rocca my world

we were first introduced to mo rocca while doing saturday morning errands and listening to npr's "wait wait...don't tell me!" radio gameshow program where you can win carl kassel's voice on your answering machine (!). mo was one of the commentators and we laughed every time. he has a dry, matter-of-fact way of stating the comically obvious.

we next saw him on food network's iron chef as a judge. as always, the amusingly dry comments, which seemed even funnier in this arena because he isn't a "foodie" like the rest of the judges are. he definitely made the show a little quirkier, which is an improvement.

we then met mo in person at uvsc last wednesday!! he came to little old uvsc (most likely on a connecting flight from somewhere to somewhere), and made us all laugh with how to be an expert in any field you so choose. a little political discussion on the presidential candidates was thrown in for good measure. david and i stood in line for a book signing after the program, and we were both very impressed by how approachable he is. neither of us have ever met a celebrity before, so we don't know how they really act, but mo seemed genuinely interested in talking with the people who were getting their books signed. he didn't seem like he was in a hurry, or thought it was annoying or boring. he gladly had girls kiss him on the cheek while taking pictures, shook hands, and personalized each book. way to go mo!