Fran Capo - World's Fastest Talking Female

Fran Capo

Guinness Book Worlds Records
Fastest Talking Female
Actress - Comedienne - Voiceovers -Writer

About Fran Capo
Dubbed “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 fast talking, boundless energy, down to earth approach makes her easy to relate to and a fun quick witted TV guest. She has appeared worldwide on over 150 TV shows including Good Morning America, Larry King Live, Geraldo, Entertainment Tonight, and Ripley's Believe it or Not. She has been featured on over 250 radio shows including Howard Stern and Scott and Todd on WPLJ.

As a comedienne, Fran Capo has performed in major comedy clubs and colleges from Dangerfield’s in New York to the Comedy Stop at the Trop in Las Vegas. 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 an impostor speaker but also as a seminar presenter. She is a vibrant, witty, down-to-earth inspirational speaker. Her topics and books authored of the same title include: How to Get Publicity without a Publicist, How to Break into Voiceovers, Dare to Do It, and Humor and Business Speaking.

Fran also has numerous commercials under her belt, with characters ranging from a judge to the worlds oldest customer for Nissan, Pitney Bowes, Pudgies Chicken, MCI, GE Capital, Flexon Eyeglasses, and 1-800-Flowers.As an actress and voiceover talent Fran has appeared in several movies and cartoons including Lonely in America, with Spike Lee and in the 1997 Sundance Film Festival winner, Sunday.

Several authors have profiled Fran Capo in their show business books including, Comic Lives by Betsy Borns, Tricks of the Trade by Jerry Dunn, and Revolutionary Laughter by Roz Warren. Fran is also a freelance writer with her stories appearing in Caribbean Magazine, Internet sites and Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul. If you want to take Fran home, check out her audio tape Fran's Fast Fractured Fairy Tales or log into the First Cyber-sitcom: The Estrogen Files: Money, Men & Motherhood @ www.theEstrogenFiles.Net. Her 4th book It Happened in New York was just released July 2000.

Capo has bungee jumped, walked on 2000 degree coals, scuba dived with sharks, swam with dolphins, parachuted, and flown combat airplanes. (How would you like to be her insurance agent?)

Fran's Programs:

THE HUMOR APPROACH

Humor is a powerful tool. It can heal the sick (ask Norman Cousins), improve morale (ask Bob Hope), or win an argument (ask your spouse), or make you into a powerfully dynamic leader, team builder and speaker...From school teachers to lawyers, and salespeople to doctors, everyone can benefit from The Humor Approach.

Fran Capo will teach you how to:

Create a strong positive self image

Build confidence in yourself and others

Use humor to relieve stress on the job

Enhance creativity and productivity

Mediate conflicts and build teams

Increase the effectiveness of your speeches and presentations

"The funniest seminar leader alive!" Paul Karasik, President, American Seminar Leaders Association

"Capo springs to the stage. She is full of energy, capturing the audience with her outgoing presence." Feature Magazine, NY

DARE TO DO IT
A Motivational experience

Now you can take control of your life. Fran Capo, who has learned to turn her fears into fearlessness, has been showing others how to do the same and succeed.

Fran will show you how to be D.R.I.V.E.N.

Determined

Resilient

Industrious

Vigorous

Enthusiastic

Nervy

Using humor, inspirational anecdotes, demonstrations and group participation, Capo's lecture will reveal her secrets to overcoming self-imposed limitations. Whether your particular self-defeating behavior causes you financial, personal, career, spiritual, or emotional challenges, you will leave feeling motivated and ready to overcome any obstacle.
Try it - we dare you!

"She's amazing. She's a genius." Ernie Anastos, CBS This Morning

"You are an inspiration to anyone who has a dream and needs a little help getting off their butt to follow it." Jeanne Winkle, Enterprise Leasing

"Fran is a speaker who is always inspirational and also funny at the same time. When I saw her I knew that I found a winner." Janette Barber, Supervising Producer/Writer Rosie O'Donnell Show

HOW TO GET PUBLICITY WITHOUT A PUBLICIST

If you're an entrepreneur, public speaker, entertainer, events planner, small business owner or politician... you need publicity

Advertising is incredibly costly...publicity is free advertising! Anyone can do it, you just need to know how. Fran Capo will teach you her step-=by-step method for getting media exposure.

You will learn how to:

Develop a professional media kit

Create a "salable hook"

Use the "buzzwords" that interest the media

Set yourself apart from the competition

Prepare yourself for media appearances

Gather a list of publicity sources

Tell the world that you have arrive--for free! A few minutes of publicity is worth thousands of dollars in paid advertising.

"Success is the only place to go with this workshop. Thank you for creating something so valuable." Pam Kramer, Bradley Baron Agency

"Your presentation was on the mark, hilarious, raised the level of spirit with the group and was generously applauded by all members of the audience." Doug Kulig, Manager of Sales Training, Motorola

Additional Lecture topics:

Each workshop/lecture can be from 20 minutes to full day workshops. They can be straight information or interactive. All done in high energy, fun, professional and educational style. Perfect for Schools, Colleges, Corporate, Adult Education, Woman's Groups, Book Signings, Career and Specialty Groups.

Humor in Business Speaking (based on her book)

Humor in the Work Place

Humor in Parenting

Dare to Do it (Motivational Speaking)

How to Get Publicity Without a Publicist (based on her book)

How to Break into Voice-overs (based on her book)

It Happened in New York (Based on chapters from her amusing history book, "It Happened in New York" with Falcon Press)

Fran Capo is available for:

1) Freelance Writer: With over 300 published articles, Fran is available to write web content on travel, parenting, humor, public speaking, stage presence, publicity, success stories, adventure, New York history, voice-overs, writing related issues,' how to get started' articles, and acting tips. She can also do copy for brochures, booklets, and press releases.

2) The Great Impostor Routine:
(Fran poses as an expert in any field for corporate and trade show events, a great way to add spark and humor to seminars. Routine is tailored to function. Ask for Corporate tape and press kit.)

3) Stand-up Comedy Engagements:
(Nightclubs, corporate, cruise ships, private functions. Ask for stand-up or corporate tape.)

4) World Record Fast Talking demonstrations or tailor made scripts for commercials, infomercials and trade shows.

5) Character Voice-Overs for commercials, promos, in-house promotions, radio shows, you name it. (Ask for voiceover demo tape.)

7) Radio & TV Interviews: Fran can speak as an expert on any of the above topics. Or if you want to have fun and just interview her as a personality about her fast talking and books.

8) Radio and Television Programming:
The Estrogen Files: Money, Men & Motherhood (www.theEstrogenFiles.Net)
Based on Fran Capo & Anna Collins award winning cybersitcom, The Estrogen
Files is now available on CD for interested talk-radio stations who are seeking weekly programming for their stations. Starting the month of August it can be heard on
M4 Radio on the Internet (stay tuned for more details).
Currently it is also being shopped around for a home on television to be made into a weekly sitcom.

9) Radio or TV Host: With two years at WBLS-FM radio as a weather girl and comedy relief personality, 250 radio interviews ,her own cable show "Anything Goes" and over 100 television interviews, Fran is very comfortable in a hosting position. Adding humor, energy and her upbeat personality, she is available to host radio and television shows.

10) One-on-one private consultation @ $125 per hour in voice-overs, stand-up comedy and publicity. Minimum 2 hours.

A Partial Listing of Audiences and Clients that Fran Capo has Wowed Nationwide:

TELEVISION
CBS this morning
Rikki Lake
Entertainment Tonight Geraldo
Larry King Live
The New Mickey Mouse Club Sally Jessie
The Late Show
The Statler Brothers

NIGHTCLUBS
Carolines- NY
Catch - NY
Laugh Factory - LA
Grand Ole Oprey - TN Tropicana - Las Vegas Oakdale Theater - CT

CORPORATE
Bank of America
Bellcore Beneficial Finance Citibank
Citibank
Conair Hair Care
Illinois Pharmacists Association
Knights of Columbus
Motorola
New York Life
Nissan
USA Cable Network

COLLEGES
Cortland University
Drew University
Princeton University
Queens College
St. John's University
University of Pennsylvania
West Virginia State University

CARTOONS
Monica’s Gang
Candy Claus
Addams Family
Care Bears

KEYNOTE FEE CATEGORY $3,500 - $6,500

* Honorarium can vary depending on presentation length, distance to venue and many other factors. All fees are plus travel expenses and subject to change, so please call for an exact quote.

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