Overview
- Eighteen-year-old volunteer Ella Devi posted a selfie on X noting that Wallace Shawn was in her East Village canvassing group and identified him by his Young Sheldon role as Dr. Sturgis.
- The post drew widespread mockery and nostalgia online, with many quoting “Inconceivable!” and objecting to what they called “Wallace Shawn erasure.”
- Devi replied that she only knows Shawn from Young Sheldon and urged critics to canvass or phone bank instead of lecturing her about his filmography.
- She said the group knocked on roughly 100 doors during the shift and joked that she forgot he was in Clueless, which startled older residents.
- Coverage noted Shawn’s decades-long career and left-leaning activism, citing roles in The Princess Bride, Toy Story, and Clueless alongside his presence canvassing for Mamdani.