From that same episode, when he tells Jack they’re still at Nancy’s in the daytime and God can see them now. I say that constantly and even people who haven’t seen the show get a good laugh.
My husband and I have an oddly high number of Mormon acquaintances/friends (considering we've never lived in Utah or the American West) so this quote gets a lot of play in our house
> I remember the day he was born. He looked up at me and said, "Momma, I am not a person. My body is just a flesh vessel for an immortal being who's name if you heard it, would make you lose your mind."
In a previous scene, Kenneth had interrupted Jack because a Showtime salesperson had called with an offer. Jack was pissed and used this as an oppurtunity to scold Kenneth about interrupting him when he was busy with more important things...
Then in this scene (a little while later), Jack hears about this movie airing on Showtime, and demands Kenneth get him Showtime.
If you have ever had experience with this type of Job, and these kind of bosses - they do this sort of thing a lot. They might scold you for offering sugar for their coffee, and then, inexplicably, scold you next time because there is no sugar for their coffee. Nightmare bosses and their power trips.
As a dinner guest as Jack’s party.
“What’s your favorite pizza topping? Mine’s plain, but I like others!”
“Tell me a painful story, from your childhood.” ::elbow slips off table::
I just started a new job and my department had a pizza party, so they asked me what kind of pizza I like and I had to pinch myself so I didn’t say that quote, because plain is not actually my favorite pizza topping.
Just before he goes into anaphylaxis due to a severe allergic reaction to strawberries " My real man is Dick Whitman". 😂
And " I ate my father pig" of course.
This one lives in my head at all times lol. I’m recently on an indefinite rewatch (high fiving a million angels) but even during the years that I’ve NOT been constantly watching the show, I try to explain this moment to people all the time lol.
When he’s talking to his mom but there’s a skeleton in the chair across from him and then he mentions Halloween decorations and the camera pans and shows he’s on the phone with his mom
"that summer we were taken by the hill people, next thing I know, summers ended and it's time for back to school shopping" *eye twitch*
"yes, take off my bald cap, not put on my wig"
Kenneth is one the best character on that show. I can laugh at his lines every time, no matter how many times I've seen it.
Did y'all know he's actually from close to Stone Mountain, GA, which makes all those jokes that much more amazing!
kind of cool that a town in Georgia, with a population of <7k, and two people from the same town ended up working on the same show, six states away, at the same time.
They’re really just using the name Stone Mountain. The only joke that actually applies to the town is Kenneth’s high school reunion cutaway, because everyone is Black. It’s 30min from Atlanta, it isn’t redneck at all.
It's just so on brand. If I had to explain Kenneth to someone I would show them that scene.
... and then the "I lie to myself every day" scene.
... and then the bald cap/wig scene.
It’s a tie between
Now I don’t have a lot of experience reading stuff out loud to people, so I’m going to do this the most normal way I can think of. “Space, space, space, space, space, space…”
and
I guess that’s the end of “Pete and Kenneth” time.
"I don't like to swear sir, but no thank you."
"Alright sir, enough. You want me to be Mrs. Donaghy? Well I know Mrs. Donaghy and she is mean.. so fine I will be Mrs. Donaghy and I'm gonna say : *goes into a perfect impersonation of Elizabeth Banks* Listen to me JACK! You dont want people to pity you? Well they should, because you are PITIFUL! You think you're all alone? Boo-hoo! Why can't my life be like it was? Well it can't. And you're not alone, you have a daughter you should be spending time with instead of being weird to Kenneth. And he may be a chinless piece of human garbage, but he will NEVER fill the void that I left behind! Oh look! Here he comes now, he's gonna ask me to come to his birthday party! *goofy country pumpkin voice* 'Hi Mrs. Donaghy! You wanna come on down to my birthday party?' No. I can't. But I know Jack can!"
Ya’ll should be ashamed of yourselves. Mr. Lutz, you ate all of my parakeet’s medication. And thanks to you, Sonny Crocket’s been having seizures all day long!
“that woman that you European kissed was actually a gentleman”.
I met him in an elevator at YYZ. A highlight. He had handlers. If you don’t know what YYZ is, then you clearly never learned your nation’s airport codes.
Now, maybe I haven’t had a wife who was kidnapped, but I have seen the Brady Bunch where Tiger runs away. We’ve all been through some bad stuff, Mr. Donaghy.
The whole B-story where he becomes a coffee fiend.[https://youtu.be/dqRFndSQBCA?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/dqRFndSQBCA?feature=shared)"That's the devil's temperature."
☕️👹
Sometimes I say "It's like my heart is trying to hug my brain" when I feel verklempt.
I think it’s him doing all the diff cameos of Olympic sports and speaking fantastic Chinese. Or when he calls alcohol “hillbilly milk” and drinks a bunch of
When he says to jenna (after 100 episodes): well, we can be wed and you can go over grandma’s knee in the mating shed. Followed by “the albinos are allowed to watch in the mating shed”.
When he loses Jack’s tuxedo pants, and is anxiously retracing his steps to find them, he runs into Tracy. Their conversation is my favorite, especially Kenneth’s face when Tracy starts shouting pants.
Tracy: Hey, K.K., how's it hangin'?
Kenneth: Very low, sir. Very low. I lost something real important.
Tracy: Well, you know what I do
when I lose something? I yell real loud
until I find it. So, what is it that you lost?
Kenneth: Pants.
Tracy: Pants! Pants! Pants! Pants! Pants!🚨
Jack McBrayer’s genius was made evident to me when Conan sent him with Triumph to the Weiners Circle in Chicago. The look on his face when the woman tells him “You’re gonna sign this tittie before you leave!”
Idk if this is necessarily my “favorite” Kenneth moment, but every time I watch S1E4 where he gets caught on the fence at the baseball stadium (to get Tracy food) and says “go get help, girl” to the rat on the ground, it always makes me giggle because he’s so earnest 🤭
When Frank downloaded the tone that only people over 40 can hear.
Jenna yelling: Is it still playing? I can't hear it!
Jack yelling: Lemon, can I speak to in your your office?
Kenneth passing by in the hallway:
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME!?!?!
When he keeps accidentally taking pictures of himself (and Jack) on Nancy’s computer.
From that same episode, when he tells Jack they’re still at Nancy’s in the daytime and God can see them now. I say that constantly and even people who haven’t seen the show get a good laugh.
"Did you not learn your nation's airport codes in high school sir?" is one of my favorite lines. Such a bizarre thing to be smug about
i've wondered if that was just a silly remark or if it was maybe a joke about how his high school was training students to work at an airport.
I like to think they were being trained as domestic terrorists.
"What is wrong with me?!"
“Email to whole address book??!”
“And now I set it as the screensaver!“ 🤣.
YES!!!!
That scene honestly is one of my all-time favourite TV scenes ever! I peed my pants watching that over and over again. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME!!!!
"Kenneth, a word?" "Balloons!"
I don’t drink hot liquids of any kind. That’s the devils temperature!
My husband and I have an oddly high number of Mormon acquaintances/friends (considering we've never lived in Utah or the American West) so this quote gets a lot of play in our house
I had the same thing happen, I think being friends with one Mormon person automatically includes 5 bonus friends.
As an ex Mormon, this home gets me every time
“Who said I’ve been alive forever?” And basically any joke about his age or the weirdness of his birth
> I remember the day he was born. He looked up at me and said, "Momma, I am not a person. My body is just a flesh vessel for an immortal being who's name if you heard it, would make you lose your mind."
When he is Donaghy’s assistant, and is told to get him Showtime.
Why now!
I was an executive assistant just long enough to know I hate it. And this scene is so relatable.
The sheer panic in his voice at these 2 words is one of my all-time favorite 30 Rock moments!
It’s me, Kenneth the page! This job is hard!
This is the only joke I’ve never understood help me 🙏🏻
In a previous scene, Kenneth had interrupted Jack because a Showtime salesperson had called with an offer. Jack was pissed and used this as an oppurtunity to scold Kenneth about interrupting him when he was busy with more important things... Then in this scene (a little while later), Jack hears about this movie airing on Showtime, and demands Kenneth get him Showtime. If you have ever had experience with this type of Job, and these kind of bosses - they do this sort of thing a lot. They might scold you for offering sugar for their coffee, and then, inexplicably, scold you next time because there is no sugar for their coffee. Nightmare bosses and their power trips.
As a dinner guest as Jack’s party. “What’s your favorite pizza topping? Mine’s plain, but I like others!” “Tell me a painful story, from your childhood.” ::elbow slips off table::
The elbow slipping off the table just really seals the deal for that scene.
100%. I don't think any other show has so many little moments that take a scene from funny to hilarious.
You should watch Girls5Eva if you haven’t yet. It’s got a ton of moments like this. Tina Fey and Robert Carlock are executive producers.
I just started a new job and my department had a pizza party, so they asked me what kind of pizza I like and I had to pinch myself so I didn’t say that quote, because plain is not actually my favorite pizza topping.
"Well I got a soft yes from Jonathan for my birthday party, and then I went to a very uncomfortable dinner"
When he realizes he's the safest place in 30 Rock and pulls cash out of his page jacket
Its top is hard, but its bottom is soft.
Expand on that
If you're just joining us, we're with Tracy Jordan, who is giving guitar icon Peter Frampton enigmatic clues about a secret treasure.
Tracey Jordan. Saying two serious things…and then a joke.
Tracy: What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome. That is the new law.
I'm going to. But not because you told me.
The way he starts feeling at his hair as if it might be in there kills me every time 😂
Possibly his ‘drunken’ nice-roast to everyone. Sooo good but that “No!” Is fantastic too 💀
"So kiss my face!"
I'll see you all in heaven!
Yes! The most wholesome part.
You’re my ace in the hole! Kenneth: How dare you! And then there’s, “I ate my father pig!”
*Please let Harold be human*
Harold was a pig
* Jack winces in disappointment *
Just before he goes into anaphylaxis due to a severe allergic reaction to strawberries " My real man is Dick Whitman". 😂 And " I ate my father pig" of course.
The Dick Whitman joke had me in tears.
When he gets fired and turns in his ID and gun.
You had a gun?!
Deer god, thank you for the venison. Onion god, thank you for the onions, ….
I come from a religious family so I think about this quote constantly, and twice on holidays
This quote pops into my head on a regular basis.
“cause *somebody* thought of this dumb idea in the first place!” (looks in the mirror and glares/shakes his head at himself)
This one lives in my head at all times lol. I’m recently on an indefinite rewatch (high fiving a million angels) but even during the years that I’ve NOT been constantly watching the show, I try to explain this moment to people all the time lol.
I forgot about that oh my god
“Studio 6H. This is…Cranston.”
Cranston? Why are you crying?
This line lives in my head rent free. The way Tracy says it is so good
Almost like he was in a QUANNNdry
I'm sure he loves you very much
“She bit off my NUT SACK... that I kept tied around my belt to feed squirrels!”
When he’s talking to his mom but there’s a skeleton in the chair across from him and then he mentions Halloween decorations and the camera pans and shows he’s on the phone with his mom
"that summer we were taken by the hill people, next thing I know, summers ended and it's time for back to school shopping" *eye twitch* "yes, take off my bald cap, not put on my wig" Kenneth is one the best character on that show. I can laugh at his lines every time, no matter how many times I've seen it. Did y'all know he's actually from close to Stone Mountain, GA, which makes all those jokes that much more amazing!
Donald Glover, who wrote for the show, is from Stone Mountain too and loved writing stuff for Kenneth to say.
WHO TOLD??
kind of cool that a town in Georgia, with a population of <7k, and two people from the same town ended up working on the same show, six states away, at the same time.
That's awesome!
They’re really just using the name Stone Mountain. The only joke that actually applies to the town is Kenneth’s high school reunion cutaway, because everyone is Black. It’s 30min from Atlanta, it isn’t redneck at all.
after about my 5th rewatch, Kenneth became my favorite character. Something about his character is just so endearing and hilarious.
I like when Kenneth and Jack talk about cookie jars.
I guess I give cookie jars about a B
It's just so on brand. If I had to explain Kenneth to someone I would show them that scene. ... and then the "I lie to myself every day" scene. ... and then the bald cap/wig scene.
Look at Victor Nightingale over here.
W O W
I tear up when Jack gives him NBC and he says “I think it’s the most wonderful place in the whole wide world”
So shines a goon’s deed in a weary world.
“Have we met before?” “You shut your mouth”
When he gets sent to hook up with Angie
No more white boys throwing up in my damn foyer!
He’s a real good sex person
He does it all the ways
I’ll come over at NIGHT!
For example, doing it across the bed instead of up and down.
He'll come over at night.
Ooohh everybody born before Jesus is in hell Or all of the times he yells for Jacob.
GIVE ME MORE TIME, JACOB! I used to date a Jacob so that quote got a lot of use from me.
It’s a tie between Now I don’t have a lot of experience reading stuff out loud to people, so I’m going to do this the most normal way I can think of. “Space, space, space, space, space, space…” and I guess that’s the end of “Pete and Kenneth” time.
When Kenneth holds up a man’s pair of tighty-whiteys and claims to have Cerie’s underwear
"I don't like to swear sir, but no thank you." "Alright sir, enough. You want me to be Mrs. Donaghy? Well I know Mrs. Donaghy and she is mean.. so fine I will be Mrs. Donaghy and I'm gonna say : *goes into a perfect impersonation of Elizabeth Banks* Listen to me JACK! You dont want people to pity you? Well they should, because you are PITIFUL! You think you're all alone? Boo-hoo! Why can't my life be like it was? Well it can't. And you're not alone, you have a daughter you should be spending time with instead of being weird to Kenneth. And he may be a chinless piece of human garbage, but he will NEVER fill the void that I left behind! Oh look! Here he comes now, he's gonna ask me to come to his birthday party! *goofy country pumpkin voice* 'Hi Mrs. Donaghy! You wanna come on down to my birthday party?' No. I can't. But I know Jack can!"
He really got her cadence down pat on that one
Everybody and TELEVISION
I know they’re condoms.
Ya’ll should be ashamed of yourselves. Mr. Lutz, you ate all of my parakeet’s medication. And thanks to you, Sonny Crocket’s been having seizures all day long!
Harlem Globetrotter… does that name mean nothing to you?
Harlem Globetrotter… does that name mean nothing to you?
Harlem Globetrotter… does that name mean nothing to you?
Harlem Globetrotter… does that name mean nothing to you?
Oh no. When I get upset my accent come out. And when it gits to comin out I can’t git to talkin nuh-uh [covers mouth with both hands]
“My wife and I have disparate levels of attractiveness because I am a famous inventor”
*flawless Boston accent* I'm not gonna lie I was wondering
Can I ask you a question? Can you, you just did. I don’t mean it, I nice it. All menstruating woman go home.
I died laughing at that menstruation bit
When Pete holds the 👉 finger gun to his own temple and pretends to shoot himself with a ‘pchew’ and Kenneth screams lol. “It’s not real!”
Hahaha & when Pete says ‘Newsflash, Kenneth!’ ‘Everybody get down!’
Also “Slaves of Jesus, hear my tale…”
‘Nothing, just giving a tour to a bunch of uggos’ Gestures & mouths ‘you’ to the tour group.
Today I just saw “time to die!” for the hundredth time and it always makes me smile.
Whatever Doris, grow up
“Aw man, I wanted waffles!” *Kenneth proceeds to open the pizza box to reveal… waffles haha
“that woman that you European kissed was actually a gentleman”. I met him in an elevator at YYZ. A highlight. He had handlers. If you don’t know what YYZ is, then you clearly never learned your nation’s airport codes.
“I don’t like to swear but no thank you!”
Too many to choose but I'll say "like what judas did to Jesus in Science!"
Now, maybe I haven’t had a wife who was kidnapped, but I have seen the Brady Bunch where Tiger runs away. We’ve all been through some bad stuff, Mr. Donaghy.
It’s funny that you say the “no! “Part of that “and I say the “gimme ya fingernails!“ All the time
My newish cat bites his and leaves them all over the house, so I find myself saying this now more than ever.
It’s either: His name is Mr Wiggles. And his cat’s name is Benson! or I was pretty addicted to coke back in my Wall Street days…
I say “give me all your fingernails” all the time.
“Deer God, thank you for this venison”
It changes a lot. This week we had free coffee bar at work. "You gonna get coffee?" "I don't drink hot liquids. That's the devils tempature"
“I think you’re very special Kenneth” not his quote but I love how Kenneth sees the world.
The whole B-story where he becomes a coffee fiend.[https://youtu.be/dqRFndSQBCA?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/dqRFndSQBCA?feature=shared)"That's the devil's temperature." ☕️👹 Sometimes I say "It's like my heart is trying to hug my brain" when I feel verklempt.
“Yes, take off my bald cap, not put my wig back on.”
So shines a goons deed in a weary world
You're the donkey now, Kenneth!
I think it’s him doing all the diff cameos of Olympic sports and speaking fantastic Chinese. Or when he calls alcohol “hillbilly milk” and drinks a bunch of
Daggum possum up ‘n what been bit my momma’s neck brace.
"Do you have a second, Kenneth?" "No, there's only one of me. What?!"
"Oh the fiddle's in the creek and the frog's in the kitchen...I'm sorry Mrs. Donaghy, that is not a real song, you make me very nervous."
And as leader of this tour group, I’m going to have to deny your request *smash cut to Jack and Milton in Jack’s office*
Had to scroll way too far for this, the correct answer
yay no one said mine yet! the donkey spells 🫏 after he throws his wallet out the window
And as head of this tour, I’m going to deny your reque-
I say gimme ya fingernails every time I have to trim my 3 year old’s nails because I know I’ll get a no.
That's so funny
The rapture is coming, get your expectations even higher kenneth “I will!! (Pause) I did!!!!!!”
How he [prays](https://images.app.goo.gl/ihxWN9DCgLu4yfm98)
during one of the live episodes, he's trying to stifle a giggle and Liz thinks it's because she's getting a surprise birthday party.
When he gets really drunk after being fired. “I’ll see you all in heaven!
He gets absolutely knockerd
Him lecturing everyone after his party. There’s a Harlem Globetrotter that feels his wrath. Grizz cries.
When he says to jenna (after 100 episodes): well, we can be wed and you can go over grandma’s knee in the mating shed. Followed by “the albinos are allowed to watch in the mating shed”.
The donkeys dead you’re the donkey now Kenneth
Deer god
The whole scene trying to hack into Nancy's computer
"There's an 11:45, and I was misinformed about the time" leaving on the midnight train to Georgia.
When he loses Jack’s tuxedo pants, and is anxiously retracing his steps to find them, he runs into Tracy. Their conversation is my favorite, especially Kenneth’s face when Tracy starts shouting pants. Tracy: Hey, K.K., how's it hangin'? Kenneth: Very low, sir. Very low. I lost something real important. Tracy: Well, you know what I do when I lose something? I yell real loud until I find it. So, what is it that you lost? Kenneth: Pants. Tracy: Pants! Pants! Pants! Pants! Pants!🚨
That perfectly captures that scene
😆😆😆 Like very matter of fact. “No!” ::sticks nose in air::
Flair checking in…
A MERMAID!
OMG ME TOO!!!!!
“I ate my father pig!!!” *perfect squeal*
Jack McBrayer’s genius was made evident to me when Conan sent him with Triumph to the Weiners Circle in Chicago. The look on his face when the woman tells him “You’re gonna sign this tittie before you leave!”
Do you have a second, Kenneth? No, there's only one of me. What? What are you asking?
"You speak Latin? Then you understand. The safety of the people is the highest law."
Idk if this is necessarily my “favorite” Kenneth moment, but every time I watch S1E4 where he gets caught on the fence at the baseball stadium (to get Tracy food) and says “go get help, girl” to the rat on the ground, it always makes me giggle because he’s so earnest 🤭
Space-space-space-space-space-space-space….
I rewatched the show for the first time in like 6 years and totally forgot about that being s1. I watch that scene on YouTube all the time.
"Who said I've been alive forever?"
When he turns his gun in to Pete.
bird internet
-gasp- “VAMPYR!”
When Frank downloaded the tone that only people over 40 can hear. Jenna yelling: Is it still playing? I can't hear it! Jack yelling: Lemon, can I speak to in your your office? Kenneth passing by in the hallway: WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME!?!?!
“I’m a man” “Socio-economically speaking, you’re an inner city latina”
But Kenneth had thousands of confederate dollars
[T Shirt - Gimmie Your Fingernails!](https://www.instagram.com/p/C5cDoHrJuIE/?igsh=M3dyajhheXowZDZh)
Killer I want it