I recently did Fox and Friends. This was my second time on the show.

The first time was to promote my book, Almost a Wise Guy. It was great.

This time it was to promote the new Ripley's Believe it or Not – Remarkable Revealed book that I'm in. (Page 222...not that I have it memorized or anything)

The thing you learn when you are a guest on a TV show is that they have an agenda and you have an agenda. The goal is to make the two meet. Their agenda is to entertain their audience and to get you to answer their questions. Your agenda is to entertain the audience, be natural, get your message or projects mentioned and hopefully get invited back on the show.

Usually when I get asked on a TV show it's because they want me to demonstrate my fast talking talents, which I have fun doing. They come up with a whole bunch of ways for me to do that...read the weather fast, a newscast, tell a bedtime story...read a Christmas story, open the show, close the show, do the week in review, play a prank on a host...you name it...they try it. The funnier the better as far as I'm concerned.

However, since I am not only a fast talker but also a comedienne, motivational speaker, adventurer, author and spokesperson as well (Like the way I fit that all in?), I often have another reason to be there. This was no exception.

Fox wanted me on to do the sports review really fast. They thought it would be funny to have me do a synopsis of the game while the video was playing. They would speed up the playbacks and see if they could keep up with my talking. It would be like a silent film narrated by Alvin and the Chipmunks. That was their agenda.

I was game as long as I got a copy of the scripts before hand since I'm the fastest talking female, not the fastest reader. I also wanted to make sure I had time to work with the teleprompter person so that we would match speeds.

Besides demonstrating my motor mouth speed...my agenda was to make sure the people who booked me, namely Ripley's...got their moment in the sun as well. So Ripley's needed me to mention their new book and I, being a brand unto myself, wanted to touch on my upcoming projects, namely my Success Made Simple Seminars with John Basedow and my website where they could find out about it. I new I would have to flex my tongue for more than just the NFL and score a touchdown, if I was to get this all in.

As with all shows, the segment producer called to go over the game plan; how long the segment would be, what I would demonstrate, what I needed to bring to the set (I.e.; The Ripley's book) etc.

She also gave me other logistics, like what time the car would pick me up, and that they had a makeup artist.

When the show has a make up artist that's always a bonus. This way you don't have to dab the heavy-duty stuff on yourself. The professionals do a much better job of getting rid of that, "I just rolled out of bed ten minutes ago look."

The producer and I got along great. After a few minutes of talking we had our plan. In my three-minute segment; I'd be introduced, do the Three Little Pigs, chitchat with the host how I broke the record, mention the Ripley's book, and then do the sports.

She told me I'd have a chance to go over the scripts and practice with the teleprompter person, and I'd be good to go.

Since Fox and Friends is on early...and I don't exactly live around the corner from NYC anymore...I had to get up at 4 a.m. and the car was here at 5 a.m. Somehow talking fast before the sun is up doesn't seem right. Lucky my segment wasn't until 7:35. (Yes, every minute is accounted for on TV and radio.)

Since Fox and Friends is a live show, you want to make sure you are on the set and miked when your time has come, not sitting in traffic somewhere in the back of a limo, ‘cause lets face it, there are usually no cameras there...and if there are...well that's a whole other reality show.

So to prevent you missing your national coverage and leaving them with an absentee guest, TV stations like you to be at the studio between a half hour to an hour early. That's the insurance policy.

I arrived at Fox at 6:30 a.m. I was led through security by a wonderful assistant named AJ. Turns out AJ used to be a radio personality at Hofstra University and he interviewed me about 2 years ago... now here he is a graduate and working at Fox...pretty cool. He asked if I remembered him, and I did... because he had done a great job.

AJ now led me to the green room (which is usually not green btw).

I asked him for the sports scripts. He got them for me and I went over them as I was getting my hair done...then I was off into makeup. I do like this pampering part...they know just how to make you look great on TV. I was in the room with only a few guests...as the segment got closer I was escorted into the room with the other guests. My mike was checked, a hairdresser buffed up my hair and smiled and then I was seated next to the host Brian.

For our segment it was just Brian and me. I never did get a chance to work with the teleprompter person; such is the nature of TV (especially live when things are in a big rush)... so I'd have to read off the script.

As soon as we were on camera, Brian said, "I believe I met my match. Fran Capo is with me and she won the title of the Worlds Fastest Talking Female according to Ripley's Believe it or Not."

So far so good...the first mention was done...two more to go.

I thought he'd ask me how I broke the record or say other things that I've done...but he went straight to ..."How about you read the sports highlights and show people what you can do."

The one thing you learn in TV, especially live, is to roll with the punches. You don't want to have this dumbfounded look on your face like you were just shot with a stun gun. So I went into the fast sports mode.

I had no clue if I was on camera or not...so I tried to be animated.... just in case. Turns out there was a split screen with me on one side and the poor football people on tape trying to keep up. Since I couldn't see what was playing (not that it would matter anyway, since I have no clue about football...) I just kept speeding along.

At one point Brian said, "You are two pages ahead of the videos!"

I smiled, "Well then, they'll just have to keep up. "As I finished each page, I dramatically flung it into the air. Thank goodness I didn't give him a paper cut.

After the sports...Brian talked about the book again... I pointed to it and mentioned that I was on page 222. He asked me if my husband understood me...I said, "Well when I would get into a fight with my ex-husband he would say, "Was I in a fight?" And I say, "Not only were you in it, its over... you lost." The crew laughed.

At that point, Brian was about to close out the segment, but I still had two more message points I needed to get in... so I slipped in that I was a motivational speaker with my Success Made Simple seminars with John Basedow. Brian smiled, I think impressed that I slipped that in.

The clock was ticking on my three-minute segment. Brian asked me to close out the segment by reading the trivia question on the teleprompter. Since, we hadn't practiced our pacing I wasn't sure how it was going to go... but there I was on live national TV... it's sure as hell not the time to start whining... So I winged it.

I could tell the teleprompter person wasn't sure how fast to go either... it was like two people dancing together for the first time, sometimes stepping on each others feet, sometimes both trying to take the lead.

Since, I had no clue what was going to come up on the screen... I had my mouth saying one thing, and my brain trying to read ahead a few lines. After all I certainly didn't want to be like that guy in the movie Anchorman... who just read everything on screen. What if I get some jokester that says, for a good time call Fran at...

As I saw the final words come up on the teleprompter, I knew it was now or never to mention my website...so I did. Then I rested my head on Brian's shoulder and they cut to the next segment.

Brian shook my hand and thanked me. I thanked him in return. We both accomplished our agendas and were happy. There's no better way for a TV show to end.

Thanks Fox and Friends!