![The Shining Typewriter / Shelley Duvall Typewriter Scene The Shining Typewriter / Shelley Duvall Typewriter Scene meme.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/050/128/the_shining_typewriter_meme_cover.jpg)
The Shining Typewriter / Shelley Duvall Typewriter Scene
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About
The Shining Typewriter, also known as Shelley Duvall Typewriter Scene, is an exploitable meme that depicts a scene from Stanley Kubrick's 1980 thriller The Shining in which the character Wendy (played by American actress Shelley Duvall) discovers the results of months of Jack's (Jack Nicholson) work. Online, a screenshot of the scene has been used as an exploitable image macro since October 2018 on Facebook, Twitter / X and Imgflip, with people replacing the "All Work and No Play" text in the typewriter with humorous catchphrases, internet slang and other references or terms.
Origin
Shelley Duvall's typewriter scene occurs in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, which shows Wendy discovering the results of months of Jack's "work." The scene originally premiered in theaters on December 25th, 1980, and was later posted online to YouTube[1] by the channel @MOVIECLIPS on May 27th, 2011, amassing more than 1.5 million views and 12,000 likes in 13 years.
On October 28th, 2018, Facebook[2] user ChrisBrecheensWritingAboutWriting posted one of the earliest examples of memetic content about the The Shining typewriter meme, which features a screenshot of the scene paired with the caption "You should be writing." The post (seen below) amassed more than 150 reactions and 28 shares in six years.
![The Shining Typewriter earliest meme YOU SHOULD BE WRITING memegenerator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/836/413/acf.jpg)
Spread
On May 15th, 2022, a template version with a blank paper in the The Shining's typewriter was posted on Imgflip[3] by an unknown user (seen below). On June 24th, 2023, Imgflip[4] user @Mario_Speedwagon added the lyrics of the Vengaboys song "We Like to Party" into the paper in the typewriter (seen below, right), which garnered more than 605 views in one year.
![The Shining Typewriter Blank Template](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/836/416/958.jpg)
![The Vengabus is coming meme THE VENGABUS IS COMING we like to party we like, we like to party we like to party we like, we like to party imgflip.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/836/415/cf9.jpg)
Shelley Duvall's typewriter meme also went viral on X in June 2024, as user @EmilioEmm[5] posted a version of the film's screenshot on June 10th, 2024, featuring the Send It To Me Rachel catchphrase. The post (seen below) amassed over 49,000 likes and 3,900 reposts in a day.
![Send it to me rachel (The Shining typewriter) SHOW ME TO IT, PLEASE. SEND IT TO ME, RACHEL.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/836/414/87c.jpg)
Various Examples
![All work and no play makes Augbert a dull boy We moved to the woods' cause the towns and cities weren't safe anymore. My Pappy took me when I was a little boy. My mother, she wandered off. The last time I saw her she was standing on the banks of the river and she looked at me and she said, "If you ever speak to me again, I'll kill ya." And then she walked into the water, and I never saw her again.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/836/447/367.jpeg)
![The Shining Typewriter meme I've seen footage I stay noided I've seen footage I stay noided I've seen footage I stay noided I've seen footage I stay noided I've seen footage I stay noided I've seen footage I stay noided I've seen footage I stay noided I've seen footage I stay noided I've seen footage I stay noided I've seen footage I stay noided](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/836/446/984.jpg)
![little bit of Erica by my side little bit of Rita's all I need little bit of Tina's what I see little bit of Sandra in the su A little bit of Erica by my side A little bit of Rita's all I need A little bit of Tina's what I see A little bit of Sandra in the sun A little bit of Mary all night long A little bit of Jessica, here I am](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/836/445/8db.jpg)
![Don’t forget Don't forget to click below to subscribe to the official Doctor Who YouTube channel.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/836/443/651.jpeg)
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External References
[1] YouTube – The Shining (1980) – All Work and No Play Scene (3/7) | Movieclips
[2] Facebook – ChrisBrecheensWritingAboutWriting
[3] Imgflip – the shining typewriter template
[4] Imgflip – The Vengabus is coming
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