Humor & Life Quote by Kevin McDonald

There’s a quiet comedy in the word “always” here: it doesn’t mean “constantly,” it means “we told ourselves this so often it became a plan.” Kevin McDonald, a Kids in the Hall lifer, slips a whole era of entertainment aspiration into one clean sentence. It’s not a punchline, but it lands like one because it’s built on the familiar mismatch between what fame promises and what it actually delivers.

The intent reads as both recollection and self-edit. “We always thought” frames the belief as communal and innocent, the kind of shared delusion that keeps a troupe grinding through sketch comedy, tours, and low budgets. The subtext is sharper: sketch success feels like a launching pad, but it can also be a ceiling. “From the show” positions TV as a stepping-stone, implicitly accepting the industry hierarchy where film is the “real” prestige and television (especially sketch) is a training ground.

Context matters. Kids in the Hall broke through in a moment when a cult TV identity could be huge and still not translate into studio-led movie stardom. Hollywood likes comedians in controlled doses: supporting roles, quirky side characters, the friend who gets laughs but not the close-up. McDonald’s line registers that friction without bitterness, which is part of why it works. It’s a gentle admission that the culture’s ladder isn’t built for everyone climbing it, and that sometimes the “next step” is just a story you tell to make the current one feel temporary.