Mo Rocca
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Maurice Alberto Rocca (born January 28, 1969) is an American humorist, reporter, and actor.
He is a reporter for CBS Sunday Morning, as the host and designer of My Grandmother's Ravioli on the Cooking Channel, as well as the host of The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation on CBS.
He is the moderator of the National Geographic Society's National Geographic Bee.
With CBS News' Mo Rocca, he is the host of the podcast Mobituaries.
Early life and work
Rocca was born in Washington, D.C.; his mother immigrated from Bogotá, Colombia, at the age of 28, and his father, Leominster, Massachusetts, was a third generation Italian-American. He attended Georgetown Preparatory School, a Jesuit boys' academy in North Bethesda, Maryland. He graduated from Harvard University in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature. He served as president of Hasty Pudding Theatricals in Harvard, appearing in four of the company's most popular burlesques and co-authoring one (Suede Expectations). He appeared Seymour in a production of Little Shop of Horrors, which co-starred current Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson while attending Harvard.
Personal life
Rocca declared that he is gay on The Six Pack podcast in July 2011. (episode 73). Gay rights campaigners applauded Pope Francis' participation in the 85th Mass in Madison Square Garden in September.
Career
Rocca began his career as a performer in the Southeast Asia tour of the musical Grease (1993) and Paper Mill Playhouse's South Pacific (1994).
Wishbone's first television appearance was as a writer and producer for the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning children's television series Wishbone. He also wrote for The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss on the Nickelodeon TV channel and Pepper Ann on ABC TV.
In 2011, he was named in the 64th Annual Tony Awards as a writer.
Rocca was a regular correspondent for The Daily Show from 1998 to 2003, giving him his first experience with television. "That's Quite Interesting" was his campaign's news about Indecision 2000 and a regular feature on "That's Quite Interesting."
In 2004, he served as a convention floor reporter for Larry King Live at the Democratic and Republican national conventions.
He served as a regular correspondent on the NBC TV network from 2004 to 2008, and also covered the 2008 election for NBC.
Rocca is a regular correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley. His book includes news, features, and profiles (such as of Chris Rock and Amy Schumer) with an emphasis on presidential history.
He is a regular panelist on the quiz show Wait, Wait! Don't Tell Me! On the NPR radio network, there are three main personalities.
Rocca joined CBS This Morning in 2012 as a regular contributor.
Rocca converted his obsession with obituaries into a podcast called Mobituaries, which is currently on Season 3.
All the Presidents' Pets: The Story of One Reporter Who Refused to Roll Over is Rocca's satirical book that was published by Crown Books in 2004.
In 2019, Rocca, launching Mobituaries, a book about underappreciated people in history such as Elizabeth Jennings Graham.
With CBS Eye Productions on the Cooking Channel from 2012 to 2015, Rocca created and hosted My Grandmother's Ravioli, teaching grandmothers and grandfathers how to cook in their kitchens.
He appeared on Food(ography) on the Cooking Channel before being a regular judge on Iron Chef America on the Food Network.
Rocca was a commentator on VH1's I Love the 1970s and I Love the 1980s. He was the host of Bravo's Things I Hate About You and Whoa! This Sunday, the Animal Planet TV channel premiered in 2005. In the episodes "Authority" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) and "Contract"), he appeared in 2008 (Law & Order: Criminal Intent).
He has been the host of The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation, a weekly television show that has appeared on Saturdays as part of the CBS Dream Team since 2014.
Rocca was Lector during the Mass commemorated by Pope Francis at Madison Square Garden in New York City on September 25, 2015.
In the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Rocca appeared as Vice Principal Douglas Panch on Broadway.
Rocca appeared in Bewitched 2005 and I'll Believe You in the 2007 independent science-fiction family comedy I'll Believe You with fellow Daily Show alumnus Ed Helms. Rocca narrated the documentary Electoral Dysfunction, which satirically examines the American electoral system and which aired on PBS in 2012 and 2016.
He posted a scripture reading (in Spanish) on social media during Pope Francis' 2015 Mass at Madison Square Garden, where he appeared as Lector during Pope Francis' visit to Madison Square Garden.
Mo Rocca 180°: Only Half as Tedious as the Regular News, according to his contribution to AOL Newsbloggers.
Rocca appeared on a celebrity episode of Jeopardy on May 13, 2015. At a total of $41,600, she came in second, behind CNN's John Berman.
In 2016, Rocca began moderating the National Geographic Bee finals. Soledad O'Brien preceded him, and Alex Trebek preceded O'Brien. He steered the bee from 2016 to its final competition in 2019.
In the second season of The Good Fight, Rocca appeared as a conservative morning TV show host.