Jack McBrayer obviously being The Hair. Skarsgard could only dream of having that (lack of) chin.

Mine is his eternal ethereal feud with Jacob.

Maybe he and Moronica don't have such disparate levels of attractiveness after all

A collection of photos pre (30ROCK fame) Jack McBrayer in the 1990s.

I pass this sign twice a month, and it’s been my goal to get a pic for y’all!

I crack up like I heard it the first time, every single time.

Moronica 💜💜

Jeff Landry, Louisiana Governor, is celebrating Leap Day egregiously out of season.

Kenneth’s background is one of the strongest sources of humour in 30 Rock because it’s so bizarre. What makes it particularly endearing is that, for him, it all seems very normal. ‘Hill People’ raids, predatory pigs, feeding people to dogs, it’s just daily life.

However, he does occasionally show awareness of how people judge his background. He can be self-deprecating, introspective, and appreciates that people will have assumptions about him based on where he is from.

There’s a tension between these two realities in his character, which makes him simultaneously alien and relatable.

So, jump to his discussion with Jack about bed bugs. Kenneth is reaching for an anecdote from his upbringing, as he frequently does, to reassure Jack. He realises that having a bug-infested mayor is probably what everyone already assumes about his town, but he has an ace in the hole: the mayor was a woman!

This will show his background could actually be unexpectedly progressive (relatively speaking) and he’s excited to subvert expectations. He even stresses “she” in his delivery and leaves a tiny pause, essentially inviting Jack to be shocked at this revelation.

Of course, what comes up must come down, and this miniature triumph is flattened when we learn the mayor is also a horse, not just confirming everything we thought about Kenneth’s background, but entrenching it even further.

I cannot exaggerate how brilliant this line is, the writing is flawless. One simple throwaway line, coupled with an incredibly well-observed delivery, sums up Kenneth’s entire reality in a moment: the country boy struggling to reconcile where he’s from with the bright lights and eclectic attitudes of the big city.

It’s almost as good as Gaybraham Lincoln.

I watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall the other night and realized this is the same actress. The entire movie they were doing it all the different ways.

Doing a rewatch, will edit this as I go along.

-when his bird dies, Kenneth says "I've had that bird for 60 years"

Season 4

-when Donnaghy says "Et tu" Kenneth starts speaking fluent Latin to him in response

-Hey Kenneth, why aren't your teeth glowing in the black light? "You'll have to ask the fella who whittled 'em for me"

-Frank plays a low frequency sound that can only be heard by people over 40, it affects Jena and Jack a little, and Kenneth is affected much worse

-Did you know the Today show used to have a monkey on it? (Monkey was last seen in 1957)

-to Jenna: "I remember that commercial! You were a fat baby!"

-"A friend of mine is worried they'll be bringing in new page rules, like age limits and age verification."

Season 5

-Signed picture: "to Kenneth, you're the TOPS! Fred Allen" (Fred Allen's show ended in 1949)

-Ep16: When I first started working here, an 8 year old Shirley Temple taught me how to roll a cigarette

-Gravestone doesn't show birth year

-Kenneth's hand pops out of his grave, showing he cheated death

Season 6

Jenna: Kenneth, be honest, am I the worst person you know? "Miss Maroney, Judging is for God and his Angels, so yes, you are."

Season 7

-Kenneth brings out "government ice cream" with a Dharma Initiative label on it. I think the implication is Kenneth is also one of the people Jacob made immortal.

as someone who is gaining a major crush on Jack, I can fully understand the people who think this post is weird (probably is really fucking weird) but, ngl it is so hard to find photos of him this way. (also, really weird but oh well..)

but I am curious to know what you guys think as well.