If the goal was to make a 9 year old me think Mavis Beacon was a long time educator who developed her own system of teaching typing, and then got her own line of teaching software, then the publisher succeeded​.

Do NOT tell me that Carmen San Diago was nowhere in the world, Clint.

5:57 I thought those were bullet holes before you said they were bugs. I was thinking, "Jeez, Mavis Beacon doesn't mess around when it comes to typing mistakes."

OMG, just found out Mavis Beacon wasn't a real person. Mind blown. Childhood destroyed. Typing skills decimated. Faith in humanity lost.

Would love a video on the origin of LGR's voice.

The reason I can type at 120 WPM (on a good day) is because our internet was so bad when I was younger and I used to play typing for fun on Mavis Beacon

This title was much more successful than the little known Beavis Macon Teaches Taking, an obscure pickpocketing simulator released in that very same year.

Mavis Beacon is like the spirit of Christmas. She's real inside all of us. lol

Are you implying the Chessmaster isn't real either??

4:12 Mavis Bacon Tayches Taping XD

I think Clint has a new crush.

I swear they used a grandma on the UK version.

My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold. I never thought to research, but finding out after all these years that she was just the face of a fictional character, my childhood has been rocked!

Great video! I never actually tried this program, since I was proficient at typing by the time I was 7 or 8. But I still remember seeing this on store shelves for many years.

Bacon ! Makes greasy hands, not fit for typing.

I'm going to change my name to Benjamin Christmas Volkswagen.

1:20 - Missed opportunity: Chessmaster 2000 Wizard Teaches Typing

How can I type in my name if Mavis Beacon hasn't taught me how to type yet?

Well into the 90s? Lol this was still being used at my middle school in 2011..........

One hour later James Rolfe releases a video about the Mandela effect. This is really doing my head in.

Quake taught me how to type faster than Mavis Beacon ever did.

Wait, if Mavis Beacon isn't rea;, then who did I make out with on the corner of Maple and 5th for a mcgriddle and a pack of smokes?

I never imagined I'd be so entertained from a video review of a typing tutor program. Thank you, sir.

I think an interesting story would be why she went back to the Carribean after getting so much notoriety and recognition

That backspace pinky move is physically impossible

I too have fond memories of this software. The voice for Mavis Beacon is very nice, almost ASMR worthy.

Pfft, next you'll be trying to tell me that that Mario guy from Mario Teaches Typing isn't real either!

Thanks for another awesome video! These are so very relaxing! When my parents bought their first Mac in '94, they got the version of Mavis Beacon compatible for that machine. I used it a little, but I think my dad got more out of it in the end. The cover art on the box was pretty much identical to your copy, so when I saw your box it the thumbnail, it made me smile. Please keep up the good work.

getting classier and funnier at the same time with each episode, glad to be subscribed to this channel

I want to see someone make stories around the sentences used in these typing tutors.

4:12 '... Mavis Bacon Taeches Taping' LOL

I'm surprised nobody commented about Clint managing 70wpm with a relatively low error ratio. Must internet a whole lot or do a lot of typing for his day job outside of LGR.

Clint and Beacon, sitting in a tree.. K.i.s.s.i.n.g! (alternatively; Clint and bacon, sitting in a tree, E.A.T.I.N.G!)

Given you can upload your own text files, I really want to see the Angry Marine copypasta being taught.

Just wanted to tell you that enjoy your vids so much that not only did I complete the video that only showed me a black screen for whatever reason but I also went to look for the game online so I could play it.... and now I'm going back to the game/typing tutor.

I like how you have the doom box in the background eclipsing it. gotta love those subtleties haha

I learned how to type properly from Mavis Beacon, my school was still using a version of this that ran on Windows XP when I was in 6th grade in 2007. It wasn't all that much different!

it's amazing how far we've come with technology

I was pleased to see "Olivetti" being mentioned in the arcade section (5:48), as nowadays, even in Italy, it's becoming a forgotten brand (but not at the time of that game release). I wonder if the invented name "Mario Olivetti" was a homage to Mario Tchou.

Well done LGR, well done! I must say that this is the best software review you've made! Enjoyfull, entertaining and superbly narrated. Congratulation, keep it up!

I never expected to laugh so much with a video on a typing software. Thank you.

It seriously never occurred to me that Mavis Beacon could have been a real person. I always assumed she was a fictional character. But then again, I'm pretty sure the program my school used was not Mavis Beacon (although I am pretty sure it was still DOS-based), so I probably only had second-hand knowledge of the program anyway. My touch typing was never really that good until I got Typing of the Dead, though.

WOW. I stumbled upon your video because I was explaining to my husband why I'm so good at typing without looking. I started singing "Mavis Beacon" over and over, along with a dance *mostly* executed by my shoulders, even though I don't think I ever used this program. This video is more delightful, more interesting, and more hilarious than I could have ever imagined. I'm excited to figure out what the heck your channel is about now and watch much much more of your content. Thanks so much for this excellent video!!

You know... I really enjoy the Jazz music you put in your videos. Good choice of music :)

shit this Mandela Effect happened again

dear God that is a buttery smooth voice. can we just get a video of you reading a manual an providing color commentary

The version I remember using in school, there was a lady who would direct you on your typing journey. Anyway, Mavis Beacon, Number Munchers, The Oregon Trail, just to name a few, were some of my first computer related games I ever got to play. Love your content, LGR!

this takes me back. I learned to type using this program in the early 90's. It made computer classes in highschool a breeze already knowing how to type properly. Thanks for uploading this Clint. It brings back good memories

That's an impressively flexible program given when its from and what it runs on. I wish I could remember what typing program actually taught me to type in 6th grade. Also happy to see more of the shiny new PC AT in action. Did you have an AT before that find, or just the 5150 and XT?

Mavis Beacon isnt very popular it seems. Only 1 pic in Rule34

You can make anything interesting! Love your channel. When I was in primary (elementary) school here in Australia, we had a piece of typing software called "Kewala" made by the company Typequick. I can probably attribute my touch typing skill to that simple little program back in the day. It was an adventure game where you (playing as a koala) had to type sentences in order to progress through and had the nifty feature of letting you save your state to a 1.44mb floppy. In hindsight it was genius because everybody in the class was racing to get to the end as quickly as possible and therefore you had to get better in order to catch up!

You have the best videos to watch when you're high. Been a subscriber for ages. Such different content. Well played sir.

More evidence that we live in an actors based reality.

6:16 The halcyon years of 1809 through ASSASS

It looked nothing like this, but I distinctly remember my typing program being Mavis Beacon in elementary school in the 2000s. I recall her face being on screen too though, must have been one of the later releases you mentioned.

I loved this program back in the day! Great vid Clint!

You've crushed my lifelong dreams, Clint

What do you mean Betty Crocker isn't real!? I trusted her products! This is bullshit! I'm switching to Duncan Hines. He'll never let me down.

Once again LGR showcases some old DOS game which I am compelled to borrow from the internet and try for myself.

I remember learning on a version of this program! Actually think it was the only typing tutor I ever used. Forget Mario, Mavis Beacon is, in my mind, the only tutor you'll ever need!

Wait, "used well into the 90s"? We still need this program at my school in 2012! (The Windows XP version anyway)

"Hey Renee, you wanna take some pictures in a suit for a couple hundos?" "Yeah sure whatever. It's not like I'll contribute to alternate dimension theory or anything lol"

Another fantastic video learned a few things.

And they say fake people aren't cool... Great vid, Clint! I too finally tried out this programme for fun years ago, although that was after I'd learned to type. It always seemed to be everywhere. ^_^

Don't act like Mavis isn't delicious looking.

3:50: Pick your age.... I'm guessing the selection for adults teaches typing containing a lot of off-color language and jokes involving sexual innuendo.

Love the Sims music used in the background. Very nostalgic.

dude you really have an amazing channel

Thank you for making KZfaq Fridays great again! :D We like bacon too! Clearly her beauty consumed you so much you said "Mavis Bacon tayches taping" instead of "Mavis Bacon Teaches Typing" @4:12.

There is no Mavis!

I entirely credit my typing skills to this program to this day - it's probably the most valuable time I've spent with any piece of software.

this was truly brilliant to watch, thank you !

Fun typing fact: you may have noticed that on your computer keyboard there are some sort of bump on the F and J keys (usually a raised horizontal line). Those are the keys where you are supposed to put your index fingers when typing like in 4:45. When professional typists ,that usually type without ever looking down at the keyboard, take their hands away from the keyboard, they just have to put their indexes on the F and J keys, and they automatically know what keys their other fingers will end up, again without looking at the keyboard.

jusf as real as hatsune miku

Oh man this takes me back, when my family had our first Windows 95 computer my mum had one of the later versions of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing and sometimes I'd go on it too, I loved the minigames and the 3D menu system.

The "Riding the Loch Ness Monster with bigfoot..." part floored me. X-D Thanks for another look at vintage office software. I don't think this particular product ever made it to Europe.

mavis bacon taches taping LOOLOLOL

Mavis Beacon taught me typing in 1999. This video is how I discovered your channel- thank you, Mavis Beacon!

This is a surprisingly cool and interesting video... I mean, considering we're discussing a typing programme 😄. Thanks for shattering our childhood world view 😩😁

AHaha this was a pretty fun video Clint!!

THANK YOU LGR for making this Mavis Beacon typing video. It's how I learned to type back in 1990. Talk about nostalgia....

I just wanted to write, but it's not edutainment month, but daaamn, it is now! Already! My favourite time of the year. Great video!

This needs more typing audio. I'm up for a full Let's Play, the closer the mic is to your Model M, the better ;)

I actually had used Mavis Beacon back in high school...though it was during off times when I had to take my vocational classes. I ended up being stuck with the Cortez Peters' Championship Typing series. That was just rough.

You this man is a gentleman, by the music he puts in the videos, simple yet effective.

I remember this! And haven't seen it since! Around 1999 or 2000 in 1st/2nd grade, On an IBM eduquest. I remember getting in trouble for not using Home Row keys. But yet I was the faster typing than the teacher by it was all over with lol. To this day I still never can use home row keys. I've always been a fast typer.

I remember my parents forcing me to learn typing with Mavis Beacon when I was 5 on the windows 98 version. Was fun to take typing classes in middle school, high school and college and get everything done by the first week

The computer teacher that was a computer, that was still nicer than my teacher that taught computers. Also, do Extreme Bullriding please and thank you; used to always see it when I worked electronics and I just have to know!

as always, very informative 😀 what is your words per minute record lol

Really enjoyed this video, the program was great and it's nice to hear the story behind it, hope the model got paid well, feel like she should have gotten a small royalty share, but then again when you are doing new things it's difficult to asses how big it will become, hope she is at the very least happy with being famous for being Mavis.

custom text files in a typing tutor is the best thing ever made.

I remember on one of the later versions their was a checkout game. As a kid I used to lose on purpose so I could watch all the food fall on the floor which showed an animation of an angry customer and a huge mess.

Used both Mavis and Mario Teaches Typing in school. At home we had Mavis Beacon Teaches Chess along with a teaching chess set where the basic moves where on the pieces. Biggest thing I remember from Beacon on chess was castling.

Absolutely fascinating. I just wish I wasn't eating lunch when you said "Mavis Bacon Tayches Taping". I nearly choked to death laughing!

why did you bring this back in my life. i cant get that time back you know. i still hate that lizard.

I remember having a later version with a shark-attack game. Genuinely terrifying.

I was too young for Mavis Beacon, but I had many hours done on Mario Teaches Typing for DOS. Mavis Beacon seems much more advanced considering how much older it is.

Keytronic is based in my city of Spokane,WA as you saw! I had Mavis Beacon as a kid (1997-2002ish). One of the many sequel versions of course. I hated having to use it of course but I guess it payed off in the end.

You sortof blew my mind with the clickbait. I thought the numbers over her head were mugshot numbers !

ah, i love videos on those old edutainment software. I hope you do some more of these later, some of them can be rather enjoyable even if they are really old.......and sometimes incorrect these days in regard to the science themed ones.