Mo Rocca
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Mo Rocca (born Maurice Alberto Rocca on January 28, 1969 in Washington, DC) is an American writer, comedian, and political satirist.
Rocca graduated from Harvard University in 1991 with a B.A. in literature. He served as president of Harvard's Hasty Pudding comedy group. Later, he worked as a writer and producer for the children's television series "Wishbone" (1995), "The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss" (1996) and "Pepper Ann" (1997), and a consulting editor to the men's magazine Perfect 10. Rocca is best know for his work as a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1998-2003).
Rocca was a contributor to KUOW's "Rewind" (cancelled July 10, 2004) and occasionally NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!. Mo Rocca appeared in VH1's decade shows: I Love the 80s, I Love the 70s, I Love the 80s Strikes Back, I Love the 90s, and I Love the 90s: Part Deux. The series officially states his occupation as "media gadfly." He is the host of "Things I Hate About You" on Bravo.
Rocca was an on-the-floor correspondent for Larry King on CNN, at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, which he called an "Obamarama". Though occasionally making straight insights and political comments, Rocca's irrelevant and irreverent statements were a humorous contrast to King's more staid politician and pundit guests. Rocca characterized Teresa Heinz Kerry as the "Siren of the Serengeti", and expressed affinity with the statement by keynote speaker, Barack Obama, about the pains of growing up as a skinny boy with a funny name. Later, during his report to King from the convention floor alongside the Pennsylvania delegates, he exclaimed "Everybody's talking Teresa, Teresa, Teresa!" Rocca spent a good deal of his time with the Convention delegates from American Samoa. He returned as a correspondent for the 2004 Republican National Convention.
Rocca is the author of the All the Presidents' Pets: The Inside Story of One Reporter Who Refused to Roll Over.
He currently hosts Whoa! Sunday on the Animal Planet.
References
"Mo Rocca." Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0733618/) Retrieved 2-1-2005.