Lemondrop

Let's say, hypothetically, that you're hanging out in your favorite intimate local Italian spot* going to town on your favorite antipasti** when all of the sudden, who should stroll in and take a seat at the bar next to you but RYAN GOSLING.

You'd be like, "Oh my God, does my lipstick look OK? Do I smell too much like marinara? Do I smell enough like marinara?"

The fact is, you'd be totally wigged out, because Ryan Gosling is an attractive and famous person.

But guess what? Ryan Gosling has a cripplingly embarrassing past, just like you or me (mostly you). Did you know that he once starred in a "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" spinoff called "Young Hercules"? And that it was a very silly show that sometimes had musical numbers that featured plotlines like his resenting his absentee dad ... Zeus? No, totally. Now you know! No matter how cool you think Ryan Gosling is now, he was once a dorky teen, just like you or me.

Please enjoy this video, and allow the sheer awkwardness of it to enhance your already mammoth chances of sleeping with the hot crackhead from "Half Nelson."

*Applebee's
**mozzarella sticks