Mo Rocca
Mo Rocca
Maurice Alberto "Mo" Roccais an American humorist, journalist and actor. He is a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning, the host and creator of My Grandmother's Ravioli on the Cooking Channel, and also the host of The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation on CBS...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth28 January 1969
CountryUnited States of America
tired writing should-have
I was way too hyperactive to study for long. I would freak out, then crash, then be too tired to read or write. I really should have had less sugar.
book writing past
As the great philosopher George Santayana would have said, 'those who cannot remember the past . . . should simply read Jan Van Meter's Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.' Van Meter's greatest hits collection of slogans is the catchiest ever retelling of American history. It's like the greatest minds of Madison Avenue sat down to write a history book. They don't make sound bites like they used to!
father writing hard-work
Think of all that hard work our founding fathers put in - the revolutionizing, the three-fifths compromising, having to write the entire Constitution with a quill - and yet they neglected to include the right to vote.
writing thinking people
The most important thing is to write material that YOU think is funny. If you don't think it's funny, but you're convinced that other people will think it is, well they won't.
edge sort
I think I've always sort of been conflicted and on the edge of something. I don't think I could do what I do if I wasn't on the edge.
I can't be everything to everyone. Send me your specs.
came historical huge reason shock system
Something that came as a shock to me is that we do not have a constitutional right to vote. And that's not just a fun little historical factoid. It actually has huge ramifications. It's the reason our system is so decentralized - in other words, chaotic.
both cool either funny john mccain mean obama reagan
I think that Obama is very cool. And I think he's clever, and I think he can be witty. But I don't think he's funny in either the way that Reagan was funny - or John McCain and Dick Cheney are both funny in that ruthless, kind of mean way.
came hybrid kept known pendulum separate shall swinging twain
No, no, no separate but equal... never the twain shall meet. And the pendulum kept swinging and it came to rest in the bastard hybrid known as the Daily Show.
behind legs tv watch
It's one of my favorite things to do, watch TV and stretch. I'm so flexible. I can put my legs behind my head. I want to be the most flexible person in the world.
game guy risk ruining
It addresses a life-long concern, the risk of someone ruining your game. I just don't want you, 50 years down the road, to have your game killed by some guy with a shinier walker.
daily difficult family news tv vicious
It has been difficult on my family -- my 8-year-old daughter, Sally. You know how vicious second-graders can be about the Daily News TV column.
character color content jackson judged light michael needs
I think that Michael Jackson needs to be judged on the content of his character, not on the bleached mocha latte light color of his skin.
daily news shows
Once I started working for 'The Daily Show,' then real news shows wanted me.