Jack McBrayer Makes ‘King of the Hill’ Debut in Latest Revival Preview Clip
During its original run on Fox, King of the Hill provided opportunities for performers from all over the Southern U.S. states: Beth Grant (Alabama); Trace Adkins (Louisiana); Diedrich Bader (Virginia); Mary Kay Place (Oklahoma); Stephen Root and Tom Petty (Florida); Johnny Knoxville and Lane Smith (Tennessee), and of course the contingent from Texas, including Peri Gilpin, Glenn Morshower, Johnny Hardwick, Jonathan Joss and Mike Judge. Somehow, though, a show that crossed over with 30 Rock for several years never booked the actor whose role as Kenneth the Page made him synonymous with the state of Georgia: Jack McBrayer.
Based on the evidence of a new clip from the revival season, that seems like it’s about to change.
In the scene, Hank (Judge) is visiting Dallas’ George W. Bush Library with his wife Peggy (Kathy Najimy), and their friends Nancy and Dale Gribble (Ashley Gardner and Toby Huss). The only one who seems more excited about the tour than Hank is the guide conducting it. When Hank identifies the ball Bush ceremonially pitched “before Game Three of the 2001 World Series, providing hope to a grieving nation,” the tour guide (seemingly McBrayer) exclaims, “Yes! You are making my job easy!” before moving on to an exhibit of the pen Bush used “to sign the legislation that lifted the ban on offshore drilling!”
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“So many jobs created with one penstroke,” Hank gasps.
Officially, McBrayer hasn’t been announced as a guest star in the new season, and the role doesn’t appear on his IMDb profile. But having previously identified McBrayer voicing a penis in The Great North and a pube in Big Mouth — not to mention watched him, as Kenneth the Page, guide countless tours of the titular building in 30 Rock — I feel quite confident that his is the voice we hear talking up the former president here.
We can all confirm whether I’m right, or if it’s the world’s greatest soundalike, when the season premieres on Hulu August 4th.
