782- My Dream To Come To The USA with Storyteller Frank Traynor
Story Worthy
Story Worthy Media
4.1 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Frank Traynor (Four-time Moth Champion, It’s Funny Now) grew up in Argentina with a strong desire to move to the US. All he needed was a chance to come to network with the right people. His opportunity came when he started a job as a creative for an advertising agency and his boss sent him to Miami to win a new client– but everything changed when he had a chance to ride a Vespa for the first time in his life. Listen to this hilarious story of coming to America.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Storyworthy. Today on the show, Master Storyteller, Frank Traynor, talks about his dream to come to the United States. |
| 0:09.4 | My boss shows up to my office, opens the door just like with this look of completely feeding his face and just goes, |
| 0:15.5 | please tell me you have a passport with a tourist visa to enter the U.S. because I don't know who to ask anymore. |
| 0:22.2 | So basically I'm like their last resource. |
| 0:25.3 | I'm like, yeah, sure, I'll go. |
| 0:26.4 | So having a passport, an updated passport, like it's basically why they chose me. |
| 0:30.9 | But again, this is a great test for me to, you know, network and maybe get a job here. |
| 0:35.0 | So I cannot fuck this up, which is a thing that I tend to do. |
| 0:40.1 | Today on the show, storyteller, Frank Traynor, talks about his dream to come to the U.S. |
| 0:44.9 | Stay close. |
| 0:47.1 | Hey, it's Frank Traynor, and you're listening to Storyworthy. |
| 0:50.1 | Thank you. Welcome to Storyworthy. |
| 1:01.0 | My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California. |
| 1:06.1 | Whether you're a longtime fan of the show of almost 13 years, or you're a new listener. Welcome to Storyworthy. |
| 1:13.3 | Now, I hope you guys enjoyed the story last week by Joe Coyle. Boy, I'll tell you, Joe Coyle, |
| 1:18.5 | what an interesting person. You know, primarily on Storyworthy, I have comedians and sometimes |
| 1:24.2 | storytellers, but Joe Coyle, he came out of the left field. |
| 1:28.4 | But his story is so interesting because he was George Clooney stand-in for nine feature films. |
| 1:37.3 | And also was George Clooney stand-in on ER. |
| 1:41.0 | So he just has this really interesting life that he led, like so close to Hollywood. |
| 1:46.9 | But now he's back in Pennsylvania. And it's just a really interesting story. He also stood in |
| 1:52.2 | for Ben Affleck and other stars. So go back, you guys. Listen to Joe Coyle last week talking about |
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