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Seems no guest episodes are getting frequent. This year alone we already had five (5) episodes (231, 247, 261, 267, 270) and there will be another episode, 276 (?). Maybe we'll get another Best of the Best in the near future?
By the way, I hope for yearly Summer & Winter Running Olympics Specials.
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anyway, i managed to finish the episode... man, that was hard to finish.
I feel you. I also just finished watching it, with stopping somewhere around the middle and go playing some sports for an hour before resuming it.
This is a weird episode. The whole thing just didn’t match up. What’s the point of having the different type of cabins if you didn’t sleep in it? It’s just a waste. The links didn’t actually plays a thing in the final game at all. Why bother? It just for annoyances. The way of escaping should be changed each time a team manage to solve it. First team solved it, then the second team should do something different and so on.
also, that wasn't the only time they lived together. Gary and Haha are very "tidy" when it comes to their house and themseves. they are tidier than most female guests. they are portrayed as free spirited men but they are pretty responsible when it comes to their hygiene, money, family and properties. Their cars are spotless all the freakin' time.
Kwang Soo also a neat and tidy person, but not as much as Ha Ha and Gary. His house as shown in Episode 247 was clean and organised, although his fridge is another story.
hoping for a better episode next week.
Aren’t we all?
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It’s a bummer. I really like him in 1N2D.
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Also, i though Haha and Gary are close, why does it seem that Haha is there for the first time?
Also, that's one big house. is that Seoul?
I wouldn’t read too much of it, since the members especially Ha Ha are known to give fake reactions. Like in Episode 162, they reacted like they saw the guests for the first time, but afterward the production crews uploaded a video they actually practicing together. Exploring your friend’s house is fun for the first time, maybe that’s what Ha Ha is going for. And I remember in Healing Camp, Gary said Ha Ha and Kwang Soo had a sleepover at his house.
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I believe it is not SJH or KG or KJK is not participating, it is YJS is extremely popular in Korea and they will edit to give him more screen time and Haha is YJS protégé so he is just ad libbing from him and LKS and JSJ popularity started in RM especially overseas so they need this day job. Even the other running man members have dissed the PD for his favouritism to YJS. even if you watch infinity challenge or happy together, the emphasis is always on YJS. He is the mainstay of most program he is on.
I disagree.
Yoo Jae Suk get the most screen time out of all the members not because he is ‘extremely popular’ but because he is the most entertaining member out of the seven. Even when he is alone he is more entertaining than the others.
If any of the members didn’t get much screen time, it is due to themselves didn’t do anything interesting worth broadcasting. Should they show 10 minutes of Song Ji Hyo sleeping in the car? Or 10 minutes of Peaceful Gary while the others were bickering? *Yawn*
Ha Ha didn’t get screen time just because he is a protégé of Yoo Jae Suk, rather because he works for it. Ha Ha isn’t the main host type, he’s more of the secondary host type. Look at the recent episodes 271 & 272, when he is actively supporting Yoo Jae Suk with titbits and trivias of the guests he invited. Also, ad-libbing also required skills and timing to say the correct thing at the correct time, and not depending on the scripts and cue cards, unlike a certain member who only say and do what the scripts and cue cards said without any improvisation at all.
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It was KJK who helped Lee Kwang Soo primarily in molding his character. YJS just made sure he gets "the opportunity" but it was KJK that helped LKS. LKS said that in one his interviews. From the ugly maknae to a fighting maknae (he bullies KJK just as much as KJK bullies him nowadays), he did it through KJK's help. However, the PD said it was Kwangsoo himself who developed his characters and KJK simply assisted LKS. KJK, in effect, became Kwangsoo's wingman. i am pretty sure those interviews are still on Youtube or tumblr or somewhere.
“Before my character [giraffe] developed, there were a lot of people who weren't happy seeing me get bullied by Kim Jong Kook. We both knew that viewers viewed it unfavourably, but Jong Kook hyung continued to bully me on the show.”
He continued, “I know well why Jong Kook hyung continued to bully me on the show. He wanted to give me a character and wanted me to have something to do on the program. Even though he knew he was being criticized for it, he continued to bully me. That's the reason why I now have the giraffe character.”
Lastly, Lee Kwang Soo commented, “Although I have never told hyung about this, I really want to tell him how thankful I am.”
“I can hardly believe that it’s only been two years since Lee Kwang Soo started variety. He learns things very quickly. He’s also the youngest, so he gets a lot of love on the set because he treats his hyungs so well. The members are all playful with him and that shows up in the final product. He is also good at thinking outside the box, and acts as a sort of spice to the program. He has never been on a variety show before, but he shows remarkable growth. It was a good decision choosing him.” - Cho Hyo Jin PD, January 2013.
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oh how cruel. LOL
maybe he would have been a good match to Lee Kwang Soo. Maybe, it's just my attachment to the original cast.
Although I do want Song Joong Ki to come as a proper guest, I think too much time has passed for him to return as a fixed cast member. I also wished for Lizzy to come to Running Man, even as a guest. Lee Kwang Soo always mentioned those two in his acceptance speech for variety awards.
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so, what do you think? change the whole cast? season 2? LOL
If they change the whole cast, there is a big possibility it will flopped, just like Family Outing 2. The new cast have big shoes to fill and somehow I think they will try to reproduce the current members' characters rather than developing their own. However, if they want to do a Season 2, they should have some cooling off period between the seasons rather than immedietly replacing Season 1 with Season 2.
If they want to replace some of the members, I think the maximum they can go is 3 of the less prominent members. The remaining 4 could help the 3 newbies to integrate and adjust to the show, just like the earlier episodes when its 2 experienced members + 2/1 inexperienced members + 1/2 guest(s) or something like that.
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unless they find a really niche industry that is consistent with their demo. that'll be hard but that's one way.
i don't think they are syndicated widely yet, if at all. they are being shown on other countries through their official youtube channel but how much will you earn from ads, right? with .03% CTR, goodluck. China franchised them for 1 season, other than that, i don't know. so the answer to your question is 0-insignificant via syndiction as of now. if the fanbase interntionally is that strong, SBS should make a move though.
i agree about Gary's contribution. very little. very random. yes, i think he made it clear his music is more important, hence the mini album move. he is clearly using RM for marketing.
female idol that's not a princess? but who? Uee? They might be able to get Yunho more often, LOL. like a Hyori younger version? Or a Yejin younger version?
The best time for some line-up changes would be around the 100th episode or so. Now would be too late since all members are too deeply rooted with the show and it is extremely hard for a newbie to join in. The newbie will stick out like a sore thumb and will be worse than Kwang Hee in Infinity Challenges.
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That's episode 182...yes, there was an attempt to mc, and that's all...an attempt, they were only asking and answering by themselves.
They are purposely doing that to annoys Yoo Jae Suk. Kim Jong Kook and Ha Ha are hosting other shows, they know and able to host shows albeit not as good as Yoo Jae Suk. They know how to host a show properly, and they don't do 'mc ask, mc answer' elsewhere.
For you it doesn't matter, for me it does a lot!Let's say Song Ji Hyo is the first passer instead of Kim Jong Kook. She couldn't emcee'd that segment as good as Kim Jong Kook because as you pointed out, she isn't a TV show mc and she can only read the cue cards word by word without any ad-libbing while Kim Jong Kook did it without depending on cue cards.
They didn't because she's not the host! She's a member who sometimes (or rarely, as you wish) hostsThey didn't do what?
Yeah yeah...basically you are agreeing with me! They were using those characteristics that i said to snatch (but they have just attempted to do so...never successfully) that position. Now tell me, wouldn't she give an image as rude by doing so? Or wouldn't she look comedic by doing so?? As an actress, that isn't that great!
Actually no. I don't agree with you. They saw a great chance to snatch the MC position from Yoo Jae Suk and they took it. Only those with great timing can do it and not anybody can even attempt it.
If Song Ji Hyo attempts it, of course it will look rude because she didn't have the timing Kim Jong Kook, Ha Ha and Lee Kwang Soo have. As an entertainer, timing is very important. Other members have their timing sense honed well enough, but she didn't.
That's exactly what i wanted to say...because YJS is originally a MC while SJH was being an actress temporarily reading scripts (confirming that she doesn't want to be a mc but just host sometimes...or rarely, as you wish).Kim Jong Kook, Ha Ha, Lee Kwang Soo also not originally MCs, but they improving their skills year by year so they can MC without depending on cue cards and scripts like Song Ji Hyo do.
If Song Ji Hyo doesn't want to be an emcee, why did she took all those emceeing jobs? And after she took all those emceeing jobs, why didn't she improving herself as an emcee?
I'm not saying that she's a great host, she's not! But she is definitely funny. Her jumping from the Macau tower was also funny because the guys were afraid to do so...her feeling sleepy with that heigh was also funny because YJS and LKS were "trembling". She scolding Myeok PD was funny, she "scolding" JSJ is funny (she was not being rude because she was fulfilling his character). She committing fault on KJK (office game) was funny, breaking bricks is also funny, being clumsy while dancing, being afraid of bugs while she's fearless; sleeping on the jenga...really, that are a lot a lot funny moments! Also i keep saying that her being herself gives others opportunity to be funny.All those examples you give can only be funny because others make it funny. She is unable to make funny situations on her own. She needs others to give funny reactions for her to look funny. Just watch Gag Concert when she guesting to promote her movie, the audience went silent when she tried to be funny.
And as @Tinkiebell has said to talk about Running Man only, I will not respond anymore.
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@wizzard Ep. 183 i really don't know what moment you are referring to! Could you give me the exact time? (it's the fortune teller episode, right?). And ep.149 too..
For Episode 183, it was when Yoo Jae Suk mistakenly said Im Si Wan has come guesting for a few times, when it was his second time only.
For Episode 149, it was when they play the piggy back game.
ep. 205 KJK became the mc because he was the only one to pass the turn, in fact YJS snatched the position right when he pass the turn (but he already couldn't stay quite even being in "the house". That's the same reason for ep. 210, because YJS wasn't avaible.
Doesn't matter much, because KJK did emcee'd that segment in Episode 205 succesfully without any awkwardness at all.
In Episode 210, after Yoo Jae Suk was available, Ji Suk Jin still co-hosting the segment with him.
Although if you want to consider it that way, then Yoo Jae Suk snatched the position from Ji Hyo in Episode 176 (multiple times); Lee Kwang Soo, Ha Ha and Yoo Jae Suk snacthed the position from Ji Hyo during the opening of Episode 236, Min Woo of Shinhwa snatched it from Ji Hyo (again) during the mud game of Episode 236.
I wanted some examples when those members are mc-ing without looking clumsy, arrogant, childish, "stupid", "seducers" and without
snatchingYJS positions (or their sunbae's position), that's what i was looking for.
It took great comedic timing just to snatch Yoo Jae Suk's position. In other shows, many people tried to be the MC while Yoo Jae Suk is present and despite being designated as the MCs, they failed to do so. Yoo Jae Suk's emceeing skills are just on another level compared to others. Even other top mcs like Kang Ho Dong and Shin Dong Yup looks like babies next to Yoo Jae Suk.
Furthermore, usually when Yoo Jae Suk emcees, other members (san Ji Hyo) always act like secondary or supporting mcs. Just like episodes 271 & 272 when the members (san Ji Hyo, again) offering infos and tibits of the guest Yoo Jae Suk is interviewing.
As for the SJH mc-ing, those are music shows....she doesn't have to improvise in there. She just have to read the script, just to ask what she's been told to ask.
Yoo Jae Suk can emcee without scripts in music shows. Just watch how he control both the crowd and the performers in Infinity Challenges Music Festivals. Lee Kwang Soo did some ad-libbing when he guest hosting Inkigayo.
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I didn't intend to be rude, since that's a way to say "saying something absurd"... (let me edit my post) I don't remember HH, LKS or KJK being a host on RM. Could you give me an example? I remember that one episode with Park Ji Sung where none of them were able to host even though they should have since YJS wasn't there (ep.97).
I can give some examples of other members such as Kim Jong Kook, Ha Ha and Lee Kwang Soo being a host on Running Man
- Kim Jong Kook, Ha Ha and Lee Kwang Soo ‘snatched’ the MC position from Yoo Jae Suk during the opening of Episode 183.
- Kim Jong Kook became the MC for a segment in Episode 205 (the part time job segment).
- Gary emceed a segment in Episode 149.
- Lee Kwang Soo emceed a segment in Episode 14 (where he became the drill sergeant).
- Ji Suk Jin and Kim Jong Kook commentating during the alkaggi game of Episode 210.
SJH is not a comedian nor is she a tvshows host....
Actually, she is a tv shows host.
- She co-hosted SBS’s weekly live music show Inkigayo from 11 November 2007 to 4 May 2008.
- also co-hosted SBS’s TV Entertaintment Tonight from 2010 to 2011.
- In 2014, she hosted SBS’s Gayo Daejon.
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sorry to cut your comment but yes, the balance is now broken. it used to be that when a member gets less screen time in one episode, they will make up for it in the next. that's not the same way anymore. there are simply other members that are just too darn good at variety i guess. let's not talk about YJS, of course. but like Haha, he has been around YJS and is a member if IC too. he is just honed better.
oh well...
Every one talents are different. Only Yoo Jae Suk can be Yoo Jae Suk, despite lots of people claiming to be a Yoo Jae Suk.
Certain members' just too good at variety, while some are just so-so and some are barely there.
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I, just like @klent, didn’t find Song Ji Hyo to be entertaining enough. She might have her moments, but it’s very few and very far between, like once every 50 episodes or more. Not a good thing for an entertainer in an entertainment show.
Apparently, the production crew also think the same. That’s why she didn’t have much screen time; because she isn’t entertaining enough. She is almost completely edited out in every episode, and only got 2-3 minutes out of 90 minutes (there are some exception, but it’s very few and very far between).
During the earlier episodes (circa 2010), the members screen times were more or less balanced amongst each other (except Yoo Jae Suk, of course). But, as time goes on, the balance broke and some members start to get more and more screen time and some get less and less screen time.
Whenever she got paired with a guest, there is a 99% chance of the pair will not show on screen much, unless the guest itself is very good at variety. This is opposite of what it should be; as a fixed member of five years, it is her job to lead her partners and make them shine, not the other way around.
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you have a point. screen time is a good indicator. although the comedic ability and hosting ability of the members also plays a part. naturally, if they are able to be more funny, editors have more reasons to put them there. Kwangsoo is a good example and Haha.
i also think they do give Ji Hyo a chance and the support she needs. They did put her up against YJS in that Virus episode. They have created so many episodes where she is the lead. in fact, she has more "lead character" episode that everyone else in Running Man. Yes, I counted.
so... you know... she gets the support she needs. i have to credit the producers for that. also, the members support her. of course, it is also cultural. they can't be rough to her the way there are to each other. they'll end their career if they do that. but they don't pick on her, they don't target her, they don't gang up on her. and the boys do that to each other but never to Ji Hyo. so... credit the cast members too for giving her support.
Ji Hyo, of course, repays that with her hard work. she really is the most competitive. what she lacks in comedy and hosting, she makes up for competitiveness. too bad the show is not Olympics. Hehehe it's a comedy variety show.
However, I feel like Yoo Jae Suk should not be compared to anyone else within or outside of Running Man. It's just unfair. Yoo Jae Suk will always be the most popular and he deserves it, of course. I mean... that 100 vs 100 episode! That was all Yoo Jae Suk. All of it was him. He managed to get something out of each of the guest. Without his hosting, everything would have been a disaster but he just tied it all in. I was really in awe of him in those two episodes more than anything. I mean... how did he pull that off? those people that were so out of place, the reggae guys, the boxers, the trot singers... he managed to make them shine!
All those claiming that this member or that member is more popular is just really... come on now. he has hosted 5 flagship programs and is hosting what may be the best variety show every in Korea (IC). I think YJS should simply be in a different league. He is just way up there. Everyone else just battles for 2nd place.
I didn’t see Ji Hyo as a hard worker, mainly because how she failed to improve after five (5) years on the show. She still stuck with her first year characters without improvement, especially when compared to Lee Kwang Soo who improved by leaps and bounds. She still can’t initiate actions and/or conversations. She still needs all the help from the members and production crews to maintain her Ace façade. All those “As expected from our Ace” and “That’s our Ace” captions they are spamming for every single thing she does is very annoying and cringe-worthy.
Those two episodes really play to Yoo Jae Suk strength. His smooth hosting make the potential disaster turned into a brilliant show. The way he gives attention to each and every guest while keeping track on the overall crowd is just amazing. The way he handles the crowd made it look like its easy and effortless, but it is hard to find anyone else that able to do half as good as him. He really deserves the Top MC of the Nation title.
And I agree about Yoo Jae Suk’s popularity, he is the most popular and most beloved member of the show.
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Despite her only having lille sceentime when there are guest, her time on screen is the most anticipated for me and many others, I and MANY others would not watch this show if it wasn't for song ji hyo, and all the spartace, monday couple, kwangmong shippers would not watch the show either, and I disagree about yo ja suk or kwanso being the most loved member, if you look at their fanbase, SJH's fanbase on different social medias is muuuch bigger.
Screen time allocation is a good indicator on how popular and important cast member to a show. The more screen time a member gets signifies his popularity and his relevance to the show. Usually Song Ji Hyo was seen during the opening and then largely invisible throughout the whole episode until the closing. Moreover, her absence isn’t noticeable at all, and an episode could go almost ¾ before anybody realised she wasn’t there at all.
SBS did a Viewer’s Most Popular Award poll for 7th SBS Entertainment Awards in 2013, and guess what? Yoo Jae Suk dominates the poll by having almost 90% of the total votes and Song Ji Hyo got somewhere around 1%, not a worthy amount for the most loved member, I might say. Yoo Jae Suk also always ranked in Forbes Power Celebrity 40. The only other member I saw in the ranking was Lee Kwang Soo once.
Even the members acknowledged that Lee Kwang Soo is the most popular/loved member outside of South Korea. Look at how many fans gather whenever he has an activity oversea. During Asia Race specials, at least 90% if not all of the fans are his. When he was the guest of honour the open a coffee shop outlet, the whole building and surrounding areas was filled with his fans. His shows in China got massive ratings spike for his segments.
In an online poll in China, Kim Jong Kook got more than 120 million votes, surpassing Yoo Jae Suk’s 70 million, while Song Ji Hyo was nowhere to be found. There is a weekly Global K Star ranking, with Kim Jong Kook is always in the top 3.
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I'm pretty sure all the guest were plenty entertained, and comfortable, she and the other members are no comedians so i see no reason why she should act like one, fact of the matter is even if she doesn't always say the most, she is a big reason why alot of viewers are still watching the show, because she has alot of qualities and charms that's why she is one of the most loved member, if not the most loved member. Without her RM would not be the same.
I’m sure they are entertained and comfortable, no thanks to Ji Hyo. Look how the rest of the members interact with the guests during Yoo Jae Suk interviews. They always add some titbits or trivia infos of the guests to make the interviews more interesting and the guests have some chance to shine. Even with guests they don’t know, sometimes they’ll interject into the conversations to make it livelier. But Ji Hyo is silent. As if she not even there.
By the way, the most loved member would be Yoo Jae Suk, although Lee Kwang Soo is the Prince of Asia.
Furthermore, even though Running Man wouldn’t be the same without her, it will not be that much different, considering her usual 2-3 minutes of screen time during every episode. And it’s mostly of her smiling and laughing, anyway.
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Great list gals/guys!!Lol
As suspected, Ji Hyo had the least guests... one from part 1 or the least what's aired..
why did you suspect that?
Maybe because of her lack of interpersonal skills and her shyness?
She has a veery outgoing personality, but she also seems very private about her personal life, that's why i think she didn't invite more friends to protect their privacy
First, she didn’t have an outgoing personality, instead she is an introvert. We can see how she didn’t interact much with the guests. She just stand silently at the side, while others mingling around.
Secondly, what does privacy has to do with this episode? None of the guests invited got their privacy breached just because they appeared on the show.
I think Ji Hyo is outgoing introvert. I remember reading somewhere that whether you are extravert or introvert, as long as an individual feels comfortable and confident in themselves, they will have no trouble being outgoing. So I guess it depends on the people around her on how she behave.
That again point out to the lack of interpersonal skills on her part. Running Man is a variety show with guests coming week in, week out (rarely an episode without a guest). And she is part of Running Man for five (5) years already. As a fixed cast member, it is her job to make the guests feel comfortable and confident in themselves, not the other way around.
I just replied on the "she didn't have an outgoing personality, instead she's an introvert" comment. The rest of your comments, I pretty much agree specially the privacy part.
I know. That's why I didn't say anything about the privacy part to you. And maybe you are right about the outgoing introvert.
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Great list gals/guys!!Lol
As suspected, Ji Hyo had the least guests... one from part 1 or the least what's aired..
why did you suspect that?
Maybe because of her lack of interpersonal skills and her shyness?
She has a veery outgoing personality, but she also seems very private about her personal life, that's why i think she didn't invite more friends to protect their privacy
First, she didn’t have an outgoing personality, instead she is an introvert. We can see how she didn’t interact much with the guests. She just stand silently at the side, while others mingling around.
Secondly, what does privacy has to do with this episode? None of the guests invited got their privacy breached just because they appeared on the show.
I think Ji Hyo is outgoing introvert. I remember reading somewhere that whether you are extravert or introvert, as long as an individual feels comfortable and confident in themselves, they will have no trouble being outgoing. So I guess it depends on the people around her on how she behave.
That again point out to the lack of interpersonal skills on her part. Running Man is a variety show with guests coming week in, week out (rarely an episode without a guest). And she is part of Running Man for five (5) years already. As a fixed cast member, it is her job to make the guests feel comfortable and confident in themselves, not the other way around.
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Great list gals/guys!!Lol
As suspected, Ji Hyo had the least guests... one from part 1 or the least what's aired..
why did you suspect that?
Maybe because of her lack of interpersonal skills and her shyness?
She has a veery outgoing personality, but she also seems very private about her personal life, that's why i think she didn't invite more friends to protect their privacy
First, she didn’t have an outgoing personality, instead she is an introvert. We can see how she didn’t interact much with the guests. She just stand silently at the side, while others mingling around.
Secondly, what does privacy has to do with this episode? None of the guests invited got their privacy breached just because they appeared on the show.
Firstly she did talk with the guest, i saw several pictures of that on instagram, it just wasn't aired since only a very small part of what happened is usually aired, secondly by protecting their privacy i meant that her friends may be people that aren't in the public eyes like she is
Firstly, I said she didn’t interact much with the guests, not that she didn’t interact at all. But her interactions are significantly less compared to other members, especially during the interviews. The rest of the members’ interactions with the guests were aired, means that her interactions were deemed uninteresting and/or does not worth screen time compared to the members’ (again, due to her lack of interpersonal skills).
Secondly, what is the condition for a guest to be invited? They must be searchable on the internet. That means they are in the public eye a.k.a. celebrities. She wasn’t asked to invite non-celebrity guests like a family member. So there is no need to protect their privacy at all.
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Great list gals/guys!!Lol
As suspected, Ji Hyo had the least guests... one from part 1 or the least what's aired..
why did you suspect that?
Maybe because of her lack of interpersonal skills and her shyness?
She has a veery outgoing personality, but she also seems very private about her personal life, that's why i think she didn't invite more friends to protect their privacy
First, she didn’t have an outgoing personality, instead she is an introvert. We can see how she didn’t interact much with the guests. She just stand silently at the side, while others mingling around.
Secondly, what does privacy has to do with this episode? None of the guests invited got their privacy breached just because they appeared on the show.
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Great list gals/guys!!Lol
As suspected, Ji Hyo had the least guests... one from part 1 or the least what's aired..
why did you suspect that?
Maybe because of her lack of interpersonal skills and her shyness?
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i hope Im Hyung Taek PD to continue the good work he's done with the last few episodes.
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@wizzard...hope they wont get into any more trouble. I would like to watch running man as long as the members are willing to run!
Its been more than 3 years since that incident.
@themarchioness....i understand about the broadcasting restrictions on unpaid commercials but never seen it done by the programs that i watched so far the taping of tshirt etc. like hk, taiwan, china, singapore, malaysia, indonesia etc. So i wonder why they let them wear clothes with brands, might as well wear plain stuff on the show. When i first saw that was on weekly idol and i thought it was for comic effect. Haha. Anyways. Thanks for the explanations.
Different countries have different rules and regulations. You might notice there is no commercials during the shows itself in South Korea.
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This episode is refreshingly good.
The game of yut is simple but brilliantly integrates Running Man’s signature game, the name tag ripping. This is reminiscing of the earlier episodes, when name tag ripping is always part of the game but not the final mission.
This episode also showed how lucky is Running Man with its members. Just let them on their own, they’ll come up with all sorts of entertaining shenanigans, most of it just to annoy each other.
There are some changes in characters and dynamics of the characters. They are pushing the Gary – Ha Ha rivalry for some time now. It’s different from other rivalries in the show, it’s not about who is better or competing for leadership like Yoo Jae Suk vs Kim Jong Kook rivalry, or the Tom & Jerry-esque Kim Jong Kook vs Lee Kwang Soo relationship; instead it’s just two best friends trying to see who annoys the other better.
Ji Suk Jin also shedding his weakling Race Starter persona; if it’s a year ago, Ji Suk Jin will lose to Hong Jin Ho in a 1:1 battle pretty easily.