Frank Rossitano

Frank Rossitano
File:Frank Rossitano from 30 Rock.jpg Frank Rossitano wearing a "Ninja Expert" hat
First appearance	"Pilot"
Created by	Tina Fey
Portrayed by	Judah Friedlander
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Writer on TGS

Frank Rossitano is a fictional character played by Judah Friedlander on the American television series 30 Rock. Despite his appearance in the opening credits, the character seems to have only a slightly bigger role than the other writers. Frank has appeared in every episode, though he didn't have any lines in the season finale "Hiatus".

Overview

Frank is a staff writer for TGS with Tracy Jordan, the show-within-a-show]. According to "Frank Talk", a blog on the official 30 Rock website purportedly written by him, he originally came to work on the show when he sent a complaint letter to The Insane Girl Show and it was sent to The Girlie Show by mistake. Apparently, Liz mistook his letter for an "avant-garde comedy piece" as she hired him a week later.

Frank is very clever and often quick-witted. Frank always wears a trucker hat with a humorous phrase on it (which is also Friedlander's real-life routine trademark).

He is the only member of the show's staff who is happy when actor Tracy Jordan joins the show, because he is the only one who enjoys Tracy's movies.

He owns every copy of Black Tail magazine ever published.

Frank also like to play pranks along with Toofer, mostly around Jenna Maroney. She exacted revenge locking him outside Jack Donaghy's office balcony with no clothes on after he and Toofer told her that she might be fired. (This prank plot was mostly eliminated when the episode Jack-tor was edited down from 40 to 30 minutes in an encore presentation (rerun).) It was also revealed in the episode The Break Up that he had a racist uncle after he watched Tracy and Toofer argue. He also lives with his mother and his rent money goes directly to her.

Frank's trucker hats

Friedlander says he makes his character's hats himself using phrases that he comes up with. [1] This is a table describing the color and message on hats that Frank has worn on the series:

The Complete Season One
Episode	Airdate	Hat(s)
"Pilot"	10/11/06	NINJA EXPERT
Opening titles	starting 10/18/06	NINJA EXPERT	(Frank is shown in black & white)
"The Aftermath"	10/18/06	DONE DEAL
"Blind Date"	10/25/06	EXTRA SAUSAGE	JOYSTICK MASTER	DOUBLE CHEESE	JOYSTICK MASTER
"Jack The Writer"	11/1/06	NINJA EXPERT	ARCADE CHAMP	BIGFOOT EXPERT	NINJA EXPERT	ARCADE CHAMP	NINJA EXPERT
"Jack-Tor"	11/16/06	HAND HELD
"Jack Meets Dennis"	11/30/06	NINJA EXPERT	JOYSTICK MASTER	(We only see Frank wearing this hat from the back)
"Tracy Does Conan"	12/7/06	BIGFOOT EXPERT
"The Break Up"	12/14/06	OVER EASY	ESP TUTOR	KUNG FU BEECH
"The Baby Show"	01/04/07	RODS
"The Rural Juror"	01/11/07	KARATE SLUTS	BEEF N BEAN
"The Head and The Hair"	01/18/07	SMELLS
"Black Tie"	02/01/07	HIGH SCORE
"Up All Night"	2/08/07	EXTRA CHEESE
"The 'C' Word"	2/15/07	UFO COP	1,000,000 POINTS
"Hard Ball"	2/22/07	SQUEEZE IT	Frank is only in one scene of this episode, and we only see the left side of his hat. Originally thought to say "CHEEZE IT" Judah was on the popular radio show The Radio Chick on March 7, 2007 and dismissed it.
"The Source Awards"	3/01/07	COOL AS ICE	TIME TRAVEL AGENT
"Fighting Irish"	3/08/07	?	LIZ ROCKS	Frank appears in the cold open, but only briefly and in the distance. It looks like a grey hat, but we can't read any logo on it. "LIZ ROCKS" was presumably made special when he learned that Liz Lemon was required to make layoffs.
"Fireworks"	4/05/07	MASH POTATOS	BEEF RAVIOLI	ATOMIC SUPER KICK
"Corporate Crush"	4/12/07	MYSTERY SOLVER	BAHAMA TRAPEZOID
"Cleveland"	4/19/07	ALABAMA LEGSWEEP	Frank can also be briefly seen wearing another hat, in the background (directing the "Sexy Babies" sketch), but we cannot read the logo on his hat.
"Hiatus"	4/26/07	FORCE FIELD	ALIEN KNIGHT FORCE