Mo Rocca
Mo Rocca is a funny Mo … uh, Fo. He’s sarcastic and snarky, but always with a twinkle in his eye. You can tell he takes great delight in asking off-the-wall, quirky questions. And he’s a phenomenal storyteller … often crafting intricate, humorous confections sprinkled with bon mots. I ran in to him recently at the 2010 Erma Bombeck Writer Conference. Mo was definitely in his element at the conference surrounded by other humorists and satirists. None of them tried to trump his ace. I think the authors realized they had met their match.
Every time Mo would walk around, he was just another face in the crowd. Either the menopausal set doesn’t know who he is … or they don’t care. I was a “Rocca Stalker”. I introduced myself at lunch and batted my eyelashes in a veiled attempt to get on his good side. I’m a firm believer that you can stand by funny people and glean insight in to their brilliance. I call it gaining moxie by proxy.
