Sandra Shamas

Sandra Shamas is a Canadian comedian, puppeteer, and writer who was one of the numerous Canadian people brought on to do Fraggle Rock. On Fraggle Rock, she mostly performed background characters, but she sometimes performed guest characters in various episodes. Sandra also performed on The Jim Henson Hour as an additional puppeteer for many episodes and also did some garbage and a goldfinch for an episode. Shamas even got a chance to assist in the Sesame Street film, Follow That Bird. I have read that while she worked on Fraggle Rock, she met her future husband, puppeteer Frank Meschkuleit (but the couple soon divorced). She later established herself as a comedic person with a series of self-produced one-woman shows such as My Boyfriend's Back and There's Going to Be Laundry and Wit's End. Ever since then, Sandra Shamas has been performing comedy shows across the country. I read on Wikipedia that she was appointed to the Order of Ontario in 2018, an official honor. I wonder if doing Fraggle Rock gave her the stardom she has today because after doing that and The Jim Henson Hour, she went off on her own to do comedy and such. Sandra seems to be basing her comedic plays on her own life, which is something many comedians do, tell their personal lives in a funny way. Shamas even made a play in 2017 called The Big What Now, all about menopause and being a woman over 50 years old. I wonder if she still remembers Frank Meschkuleit today since they divorced years ago, as well as what kind of shows they did together before that. Other comedians who did puppetry like her included John Pattison, Karen Maruyama, and Michael Elizabeth Huston, to name a few. Sandra Shamas, you're a great comedian and you did well on Fraggle Rock back then. Keep doing comedy all across Canada because everywhere needs a laugh. And always remember how puppetry made you the comedic star you are today. Until then, keep on writing and performing Sandra. You're a real hoot Shamas!