Fortunately, Unfortunately

Wade introduces a new improv game where he gives a one-sentence prompt, and Mark and Bob take turns adding a sentence that starts with either 'fortunately' or 'unfortunately,' creating a continuous, evolving story. The game's simplicity allows for rapid, unpredictable narrative development.

Wade explains the rules: 'I give like a one sentence prompt and then you guys will alternate and you just say a sentence that begins with the word fortunately or unfortunately and then the next person has to do the opposite.'

One story begins with a walk that quickly devolves into an encounter with 'rabid bears.' The narrative escalates when these bears are revealed to be 'PCP werebears,' ten times faster than humans, and capable of giving a contact high that provides a speed boost. The protagonist, a chief of police, uses a 'werebears' pun to stall them until the PCP wears off.

Mark states, 'Unfortunately, all the bears were hopped up on PCP and they were 10 times faster than a human male.' Bob adds, 'Fortunately, the closer they came to catching me, the more of a contact high I gained from them.'

Another story involves finding multiple magic lamps, leading to the summoning of '30-plus genies.' These genies, being solitary creatures, engage in a violent 'massacre' due to a lack of rules against genies harming other genies. The final twist involves the protagonist's groveling and literal ass-kissing of a rival ghost hunter going viral, attracting a 'very specific type of sexual attention' that the protagonist is 'into.'

Mark describes, 'Unfortunately, genies are really meant to be solitary creatures, and they did not get along. Turns out there are rules about the genie hurting the person who rubs the lamp, but there's basically no rules about genies hurting other genies. By the time the massacre was over, I had one genie and three wishes left.' Bob concludes, 'Fortunately, all of the clips of me groveling and crying and kissing Hunto's ass attract a very specific type of sexual attention and as it turns out, I'm into that.'

Mark's story involves making a movie called 'Landmines Incorporated' using practical effects, leading him to step on a landmine. The explosions propel him from one mine to the next, accelerating him to Mach 2. He realizes he forgot to record but a chest-mounted GoPro saves the POV shot. The chain of explosions eventually propels him into space, past Mars, and towards the outer rim, where he dies from lack of oxygen, only to look down from heaven and realize 'all of life is just one big joke anyway.'

Mark details, 'Unfortunately, the subject matter of my movie, Landmines Incorporated, I decided to go as practical as possible, and that first step had me directly on top of the first landmine of many.' Later, 'Unfortunately, the extra velocity I gained by throwing my GoPro downwards towards Earth caused me to miss Mars by that much and then I skipped off of Phobos, which had a land mine just so happened to be on it.'