In hard times, John Witherspoon made us laugh so hard we forgot about them

Early this morning we learned of the passing of the brilliant, hilarious, legendary comedian John Witherspoon.

I just turned 40 years old a few weeks ago and when I look back over my life, I can hardly believe it, but John Witherspoon had been making me laugh for 29 of those years. I see people on Twitter saying he goes back even longer for them, but for…