[7] After he was caught sleeping in announcer Dicky Barrett’s car, Kimmel offered to have him appear on the show.

[8] Due to his shyness at the time Rodriguez initially turned down the offer to appear on the show in 2003 but was talked into it by one of the producers.

[7][9] His early appearances were with "Uncle Frank" Potenza in a series of bits called "Security Night Live".

)[11] Rodriguez soon moved to acting in skits on the show with his first role being Michael Jackson's Spanish cook.

His broken English coupled with his affability earned him a high-profile supporting role as a personality on the show, in which he usually plays the Everyman.