The Who Was? Show

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. 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.

Characters

• Andy Daly – Portrayed Ron, the fictional C.E.O. of the show
• Kirrilee Berger – Portrayed:
  • Joan of Arc
  • Amelia Earhart
  • Wilbur Wright
  • Many other minor characters
• Lilla Crawford – Portrayed:
  • William Shakespeare
  • Marie Antoinette
  • Susan B. Anthony
  • Orville Wright
  • Queen Elizabeth I
  • Christopher Columbus (Guest)
  • Many other minor characters
• Bentley Green – Portrayed:
  • Tutankhamun
  • Louis Armstrong
  • George Washington
  • George Washington Carver
  • Many other minor characters
• Adam Hochstetter – Portrayed:
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Blackbeard
  • Galileo
  • Julius Caesar
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Guest)
  • Many other minor characters
• Zach Timson – Portrayed:
  • Albert Einstein
  • Isaac Newton
  • Harry Houdini
  • Marco Polo
  • Pablo Picasso
  • Thomas Jefferson (Guest)
  • Henry VIII (Guest)
  • Alexander the Great (Guest)
  • Many other minor characters
• Haley Tju – Portrayed:
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Sacagawea
  • Frida Kahlo
  • Marie Curie
  • Genghis Khan
  • Many other minor characters
• Dallas Liu – Portrayed:
  • Bruce Lee (Dallas Liu)
    • (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.)
• John Hodgman-Portrayed:
  • The Explanationator
    • (An animated superhero character who appeared in episodes 2, 8, and 11.)
• Brian McCann
  • Monsieur Tidbits
    • (An animated French dog who appeared in episodes 2, 3, 4, 5, and 13.)
  • Princess Tutbits
    • (An animated Egyptian sphinx (and relative of Monsieur Tidbits) who appeared in episode 3.)

Episodes

References

External links

• Official website
• The Who Was? Show at IMDb