The Who Was? Show is a historical sketch comedy television series which ran for one season on Netflix, in which Andy Daly's character, Ron, interacts with a group of teenagers, interspersed with historical vignettes and narrated by H. Jon Benjamin. The show is based on the Who Was...? book series, published since 2002, and premiered on May 11, 2018.[1] The show was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series in 2019. One of the actors on the show, Zach Timson, confirmed that the show was canceled after one season on his TikTok page.[2]
Characters
Andy Daly – Portrayed Ron, the fictional C.E.O. of the show
(Appeared throughout the first season and Ron, as a running gag, insisted he be on the show, calling him "Brucie". He finally got to be in the season finale to fight Julius Caesar.)
Brian McCann, Eric Gilliland, Elliott Kalan, Delaney Yeager, Brian Clark & Mark McAdam
May 11, 2018 (2018-05-11)
Sketches:
William Shakespeare's father wants his son to be a glove maker, not a poet. Then the glove-making business crashes, resulting in William Shakespeare's father changing his mind and letting Shakespeare be a poet.
Julius Caesar accidentally crushes Bruce Lee with a big rock
"All Hail Caesar" song (Caesar's introduction)
Widdle Julie
Bruce Lee's Kung-Fu Camera Tricks
Caesar Conquers the Last Week Tonight show and calls himself the God of TV
Bruce Lee teaching the audience about nunchucks and then a nun named Chuck comes in and smacks Bruce with a ruler
Episode ending with the fight between Bruce Lee and Julius Caesar (Results of the fight out in season 2, which never happened)
During the interview, Bruce Lee said that sharing and Julius Caesar do not go together as Julius Caesar steals the name tags of all the famous people on the show.