2013 / Video / Vine-born film-clip remix
Ryan Gosling Won’t Eat His Cereal
A spoonful of cereal met a movie star’s perfectly timed refusal.
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What was this?
McHenry moved a spoon toward Gosling’s on-screen face; the actor’s expression or movement made the bite fail. The joke was tiny, visual, and complete before Vine’s six-second clock ran out.
Why it spread
The series became one of Vine’s early widely shared formats, accumulating tens of millions of loops and traveling beyond Vine through YouTube compilations, tweets, and reaction posts.
What happened
McHenry moved a spoon toward Gosling’s on-screen face; the actor’s expression or movement made the bite fail. The joke was tiny, visual, and complete before Vine’s six-second clock ran out.
Where it came from
Scottish filmmaker Ryan McHenry began the Vine series in April 2013, holding cereal up to clips of Ryan Gosling so each cut made Gosling appear to reject it. McHenry later collected the first eight creator-made Vines in a YouTube upload.
Why it mattered
Ryan Gosling Won’t Eat His Cereal captures Vine comedy at its cleanest: one repeatable edit, one familiar face, and a punchline that worked without dialogue or context.
How it spread
The series became one of Vine’s early widely shared formats, accumulating tens of millions of loops and traveling beyond Vine through YouTube compilations, tweets, and reaction posts.
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