“She’s amazing. She’s a genius.”- CBS This Morning

 

“Fran’s talent  knocks you

 over right away.” -Newsday

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 (2009).

 

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, Rick Dees and Comedy Cures laugh talk radio. 

 

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. You may recognize her from her national XM-Siruis radio spot. 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 and Mozilla.

 

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, 

 

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 writes weekly blogs for Warner Brothers and www.travelingmom.com as Adventure Girl.

 

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 book signing - Top of Kilimanjaro; Deepest book signing - 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 the co-host of a new TV show: Live it Up! With Donna Drake & Fran Capo.

 

 

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*