Spend half an hour with Mo Rocca and prepare for a conversation that veers into the unexpected. Perhaps he will discuss the differences between the characters of Dr. Seuss and the Muppets of Jim He…
Perhaps he will discuss the differences between the characters of Dr. Seuss and the Muppets of Jim Henson . Maybe he will talk about Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish botanist known as the father of modern taxonomy. He might tell you of a few stints working in theater . He will inevitably turn to the years he has spent as a correspondent for “And then he may quote from Sondheim, allude to “The Daily Show” or imagine a nervous stomach filled with Jolt cola. By chance, he may do all three.
The book, written with Jonathan Greenberg, gives readers a chance to discover something surprising about a subject about which they may have thought they knew everything there was to know. Rocca examines how actress Marlene Dietrich confounded Hitler; wonders if Thomas Paine could have had a nicer funeral; and tries to envision how the first line of comedian Bill Cosby’s obit will read.
“I think that I have learned – over time, I’ve moved toward finding a way to maybe communicate more openly about what is interesting to me and to share that with people and hope that they respond to it,” says Rocca. “I don’t think there is a thread that connects all these things, but I’m certainly happier doing stuff I can – boy, it sounds so mushy – I can openly embrace, even earnestly sometimes, if that’s OK.
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