kenneth parcell
Portrayed by Jack McBrayer Religion Eighth Day Resurrected Covenant of the Holy Trinity
Kenneth Parcell is a perpetually-cheerful NBC page, who hails from Stone Mountain, Georgia, where his father was a pig farmer. An awkward yet polite rube, he always projects an extremely optimistic demeanor, and is excited and happy to do his menial job, which is due to his love for television and his devotion to the NBC network. In “Believe in the Stars”, he states that he only loves two things: “everybody and television”. While Kenneth appears to be in his mid to late twenties, since the third season, it has been implied numerous times that he is actually much older. This is first hinted at in “The One with the Cast of Night Court”, when Kenneth states, “I’ve worn this old jacket since 19-hubeduh”, intentionally mumbling the year. In the episode “Cutbacks”, Kenneth states that he has owned his pet bird, named Sonny Crockett, for almost 60 years. In a deleted scene from “Mamma Mia”, it is implied that he is a veteran of World War II, as he is recognized by an elderly man as one of his fellow troops that served in Normandy. In the episode “Into the Crevasse”, Kenneth appears in a 1950s-era flashback, dancing to the song “Doin’ the Microwave”.
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