Mo Rocca gives Edwards speech a D

[Lavender Brown]

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/convention/dnc/press.pundits/

:bounce:

[lovedems]

1. I'll go by Carlos Watson over the other hacks.

I personally don't find Mo Rocca very funny. He annoys me more then he makes me laugh.

[Lavender Brown]

7. Yeah, I think Mo's kind of stupid

But his opinion is more valuable to me than Tucker Carlson's. :D

[supernova]

2. Well possibly since Mo is a humorist

OK "satirist" he gave Edwards a "D" because there is not much material there Mo can work with.

It's a back-handed compliment in a way.

[Melodybe]

3. D* is for dreamboat, didn't you read underneath the graph?

[supernova]

23. D'oh!

:dunce: ;-)

[Joylaughter]

5. Mo Rocca

Who's nephew is this guy? Where did he come from? He is a pompous, self important doofus. Granted he is quick with a quip - but is he writing his own material? I suspect that he is someone at the newtork's nephew.

[terrya]

10. Mo Rocca is sort of funny on those VH1 "I love the 70's 80's 90s'" things.

But that's pretty much it for Mo. I really don't know why CNN is using him at the Convention. Every one of his bits have bombed. It's sort of painful to watch. :-)

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Really?!?!?

I think he comes close to ruining those "I Love The Decade" shows. He's a smarmy little smart ass who has nothing truly funny to say, and thinks that if he trashes everything, then he has a "style".

I'm surprised you think he's good on those shows. You didn't strike me as the type to like him.

Not the judge of people i thought i was, huh?
The Professor

[terrya]

26. Yeah...I'm sort of sheepish about it, but he's sort of funny sometimes.

I mean, it's not like I'd want to get stuck in an elevator with Mo Rocca or anything...

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

27. He's done a few gigs for the Daily Show, hasn't he?

Or am I thinking of someone else?

[JohnKleeb]

4. it was at least a B

[jpgray]

6. You forget that almost no one goes to links here

They read the headline and respond. :silly:

[DS1]

8. * B for boy band ** A for adorable *** F for Fabian **** D for dreamboat

As you said, knee-jerk underground :crazy:

[Lavender Brown]

9. What's Fabian a reference to?

[emulatorloo]

11. Google Fabian - teen hearthob of yesteryear n/t

[MrBenchley]

12. The cut-rate Elvis of the 1950s.....

Don't make me explain who Dodie Stevens is...

[Lavender Brown]

13. Who is Dodie Stevens?

Just kidding. :)

[indigobusiness]

14. Mo Rocca is hilarious...He rocks..

What a great job he's doing with the difficult gig he's taken on.
His humor flies over the head of many, but he is sharp, smart. and funny as hell.

[Magrittes Pipe]

15. My God, when did you people stop thinking?

There is a link. It is a joke.

For fuck's sake.

[Brotherjohn]

16. Oh, come on! Mo Rocca's commentary is completely unserious!

I would have thought that would be obvious. He rates the categories "B, A, F, and D" based on the words "Boy Band, Adorable, Fabian and Dreamboat" and his B, A and F average to a D. His lone comment is "What happened to Lance Bass (of *NSYNC)?"

He was hired as a satirist/comedian. He was a long-time "correspondent" for the Daily Show. Perhaps he's trying to say the whole Convention brouhaha means nothing. There is an argument to be made for that. Or perhaps he's just being silly.

On EDIT:
He also rated Obama's speech with "O"s across the board, for "Obamatastic".

[Lavender Brown]

17. Did I accidentally post this in GD?

I thought this was the lounge.

[Brotherjohn]

20. I think you're aware, but some responses above seem to be people...

... taking issue with Rocca's "analysis", trying to defend Edwards.

[Bridget Burke]

25. "....who didn't bother to click on the link"

A common failing.

To Mo, "D" stands for "Dreamboat".

[LuCifer]

18. ugh

Mo Rocca makes my skin crawl. I have a fiend who it TOTALLY OBSESSED with him. It is FRIGHTENING! And I thought my sister's Don McLean obsession was sick!!!

Lu Cifer, reminding you that people like Mo Rocca who drive around the country just to see presidential grave sites MIGHT just have a screw loose...

[BiggJawn]

19. Mo Rocca?

So when you grab him by the shoulders and shake, does his brain rattle around inside his head?

Obviously picked for "comic relief", but since I'm a "Gen-V'er" it's lost on me....

Is he related to "Style Man", who writes for "Bicycling"?

[Selwynn]

21. Gen-V?

[BiggJawn]

24. Twice-removed from "Gen-X"

Si?