Fran Capo - The World’s Fastest Talking Woman Guinness Record Holder - Comedienne - Adventurer - Author - Actress Motivational Speaker - Spokesperson - HostDubbed “Fast Talker Extraordinaire” by the Associated Press, comedienne 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 per minute. That’s 10 words a second! Her record also appears in Ripley’s Believe it or Not - 2006 Planet Eccentric book.
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 250 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 and Nick at Nite’s - Hi Jinx. She’s been heard on over 1000 radio shows including Howard Stern.
As a comedienne, Fran Capo has performed in major comedy clubs from Dangerfield’s in New York to the Tropicana in Las 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: How to Get Publicity without a Publicist, How to Break into Voiceovers, Dare to Do It, Humor and Business Speaking and Creativity in Marketing.
Fran has done commercials with characters ranging from a judge to the world’s oldest customer and spokesperson work for: Nissan, Pitney Bowes, Pudgies Chicken, GE Capital, Flexon Eyeglasses, 1-800-Flowers, Perdue Short Cut Entrees, Snickers Marathon Energy Bars, & Auntie Anne Pretzels.
As an actress and voiceover talent Fran has appeared in several movies and cartoons including Lonely in America, with Spike Lee and in the Sundance Film Festival winner, Sunday. Fran appears in “Signs of the Cross” which won both the 2005 Pocono film festival and the Long Island film festival for best picture.
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 Carribean 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 (http://www.mysweetconnection.com/).
As an adventurer Fran has bungeed, swam with sharks, flown combat aircraft, driven race cars, crawled in a Polar bear den, climbed Kilimanjaro and dove to the wreck site of the Titanic where she set a new world record as the first person to ever do a booksigning and memorial prayer down there…that record will appear in the 2007 Ripley’s Believe it or Not - Planet Eccentric book.
You can check out her audio tape Fran’s Fast Fractured Fairy Tales. Fran’s books include: It Happened in New York, Almost a Wise Guy, It Happened in New Jersey and Adrenaline Adventures. You can learn more about Fran and see a video at her website: http://www.francapo.com/.
