Trivia / Michael Rosen

• Approval of God: Despite his initial opposition to them (see below), Michael is reportedly amused by YouTube Poop videos of him. He's specifically mentioned KatanaSoul's "Babyshitter".
• Fanwork Ban: He does know about his popularity in YouTube Poop and, while he doesn't mind it in and of itself, he worries about kids finding them while looking for his poems. He backed down when it was pointed out that it's the parent's responsibility to control what their own children are exposed to on the internet — and also when he realized people weren't going to stop making them no matter what he did — though he nevertheless disabled comments on his artificedesign videos to prevent mature comments, eventually having them re-enabled, albeit with moderators keeping watch to redact any inappropriate content. Fortunately for Rosen, his YouTube Pooper fans have on the whole been respectful towards the channel's policy. Rosen posted a disclaimer on his website disavowing any involvement with YouTube Poop videos, explaining that the site is a "free-for-all" venue and as such videos of his can be downloaded and edited by users at will.
  • As a matter of fact, the YTP community has viewed him with such high regard that they have an unwritten rule never to sentence-mix the video where he talks about his son's death. This is on the basis that doing so would be crossing Dude, Not Funny! territory, and also would be a huge disservice to the man they respect, and who respects them in turn despite being the subject of so many morbidly comedic parodies.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: His career as a YTP star owes itself to this trope. His book The Hypnotiser contains some of his best stories, but is unfortunately also out of print; unable to get it reprinted, uploading himself reading his poems to YouTube was seen as the best way to keep the stories available.
• Write Who You Know: Many of Rosen's poems are based on his own experiences as both a child and a parent, and so the "supporting cast" in such poems comes from his own family and friends, right down to the names. For example, his poems from a child's perspective often include his father Harry, his mother Connie, his older brother Brian, his grandparents Bubbe and Zeyde, and his childhood best friend Brian "Harrybo" Harrison,^note  At least one poem memorialises his brother Alan, who died of whooping cough before Michael was born. while his poems from a parent's perspective generally star his sons Joe and Eddie.