Happy to be together on "Happy Together"!
Hello and welcome.
- Hello. Welcome back. / - It's good to see you all.
- You're all in school uniforms. / - Yes.
- I haven't worn one for a while. / - That's right.
It feels like I'm sitting in a cafeteria at school.
- That's right. / - It's like a tteokbokki restaurant.
- That's how I feel. / - You're on the right track.
- Today this is a school cafeteria. / - Is it?
- Was your nickname "Ppangmi"? / - From "Park Mi",
the first two syllables of my name.
- I loved bread. / - So you were "Ppangmi".
Yes, "Ppangmi".
- Are you a male student? / - No, I'm not.
I'm not wearing my wig.
- Anyone would say you're one. / - Isn't she cute?
In your yearbook you look like Jeong Dongnam.
- Yes. / - We thought you were him.
- She did judo then. / - I did judo.
- Your nickname was "Hulk Hogan"? / - Yes.
- WWF wrestling was popular then. / - It was.
Aside from Hulk Hogan, the Undertaker,
I was also called the Giant.
- Sir, why are you here? / - I'm not a teacher.
- You're a student? / - Yes.
- In 10th grade. / - Your nickname was "Sammo Hung"?
- That was my full nickname. / - Okay.
My friends called me "Sammo".
- "Sammo"? / - Yes, just "Sammo".
- Really? / - Yes.
You do have a similar build and look.
Myungsoo, what was your nickname in school?
- It was "Lee Seungchul." / - It was "Squidgy."
- I was always known as "Squidgy". / - I see.
- I never looked normal in photos. / - Why not?
The athletes in the back pushed down on me.
He was always squished downwards.
- I bet no one thought he'd be famous. / - I bet.
I'm not in touch with anyone.
- My nickname was "UT". / - Why?
- I looked like ET. / - Did you?
- At the time...I did. / - Oh, you really did.
All three of you're wearing school uniforms today
because today is our Back to the School Special.
- I haven't heard this bell in ages. / - It's recess.
They should be here by now.
Class should be over. There they are.
- They're students? / - Hello.
It's the principal.
- Have a seat. / - It's the principal.
So...
- He's the chairman of our school board. / - I see.
- He's the dean. / - Is he?
- It's UN, UN. / - UN?
- It's UN. / - UN.
Why are you here?
- This is an Arts High School. / - An Arts School?
- An Arts High School. / - An Arts School.
- We're waiting for another group. / - Our friends.
- We have the boys. / - Should be the girls, then.
- Yes. / - Come on in.
- Oh, hello. / - There's the other dean.
- She's our dean. / - Come round this way.
- It's our dean. / - Are you their resident advisor?
- Hello. / - Welcome. Have a seat.
- It's been a while. / - Seokjeong and Seonggyeong.
- We made it. / - Hello. Wow...
This is like an atmosphere of a blind date with eight.
Your nicknames in high school are on your name tags.
We have Ppangmi, Hulk Hogan and Sammo Hung.
- "Guide Sang"? / - "Annae" means "to guide".
- His name. / - An Naesang turned into "Guide Sang".
- Old-school comedy. / - Did you have any other ones?
- "Desk Sang" was one. / - "Desk Sang"?
- As in "information desk"? / - I see.
I quite liked those nicknames.
- "Information Sang." / - Yes.
- "Guide", "Desk", "Info Sang". / - It's my name.
That's what we teased each other about.
Mr. Chairman of the Board.
- When did you buy us out? / - Forget everything else.
His nickname was "Fearsome Small Chili".
That sounds so utterly old-fashioned.
- It sounds so old. / - Isn't that too crude?
- We don't say "fearsome" anymore. / - "Fearsome"?
- I gave myself this nickname. / - Why?
- In college... / - Yes?
I wanted to show I was small but fearsome
- and strong. / - Okay.
- I was not to be messed with. / - Or else?
- But... / - What's so small?
What's so small?
The girls...
Oh dear. My goodness.
Jackson Hwang.
- Jackson Hwang. / - I was about to explain.
Hang on... Miss.
- His height. / - It turned weird in a split second.
I'm having bad thoughts now.
- Why? / - Right?
- We were talking about his height. / - Actually...
The girls misunderstood the "small" part.
- It's not especially small. / - Oh, come on!
- You were "Fearsome Small Chili." / - Yes.
Were you called anything else?
- Did you have other nicknames? / - Anything else?
- I got teased about my name. / - Yes, Woo Hyeon.
- "Woogeoji." / - "Woogeoji"?
That turned into "geoji" which is "beggar".
- "Beggar"... / - You're a beggar, now?
Then just "beggar" wasn't enough, I guess,
so "king", "gross", "naked", "boss" were variations.
Put together it's WKGNB.
- What's "WKGNB"? / - The initials of the variations.
- WKGNB. / - You were the greatest of all beggars.
By the way,
you look so different when you smile.
- Does he? / - You're cute when you smile.
- He's so cute. / - He does have a cute side.
- He's cute. / - I quite like him.
Kim Jeonghoon, it's great to have you.
- It's been so long. / - It has.
- UN, UN. / - He hasn't changed.
- Why won't he change? / - He's the same.
- Don't you age? / - You haven't aged.
Why were you called "President Poop"?
I have a troubled intestinal tract.
I was class president in middle school
and the kids called me "president" most of the time.
And I had to poop often, so...
The gods are fair.
- They gave him good looks. / - He got great looks.
- Also, gave you a smart brain. / - He got good grades.
- But they gave you weak intestines. / - It's too bad.
Do you still have to go to the restroom often?
- Even now... / - Urgently?
I go whenever I'm stressed about something.
How many times a day, then?
On average, it's around three times.
Jung Hyungdon, that's how often he goes.
- Why is he still fat? / - What?
- He goes to the restroom often. / - He eats as much.
He stuffs himself.
- That's strange. / - Poor you.
So you're President Poop.
Did you have any other nicknames?
- "Terius"? / - No, I didn't.
- "Anthony." / - "Won Bin."
- No, I... / - Good names, all of them.
I always say this, but you people are so mean.
It's not a real blind date, but you ignored those two
and now you can't stop talking to President Poop.
Guide Sang looks like Sean Penn.
- He does. / - I get that a lot.
He hears that a lot?
(Korea's Sean Penn, Guide Sang)
- He looks like Sean Penn. / - How about Woo Hyeon?
- Who? / - Woo Hyeon.
He looks like Smeagol.
You can't call someone that.
Hey!
Don't say that.
- I apologize. / - I've been called that.
- He looks like Smeagol. / - Weren't you called ET?
- ET was me. / - "My precious."
- Yoda, Yoda. / - Oh, Yoda, Yoda.
Yoda was my nickname.
- Really? / - Yes.
That was my nickname when I hosted "Kung Kung Ta".
I was called Yoda for years
and in school I was called ET.
Guess what people with those nicknames have in common?
- What? / - They're ugly.
We both are.
Let's meet the two girls over here.
"Jackson Hwang" and "Hornet's Nest".
Hwang Seokjeong.
Why were you called "Jackson Hwang"?
I adored Michael Jackson when I was in middle school.
I studied with his music playing in the background,
and I'm inspired whenever I hear his music.
- Are you? / - Yes.
and the principal told me to dance during an assembly.
- Really? / - I went on stage with my two friends,
and we danced to my choreography.
- To "Beat It". / - "Beat It"?
One of the girls who danced with me was really smart.
She got addicted to dancing.
She...
She came to school less and less and then left.
- What do you mean? / - She slacked off.
This sounds like a horror story.
- It's... / - Do you get what I mean?
- You got rid of her. / - She lost her mind.
You really fell in love with dance.
- Let's see later on. / - It's not structured.
Hello, Kim Seonggyeong.
Why were you called "Hornet's Nest"?
I seem to say things that I shouldn't say.
- You really do. / - You're nosy.
- You meddled. / - You're a troublemaker.
I get too talkative, cause trouble,
- and upset people. / - Do you fight injustice?
The younger anchors cried when I resigned.
- Why? / - Were they pleased?
Because I always stood up for them.
(They lost a fighter)
Naesang and Seokjeong, don't you know each other?
- I was in Hanyang Repertory. / - Yes.
- Misun was, too. / - You were in a theater group.
I didn't perform on stage, yet, though.
I was just putting up posters at the time.
- Naesang joined after I did. / - Really?
- All of the actors were Hanyang alum. / - Okay.
Naesang and I were the only exceptions.
He was very popular at the time.
- Was he? / - He was to the actresses.
See, he acknowledges it as a fact.
- Were you popular? / - He didn't deny it.
So you were popular.
- Why are your eyes shining? / - Well...
- It was crazy. / - How crazy was it?
He was so quiet and acted like a philosopher.
- He was alone. / - Always?
Yes, and his eyes shone even brighter than they do now.
- He looked so sad. / - His eyes are shining now.
- Sad eyes, sad eyes. / - It was crazy.
He was so good-looking
and always slightly drunk.
I didn't care for him but the others
- were all in love. / - Really?
- They were almost lovesick. / - Oh gosh.
- It was that bad? / - Who, Naesang?
I wondered, "What do they see in him?"
- If I were to go back, I'd love him, too. / - Why...
Was Woo Hyeon a member too?
I was not of Hanyang Repertory.
But I often visited to see my friend Naesang.
When did you meet and become friends?
It has been almost 30 years ago now.
Did you work together?
No, we were classmates in university.
We were in the same club.
They studied theology at Yonsei University.
Why were you always drunk, as Seokjeong testified?
I was very anguished.
What tormented you?
I was in a deeper spiritual realm than they were.
The eyes of a drunken man are very moist and sad.
- I was just deep in thought. / - Women like that look.
- They fall for it. / - Were you aware of that?
It wasn't new.
- Since college? / - It was long before college.
- Women adored me. / - Naesang.
I do see why women might have liked you.
Oil fell from his eyes.
- From his eyes? / - Oil?
- It was an oil field. / - What?
Were they always wet?
Woo Hyeon.
Was Naesang really popular with the girls?
Well, yes.
(Very displeased)
Do you not want to admit it?
I bet he lost a girl or two.
- Did you? / - No way.
It was more like a girl I crushed on liked him instead.
- That happens. / - That was almost natural, though.
- I was convicted that every girl loved me. / - I see.
- I get it. / - Some like guys like Hyeon.
- A lot of them did. / - Very very few did.
You have to be hardcore.
I heard that Woo Hyeon was mysteriously popular.
We have photos.
Wow, this looks...
- That's him? / - This is Woo Hyeon.
Look at his chest.
When I took that photo,
I held my breath to hold that pose.
When was this?
- I was in 10th or 11th grade. / - What?
You don't look like a high school student.
- College age, maybe. / - I thought he was in the army.
This is Woo Hyeon and Naesang.
(When they were young men)
- What a nice couple. / - It was Hyeon's graduation.
You could've entered a singing contest.
You totally had the college song contest look.
So many guys wore those Jeon Youngrok glasses.
- They look sweet together. / - You look really close.
Naesang, you and Hyeon were so close that
your father got the wrong idea, did he?
Hyeon always came by my place.
He'd come over drunk, then sing a few songs and leave.
Just around that time, my father had seen
a TV show about homosexuality.
He knew Hyeon came by almost every night.
It didn't look like he had plans to marry,
or even have a steady girlfriend.
So my father and I had a serious talk one day.
- What did he say? / - "End it."
"End it."
(This is dangerous)
He was so serious.
"What you're doing isn't right. Get a grip."
- He was concerned. / - "End it."
- You were very close. / - Where did you get...
You had a bromance.
No wonder people misunderstood.
It's bound to raise eyebrows.
This almost looks like a photo shoot.
- I see why your father was concerned. / - I do, too.
What was that Hong Kong movie? "A Better Tomorrow"?
"Chungking Express". No, "In the Mood for Love".
I might be the woman who influenced Naesang the most.
- Why? / - What do you mean?
- He said something to me one day. / - What?
When he was a struggling actor,
he saw my completely crazy side,
- and that changed his mind. / - What did you mean?
What did she do?
Seokjeong was on the team, but she wasn't an actor.
She didn't perform with us,
so she appeared and disappeared whenever she wanted to.
- I found her fascinating. / - Did you?
She went to Seoul National University.
- She did. / - That was crazy, too.
So I decided to observe her.
She was different.
She showed way more talent than she does now
- and had so much energy. / - You noticed her.
Then one day, after a while, I decided to quit acting.
I just quit.
We were at a bar and Seokjeong came over.
We were all drinking and letting our hair down,
and Seokjeong looked like a complete lunatic.
She was totally mad.
But she was still an actress and loving it.
I thought that her life could be a happy one
and that I should give it a go.
So you joined her crazy world?
I wanted to see the world she saw.
I guess Seokjeong has this charm.
You got the smart girl in school hooked on dance.
- You must see it to believe. / - I think...
I'm a bridge,
the one that leads to trouble.
Anyone she hangs out with gets crazy about something.
- Really? / - They do with her.
- Hyeon, did you feel that? / - I want to let go.
Let's see, I...
Well, no, I didn't see her that often.
So you weren't friends?
- What's that look about? / - You weren't friends?
We avoided each other?
- Why? / - We were both weird.
I think you're very wary of her.
Do you feel threatened?
- I look pretty intimidating. / - Okay.
I'd never met someone worse.
(She's the real deal)
Intimidating looks.
- Did you play a couple in a movie? / - Did you really?
- Yes, we did, right? / - Which movie?
It was my first time playing a husband.
- Was she your first on-screen wife? / - Yes.
We played a couple who owned a small store.
- It suits you two. / - How was it?
That store, though...
I'd probably turn around and leave if I saw you two.
The cologne you asked about last time.
It's my husband's.
(An intimidating wife)
What was it like, acting with her?
It was just... intimidating.
I remember feeling very small.
Was there an incident that made you feel intimidated?
She still is so rough.
He's acting weird because I asked about his size.
- These two first met... / - Yes?
Our group all went to a ski resort one winter.
- Hyeon tagged along. / - What happened?
That's where he heard Seokjeong sing.
- And? / - She's one amazing singer.
She is.
- She sang like crazy and he was hooked. / - In love?
I remember him gasping.
Hyeon, do you remember what she sang?
I don't.
- I think you do. / - Are you trying to forget?
- Did you two argue? / - He had this stern look.
I don't dare prod anymore.
Did you feel anything for her, then?
Why would I?
(You're so mean, husband)
We could put together a collage of Hyeon's expressions.
(Normal, Cute, Small Chili, Sleepy)
(Shy, What?, Seokjeong, Neener)
- President Poop. / - It's been a long time.
Why were you away for so long?
- I served in the army. / - I see.
Then I was abroad.
- Oh, were you? / - Abroad?
I was in China for a while.
Then I went to and from Japan.
Were you trying to branch overseas?
I wasn't trying to. I just felt odd working in Korea.
- What do you mean? / - Why?
- What's so odd about being in Korea? / - Well...
- I was in a drama called "Palace". / - You were.
My agency collapsed a while after that.
Things got a big complicated and I felt lost.
I worked a bit in China and Japan then joined the army.
Now I'm trying to work again in Korea.
- Now you're ready? / - Finally.
So he needed time to sort through some stuff.
Did you have a lot of fun in China and Japan?
- Can we hear about that later? / - Things happened.
Okay.
Gosh, he's so funny.
- Maybe later. / - You're an expert.
- Things happen overseas. / - Yes, yes.
We can't reveal all our cards from the start.
Like Myungsoo said, one great memory we all share
- are blind dates. / - That's right.
I already shared that I loved going on blind dates.
- They were fun. / - I enjoyed them.
We have set up a blind date setting of sorts,
so forget age and rank for now.
- Are we in the same year? / - Ask some questions
and then pick your favorite.
- Really? / - Yes.
- Ask away. / - Any questions?
I have one for Seokjeong.
- Go on. / - I can tell he's fallen for me.
You're the first girl to abuse me.
(We... wish you happiness)
I heard a lot about you.
That you flirt with a lot of guys.
- She's charming. / - The second she came in,
all the guys here can't stop wondering about her.
I want to know where that comes from.
- Don't you feel my charm now? / - Do you?
I felt it all along.
You're craving screen-time.
Don't deceive yourself.
- Wake up. / - I got found out, didn't I?
Sammo was too businesslike.
- You're a real businessman. / - A real businessman.
- He didn't mean it. / - It was shallow.
- Any more questions? / - I have one for Hyeon.
Sure.
What's your hobby?
- My hobby? / - Yes.
What is it?
- What do you like to do? / - "What is it?"
- What do you do on your day off? / - Know this, guys.
He can only say what he memorized.
(Random questions not welcome)
- We... / - Everything he said so far he practiced.
Focus on what he discussed in the pre-taping interview.
Don't go off script because he's not prepared.
- Okay. / - This is an easy question.
- It's American. / - What part of a woman's body
do you look at first?
What do you look for in a woman?
Thighs.
Gosh.
What thighs do you like?
- Thick, thin or muscular? / - My wife's...
- I shouldn't mention her here. / - "Wife"?
- Your wife? / - Your future wife.
The woman you think you'll marry in the future.
I like sturdy, healthy thighs.
- That's what I find sexy. / - Like Beyonce?
Slightly fleshy?
Healthy?
- Any other questions? / - Not a pretty face?
- To Seokjeong. / - Yes?
- You and I... / - I have nice thighs.
You and I played wife and husband in a movie.
- Thighs... / - Do you remember that?
He memorized this.
- He practiced. / - Be quiet.
- He can do this. / - Um...
- Small Chili, can you... / - Don't interrupt.
- Try not to mention the size. / - I want to help...
If you interrupt, he has to start from the beginning.
- Seokjeong. / - Start again.
- I have a question. / - He's starting over.
- She mentioned her thighs. / - I have nice thighs.
- She has nice thighs. / - He isn't listening.
- They have to be sturdy. / - They are.
- I don't want pretty. / - They're pretty and sturdy.
So what?
I have to talk about something else.
Please stick to the script.
- Try again. / - Go on.
Seokjeong, I have a question.
(Repeat segment)
I forgot.
- You mentioned your movie. / - That's it.
We played a married couple.
- I'm not over you yet. / - This sounds like...
It sounds like he has a buffering problem.
He isn't over her...
You've been visiting that other school.
- Which one? / - The show about single people.
Kim Kwangkyu is on that show and I heard that
you took a trip to somewhere.
- Really? / - What?
- Somewhere? / - Seriously?
- Do you mean "something's going on?" / - "Something"?
- "Something", not "somewhere". / - Was that it?
Just start over.
- Start over. / - Start again, from "Seokjeong."
- "Something going on" means they're flirting. / - Oh.
"Something"
They never went anywhere, so...
He's not even smiling.
- Help him out. / - That other school
where students live alone.
(Repeat segment)
Did you go somewhere to have something going on?
- Go where? / - "Just something's going on."
- What am I doing? / - Do what?
- What take is...? / - Is something going on with him?
That's what you should say.
(Mission accomplished)
Something's going on with everybody.
- Wait. / - Come on.
Kwangkyu might be offended.
- I can testify to that. / - Please do.
- No. / - No?
She isn't interested in Kwangkyu.
- It's changing a bit. / - Are you really?
- Is there someone else? / - You have someone else.
- Who? / - This is unbelievable.
Hornet's Nest?
Hornet's Nest scored!
- She did it. / - Hornet's Nest.
Who is it?
- She got that nickname for a reason. / - It's true.
- Who is it? / - There are many.
Follow me outside.
She has many guys and Kwangkyu isn't one of them.
- Just not him? / - He isn't one of them.
Kwangkyu
- can't stand being around me. / - Why not?
(She's intimidating...)
- I don't know why. / - I wonder why.
- If I like a guy, I tell him so. / - I would think so.
I'm very direct.
- I can never play hard to get. / - Woo Hyeon.
You asked the question,
but it looks like you don't care about the answer.
- That's all he memorized. / - I'm thinking now.
- I think men are cowards. / - Why?
They never approach the pretty girls.
- Follow me outside! / - Gosh, she's helpless.
You ruin every conversation.
- They never approach the pretty girls? / - I hate you.
I got a really good first impression earlier.
That's out the window now.
You have the perfect nickname.
- Hornet's Nest. / - It's perfect.
All she has to do is keep quiet and all will be fine.
This is a blind date and you have to pick a partner.
- Already? / - It's high time.
- Time flies. / - We have to wrap up.
- Excuse me. / - Yes?
Can I pick the host?
You can't and shouldn't.
- I'm not in a school uniform. / - You can't take him.
Don't even try.
- We have four girls, four boys. / - I like everyone.
Pick someone.
You can go first.
- We do it this way? / - Point to whoever you like.
Keep pointing.
- It can be embarrassing. / - Sammo first.
- Is this why we're here? / - With chopsticks?
One, two... Point her out in silence, please.
- One, two, three. / - Sammo.
- Who? Jackson Hwang? / - He chose Jackson Hwang.
Seokjeong, now it's your turn to pick.
One, two, three.
- An Naesang. / - Guide Sang.
- Keep pointing, both of you. / - Hands up.
Naesang, you're next. One, two, three.
Ppangmi, it's you. One, two, three.
An Naesang, An Naesang.
- It's Woo Hyeon. / - Gosh.
We don't have a couple yet.
- Woo Hyeon. / - What kind of a mess is this?
- It's so complicated. / - I think this will hurt.
- Hyeon, be frank. One, two, three. / - You got picked?
Two, three.
- We have a couple. / - Finally, Ppangmi and Hyeon.
Next up, Hulk Hogan.
- Use my name, please. / - That's your nickname.
Two, three.
President Poop?
One, two, three.
This is insane.
Hornet's Nest, one, two, three.
Me, too.
- I knew it. / - I hate this.
- Excuse me? / - Let's go home.
This is just the first round.
- It was Round 1. / - You, watch it.
- You'll pay for this. / - She's really upset.
Get out of my way.
Move before you get chokeslammed.
Come back, Shinyoung.
- It was just Round 1. / - Watch it, Poopy.
- You got me riled up now. / - Sit down, girl.
Wait until I sink my teeth into you.
I'll punch you till your ribs dance.
President Poop didn't even look when you walked by.
He doesn't care.
I'm surprised that Ppangmi chose Hyeon,
and he returned the favor.
This is the first time we both picked a girl,
and she chose him over me.
- Is it the first? / - All women are attracted to me.
How could she pick him over me?
I finally got to see this happen in my lifetime.
- I'm really happy for him. / - But actually...
Ppangmi did pick Woo Hyeon,
- but she didn't expect this. / - I was shocked.
It wasn't shock. It was more like horror.
It was a scream, not a squeal.
(It was like)
(The climax)
(Of a horror movie)
A lot must come to mind when you think about school.
- It seems you all got good grades. / - I'd think so.
They all went to
- famous universities. / - Seoul National, Yonsei.
Seoul National University.
- And... / - Both of you?
- Yonsei? / - I went there for graduate school.
At Yonsei?
A poll was done recently in which Naesang was voted
the actor with the most surprising degree.
What does that mean?
He doesn't look educated at all.
- But he's really smart. / - I didn't know that
- he majored in theology at Yonsei. / - Seriously.
- Woo Hyeon, you, too. / - I'm surprised.
Everything about him is shocking.
- His father is a doctor. / - That's what I didn't get.
- What's going on? / - His family is really rich.
- He's a young master. / - Is that what he was called?
I heard that when he was growing up,
the only meat he ever ate was beef.
- You were a prince. / - For real?
- Just beef back then... / - Why?
My father ate beef and nothing else.
That's the exact same thing.
Not many people can afford to eat only beef.
- My father loved beef, too. / - We couldn't afford it.
- He didn't eat pork at all. / - Okay.
In college, for the first time ever, I ate that...
- Pork belly? / - It's frozen.
- Pork belly. / - Pork belly.
I was surprised when I tasted that.
- Why? / - Was it that good?
I never knew such tasty meat existed.
- Since you'd only eaten beef? / - You were sick of it.
I tried all sorts of pork dishes only in college.
Is that possible?
Cheap pork is all I'd think you ever ate.
What did you usually eat at home?
If it's meat, it's beef.
If it's not beef, we ate eel.
What? Eel?
I don't think we ate much else.
Did you have a maid who did the housework?
We did back then.
You were very rich growing up, then.
I met him in our first year in college.
My first impression of him was that he was dirt poor.
He looked sad and gloomy.
I didn't think people would befriend him.
So I did out of pity
to be a good friend. People like him need help.
- But? / - People will avoid him less with me around.
I don't like where this is going. Can you stop already?
- Did he look lonely? / - Yes, and I'm benevolent.
I'm charitable.
He's from Gwangju so one summer
a friend and I decided to travel penniless.
I doubted he could afford a phone, but he had one.
- And so? / - So I called ahead.
So you were friends, but not that close yet.
He never said anything.
- Really? / - He dressed like a beggar.
- Maybe he made the clothes look cheap. / - But...
Anyway, we showed up to his house without telling him.
There was a really big and nice house.
- And? / - There was a three-story hospital beside it.
The actual house was deep-set into a garden.
- He said he lived there. / - Gosh.
I thought, "He can afford the rent?"
(How sad...)
In the basement?
I never even imagined he could be that rich.
- He has to be the tenant. / - I see.
I thought he rented a basement until he explained.
I was so shocked.
- The dinner table was filled with food. / - No way.
- It was packed. / - Gwangju is famous for its food.
The meat there is good, too.
I'd never been served such a massive dinner before.
It was just unbelievable.
His father's hospital was right next door.
- Was he the hospital director? / - Yes, he was.
He didn't think much of it.
He lives there so he was relaxed.
That's when things got awkward.
I didn't feel as comfortable around him anymore.
Hyeon, do your looks cause you some trouble?
Sometimes... This is an example.
- I call an electrician to fix something. / - Yes.
- He tells me things. / - Like what?
"I told your daughter to fix this and do that."
"I told your daughter."
Your daughter?
I don't have a daughter.
(Do you mean...)
Let him finish the story.
I can't tell the guy he met my wife.
- Things like that happen often. / - Tell us more.
What happened at the sauna?
Once I was there with my son when he was younger,
and I scolded him for something.
Strangers don't just pass by.
- They make comments. / - Like what?
"You should listen to your grandpa."
As soon as we hear that,
my son and I look at each other for a few long seconds.
He knows full well what people think of me.
Naesang said Woo Hyeon was the most popular guy
- in college. / - He was.
- How is that? / - No one could beat him.
- Why now? / - How come?
He loved to entertain others.
He'd always do something silly...
- "Silly"... / - But people loved it.
- Really? / - Yes.
- He'd be mocked if it wasn't successful . / - Exactly.
There's the danger of people going, "Who's the weirdo?"
- Okay. / - We went to camp in our sophomore year.
There were about 2,000 of us in total.
It was time to go home,
but the buses were late, so we were getting restless.
Someone suggested we have a talent show.
Hyeon stood up and started to sing.
Everyone there cheered and screamed.
- They clapped like mad. / - What did you sing?
Do you remember?
I don't.
This isn't a hearing. Feigning ignorance doesn't work.
- A hearing? / - You have to remember.
- I thought... / - We're trying to host a talk show.
I thought for a split second that he was a politician.
With that scary glare...
- "I don't remember." / - "No. I do not remember."
You can't just say you don't remember anything.
This is a talk show.
The song was about
reporting spies. It's a funny song.
- Sing it for us. / - Give him a round of applause.
(Let's hear it)
- What are these for? / - Play them.
I did that long ago.
(Totally awesome)
(Two spoons became an instrument)
(Great ending)
That's it.
- That's an instrument. / - How did it go?
("Report Spies")
'Men who were taken north in the war'
'And who returned seemingly recently'
He's good.
'Men who drink and want to pay with their radio'
That's hilarious.
'Men who can't stop asking how much cigarettes cost'
'Such men are suspicious'
'We should report them all'
(Ending with a flourish!)
Wow.
- It's about reporting spies. / - It is.
- I see it now. / - Report these kind of people.
That was so fun.
You could've passed the comedian audition with that.
- He plays the janggu very well, too. / - I'm amazed.
- With shades and a funny hat. / - He's talented.
- I bet he got noticed. / - But women...
applaud guys like him and date guys like Naesang.
That's the norm, isn't it?
- We entertain you but... / - Naesang...
- We put you in a good mood and then... / - Girls
came to me to discuss their troubles with Naesang.
(Hyeon is the messenger)
- Really? / - Because we're friends.
Did any of those girls who came to you
- fall for you instead? / - Never.
- No way. / - No.
You should've bought them alcohol.
Drink makes them miss him more.
- The longing increases. / - It increases with alcohol.
- How sad. / - That's so funny.
Jeonghoon, when you were in college,
- weren't you popular? / - I bet he was a Terius.
He's just way too unrealistic.
- For someone so handsome to be smart. / - Actually
- weren't you studying to be a doctor? / - A dentist.
- At Seoul National. / - It was very briefly.
- Did you drop out? / - Yes, I did.
- Could you not take it? / - Isn't it such a waste?
- If we feel this heartbroken... / - It's because...
- If I feel this bad... / - You were top of your class.
I was a full-time student,
- but I was a singer, too. / - Yes.
- I barely had time to attend lectures. / - Of course.
We get an F if we miss three lectures of a core course,
and I could barely attend three.
- I got so stressed I talked to my professor. / - Okay.
I asked if there was any leeway.
He said, "If you're a doctor"
"and your mistake kills someone,"
"whose fault would that be?"
I didn't know what to say to that,
so I said I understood and dropped out.
- But that was... / - What a pity.
- Too bad. / - People ask if I'm upset at all about it.
Of course I am.
Seoul National is the best university in Korea,
but I wasn't sure about Dentistry as a career.
It wasn't what I wanted to study.
- What did you want to study? / - Math or physics.
- That's hard, too. / - Physics? With those looks?
- It suits him. / - This is crazy.
It's an applied science, not a pure science.
- Is there a difference? / - It didn't suit me.
Did your parents complain when you dropped out?
My father was against it.
- Of course he was. / - Because...
He failed to accomplish what he wanted.
I think he wanted to accomplish it through me.
- When I said I wanted to be an entertainer / - Yes?
- he was furious. / - I bet he was.
My mother sided with me.
She persuaded my father which is why I'm here.
- Good for her. / - In the end,
my father was a huge beneficiary.
- A beneficiary? / - "Beneficiary"?
My father was a high school teacher.
- His students called him "father-in-law". / - Oh.
He learned to enjoy the attention.
He'd go around doing this.
Do you look like your father?
I look a little bit like both of them.
- Your father must be handsome. / - Both parents are.
- You could've been a rich dentist by now. / - Totally.
All my friends closed their clinics.
Did you ever want to go back to studying?
- After your debut? / - I still want to study.
- Do you? / - Studying...
I want to continue studying regardless of my career.
- Do you? / - Does it suit you?
It's really... Maybe I shouldn't go there.
Just try it.
I used to enjoy studying.
- I see. / - Was studying the easiest thing ever?
- It's not easy but fun. / - It's fun.
Explain. When on earth is studying fun?
Kids chat and play during study hall.
- Yes. / - I don't get why they don't want to study.
- He's completely different. / - We're polar opposites.
I never understood the kids who study.
I never understood why we needed study hall.
- It was forced upon us. / - It was.
Do you feel pleasure
when you solve a math problem?
It's incredible.
- I heard about that. / - Is it pleasing?
- You feel like you have the world. / - What?
With math?
There's more to it than just solving a math problem.
You feel that you caught a glimpse of the truth.
- The truth? / - You saw what others haven't.
It's not about getting it right.
- It's about understanding the world. / - She agrees.
- She was smart, too. / - She studied at SNU.
Math was my favorite subject.
- The attraction is... / - Yes.
Even if I lack in understanding,
I can always find the right way.
- With math? / - I struggle to find the way.
- Are there different paths? / - It's a trip.
- Math is a trip? / - It's a journey.
- Field trips. / - Only you two...
- Field trips. / - Field trips.
- It's the same thing? / - Mathematics tour.
- You're a traveler. / - Think of it this way.
- They understand each other. / - It's so pleasing.
- There are 50,000 ways from Busan to Seoul. / - Yes.
- Take whichever way suits you. / - That's right.
Math experts find the shortest route right away.
- And? / - People who lack basic understanding
- take the longer way. / - That makes sense to you two.
- The fun is in finding the way there. / - It's great.
Let's say we're going from Seoul to Busan.
"Eh, let's not go today."
- "I need to rest." / - Exactly.
- "Let's just sleep." / - Hey, hey.
Let's just stop at Ulsan. Why go all the way?
How about Daejeon?
Naesang is Jeonghoon's acting teacher?
- Are you? / - I'm no teacher.
We signed with the same agency and
he said he lost his touch while serving in the army.
He asked me to watch his work and give some feedback.
He even bought me drinks.
He didn't help me by reading through my script with me.
It was more about what attitude he said I should have.
What did he say to you?
"Don't exercise."
"Drink a lot, date lots of women and live as you wish."
I'm serious.
He meant I shouldn't think too much or overanalyze.
- Did you do as he said? / - Yes, I did.
- Did you? / - So I ruined my health a bit.
I see what he meant, though.
He wanted you to experience life.
He's too tense and needs to loosen up.
I'm so tense I have to poop.
I'm sure you don't think of him so now,
but when you first started acting,
did you think Naesang was stingy?
I still think so.
We've been at the same agency for four years now.
If I call because I think it's his turn to buy drinks,
and when we meet up it's always,
our company gathering.
Or I call and he's abroad.
- He's always traveling with his daughter. / - Is he?
He basically never bought me food or drink.
I think there's a misunderstanding.
- I must clarify this. / - Please do.
I do buy food and drink.
- Okay. / - I'm usually the one who pays.
- But Jeonghoon is the only one who I let pay. / - Why?
He makes way more than I do.
- He's well-off. / - And?
I think he can afford to treat me.
- Juniors rarely pay for seniors. / - Yes.
Traditionally, it's the senior who must pay.
- But Jeonghoon offered to treat me. / - Right.
No one had ever made me such an offer.
- It felt strangely unfamiliar but pleasing. / - I see.
- And when he paid, I was ecstatic. / - Okay.
I vowed never to treat him.
I have to make him pay forever.
(Buy me a round...)
Seokjeong studied at Seoul National as well,
but "You Aren't From SNU" is another nickname.
- There's also "You Didn't Study Music." / - Really?
- She was called that. / - What did you major in?
- Song? An instrument? / - The Korean pipe.
- The Korean pipe? / - That's what I majored in.
- Back then... You must've come by. / - I did.
- The girls are pretty. / - Music majors usually are.
But I thought that
it was really silly to dress up
- just for show. / - At the time?
So I went to lectures in a tracksuit and
- I wore the same T-shirt all year round. / - To class?
I was basically like a hippy.
You in a tracksuit and tee blowing on a Korean pipe...
Halfway up Gwanaksan Mountain?
Were you begging?
Walking around with a pipe...
- She had this odd aura, I guess. / - Wait.
Were you upset with life in general?
With your circumstances?
I had just kicked off a journey
on which I was discovering who I really was.
Prior to that I suffered from years of puberty
and I was full of biases and prejudices.
I started acting as a way of breaking free.
People like her are more popular with the girls.
- Is that true? / - Boys liked me, too.
- Really? / - I had a look.
- You dated men from every province? / - Did you?
- Are they all different? / - So very different.
- How so? / - Men from Chungcheong-do
- think they're so cool and great. / - Do they?
But in real life they're so tacky.
Chungcheong locals might revolt.
- Not in a bad way. / - Just the men Seokjeong met.
- Not in a bad way. / - State the premise.
- Jeju-do men / - Yes?
pretend to be very strong,
and they keep a certain distance,
but then they suddenly crumble.
They start acting like babies.
They go from one extreme to another.
- Do they? / - Gyeongsang-do men...
Daegu men are incredibly sweet.
- Are they? / - Daegu men?
- They almost smell sweet. / - From all the apples?
- Is that why? / - I think so.
But they turn out to be rotten apples.
- They're so sweet but so cold. / - Are they?
- And Busan men... / - They're frozen apples.
- Seokjeong is describing her exes. / - My exes.
Busan men act like they're mean, but they're so kind.
But because they seem to act mean,
women find it hard to approach them.
Gangwon-do men are sneaky.
- And Seoul men... / - Yes?
Seoul men are so gentle,
and it seems that everyone loves me.
When I first moved here, I thought all men liked me.
- They're softies. / - They're like marshmallows.
But inside they're just selfish.
They put work first.
Jeolla-do men are so hot when it comes to love.
It's like both their eyes have flames this big.
- Love is just... / - They burn up?
- They're so very passionate. / - But?
They become cold fast.
She basically dates losers.
- They're all the same. / - I see.
Seonggyeong.
- I bet you were popular. / - Weren't you?
In her pre-taping interview, she said
she's precariously balanced between beauty and brains.
- That's true. / - You're brainy.
- You're smart and beautiful. / - You are.
I was pretty for someone who got good grades.
For a pretty girl, I did well at school.
What a Hornet's Nest.
(Utterly helpless)
People once said I looked like Ko Soyoung.
- I looked like Shin Eunkyung in 5th grade. / - Don't.
I...
(Who is Hyeon's self-confessed doppelganger?)
I looked like the barrel guy.
(100 percent likeness)
I wanted to say that.
- I just felt bad about it. / - You do look like him.
(Doppelganger)
People act like they know me in restaurants.
- How? / - They go...
"Why have you gotten so fat?"
- And then? / - I say, "Have I?"
"You'll never fit back in your barrel."
(I'm not fat)
You really...
(Guess and Get Lucky)
Chef Lee Yeonbok has joined us for
Guess and Get Lucky.
Chef, you're incredibly busy these days.
You run a restaurant, appear on TV...
I may be busy,
but I come here to unwind.
You come here to relax?
I feel so relaxed and comfortable here.
- When you're here? / - I feel so at home.
- They reconciled. / - They finally did.
Is there anyone here today that you wanted to meet?
- Yes. / - Who?
It's An Naesang.
- Me? / - Why him?
Back in the day when I had some free time,
- I watched a drama from start to end. / - Which one?
I don't remember the title,
but his wife sold fish and the store
was called "The Sunrise".
- "First Wives' Club." / - Oh, "First Wives' Club".
- Yes, that's the one. / - You couldn't memorize that?
- Wait until you're my age. / - Nothing is wrong.
- He played a villain. / - I know.
- He upset everyone. / - Rather than the lead,
even if the person is a villain,
I prefer the better actor.
I check out who spices up the drama.
The leads are obvious.
We were talking about our school days.
When you were a teenager,
what was your life like?
In my teens...
I rarely... went to school.
- Where did you go? / - I went to Namsan Mountain.
- Why there? / - Why Namsan Mountain?
To avoid going to school.
In my days
if you couldn't pay tuition, then
- That's right. / - they really bothered you.
I just didn't want to go to school.
- My school was in Myeongdong. / - I see.
It's close to Namsan Mountain.
Did you go hiking?
- It's... / - I liked to go hiking.
Did you ambush other teens and take their money?
It's a relief no one stole from me.
What will you prepare for us today?
You're all in school uniforms today,
so I'll cook something you see outside every school
- like tteokbokki. / - Really?
- Snacks. / - Tempura.
Childhood snacks.
- Like tteokbokki. / - I see.
You cook Chinese food. Can you make tteokbokki?
Today I'll make tteokbokki with a twist.
I'll cook it with some Chinese sauces.
- This should be really good. / - It'll be good.
Okay. I'll give you the first question.
Only the person to get it right can eat.
"Hyeon and Seokjeong studied hard in school"
- "because of this." / - There.
You two can't guess.
- What? / - An inferiority complex.
- A what? / - Why would they feel inferior?
Explain.
- Looks? / - Answer before things turn bad.
- Any hints? / - It's an emotional issue.
- Anger. / - Something like that.
- Misun. / - Feces.
- Rage? / - You're nearly there.
- An illness. / - Exactly.
- An illness. / - An emotional illness.
- Emotional? / - Emotional?
- Fury. / - Fury?
- You're right. / - Correct!
- You had that? / - It's a sickness...
- I didn't think of that. / - Fury?
You studied out of a fury induced illness?
I played sports in high school.
The teachers always hit athletes as they walked by.
"You should study more."
"You don't remember anything we teach, do you?"
They belittled anyone who played sports
and thought we were all dumb.
One day I thought, "Is that true?"
- So I started to study. / - I see.
I played sports but graduated with honors.
- What did you play? / - Did you?
- We'd just started playing field hockey. / - Hockey?
- From playing hockey to... / - Playing a pipe.
- That's insane. / - But in college...
- You majored in music. / - Traditional Korean music.
And now I'm an actress.
I think all that was meant to lead up to acting.
- That's what I think. / - How odd.
So your teachers infuriated you into studying?
Yes.
I was one of my class' head students and
when the class president was off sick I led the class.
He said, "Are you kidding me?"
He punished us all.
We asked why.
"I've been teaching for 30 years and there's no way"
"that she get good grades."
My classmates stood up for me, but it was no use.
- There were a lot of weird teachers. / - There were.
- Seriously? / - Do you remember any?
- One of my teachers / - They disrespected us.
- separated kids she liked from the others. / - How?
Kids she liked, she called their names only.
Kids she didn't like, she called by their full names.
It was too obvious for us even at that age.
How did she call you?
- Me... My name only. / - Bet she loved you.
I can't stand this any longer.
- You Hornet's Nest. / - Myungsoo.
Whoever named you did a great job.
Myungsoo, say something, please.
I expected her to say the teacher called her full name.
You just wanted to brag.
I just wish that people
- wouldn't judge us by our looks. / - I agree.
Hyeon, why were you furious?
Puberty hit me and I suddenly didn't want to study.
I really didn't.
I think it was my Chinese character exam.
I handed in a blank paper.
My teacher called me to the faculty room.
"You aren't entirely stupid so what's wrong?"
"Are you trying to be rebellious?"
"You aren't even that smart anyway?"
"Do you think you can ever be the best in your year?"
That really infuriated me.
- So what happened? / - I shaved my head that winter.
- What? / - I shaved my head
and did nothing but study
during winter vacation
I came first in my grade next March.
(Hyeon was first in his year)
- It's upsetting. / - Top of your year?
It was just once. My grades plummeted in the next exam.
The problem is after that winter,
our school allowed long hair.
- Randomly? / - Yes.
Everyone had longer hair and I had a crew cut.
(Please grow back faster)
- President Poop got it right. / - Yes.
What will you make first?
I'll start with "bokki".
- Bokki? / - Bokki?
That isn't Chinese.
I'll make some bokki
- and incorporate it in a salad. / - You can do that?
- Let's see this bokki salad. / - Do we get to eat?
(The sweet memories of school)
(Bokki meets salad)
(It's a whole new world)
I always wanted one of these.
- Me, too. / - I wanted one so badly.
- We all burned a few ladles. / - I really wanted this.
(Sugar overload)
- With baking soda? / - Yes.
So much sugar goes into making one of these.
- But it's so delicious. / - It's not nutritious,
- but we craved it. / - It's so good.
It melts slowly.
The bokki are flat,
- but we scooped to eat. / - That's right.
- That's "mokki". / - "Dalgona."
That's dalgona and this is bokki.
- What's the difference? / - Bokki is flat.
- Dalgona is glucose. / - Those are white.
- Dalgona were... / - You ate those like pastries.
Look at this.
- If it burns, lift it and... / - He made these a lot.
- As a kid. / - Take it off the heat.
- Baking soda. / - Yes.
Just add a little.
- Then it expands. / - The amount is crucial.
Okay, okay.
When the old man or woman made this in the street,
- they whacked them out. / - Exactly.
I can't do that.
(The sweet memories of school)
(We have a bokki!)
- Crush it. / - They stamped in a shape.
- If we get it out whole, we win another one. / - Yes.
- We all used pins or needles. / - We did.
- I never succeeded. / - Me, neither.
Is this an existing recipe, or is it yours?
I developed it for your show.
Don't you prefer our show to any other?
- It's great fun. / - What?
Is our show the best?
I'll get fired from the other shows if I agree.
Isn't that what you wanted?
(He didn't fall for it...)
- What's this, pork? / - It's meat.
- Brisket? / - Brisket.
- Brisket... / - Whoa...
When Raymon was on... Forget it.
- Do it. / - Smash the cabbage for us.
- Do it. / - Downwards.
- A foreign taste. / - It's new.
Oh my goodness.
(The manly way)
(Can Yeonbok do it?)
(Bam)
- It should come out. / - Look.
It really works.
It comes right out.
- This is new for me. / - The end falls off.
(Slice lettuce, cabbage and sweet peppers)
- I smell the sweet peppers. / - It's lovely.
- The paprika. / - The vegetables.
- Into this... / - It's good for young people.
Is it okay that the meat is cold?
That's why I chose brisket.
- You can eat it cold. / - It makes it less greasy.
The bokki adds some sweetness.
- Spread them like almonds. / - They go on the top.
They're like nuts.
- Does Jeonghoon eat all that alone? / - Yes.
It's our rule.
(How embarrassing...)
- This is the special sauce. / - Tell us what's inside.
- This is... / - Oriental?
Sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, water,
oyster sauce, leek, and garlic.
The dish is complete.
(Fresh vegetables and some sweet memories)
(Bokki Salad)
- It smells lovely. / - Only I get to eat?
- Yes. / - What kind of show is this?
You have to eat it with the bokki.
- Have a taste. / - Mix it well with the sauce.
- It's good. / - It is.
- He's enjoying it. / - How is it?
Did you get some bokki?
I can hear the crunch from here.
- How is it? / - I can taste every single ingredient.
- Like how? / - It's like
the bokki from my childhood
with the taste of meat and I love meat.
It feels like... a full-course meal rolled into one.
- You taste everything? / - I'm curious now.
- I want some. / - Shall we share?
That's all for now.
- But Naesang... / - There's no time.
- Really? / - We have to move on.
- Let's... / - Is this what your show is like?
Not so happy together.
- We're strict. / - It's a new experience for Naesang.
For the first time in his life,
- no girl picked him. / - He was abandoned.
- He has no date. / - No.
I would say that Naesang is
the original sexy brainy character.
- Did you learn to read later in life? / - Yes, I did.
- We weren't taught to read at home. / - That's right.
Being illiterate wasn't a problem.
Do you need someone to teach you how to read?
(Wh... What?)
You're the worst.
- Miss Show-off. / - I was watching you.
I was trying not to yell.
When did you learn to read?
- In fourth grade. / - That's pretty late.
- Isn't that too late? / - In those days,
we didn't need to be able to read.
- It can't be. / - You had to read textbooks.
- I almost never attended class. / - Why?
- There were 90, 100 kids per class. / - He's right.
It was the baby boom era.
- 90, 100 kids? / - Back then...
- I lived in Wangsimni. / - Yes, about 90.
It was a total shantytown.
We all looked like refugees.
There was probably one school for every 100,000.
- You could skip. / - No one noticed.
- 100 kids per class. / - 100?
At the school I went to,
- they didn't teach Korean. / - Why not?
- Why was that? / - It was a Chinese school.
I learned Korean, so I could read comic books.
- You're ethnic Chinese? / - You didn't know?
- We... / - No one knew?
- Are you Chinese? / - "Ni hao ma."
- "Hao." / - You must speak fluent Mandarin, then.
- Can you introduce yourself in Mandarin? / - Xie xie.
Say something.
"Bro."
Hello. I'm the owner of M Restaurant, Lee Yeonbok.
Thanks for the support.
- He really is fluent. / - I hope they subtitle that.
- You have to guess correctly to eat. / - That's right.
"President Poop overcame depression in 11th grade"
"by doing this."
Math.
- What he did. / - No?
Math? No!
No?
- Look. / - Are you upset?
His face...
- He's shocked. / - I fell for it.
Shinyoung.
- Adult videos? / - Say it louder.
- What did you say? Adult... / - Speak up.
Video?
She got it.
- No! / - No?
Movies.
- Say your name first. / - Shout your name.
- Your name. / - Woo Hyeon!
- Movies. / - Movies?
- Wrong answer! / - Oh, okay.
(Oh, okay...)
- Not again. / - He's so naive.
Are we anywhere close?
- Shinyoung, cosplay? / - Shinyoung?
No, it's not cosplay.
- Makeup. / - Not makeup.
It's two words but not makeup.
Two words.
- It's not makeup. / - That?
Cross-dressing.
Correct!
You win.
Cross-dressing?
- You cross-dressed? / - Seriously?
- Cross-dressing. / - Really?
- Cross-dressing. / - What did this mean?
- It's not makeup. / - That?
- Women... / - Cross-dressing.
Cross-dressing.
- This is cross-dressing? / - How come?
Women do this when they change.
When they undo the zipper?
- Weren't you playing a guitar? / - How come...
- What woman dresses like this? / - Hang on.
This is just Myungsoo's habit.
- It doesn't mean anything. / - I thought it did.
I always hold up this hand.
Why were you depressed?
It suddenly started in April when I was in 11th grade.
- Why? / - Pressure?
I had to get good grades.
I enjoyed school at first, but then I got depressed
thinking about the college entrance exam.
- You got stressed. / - Yes.
Waking up every morning just felt like hell.
I didn't want to die, but I was always sighing.
- You were unhappy. / - I had nothing.
Did you see a doctor?
I did.
- Psychologists and herbalists. / - It was bad.
Nothing worked.
Our school held a festival about six months later.
My P.E. teacher suggested
I enter the cross-dressing competition.
Did entering that competition relieve the stress?
It was the festival itself, not the cross-dressing.
If cross-dressing becomes the focus...
- But that was the answer. / - It's a bit...
- That... / - Suddenly...
- It gives the wrong impression. / - I like women.
We have photos of him dressed as a woman.
- We do? / - I bet he was pretty.
- I was shocked. / - Me, too.
- He looks nicer than I ever do. / - Let's see.
- Why's the teacher holding his hand? / - Seriously.
- My goodness. / - It's a woman.
He looked like a girl.
- You were so pretty. / - You looked like a real girl.
- Did you win? / - That's my father.
- Your father? / - Oh.
- He's grinning. / - I've never seen a dad
so proud of his cross-dressing son.
- You look adorable. / - Doesn't he?
- You look like your dad. / - Look at his collarbones.
- It's a girl's collarbone. / - It is.
- I weighted 56 kg. / - You look beautiful.
Look at this one.
He's handing over the title to the next winner.
- It's the crowning ceremony. / - Look at the others.
Look at the others standing behind him.
- You had great legs. / - I'm amazed.
You had fun in school.
- Would you cross-dress forever? / - No.
(Don't do this to me.)
- How did people react? / - At the time
I went on my first blind date.
- Your first? / - I'd never been on one.
- That's when you started noticing girls. / - Not yet.
You overcame depression
by noticing girls and getting dates with them.
- By them noticing you. / - Exactly.
- Is that it? / - Yes.
- That's it. / - You thought it was the cross-dressing,
but it was all the attention and dates that came after.
Did you keep getting dates and girlfriends?
- Yes. / - See?
- The real answer was "blind dates". / - "Blind dates."
- Love heals everything. / - No one took me on a date.
See?
Did you suffer from depression like Jeonghoon did?
Maybe male menopause.
(Sudden confession)
What are the symptoms?
What will you cook for Seonggyeong?
I'll make some tteokbokki.
(Tteokbokki)
(Sweet and spicy)
(Chewy tteokbokki)
- Just the usual ingredients. / - They're the same.
- Leek. / - Oyster sauce, soy sauce,
- gochujang, doubanjiang, and sugar. / - Doubanjiang.
- Slightly spicy? / - Doubanjiang is
the Chinese version of red pepper paste.
It's a bit salty and contains chili seeds and pieces.
I'll mix some oyster sauce and doubanjiang.
See how that tteokbokki tastes like.
I can't wait to see.
(Crush garlic, slice leek)
(Add veggies, soy sauce, rice cakes,)
(Red pepper paste, sugar)
- Red pepper paste. / - Not too much.
Any tteokbokki needs some sugar.
This is all about doubanjiang and oyster sauce.
- This is doubanjiang. / - It's a rough paste.
- Yes. / - It's slightly salty.
The oyster sauce...
The oysters inside add to the flavor and seasoning.
(It looks appetizing)
(In goes the fish cakes)
As you all seem to want some,
- we'll give you a chance. / - How?
Come up with an acrostic poem
- using Yeonbok's name. / - This is a competition.
- "Lee Yeonbok." Start thinking. / - It's a contest.
"Lee Yeonbok"? What should I say?
- It's so hard. / - You're exempt.
- I forgot. / - He's right.
It looks good.
(Rice cakes and fish cakes in harmony)
(A Chinese version of the sauce)
(Tteokbokki)
- I have a poem. / - I'm ready.
- Go. / - "Lee."
"Such food like this."
- "Yeon." / - "Requires some music."
"Bok."
- You're out. / - Why?
- They all laughed. / - You failed.
- Everyone else liked it. / - Myungsoo didn't.
Myungsoo has to approve.
- "Is this why you called me?" / - It's a nice start.
- "Yeon." / - "I didn't get to eat."
- "Bok." / - "I'm so frustrated."
(Very humorous)
- Fail. / - Why?
This one was good.
You should've gone with "bok boro bok bok".
- I liked that. / - "bok boro bok bok" was better.
- Mine was very high class. / - Too bad.
Can I eat?
- Tell us how it tastes. / - Go ahead.
Oyster sauce and doubanjiang were used.
- It smells Chinese. / - I bet it's great.
Think of a really delicious Chinese dish.
Then think of your favorite tteokbokki sauce.
- It's a mix of both. / - It's just tteokbokki
- that looks like a great Chinese dish. / - It does.
- Woo Hyeon has a poem for you. / - Okay. "Lee."
"Such food like this."
- "Yeon." / - "Requires some music."
- "Bok." / - "Bok boro bok bok bok."
"Bok boro bok bok bok."
Pass!
(Woo Hyeon passes)
Pass!
(He's still in character)
Naesang.
- Forget your pride and do it. / - Lower my standards?
Lower your standards.
- Naesang? / - No thanks.
- I'll keep my pride intact. / - Aren't you hungry?
- I am. / - Then perform.
I'll give Woo Hyeon a serving.
- Naesang, go for it? / - Are you ready?
- Ready? / - It's worth it.
Give it a go.
He started.
Excuse me.
You're eating already?
- Is it that good? / - Yes.
- It's so good. / - Isn't it?
We still have some left, Naesang.
- What? / - Give it a go.
- Don't feed him. / - Hyeon, don't.
- Just a smell. / - Okay.
- Can I go on eating? / - Yes, you can.
Misun, "Lee".
"Now."
- "Yeon." / - No.
"I want to fall in love."
- "Bok." / - "With Bok."
"With Bok."
Great.
- That's unfair. / - No.
- It's a pass. / - What was that?
That was the worst.
- It was the worst. / - It was not.
What are you trying to do?
Seriously?
- What was that about? / - Come on.
- He wants to give me some. / - Never.
- That was the worst. / - It really was.
- Hey. / - Seokjeong.
- I'm the chef. It's my call. / - Not this time.
"Lee."
"Come here and eat."
I'll get you a serving.
Seriously?
This could be yours.
Next. "Yeon."
"Finding a date and eating some food."
- "Bok." / - "Bok boro bok"?
"What a blessing."
He wasn't pleased.
- Why not? / - That ending was a let-down.
That was terrible.
You started off fine but then...
"Lee."
"This sucks."
- "Yeon." / - "I wanted to focus on acting."
- That's nice. / - "Bok."
- Naesang? / - No thanks.
I'll keep my pride intact.
You're eating already?
- Is it that good? / - Yes.
(One dance)
(is all it takes)
- "Bok." / - "Bok boro bok bok bok."
"Bok boro bok bok bok."
Do I get some?
(What a sight)
- You have to do it. / - Perfect.
- Thank you. / - Here you go.
- Seokjeong, Seokjeong. / - Seokjeong.
- You had a perfect first line. / - It's good.
- "Lee." / - "Lee."
"Come here and eat."
- She's good. / - "Yeon."
"I won't make the same mistake."
She's going to dance.
- It's time. "Bok." / - "Bok."
"Bok boro bok bok bok."
- "Bok." / - "Bok boro bok bok bok."
She did it.
Jeonghoon?
- It's good. / - Yes.
I'm done.
The secret is to cook the garlic first.
- How is it, Naesang? / - It's good.
- Isn't it? / - It would work with other vegetables,
- like mushrooms. / - That's right.
- You're right. / - It would be nice.
Jeonghoon.
As many of you know, his IQ is 146.
Is it? I can't tell.
Isn't it 106?
The IQ tests I took when I was in elementary school
- weren't that accurate. / - Weren't they?
I took another test, a good one much later.
- My score was lower. / - What was it?
136.
- Isn't that high? / - It is.
Did you really rank first nationwide?
- At one of our exams. / - The national exam?
I heard people say I ranked first in Korea.
That's not true.
What rank, then?
One year when there were fewer students,
- I ranked 67th. / - In South Korea?
It wasn't 67th in his class.
Let me ask you this.
You all did well in school.
What was the worst rank you ever got in school?
- The worst? / - The worst.
This was when I was in 11th grade.
I seriously studied
and ranked first in my class.
That gave me the confidence that I could do it.
"I can be the best student. This is amazing."
I was so shocked,
so I thought I didn't have to study.
- What then? / - Now that I knew I was that smart,
I didn't want to study anymore.
On the next exam, I came 46th.
- From first to 46th? / - Yes.
That's terrible.
- I bet your teacher yelled at you. / - Well...
I didn't know his style,
but this was my second exam.
My teacher hit us the number of ranks we'd fallen.
I'd gone from first to 46th, right?
- How many lashes was that? / - He couldn't believe it.
Gosh, that beating...
45 lashes.
But that was the last time.
- After that... / - I could only go up.
I made sure never to fall.
Jeonghoon?
I had a case similar to Naesang's.
I suddenly decided to study in middle school,
and I ranked first in my year.
Then I got cocky and thought I could do it,
and I stopped studying.
- I dropped to 27th or 30th. / - In your year?
- Yes, so... / - In your year?
- He was still first in his class. / - Forget it.
- What? / - Stop.
You and I are nothing alike.
- Naesang dropped to 46th in his class. / - Oh.
You were 27th in your year.
- His worst rank was 27th in his year? / - Yes.
- No way. / - The worst he did in an exam
- was 27th in his year. / - He's like me?
Seokjeong, did you really dance as you studied?
Let's say I get stuck solving a math problem.
I'd dance a little while I thought.
- I'd dance. / - What kind?
- That's groovy. / - Can you show us?
We were all a little childish.
- At first, I listen to music and do this. / - Then?
Then if I get stuck...
Do we have some music?
- That's... / - While you were studying?
You're an amazing dancer.
- That helped me think / - Wow.
That's some crazy waves.
- While you were studying? / - While I was thinking.
Then suddenly I'd have the answer.
- I didn't take lessons. / - The feel...
My eel waves. My freshwater eel waves.
- This question is about Naesang. / - Okay.
"In school, Naesang was famous for being a what?"
- A noun? / - Me.
- A fraud. / - Ha. What?
- No. / - Me.
- A pickpocket. / - No.
A swindler.
- It's not a swindler. / - Come on...
- We'd expect something negative. / - Here's a hint.
You'll get it right away.
- Go for it. / - Yell out your name.
(Action hint)
- "Small Chili." / - Yes?
- A nag. / - Sorry, wrong.
- A cuckoo? / - A cuckoo?
- It's not a cuckoo. / - An owl?
Someone who spreads rumors?
A cuckoo.
- We're very... / - Me.
A storyteller?
Is that it?
Correct.
Did you tell a lot of stories in school?
It's not exactly stories per se.
When I was in middle school and high school,
I didn't really enjoy school because it was so boring.
After school, I went straight to church.
I was very religious and was always at church.
I stayed until late at night then went home.
There are older kids at church who tell you stuff.
They told a lot of dirty stories.
That was the hot topic.
- At church? / - At church?
It's a very unique space where teenagers convene.
Younger teenagers get to mingle with older teenagers.
- Did they tell you stories? / - Crude but fun ones.
- You're curious at that age. / - It's fascinating.
I remembered the parts where the kids my age laughed at
and then would tell the stories to kids at school.
The reaction was explosive.
They loved it.
You know how childish middle school kids can get.
It's just a fond memory now.
Woo Hyeon, did you tell a lot of dirty stories?
I bet he read books.
You're right. I read sexy romance novels.
Isn't that what older people read?
- I bet he read magazines. / - Hang on.
- Hyeon wants to make clean adult videos for his son.
- For Junsu? / - What's that?
- He wants to make clean adult videos.
- An Adult video itself is bad.
- Clean adult... / - This is how I got the idea.
- Kids are to watch adult videos. / - You're right.
There's a phase where they watch it
even if you tell them not to.
Why not get the Ministry of Education
- The Ministry of Education? / - Create positive stuff.
- What would that be? / - Adult videos of clean plots.
Adult videos these days are very destructive.
It's very hardcore and overly stimulating.
It could be about real love.
- Real love? / - That kind of attraction is good,
and contraception is important.
Contraception should be mentioned.
- Isn't that just sex education? / - We have that.
- It could be packaged... / - This is what I think.
Make it so it tingles.
"Make it so it tingles."
A clean plot but still made so it tingles.
We still have to wince.
What will you cook for us this time?
I'm good at deep-fried food.
- He is. / - Why are you so nice to us today?
- What fried food? / - It's squid.
- Fried squid from your school days. / - Amazing.
(Fried squid)
(With Chinese sauce)
I'll start by cleaning the squid.
It looks pretty.
- I have to wash it. / - Why am I filming water?
- He shot the bowl. / - All that telling off worked.
He's a pro. He's a true professional.
If you look at a squid...
(Clean the squid)
(Wash squid in water)
(Cut into strips)
Now I'll make the batter.
- This is... / - That looks good.
This is starch.
(Starch, water, eggs)
- Now... / - In there?
- Oil. / - Into the batter?
- He did this when he fried pork. / - Yes.
This is new to me.
- This keeps it crispy even when cold. / - Okay.
- Really? / - It doesn't get soggy.
- It looks like cream. / - That's what it should be.
Just starch?
If you don't coat it with flour, the batter falls off.
- So rub in some flour. / - I see.
- I got two answers right. / - Yes.
I feel bad about eating alone.
Can I pick someone I want to share it with?
No. It's all yours.
- Don't make things worse. / - Don't make it worse.
- Hornet's Nest. / - You're terrible.
- Okay. / - Okay.
Shouldn't you check the temperature?
Just wait.
(Deep-fry the battered squid)
- It's fried twice. / - Yes, when it's hot.
You have to fry it twice.
Film this.
- It's your job. / - The camera is over there.
- Over here. / - Not again.
- Film that. / - He's pulling rank again.
- I'm his senior. / - Are you?
- He debuted in 1993. / - Really?
- 1993 and... / - 1991.
- He's just older. / - You're his senior.
I debuted first.
- President's enjoying himself. / - Squid smells nicer.
- It looks so good. / - Look at that.
- The squid is cooked. / - I can smell it.
The smell.
- They're white. / - They really are white.
- His tempura is white. / - It's so pretty.
You people starve us then do this?
You're so cruel.
This is insane.
Now I'll make the sauce,
a vegetable sauce.
It'll be done in no time.
(Cut garlic, leek, onion, sweet peppers,)
(Carrot, mushrooms)
- Just watching him cook makes me happy. / - Yes.
Cooking shows these days...
- At home the smell... / - It's different.
Oyster sauce.
I'll add some chili pepper.
- Doubanjiang. / - Doubanjiang.
(Oyster sauce, chili powder, doubanjiang, sugar)
- What's this? / - Starch water.
- To thicken the sauce? / - Yes.
(The sauce is done)
- It's done. / - Wow.
Awesome.
It looks so good.
It looks really good.
This spicy smell...
(An amazing visual)
Finally.
(The fried squid is ready)
(Crispy fried squid)
(Spicy Chinese sauce)
(fried squid)
Eat it up.
- Can I have some? / - I feel so bad.
- Wrap it up. / - Wrap around the squid.
- This is... / - It looks fantastic.
Is it shiny because of the starch?
Yeonbok is famous for his frying skills.
The sauce is slightly spicy
which cuts through the grease.
It's perfect with the fried squid.
- It cuts through. / - It really does.
- You must try some. / - Okay.
Whoa...
(I can't stand it)
How about a poem with "Happy Together"?
Woo Hyeon.
- "H." / - "H."
"Happy fries."
- "T." / - "Tutututututu."
- Pass. / - It's be funny or die here.
You have to work to be fed.
- It looks so good. / - You need to taste to know.
You won't even offer me a piece?
I worked for this.
(Nothing is free)
Let's give our chef a round of applause.
(Full of good food and memories)
- Amazing. / - You're a magician.
Jeonghoon, when you were in school
- were you popular? / - I bet he was.
This was him in high school.
- He's very handsome. / - He hasn't changed at all.
- How handsome. / - You look the same.
Wasn't he handsome?
- I was... / - He couldn't have been unpopular.
- He looked like Anthony. / - He did.
Just like Anthony.
- Here's a better version of Anthony. / - Good-looking.
- Here. / - My goodness.
- What's this? / - Anthony.
This is a real-life Terius.
(In awe)
He looks like a girl.
- He's so pretty. / - In college.
- SNU with those looks? / - Did men stalk you?
- Yes. / - Really?
I had to attend a lecture in Daehangno once.
I was walking along with two female classmates,
when a guy who looked like a businessman stopped me.
As soon as I turned around, he ran away.
- He thought I was a girl. / - From behind.
I totally see why someone would think so.
- You look so handsome. / - With lovely hair.
You have great hair.
I thank you so much for joining us today.
We had a feast today so thank you.
We'll see you again next week.
- Thank you. / - Thank you.