The Car Trip - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
The Car Trip is a story that involves Michael Rosen and Brian Rosen annoying their mother about wanting snacks and other stuff on a car trip. This story comes from the book The Hypnotiser and was reissued for the 2015 book Mad In The Back.
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Transcript[]
DISCLAIMER: This is a transcript for a video of Michael performing the poem/book, not a transcript from the actual poem/book itself.
The Car Trip.
Mum says "Right you two. This is a long car journey. I'm driving, and I can't drive properly if you two are going mad in the back. Do you understand?"
So we go "Okay Mum, okay. Don't worry about it!" And off we go... and we start the moaning.
"Can I have a drink? I want some crisps. Can I open my window? He's got my book. Get off me! That's my ear!"
And Mum tries to be exciting. "Look out the window! There's a lamppost!"
And then we go on "Can I have a sweet? He's sitting on me. Are we nearly there? Don't scratch! You never tell him off. Now he's biting his nails. I wanna drink, I wanna drink."
And mum tries to be exciting again. "Look out the window! There's a tree!"
Then we go on, "My hands are sticky. He's playing with the door handle now. I feel a bit sick actually. Your nose is all runny. Don't pull my hair! He's punching me, Mum! That's really dangerous, you know?! Mum! He's spitting!"
And mum says, "Right! I'M STOPPING THE CAR, I AM STOPPING THE CAR!"
She stops the car, "Now, if you two don't stop it, I'm gonna put you out the car and leave you by the side of the road."
"He started it!" "I didn't! He started it!"
[facepalm] "I don't care who started it, I can't drive properly if you two go mad in the back. Do you understand?"
And we go "Okay Mum, okay. Don't worry about it!"
"Can I have a driiiiiiink?"
Use in YTPs[]
- The ending where Michael says "Can I have a driiiiiiink?", the word "driiink" is used often in Michael Rosen YTPMVs as bass/tenor. It's also used as a transition; it's put over a test card image to replace the 1kHz test tone, but it's trimmed to the long "iiiiiii" sound. This is done typically after Michael purposefully fails a joke, and is used to make the situation funny.
- "Get off me!" is often used in sexual references in YTPs.
- The facepalm is often connected to the stupid and/or obvious answer to an unoriginal/overused joke.
- "I don’t care!", "Going mad", "Do you understand?" and "That's really dangerous, you know?" are used a lot in a YTPs when the context arises, due to Michael's expressive articulation and silly expressions.
- "Look out the window! There's a lamppost/tree!" is often used with lamppost or tree replaced by another noun.
- "Okay, Mum, okay. Don't worry about it!" is used a lot in various YTPs, normally spliced with a character's name rather than "Mum".
