--- title: Tom Hanks Joins James Corden on Schoolbus on Carpool Karaoke description: Tom Hanks joined James Corden for a special back-to-school edition of 'Carpool Karaoke' that took place on a school bus. canonical: https://time.com/4937176/carpool-karaoke-tom-hanks/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-12T16:00:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:09.171Z og:title: Tom Hanks and James Corden Did a Rousing Carpool Karaoke og:description: Just in time for the new school year og:url: https://time.com/4937176/carpool-karaoke-tom-hanks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt770755894d26efe4/6988dd5422fb854d14e22ca7/tom-hanks-james-corden-carpool-karaoke.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: EIF Presents: XQ Super School Live at the Barker Hangar - Inside og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Hanks and James Corden Did a Rousing Carpool Karaoke twitter:description: Just in time for the new school year twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt770755894d26efe4/6988dd5422fb854d14e22ca7/tom-hanks-james-corden-carpool-karaoke.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Let Tom Hanks and James Corden Take You Back to School With Their Rousing _Carpool Karaoke_ > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for EIF) SANTA MONICA, CA - SEPTEMBER 08: Tom Hanks and James Corden speak onstage during the XQ Super School Live, presented by EIF, at Barker Hangar on September 8, 2017 in Santa California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for EIF) Christopher Polk—Getty Images for EIF  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 12, 2017 4:00 PM UTC Between [crashing weddings](http://time.com/4507954/tom-hanks-wedding-photo-shoot/) and [returning lost items via Twitter](http://time.com/4801590/tom-hanks-trolling-fans/), [Tom Hanks, the Internet’s favorite dad](http://time.com/4688948/tom-hanks-press-corps-coffee/), found time to engage in another activity made for going viral online: [“Carpool Karaoke” with _The Late Late Show’_s James Corden.](http://time.com/4874242/carpool-karaoke-usher/) The actor joined Corden for a special back-to-school edition of the wildly popular “Carpool Karaoke” segment that was featured on XQ: The Super School Project, a one-hour tv special to support the American education system that also featured the star power of everyone from [Viola Davis](http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736294/viola-davis/) to MC Hammer. In the clip, Corden tries to order an Uber, only to discover that Hanks, who is driving a large yellow school bus, is his driver for the night. “Well hello young boy,” Hanks said as Corden boards the bus. “You look like a big baby!” As Hanks drives Corden, they sing a rousing rendition of Kim Wilde’s “Kids in America” with students on the bus. 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