The Who Was? Show — Fans Are Left Without A Second Season
The Netflix Original series, The Who Was? Show, released its first season in May of 2018 and is comprised of 13 episodes. This sketch comedy series features a cast of teens who use skits, satire, and songs to make learning history not only enjoyable, but genuinely educational.
Each episode features 2 different historical figures from The Who Was? books, with appearances such as Marie Antionette, Louis Armstrong, and even Blackbeard. This series uniquely combines humor and historical truth to transport viewers into the world of each individual character. When has there been a show that can accurately tell the story of Sacagawea’s journey through mock YouTube channel clips? Or creates an entire sketch, about inventive ways to make farts smell better.
The Who Was? Show is a type of entertainment you can’t find anywhere else and, like cast member Andy Daly said, “I think this is a pretty unique blend of funny, fun, and legitimately informative.”
Why the discontinuation?
So the question remains: why did The Who Was? Show discontinue after its first season? TikToker Zach Timson, who played a variety of characters in the series, expressed his disappointment that he dedicated “an entire summer to make a Netfix series about historical figures called ‘The Who Was? Show’, only for the show to get canceled after one season.”
Rumors have suggested that the show’s cancellation was due to the lack of viewership and the cost of production. However, the show was based on the popular book franchise with over 40 million copies sold worldwide, leaving viewers to question the cancellation.
Who ate the grapes?
Fans are outraged by the season’s cliffhanger in Episode 13, which features Julius Caesar and Bruce Lee. In the series Ron, who is played by Andy Daly, is the clueless CEO of the show who asks a lot of questions and constantly advocates for Bruce Lee to be featured in an episode.
At last, Bruce Lee, or “Brucie” is chosen to co-star on the season’s finale, alongside dictator Julius Caesar, who is determined to overthrow Ron and take over The Who Was? Show. The show effortlessly details the lives of Bruce Lee and Julius Caesar while humoring its viewers with a possible revolt.
In the episode’s final scene, the Who Was? Show breakout room has been transformed to resemble a throne room. Julius Caesar sits comfortably as he yells for Ron to “get me my grapes!”
This is when Brucie enters the room and is backed by the entire Who Was? Show cast as he says “The only thing you’ll be getting… is your butt kicked.”
Suspense has risen and the standoff continues when Ron enters the room holding Caesar’s requested grapes. With Ron and the grapes as the only thing separating the standoff, Brucie and Caesar suddenly lunge at each other in slow motion. The viewers are on the edge of their seats when the scene freezes with Ron and the grapes sandwiched between an anger dictator and an experienced ninja.
“Who will survive the battle of Who HQ?” “Who will rescue Ron?” “Who will get to eat those grapes?” The questions flashed on the screen reflected the ones everyone was thinking.
A pointless cliffhanger
The first season of The Who Was? Show left off with a cliffhanger that perfectly set up the story to continue and answer all of our burning questions. However, with the unfortunate discontinuation of the show, the viewers will never know who actually got to eat the grapes.
With the book franchise being so popular, there are enough characters to easily feature in a second season and explore their stories.
True fans are disappointed with this missed opportunity and demand answers. Unfortunately, who ate the grapes and what happened to The Who Was? Show headquarters may remain unanswered.
Short Story Idea
I have this idea.
I wouldn’t say it’s brilliant, but I think it’s worth writing down.
Okay, here’s what I’m thinking:
The story begins with a bitter old man waiting to die. When his daughter, his world, died after a tragic accident—not sure yet, maybe she fell and hit her head or got sick— the responsibility he felt turned into overwhelming grief and he blocked out the world, including his wife. She ends up leaving him to sulk in his isolation.
Decades go by and the old man is living in the same house, still alone. He hears word that a young couple and their daughter have moved in down the road, but he couldn’t care less. One day he sees a little girl, around the age his daughter was when she died, walking up the dirt path on a mindless adventure. She notices him and begins bombarding him with the typical questions children ask. While he’s fascinated with her trusting behavior and advanced vocabulary, he sends her away day after day, preferring his own company. And yet, she comes back every day completely unbothered by his rudeness. Eventually he begins to open up about his daughter that had passed and shares his memories of her.
Her visits continue until she doesn’t show up one day. The old man waits out on his porch with apple cinnamon cookies, which the little girl had seemed so excited to try after he explained that they were his daughter’s favorite. But the sun eventually goes down and he goes to bed, not realizing until then that her visits had become routine and something he looked forward to. Days go by and still no sign of his small companion. He becomes so worried for her safety that he grabs his cane and begins walking down the dirt road in search of her house.
A mile or so down the road he knocks on the house’s door and is welcomed in by a teary-eyed woman and an infant strapped to her chest. The woman explains that a sickness had taken over her daughter and she was now bed-ridden, waiting to die. There’s some dialogue between the old man and the little girl and he ends up returning to the house everyday for a week to keep her company.
When she dies he begins to worry that he’ll return to his bitter state, but instead he realizes that the time he had spend with her—just like the time he had spend with his own daughter— had been worth it.
A few years go by and he’s older, crustier, and knows his time is coming. He sits on his porch for one of the final times and stares out at the dirt road. He sees a small figure appear and rubs his eyes, believing it’s an illusion. But no, the figure is a small child who shares a striking resemblance to the little girl who used to visit him. He learns that is it her younger sister, the baby who he had noticed when he had first visited. He asks the child’s name and she explains that her older sister had named her after the old man’s deceased daughter. Brought to tears, the old man welcomes the child and tells her the story of how he’d met her sister.
The story ends with them talking on the porch over a glass of milk and apple cinnamon cookies.
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