In 1999, Mo Rocca was enlisted by the IRS to perform a comprehensive audit on the rapidly expanding cable television industry. Since that time, as part of his investigation, he has appeared on Comedy Central, VH1, MTV, Bravo, TLC, History Channel, Animal Planet, Court TV, CMT, Food Network, Lifetime, Nick at Nite, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and Telemundo. Previously he wrote for PBS' Wishbone, edited the adult magazine Perfect 10, and performed the role of Doody in the Southeast Asian tour of the musical Grease. He is the author of All The Presidents' Pets: The Story of One Reporter Who Refused to Roll Over. Currently he is a panelist on NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me and a regular contributor to NBC's Tonight Show.

Blog Entries by Mo Rocca

The Bush Twins Audition for Broadway

Posted November 28, 2006 | 10:40 AM (EST)


I have always had mixed feelings about the Bush twins, even now during their rumored extradition from Argentina. (The Peronists would never have even thought of asking Bushes to leave.) They didn't ask to be the daughters of a president. Then again they should behave like adults. They're about to...

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November Madness

Posted October 25, 2006 | 11:58 PM (EST)


If American political campaigns were all about dry wonky issues like social security reform or deficit reduction, well then, fewer than a quarter of voting-age Americans would cast ballots during midterm elections. Thank goodness for Hot-button Issues. They're the reason that a whole third of eligible voters will go...

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Bush's S-Bomb

Posted July 17, 2006 | 03:07 PM (EST)


Waking up this morning and turning on the TV to see a British gentleman leaning over a boorish American, the Brit listening patiently as the American talked through his food, my first thought was "Why the hell is CNN running clips from that crappy 80s sitcom Mr. Belvedere?"

Of course...

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Political Head-Butts: Who Deserves 'Em?

Posted July 11, 2006 | 04:28 PM (EST)


Inspired by the World Cup referees and their management of disorderly behavior, the proprietress of this site yesterday suggested the use of red cards for calling out the misconduct of our politicians.

How quaint. Come on, Arianna, what pitch are you in? Forgive me, but on this point could...

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Where to for Next Brangelina Babe?

Posted July 7, 2006 | 12:49 PM (EST)


After the adoption of their next child, it won't be long before Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt produce another child of their own from scratch.

The birth of Brad and Angelina's daughter, Shiloh Nouvel, put Namibia on the map. (It really wasn't there before. South Africa just kind of butted...

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