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John Moschitta Jr.

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John Moschitta Jr.

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Overview

  • Born
    August 6, 1954 · New York City, New York, USA
  • Nicknames
    • The Fast Talking Guy
    • Motormouth
  • Height
    1.75 m

Biography

    • John Moschitta Jr. was born on August 6, 1954 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Federal Express: Fast Paced World (1981), John Bronco (2020) and Transformers: Animated (2007).

Trademarks

  • Known for his rapid speech delivery

Trivia

  • Is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's fastest talker.
  • Was once hired as a speaker for a corportate presentation when a client discovered that they didn't have enough time to give a full presentation. He managed to give the full presentation in 1/4th the needed time.
  • Has appeared in several commercials, among the more famous of which are for FedEx and Micro Machines. A handful of the Micro Machine commercials have featured his real-life son, John III.
  • Has one elder sister, who cannot talk nearly as fast...but whom John credits with inspiring him to self-train accordingly, since "it always drove her wild".
  • He has a twin sister and four younger sisters as well.

Quotes

  • [about Orson Welles] And, uh, uh, oddly enough he was playing Unicron. The, the planet that was eating the Universe. And he looked like he had been eating the Universe.
  • [on going for the world record for fast-talking]: I decided I wasn't going to eat a car or swallow lead pipe. The only thing I could really do that didn't cost any money was fast talking.

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