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Liam Kyle Sullivan

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Liam Kyle Sullivan
Background Information
Born July 17 1973 (1973-07-17) (age 34)
Norfolk, Massachusetts
United States
Internet activity
Period active 2000–present
Host service(s) YouTube, MySpace
Meme "Shoes," "Muffins"
Official site LiamShow.com

Liam Kyle Sullivan (born July 17, 1973 in Norfolk, Massachusetts) is an American comedian and actor. Sullivan has made several guest appearances on television programs, including Gilmore Girls, 8 Simple Rules, and Alias, but is best known for his internet videos. He currently stars in the popular VH1 series, I Hate My 30's.

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Skits

"Shoes" The video is centered around a girl named Kelly wanting to buy shoes. The song incorporates elements of techno and electroclash, and the video features several other actors and comedians. Sullivan played Kelly (in drag) as well as her father and her twin brother, Chris. This video made her famous for her words "betch" (bitch) and "shetbag" (shitbag)

After the music video for the song "Shoes" was spotlighted by comedian Margaret Cho, Sullivan's work was virally circulated on the Internet. It became a popular video at YouTube, getting over 19 million hits, and garnered Sullivan press attention.[1] DJ Titus Jones mashed the song with the Britney Spears song "Gimme More" and turned it into "Gimme More Shoes (Britney vs Kelly)". Sullivan subsequently released a music video of the song featuring music video clips from the two mashed songs on YouTube. [2] [3]

"Muffins" Filmed in the style of a poorly done television commercial, Sullivan, once again in drag, appears as a grandmotherly baker and as "Donny" (pronounced with an eastern Massachusetts accent, making it "Dawnie"), her grandson. The old woman is advertising a variety of muffins, beginning with ordinary flavors and quickly progressing to the bizarre (i.e. bird muffin, Star Wars muffin, imaginary muffin, ink muffin, Israeli-Palestinian conflict muffin, cartoon muffin, and even blood muffin).
"Hard-Hitting Questions" This film is an interview video with a dog. Sullivan plays the interviewer (Granite MacKenzie), asking the dog (Laz) some simple but hard-hitting questions. The dog doesn't respond verbally but cocks its head. The questions include "Who needs a bath?" and "Does Lazzie need to make a doodie?"
"Sextop 2000" In this video, Sullivan is in a fake promotional ad (infomercial) for a laptop specialized for concealing pornography. However, Sullivan had nothing to do with the production of this video as he only acted in it.
"Text Message Breakup" This video shows Kelly's boyfriend (Neal) breaking up with her by text message. Kelly and her friend Heather go to the club where he is and tell him off. They get him kicked out of the club, and he earns the hatred of various girls, who say (rather explicitly) that they want nothing to with him and that he is a good-for-nothing. Margaret Cho makes an appearance in this video as well as Masuimi Max. Kelly's friend Heather, said Kelly's last name may start with the letter B "Good potatoes Mrs. B"

[1]

"Love Letters" This video involves a man named Bob (voiced by Sullivan) writing numerous "Love Letters" to four recipients: Carbs, Fruits, Vegetables and his Wife's Vagina. All the letters are from Bob and narrated by him, except for the last, which is written and narrated by a female, a Pie (which Bob had trouble with earlier).
"Pleasant Valley Road" A video which shows an old man played by Sullivan standing by a tree in a park. He tells the viewers come to a place called Pleasant Valley Road of Santa Rosa. He then speaks about how he and his girlfriend had a "warm picnic under the sun," and right as he was about to ask her to marry him, she breaks up with him. He then attempts to hold back tears for an entire minute until the video ends.
"Relationshit" A dramatic comedic song about a couple's problematic relationship, and their longing to stay together.
"Let Me Borrow That Top" This skit begins with Kelly's mother and father sitting on their sofa, who, much to their chagrin, discover that Aunt Susan (who is presumably a lesbian) is due for a visit. She arrives with her girlfriend, Maria, and sings and plays guitar for the family. After a lengthy dose of family dysfunction, the future Homecoming queen from across the street comes home from shopping. Kelly idolizes her for her recently purchased top, and then goes on a mission to borrow the top. At the end of the video Kelly gets grounded by her Mom since the top had Kelly's Mom's face with the word "Whore" underneath. This skit was done in the same style as the famous "Shoes" skit. Featured in the video at one point is Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls--When Kelly is at the mall, Palmer is the girl who throws the shirt at the camera. This is probably because Kelly was featured in The Dresden Dolls music video, "Shores of California". Margaret Cho is also in the video, (making this her second Kelly video to appear in) when she appears with the ninja from Ask A Ninja. LisaNova also makes a cameo. Dave Navarro also makes a cameo in the scene where Kelly is getting a tattoo.

[2]

"Cooter Paste" The video shows Liam as a happy grandma. She grabs a jar of peanut butter from a cupboard and calls her dog over. The dog proceeds to lick its lips. After a while, this commercial ends with Liam saying "For lonely times!"
"Where Do You Think You're Going In That?" This song has no video, but is used on some kelly fan halloween costumes slideshows, this song is sung by kelly's mom. The song has two versions, with the first starting with Kelly's mother reading a religious pamphlet until Kelly comes down the stairs to go out. Kelly's mother stops her from going anywhere and continually criticizes Kelly's clothes throughout the video with comments such as: "Is that a tattoo?", "tattoos are from the devil", "Why are you wearing that?", "If you go out like that, they're gonna think you're a street-walker", and "Boys just wanna get in your tu-tu".

In the other version, Kelly's mother starts out insulting Kelly. "Excuse me, what is that coming down my stairs?", "We're gonna put some clothes on you; those aren't clothes", "Those are what the street walkers wear. The proostitutes.", and "Your face is painted like a clown. And it's not even funny." The video contains the same techno-pop music as the other Kelly videos. Kelly's mother continually mispronounces and abbreviates words in the video.

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