Kenneth Ellen Parcell is a fictional character portrayed by Jack McBrayer in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. A supporting character in the first two episodes, the show's producers see him as an example of a breakout character.
Kenneth is a perpetually cheerful NBC page who carries his mother's middle name, and hails from Stone Mountain, Georgia (the actual hometown of 30 Rock writer Donald Glover), where his father was a pig farmer. At some time during h...
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Kenneth Ellen Parcell is a fictional character portrayed by Jack McBrayer in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. A supporting character in the first two episodes, the show's producers see him as an example of a breakout character.
Kenneth is a perpetually cheerful NBC page who carries his mother's middle name, and hails from Stone Mountain, Georgia (the actual hometown of 30 Rock writer Donald Glover), where his father was a pig farmer. At some time during his childhood, Kenneth's family lived in a militia camp. After his father died, his mother's "friend" Ron moved in. It is heavily hinted that she had a sexual relationship with Ron, but Kenneth remains blissfully unaware of this. A graduate of Kentucky Mountain Bible College, Kenneth's favorite subject in school was science, "especially the Old Testament." He considers his best friend his mother, to whom he credits his persistent optimism, since she taught him that no matter how bad things seem, there is always someone else having a worse day, ...
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