Marlon Wayans revealed that if it were up to NBC, The Wayans Bros. never would've had one of the most iconic characters, John Witherspoon's Pops. The gag is... network execs wanted someone like Danny Glover instead. Source: Ethan Miller/Earl Gibson III / Getty Imagine the beloved sitcom without its biggest scene-stealer! On the latest episode of Baby, This Is Keke Palmer, Marlon shared that NBC tried to yeet Mr. "Yitadee" himself, John Witherspoon. "We didn't make it to NBC. We did a table reading, and they thought [Witherspoon's character] was too ghetto.