Maurice Alberto Rocca
(born January 28, 1969 in Washington, DC), better known as Mo Rocca
, is an American writer, comedian and political satirist.
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Early life and work
Rocca, of Colombian (mother) and Italian (father) descent, attended
Georgetown Preparatory School, the
Jesuit boys school in
North Bethesda, Maryland and later went on to graduate from
Harvard University in 1991 with a
B.A. in
literature. He served as president of Harvard's
Hasty Pudding Theatricals, performing in four of the company's notorious burlesques and even co-authoring one (
Suede Expectations
). Later, he worked as a writer and producer for the children's television series
Wishbone
,
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
and
Pepper Ann
. He was also a consulting editor to the men's magazine
Perfect 10.
Career
Rocca is a regular panelist on
NPR's
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
and a regular contributor to
CBS' Sunday Morning
with
Charles Osgood. He was a regular correspondent for
NBC's
The Tonight Show
, recently providing 2008 election coverage, as well as for
MSNBC's
Countdown with Keith Olbermann. He was a commentator on
VH1's
Best Week Ever
, as well as the
I Love The...
specials. He was the host of
Things I Hate About You
on
Bravo.
He was the host of
Whoa! Sunday
which premiered in 2005 on
Animal Planet. He was a regular contributor to
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
from 1998 to 2003. He is a regular judge on the
Food Network's
Iron Chef America
. In 2007, he appeared with fellow
Daily Show
alum
Ed Helms in the indie family sci-fi comedy
I'll Believe You
.
Rocca contributed to AOL Newsbloggers
[1]. His blog was titled
Mo Rocca 180°: Only Half as Tedious as the Regular News
. On
Broadway, Rocca played the role of Vice Principal Douglas Panch in "
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee".
He is single and lives in New York.
References
- '''Mo Rocca 180°''': Only Half as Tedious as the Regular News