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Smosh piles six comedians into a car and turns every road trip cliché into a punchline.

Smosh dropped “EVERY ROAD TRIP EVER” on YouTube on July 29, 2019, the latest entry in the channel’s long-running ‘Every [Blank] Ever’ anthology. The 6-minute, 39-second sketch takes aim at the specific miseries of long car rides — the navigation fights, the shotgun-seat politics, the gas-station bathroom emergencies — and turns them into a rapid-fire string of scenes anyone who’s ever been stuck in a backseat will recognize.

• Directed and produced by Ryan Todd, the sketch runs 6 minutes, 39 seconds and follows “EVERY KFC EVER” in the anthology, with “EVERY CHIPOTLE EVER” set to follow it.
• The ensemble cast includes Smosh regulars Shayne Topp, Courtney Miller, Damien Haas, Ian Hecox, Noah Grossman, and Olivia Sui.
• Writing is credited to Monica Vasandani, Ryan Finnerty, and cast members Damien Haas, Courtney Miller, and Shayne Topp, with editing by Mike Small and cinematography from Mitch Anderson and Nick Giomuso.

The Premise

The official synopsis sets the tone before a single frame plays: “Grab your pillow, settle in with your trail mix, and make sure your phone is completely charged because we are absolutely NOT THERE YET.” That’s the whole engine of the sketch — the dread of a trip that never seems to end, stretched across a handful of familiar scenarios that escalate the way real road trips actually do, from mild irritation to full meltdown.

Grab your pillow, settle in with your trail mix, and make sure your phone is completely charged because we are absolutely NOT THERE YET.

Behind the Camera

Ryan Todd both directed and produced the episode, keeping the anthology’s formula intact: a series of short, self-contained bits stitched together rather than one continuous narrative. Mitch Anderson and Nick Giomuso split cinematography duties, while Mike Small handled the edit, a credit list that mirrors how Smosh has run its ‘Every … Ever’ series for years — a small, consistent crew rotating through hundreds of these shorts.

The writing room leaned heavily on the people actually performing the material. Monica Vasandani and Ryan Finnerty are joined on the script by Damien Haas, Courtney Miller, and Shayne Topp, all three of whom also appear on camera, a setup that’s become standard for Smosh sketches built around lived-in, relatable frustration rather than plot.

The Cast on Screen

Shayne Topp, Courtney Miller, Damien Haas, Ian Hecox, Noah Grossman, and Olivia Sui carry the sketch through its various road-trip vignettes — arguments over who drives, who navigates, and who controls the aux cord, plus the inevitable “are we there yet” restlessness and the scramble for snacks. It’s the same six-person core the channel leans on across its sketch output, the kind of ensemble comfort that lets a bit like this move fast without needing to establish who anyone is.

The format has become one of Smosh’s most reliable engines for this exact reason — it doesn’t need a hook or a celebrity guest, just a universal annoyance and six performers who know how to escalate a bit in under seven minutes. It’s the same instinct that powers other short-form comedy staples, from cold-open sketches like SNL’s political cold opens to viral stunt videos built around a single absurd premise, like a channel’s “world’s largest” challenge content.

Series Placement and Context

“EVERY ROAD TRIP EVER” slots in right after “EVERY KFC EVER” and ahead of “EVERY CHIPOTLE EVER,” part of a release rhythm where Smosh cycles through everyday experiences — food orders, family gatherings, first dates — and finds the shared aggravations everyone glosses over until someone puts it on screen. Road trips were an obvious target: shared bags of trail mix, the phone-charger scramble, and the standoff over who’s driving are all specifically called out in the video’s own pitch to viewers.

Chipotle was already next on the docket by the time this one went up, which is about as good a sign as any that the anthology wasn’t slowing down — Smosh had another one of these queued up before “EVERY ROAD TRIP EVER” even finished its opening weekend on the channel.