Shelley Duvall says, "Hello, I'm Shelley Duvall," over and over

In "HELLO, I'M SHELLEY DUVALL !," a short video edited by Goddessshelleyduvall, Shelley Duvall repeatedly says the words, "Hello, I'm Shelley Duvall," while wearing a variety of outfits, for 55 seconds. If you don't understand what's great about that, you should try watching it. Mesemerizing.

HELLO, I'M SHELLEY DUVALL ! (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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Mesmerizing: agreed. These are all from the under-appreciated “Faerie Tale Theatre” TV series from the ’80s, btw.
http://twitter.com/ironicsans David Friedman

There’s a definite “sometimes behaves so strangely” effect going on.
Teller

Awesome how in the forest scene she paused between “Hello” and – I can’t remember the next line – but it was cool!
- EvilSpirit
  
  No, watch that shot again. Without the pause, she’d have been saying “I’m Shelley Duvall” from behind a tree. Not good television.
  - Teller
    
    Ah. Always like getting the inside dope. Or any dope.
RobDobbs

Doub;e the fun: http://goo.gl/utSgk
strangefriend

Now, can you get us the scene in Thieves Like Us where she takes a bath in a tub? (Animal sound.)
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…and it ends with a rat.
perfect.
stuck411

Ms. Duvall was on the children’s VHS-tape bandwagon long before Barney & the others came along. About her time the kiddie tapes were atrocious things. Think kids in 80s clothes & colors method-acting their way through a self-written moral story. Oh, and with forgettable public domain music thrown into the mix as well. She turned that drivel into something better and raised the bar for others. Cheers to Shelley Duvall!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Patrick-Eslinger/770604936 Patrick Eslinger

get thee to an auto-tuner STAT
- Donald Petersen
  
  Never mind the auto-tune; from the point where she closes her parasol she starts laying down one hellacious groove for a stretch there. I wanna hear someone stitch together some of Robin Williams’ Popeye mutterings over that beat.
  - Antinous / Moderator
    
    I wanna hear someone stitch together some of Robin Williams’ Popeye mutterings over that beat.
    
    When Popeye came out, one reviewer described Ms. Duvall as miscast in the role that she was born to play.
    - IceCream
      
      “…miscast in the role she was born to play.” Ouch! Reminds me of this comment: ”Mitt Romney is always perceived as the second best candidate, even when there is no first best candidate.”
    - ernunnos
      
      Be that as it may, “He Needs Me” justifies the whole thing.
  - Guest
    
    OMG, I want that, too!
embryoconcepts

I remember the first time I watched The Shining…she was scarier than Jack.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=17125677 James Mason

Oh – I just wanted it to end with Rocky yelling “Yoh – Adrian!!!”
http://www.facebook.com/frank.farmer Frank Farmer

Hi I’m actress Shelly Duvall. You might remember me from such educational films as “Lead Paint: Delicious But Deadly,” and “Here Comes the Metric System!”
nosehat

This is the stuff of nightmares.

Imagine tossing and turning fitfully in bed. You begin to sink in to a dream, any dream, but then suddenly, stepping through the door, or the window, or from behind a curtain: “Hello, I’m Shelley Duvall,” jolting you back to uneasy wakefulness.

Over and over and over again.
futnuh

Who is the woman in that video?
- Petzl
  
  I think I know who the first woman was,
  but as for the second and subsequent ones,
  no idea.
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Eark_the_Bunny

Hello I’m Eark the Bunny

Rinse and repeat!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OAUXAA362EXWLYVMPJOKLFB5JQ Incipient Madness

I wonder what would have happened to her if she hadn’t served breakfast to Robert Altman at the House of Pies. The House of Pies also gave the world Compaq.

http://www.houseofpies.com/
pfooti

I’d like to see that mashed up with this meme: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/x-with-a-layer-added-every-second

I’d do it myself, but I’ve got other fish to fry.
lknope

I liked the part where she said “Hello, I’m Shelley Duvall.”
Mirza

Incredible.
origilla

Hello, I’m Shelly Duv..NOPE! Chuck Testa!
elldeegee

I have an overwhelming urge to go find an axe…
sickstep

I used to watch Faerie Tale Theatre as a child which made The Shining all the more scary once I saw it.
nanuq

I believed her the first time, there was no need for her to repeat herself.
Andrew C

Hello, amsheliduvah.
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For some reason, I’m struck with the urge to go to Key West.
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Hello. I’m not Shelley Duval.
nemryn

Let’s hope she never meets Princess Daisy.
MDwebguy

Hello, I’m Shelley Duvall… and you’re not.
Layne

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy…All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy…All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy…All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy…All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy…All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy…All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy…
InsertFingerHere

Mom just yelled at me for playing that thing… oh, she was mad.
anderalert

“Hello, I’m Shelley….LINE!” “Cut…try it again.”
ackpht

I saw “Popeye” in a 300-seat theater with three people in it. No one and nothing associated with that film could come away unscarred.
mat catastrophe

I like the Popeye film.

Haters.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BZPUF2EASKRBUSDXMNN4IRB5GA dahlia

mm … nope, not mesmerizing.
MelSkunk

Interesting! Who’s the actress in this?
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  San Francisco was notorious for getting Broadway shows with all the Broadway actors removed. When it was announced that Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music was coming to town, one critic wrote, “Really? Who’s starring in it?”
JonGilbert

Running “Hello, I’m Shelly Duval” through Bad Translator yields “Hello, my name is laidvuaer.”.
I have no idea what a “laidvuaer” is, but I bet it has to do with giraffes.