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Mo Rocca

Mo Rocca
Mo Rocca at Papal Youth Rally in New York - 2008.jpg
Mo Rocca in 2008
Pseudonym Mo Rocca
Birth name Maurice Alberto Rocca
Born (1969-01-28) January 28, 1969 (age 48)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Medium Television, Radio, Blog
Nationality American
Years active 1995-present
Genres Humor, News
Notable works and roles The Daily Show
The Tonight Show
Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!
CBS Sunday Morning
My Grandmother's Ravioli
The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation

Maurice Alberto "Mo" Rocca (January 28, 1969) is 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.

Rocca was born in Washington, D.C.; his mother immigrated there from Bogotá, Colombia in 1956 at age 28, and his father [was] third generation Italian-American from Leominster, Massachusetts. He attended Georgetown Preparatory School, the Jesuit boys' school in North Bethesda, Maryland. He graduated from Harvard University in 1991 with a bachelor of arts degree in literature. He served as president of Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, performing in four of the company's notorious burlesques and co-authoring one (Suede Expectations).

Rocca began his career acting on stage in the Southeast Asia tour of the musical Grease (1993) and Paper Mill Playhouse's South Pacific (1994).

His first television work 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 the ABC TV network.


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