fastest person to record and syndicate a
song, "Adventure Girl: The Fran Capo
Theme Song, From Concept to National
Airplay in 24 Hours." There is nothing slow
about Capo!
Pictures to hire her to help promote Eddie
Murphy's recent movie, A Thousand Words.
She has also been the spokesperson for a
number of companies, including Master
Foods, Auntie Anne's Pretzels, Mr. Steam,
and Ripley's Believe It or Not!
and next to it should be a picture of Fran Capo. Her professional
career started off sane enough as a comedy writer and weather
one thing led to another. For Capo, that "one thing" was a Mae West
impersonation that led to a Daily News feature article. That interview
led the reporter to ask Capo the inevitable question about her future
career plans.
She asked me what I planned to do and I told her that part was a secret."
The truth is that Capo had no idea what she planned to do, because
she had thought of it only seconds before. After some intense research
to meet the reporter's five o'clock deadline, Capo settled on becoming
the world's fastest-talking woman.
record on his new talk show live in front of millions of viewers. Reciting
the 91st Psalm from the Bible, Capo spoke 585 words in one minute.
That was in 1986. Later, in 1990, Capo broke her own record with 603
words in 54.2 seconds. That's 11 words a second!
done later," Capo confesses. So far, that's worked out. She holds five
world records: The second is for conducting a book signing at the top of
Kilimanjaro; the third is for becoming the first ordained minister to recite
a prayer and conduct a book signing underwater in a submersible at the
site of the sunken Titanic; the fourth is for participating in giving the
most patients chiropractic help over a two-day period in the Dominican
speaker, comedienne, and artist. But she
is most proud of her job as a mother. Her
son, Spencer, has been there for most of
her world-class feats. When it comes to
parenting, Capo says that most people tone
down their behavior to keep from inciting
dangerous behavior by their children--but
not Capo. She is "one fast mother!"
son went ziplining in the Catskills at 55
mph. For his twenty-first birthday, Capo
encouraged her son to perform his first
tandem skydive.