Parenting & Family Quote by Harvey Korman

Korman’s line is doing the quiet, pragmatic work of legacy management. He isn’t bragging about fame so much as mapping an audience in demographic layers: “a lot of 50’s,” “a lot of boomers,” “kids in their 30’s.” The repetition of “a lot of” reads like a performer taking inventory, counting heads across decades to prove a point that TV people often have to argue for: relevance isn’t a youth-only commodity, it’s cumulative.

The phrasing is deliberately casual, almost ungrammatical, which helps it land as honest rather than calculated. “Grew up with us” is the emotional payload. It frames Korman and his cohort not as distant celebrities but as household furniture: familiar voices, recurring faces, a weekly ritual. That “us” is also telling. It’s an ensemble identity, the kind that comes from sketch comedy and variety shows where the brand is the troupe, not the single star. Korman is implicitly defending that collaborative, broadcast-era model against the newer logic of niche fandoms and algorithmic discovery.

There’s also a sly negotiation happening around age. Calling thirtysomethings “kids” flatters the speaker’s seniority while softening the generational gap; it’s affectionate, but it also reasserts authority. In context, it sounds like a response to the fear that entertainers “age out.” Korman’s counterargument is simple: if you were on when America had fewer channels and more shared culture, your audience doesn’t disappear. It just grows older with you, and sometimes it brings its kids along.