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28th Mar 2016

Hundreds of people turned up for a burger at ‘Sad Papaw’s’ cook-out

Jordan Gold

When Kenneth “Papaw” Harmon decided to cook dinner for his six grandkids and only one of them showed, he didn’t expect to become a viral sensation.

The 66-year-old Oklahoma man was overwhelmed by the reaction when his granddaughter Kelsey tweeted an emotional photo of her granddad looking sad while eating a hamburger.

https://twitter.com/kelssseyharmon/status/710257327031451648

 

Kelsey’s photo went viral, amassing some 181,000 retweets and nearly 300,000 likes on Twitter in less than a week.

In response, one of “Sad Papaw’s” grandsons, Brock, then announced that there would be a public “cook-out with Pawpaw” over the Easter weekend.

Sure enough, hundreds of Papaw fans travelled from all over the US for the party. Indeed, BuzzFeed reported that as many as 1,500 people attended.

https://twitter.com/GrantHermesKWTV/status/713790327136489473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Most importantly, Papaw’s precious grandchildren all turned up.

What’s more, Papaw made some serious bank from selling his $2 burgers and the related merchandise.

https://twitter.com/mady_mccall/status/713776340579852288

Feel free to swing by JOE for a burger any time, Papaw.