Rosa Pou

Rosa Pou is a Spanish puppeteer and mayor who played Vera on the Spanish co-production of Sesame Street, Barrio Sesamo, from 1996-2000. It's a shame she didn't have her own page on the Muppet Wiki until last year. Some other puppeteers Rosa worked with include Vincent Ortola, Joan Bentallé, and Jordi Arus, all of which had their own individual character. Outside of that, Pou performed Lupita on children's puppet series Los Lunnis and also puppeteered on Los Algos and Bitbath. I don't know why she decided to stop doing puppetry in her later years after she was doing such a great job entertaining children over the years. She later entered politics and was mayor of Caldes d'Estrac (a town within an area of Barcelona) from 2016-2021, five whole years to be exact. Rosa Pou must the first puppeteer on this planet to be mayor (well former mayor actually). But it's a shame she never got to meet two former Barrio Sesamo puppeteers, Chelo Vivares and Alfonso Vallejo, because they worked in the 80s. When they stepped down after cancellation, she and her friends stepped up for the 90s revival. Maybe Rosa won't be the only puppeteer in the world be mayor of a town someday. If Pou can find a way to be a mayor, maybe other puppeteers will, you never know. But no matter what happens, she has a record of being the first puppeteer in the world to be mayor of a town. There isn't any puppeteer in the world to break that record, at least not now. Rosa Pou, you've done wonderful puppeteering in Barrio Sesamo and Los Lunnis. You were also wonderful being mayor of a town for five years. I hope that you will go down in history as the first puppeteer to be mayor. Until then, keep being healthy Rosa. Adios Pou!