Jamie Shannon

Jamie Shannon is a puppeteer, showrunner, and puppet builder who is best known for creating over 900 hours of Broadcast Children's television. He also co-founded the puppet company The Grogs alongside his partner Jason Hopley. I read that Jamie got inspiration from Jim Henson to create his own troupe of puppets which ended up on their home Canadian channel YTV. Shannon created, ran, and performed on a variety of projects such as Nanalan, Mr. Meaty, Big and Small, and more (with Hopley). He has also brought to life over hundreds of unique characters for almost endless projects. It would seem that Jamie Shannon did admire Henson in his early days and if it wasn't for Henson's inspiration, he wouldn't have made several of those shows that ended up being popular today. Some of his puppet designing projects included Goosebumps, Duck for Mayor, and Odd Squad. In addition to Hopley, he worked alongside a bunch of puppeteers like Todd Doldersum, Ali J. Eisner, and Marty Stelnick, to name a few. Though I do wish Jamie performed on Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock in which he would end up being a Muppet performer. Shannon was probably happier doing his own projects with Jason Hopley, otherwise their wouldn't be The Grogs company today. His most recent work includes The Barbarian and the Troll (though I would like to see proof) and Lost Ollie (which is upcoming). Jamie Shannon, you are one of the best Canadian puppeteers to ever work with puppets on television for many years. I'm sure Henson would have been flattered to have a person like you get inspiration from him. Keep on doing television today with Hopley and together you'll both go down as legends. Great job Jamie. Rock on Shannon!

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