Watching 30 Rock

What is it about Ellen DeGeneres that makes stars want to act silly? I mean, it doesn’t take much to get me to act silly, but I’m not on television and I don’t have a film/television/music career to promote and protect. (Not that being silly would ruin a career or anything, but you know what I mean.) But people go on Ellen’s show and act silly for her benefit without much hesitation. Maybe that is because Ellen herself is willing to be pretty silly herself.

What does this have to do with 30 Rock you might be asking? Well here is a video featuring Jack McBrayer, perhaps better known on this website as Kenneth the Page. These celebrities are lip syncing to Glorida Gayner’s “I Will Survive” as part of a birthday video for Ellen, who celebrated her 50th birthday recently.

How silly is that? Pretty silly, but also pretty awesome and pretty funny. Jack McBrayer is great, but my favorites are Queen Latifah and Jake Gyllenhaal. But I also think it’s great that Ellen inspires a lot of people — not just the “regular” people who watch her show, but also the celebrity guests she interviews.

Here’s Ellen being silly with our favorite, Tina Fey, as she teaches her how to be a guest host on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. How silly is this?

And here is one more moment of silliness on the Ellen show. It’s not 30 Rock related, but it’s still nice, because it is both silly and touching. After hearing of Heath Ledger’s death, she showed a clip of his last appearance on her show. Yes, it was silly. But also very heartfelt and touching.

Thank you, Ellen DeGeneres. You are a friend of 30 Rock!

30 Rock, Jack McBrayer, Ellen DeGeneres, Tina Fey, Heath Ledger

Ever wonder how much you know about Stone Phillips? Who’s Stone Phillips you say? What are you a non-cultured ignoramus? Well if you are said ignoramus pants, Stone Phillips was co-anchor of Dateline NBC from 1992 until last summer when his contract was not renewed by NBC.

Anyway Kenneth the Page is a stone-cold Stone Phillips master. Check it out.

Scary isn’t it. We wonder if he read the same Wikipedia entry we did.

Stone Phillips, Kenneth the Page

Feeling a little too cosmopolitan? Wishing for a simpler life where Snapple is considered a stiff drink and men and pigs work as one? Not sure where I got that one but you can get yourself a talking Kenneth the Page Bobblehead.

For realsies, it does it all the different ways and says 12 hilarity inducing catch phrases like:

1. Would you like me to dance for you?
2. Frankly, La Donica, you have not been real
helpful.
3. I call it ‘Gold Case’
4. It’s gonna get raw in here like sushi so haters to the left.
5. I just love television so much.
6. Well that just makes me perspire.
7. My mom is my best friend.
8. Pregnant cornbread?
9. When I get nervous I ask a lot of questions.
10. To the wig shop!
11. Yes, sir!
12. That’s what we in the showbiz call a ‘cameo’.

That’s all good but I’d really like to see a Liz Lemon/Tina Fey Bobblehead. It can say things like “Amy you’re one smart sexy writer bitch. I’d like to take you to my planet of hot, funny good times where you can eat as many brownies as you want and play naked with me in the miller light fountain.” So yeah, watch for that one soon on NBC.com.

Tina Fey, 30 Rock, Kenneth Bobblehead, Miller Light

You can be friends with Kenneth! Some very nice person has created a MySpace page on behalf of Kenneth the Page from 30 Rock. I’m guessing it isn’t an official page created by the actor or by the show or by NBC, but that is okay. Kenneth totally would/should have a MySpace page. Can’t you imagine him writing his blog every night after work, giving his totally awesome Kenneth the Page viewpoint on life at 30 Rock.

So here is Kenneth the Page’s (unofficial) MySpace page.

Why would you want to be friends with Kenneth? Why would you NOT want to be?

30 Rock, Kenneth the Page, MySpace