# Unforgivable Unforgivable is a series of ten short improvised monologue videos uploaded to YouTube starting August 22, 2006, in which actor Gunnar Fritz Stansson rants about increasingly profane anecdotes while filmmaker L.W. Hodge laughs behind the camera. The low-budget woods shoot pulled tens of millions of views across its sequels, launched a merchandise site, and spawned a long tail of parody reenactments on YouTube. ## Origin On August 22, 2006, high school friends Gunnar Fritz Stansson and Logan W. Hodge uploaded a short clip titled unforgivable to YouTube, filmed in the woods, in which Stansson improvised a monologue about meeting a woman at the mall and sleeping with her[4]. The original upload was later pulled, but a December 2006 reupload by YouTuber Nightmare Rarity preserved the clip and drew over 1.6 million views across the following nine years[1]. Stansson told The Juicy Expressions that the first shoot came out of boredom while he and Hodge were struggling with a different project, and that he was surprised when the throwaway video eclipsed everything else they made[2]. The character's catchphrase came directly from the P. Diddy cologne ad of the same name[2]. - **Platform:** YouTube - **Creator:** Gunnar Fritz Stansson and L.W. Hodge - **Date:** 2006 ## Overview Each installment follows the same stripped-down setup. Stansson, usually shot in grainy handheld black-and-white, stares at the camera and tells a story about his day in character as a hyper-aggressive young man named Ricky, boasting about drugs, sex, and violence before capping the tale with the title line, That's unforgivable[1]. The comedy comes from the escalation of absurd claims and Hodge's audible, uncontrollable laughter from behind the lens[4]. Running gags turned into quotable fuel for the fanbase: Ricky demanding a chicken sandwich and some waffle fries fo' free, threats aimed at his friend Bovice, and the recurring tag Is that unforgivable[5]. In a 2011 interview with The Juicy Expressions, Stansson said the character grew out of listening to N.W.A lyrics with Hodge and from P. Diddy's Unforgivable cologne commercial, which supplied the title[2]. Both creators described the project as a bored side experiment that unexpectedly outperformed everything else they filmed[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Unforgivable? Unforgivable is a ten-part series of improvised monologue videos directed by L.W. Hodge and starring Gunnar Fritz Stansson, built around a profane character who caps each story with the line That's unforgivable[1][4]. ### Where did Unforgivable come from? Stansson and Hodge uploaded the first clip, filmed in the woods, to YouTube on August 22, 2006 while in high school in Houston[4]. Stansson later said the project came out of boredom with another shoot[2]. ### What does Unforgivable mean? In the series it is the character's verdict on his own escalating stories about sex, drugs, and petty crime, and the title riffs directly on the P. Diddy Unforgivable cologne commercial Stansson cited as an inspiration[2]. ### How do you use Unforgivable? Fans typically quote lines from the videos, especially chicken sandwich and some waffle fries fo' free and That's unforgivable, or film parody reenactments copying Stansson's cadence and the handheld black-and-white look[5]. ### Is Unforgivable still popular? The uploads stopped years ago, but the clips kept returning to Reddit's r/videos through the 2010s and the surviving sequels still rack up millions of views on YouTube[3][6]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMRK5vFsuV0]() 2. [https://thejuicyexpressions.com/gunnarlogan-interview/]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alK6PEQI8g8]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/unforgivable]() 5. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071029114529/http://www.isthatunforgivable.com/]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLb4g1PJVBU]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/unforgivable Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library