Source: Vallery Jean / Getty T here’s a saying when a comedian dies, the world gets a little less funny. That’s what happened when J ohn Witherspoon , better known by his name on The Wayans Brothers Pops, died on October 29th. Two of his most notable roles are playing Craig’s Dad in the movie “Friday” Willie Jones, and his role as “Grandad” in The Boondocks TV series. John David “J.D.” Witherspoon recently took to Twitter to share a fun fact about the time his dad almost turned down the role of “Grandad” on the hit show The Boondocks . “True story, my Dad almost passed up on the role of grandad at first,” J.D. recalled on Twitter, Saturday. “He asked me ‘JD you ever heard of this thing called The Boondocks ?’ I heard him say that and BUGGED OUT! I told him ‘you gotta take this job!’ And he did.” Here’s my family at the premier of the The Boondocks. True story my Dad almost passed up on the role of grandad at first. He asked me “JD you ever heard of this thing called The Boondocks?” I heard him say that and BUGGED OUT! I told him “you gotta take this job!” And he did pic.twitter.com/o7ok5I1UuQ — J.D. (@jdwitherspoon) November 3, 2019 Thankfully JD convinced his father to take the role and as a result we were graced with his voice on The Boondocks for all four seasons. Aaron McGruder took to the shows official IG page to share words about the man whose voice is so special. “John let me borrow his wonderful, magical voice…and now I’ve lost part of my own. I will miss him as both fan and friend.” View this post on Instagram “John let me borrow his wonderful, magical voice… and now I’ve lost part of my own. I will miss him as both fan and friend.” – Aaron McGruder #rip #ripjohnwitherspoon #granddad : @kse332 A post shared by The Boondocks (@boondocksbootleg) on Oct 30, 2019 at 12:33pm PDT As part of JD’s grieving, he has been kind enough to share some of him and his father’s most intimate moments. He shared this video of him and his father making random vine videos. Okay, so I was going through my Dads phone, and found these random ass videos of us & just thought I would share. The last few of them are us doing different takes making him a Vine video Love u Pops, Miss You pic.twitter.com/tyPAmwhRiP — J.D. (@jdwitherspoon) November 4, 2019 John Witherspoon is survived by his wife, and his two sons, JD, and Alexander. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://cassiuslife.com” id=”102040″ overlay=”true”]
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John Witherspoon Almost Turned Down The Role Of “Grandad” On The Boondocks
