Fran Capo: May 2006 Archives

One Officer, Officer Dunne, says, "Okay folks sorry to tell you this, but you are NOT going to get in." The deer-in-the-headlight looks from all the comics made him elaborate.

"I'm not kidding. This is the deal. The casting people are only staying till 5 PM. Each comic has to go in, fill out papers, say hello, audition for three minutes, etc. We calculated the last person who could audition by counting all the people in line. We put a ...

>> Continue reading: Judge and Be Judged Part 2

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Okay, I know the title sounds like a passage from the Bible, but don't worry, now that I've thawed out from the Ice hotel… I'm not about to give you a sermon. Instead this is about how in one week I went from almost being judged by two people…to judging twenty. Typical in Fran's world.

So here's the scoop. All of my friends know that I'm a stand up comic. They also know that I go on auditions of all types… from acting, to voiceovers t...

>> Continue reading: Judge and be Judged Part 1

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When my son, Spencer was fourteen, I used to drive him every Sunday morning to Aikido class at a Judo School in Forest Hills, Queens.

It was his choice to take this form of martial arts. Aikido is martial art that combines fluid movement, grappling techniques and channeling of internal energy, your *ki, to defend yourself. It teaches you t...

>> Continue reading: Friends through the Azaleas

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My third nature call came at 7:30. I tried to hold it as long as possible knowing that our wake up call was coming soon. At 8:15 I was about to burst and decided that I was getting up for good.

I took my clothes and ran to the heated trailer. People were already up, and in the hot tub. I zoomed by.

At 8:30 I got the troops up. Jamie was already up apparently the polar bear woke her up as well.

After we all got dressed...

>> Continue reading: A REALLY COOL Hotel - in every sense of the word. Part 2

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Last I left you guys I had introduced my crazy family to you and was off on another Capo adventure, this time to the Ice Hotel.

Joining me on my adventure were my son, Spencer, my fiancee, Steve and his daughter, Jamie. The three people I love most to drag into these things.

The Ice Hotel or as the French say it, "Hotel de Glace" is twenty...

>> Continue reading: A REALLY COOL Hotel - in every sense of the word.

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