The first time we saw Jack McBrayer was years ago at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, long before he stepped into the shoes of Kenneth the Page or stole all of his scenes in Talladega Nights. But when this goofy smile-attached-to-a-body walked onstage, the whole crowd erupted in applause. He may not have been known to the public, but to those who knew him, he was already a superstar.

What makes McBrayer so likable as Kenneth the Page is the same thing that once earned him Employee of the Month at Applebee's: He is, in life as on 30 Rock, the sort of wide-eyed, aw shucks Georgia boy that all those dead-inside primetime TV executives simply cannot understand. (Often literally, as his ridiculously thick Southern drawl kept him from booking roles early on.) Jack McBrayer is the state fair in a velvet rope nightclub world, and we all want to eat his fried cheese on a stick.

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As this second picture reveals, both of Amy's cute little arms were preoccupied. So who's the second mystery date? Unfortunately for our boy Kenneth, he's a little-known actor named Darren LeGallo, who Amy has been dating since 2006. Cue the violins. But hey, maybe our boy Jack still has a shot at scoring with the Newly Improved Mariah Carey, following their flirty bedroom scenes in her latest video? Not quite as cute (a bit stomach-turning, actually), but we get the feeling that boy could do with a little bit of Mimi Love.

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