicana in Vegas, and in Okinawa for the Marines. With her own novelty rap record, Rappin Mae, she toured with LL Cool J and the Fat Boys.
On the corporate front, Capo is sought after not only as a motivational speaker and spokesperson but also as a featured author. Her topics include: Dare to Do it, The Secrets of Publicity, Success Made Simple, Humor in Business Speaking and Creativity in Marketing.
Fran's commercials use characters ranging from a judge to the world’s oldest customer. She's done spokesperson work for: Nissan, Pitney Bowes, Expedia.ca, Papa John's Pizza, GE Capital, Flexon, IBM, 1-800-Flowers, Perdue, Snickers Marathon Energy Bars, Auntie Anne Pretzels & Chock Full of Nuts.
As an actress and voiceover talent Fran has appeared in cartoons and films including; Lonely in America with Spike Lee; in the Sundance Film Festival winner, Sunday; Signs of the Cross winner- Pocono & Long Island International film festivals for best picture,4000 & Just Laugh (released 10/08)
Several authors have profiled Fran in their show business books including, Comic Lives by Betsy Borns and Revolutionary Laughter by Roz Warren. As a freelance writer, her motivational and adventure stories appeared in Caribbean Magazine, Internet sites, Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul and the Random House book, Life’s a Stitch. Fran has a weekly blog called "Fran's world" for the WB (www.mysweetconnection.com).
As an adventurer Fran has bungeed, swam with sharks, flown combat aircraft, driven race cars, eaten fire & crawled in a polar bear den. In addition she holds 3 other world records: Highest booksigning - Top of Kilimanjaro; Deepest booksigning - at wreck site of Titanic; Most patients seen in 2 days; 21, 695.
Fran’s books include: It Happened in New York, Almost a Wise Guy, and Adrenaline Adventures. You can hear Fran’s theme song, check out her reality show, see comedy clips, etc. at her website: www.francapo.com. Fran is presently the voice of XM-Sirius radio with her national radio commercial.
“She’s amazing. She’s a genius.”- CBS This Morning
“Fran’s talent knocks you
over right away.” -Newsday
TELEVISION
Ripley's Believe it or Not
Martha Stewart Living
Dog Eat Dog
TRL on MTV
CBS this morning
Talk Soup
Entertainment Tonight
Larry King Live
The New Mickey Mouse Club
The Late Show
The Statler Brothers
NIGHTCLUBS
Carolines- NY
Laugh Factory - LA
Grand Ole Oprey - TN
Tropicana - Las Vegas
Oakdale Theater - CT
CORPORATE
Bank of America
WalMart
Citibank
Conair Hair Care
Motorola
Masterfoods USA
Nissan
USA Cable Network
Auntie Anne's Pretzels
COLLEGES
Cortland University
Princeton University
Queens College
St. John's University
CARTOONS
Monica’s Gang
Candy Claus
Addams Family*
