Happy to be together on "Happy Together"!
- Hello and welcome. / - Hello.
The guests visiting the cafeteria today
have been friends for 20 years.
That's an impossible feat these days.
- That's true. / - People betray each other.
I must make an observation.
Shinyoung is missing.
- She isn't back from the States. / - I see.
She had something to take care of there.
I was afraid people would think she left the show.
- It's a concern. / - It is.
- I do feel comfortable, though. / - Why?
I think I might get more screen time today.
- This is what it's like. / - Sorry.
- Friendships don't last. / - She'll be back next week.
- She will. / - Will she?
As I said, today's guests have been friends for years,
but one of them is incredibly bossy.
In slang terms we say
he plays the "Gab", the master.
That's what his friends all say about him.
Their relationship is like ours, then.
It's not at all.
You nag about how I should use the mini cam.
- Oh, that's just... / - Here.
- Take over the TV airwaves. / - That's... That's...
You weren't doing your job, that's all.
Shall I take over if you don't want to?
Get lost.
- I like doing it. / - This is being bossy.
- Isn't it? / - This is it.
But today the underdogs get to fight back.
Please welcome Sooro and his underdog friends.
(Bossy Sooro and His Buddies)
"Bossy Sooro" suits you.
(Master show-off Kim Sooro)
Jaeseok.
(Because of bossy Sooro)
- Sit. / - Myungsoo.
(His friends have yet to enter)
- Hello, Misun. / - Hello.
- Saeho. / - Hello, Bora.
- Hello. / - Hello.
- It's so noisy. / - It is.
Let's all have some fun.
The set is full.
Bossy Sooro, it's been quite a while.
Bossy Sooro suits you more than your real name.
It's perfect for you.
When we use the term "bossy",
it's not really...
It has negative connotations.
I thought he'd object to "bossy Sooro".
- Was he pleased? / - He didn't mind.
(I like being bossy)
Don't you care about your image?
I don't really think about that.
He gladly agreed to the title.
He enjoys being the leader.
He enjoys it.
I love being bossy, the master.
There are also traditional characters with bossy names.
He's going old-school.
Right, there are some.
I liked being bossy since then.
You're here with your buddies.
- Introduce them to us. / - Sure, this is...
- He's... / - You forgot?
Did you forget his name?
- I'm offended. / - Who are you?
I was going to say something nice.
He's the best actor from Chungang University.
(Is that all you can say about me?)
Seriously? How come... Sorry.
Introduce whoever you want to first.
It's not Seoul Institute of the Arts.
Let me help you guys out.
Sooro, Minkyo and Gunhyung went to Seoul Institute.
They're a few years apart.
I thought Sungjin went to the same university.
People think so because we're all so close.
Sooro, did you meet Sungjin at Chungang University?
I hung out on his campus after I failed to get in.
- You failed? / - Yes.
Sooro grew up in Anseong
and at the time the theater and film lectures
were held at the Anseong campus.
- He came by often and... / - That's how you met?
Yes, that's when I noticed this guy.
He was pretty easy-going.
- Are you two the same age? / - Yes.
He was easy-going. Chungang students are prideful,
but he accepted others pretty easily.
I thought we'd get along well and we became besties.
- I see. / - So you go back 20 years.
It's really hard to put up with him sometimes.
- I'm always like this but... / - Excuse me.
From where I am, you look like guys on a wanted poster.
It's like you got caught and we're questioning you.
Did our staff give Minkyo a loose-fitting tee?
Why is the neckline hanging so low?
- Minkyo you look like a Mexican. / - A Mexican?
How did you meet Minkyo?
- We both failed to get into Chungang. / - Did you?
- His major. / - Yes.
Sooro was the candidate right after me.
- Really? / - Yes.
I failed so I thought the film people didn't want me,
so I applied to Seoul Institute.
Sooro was again right after me.
That's weird.
That's fate.
We thought it was weird that we met like that twice.
He asked me if we wanted to get a drink later
so we went drinking.
- It was just us. / - That day?
It was after the interview. After the drinks, we said,
"If just one of us gets in, whoever that is,"
"that person should help the other out next year."
But we both got in.
- And Gunhyung? / - He was a freshman
when we graduated.
The first play he took part in was with us.
- That's right. / - Yes.
He barely got a word in back then.
- Who, Gunhyung? / - Yes.
He was a baby.
- A baby. / - What are you, a few years apart, then?
No, no. We'd all served in the army by then.
When I applied and got in in 1997,
they were seniors.
I got in 1993 after five attempts.
Five attempts?
Jeong Junha got into college after four tries.
- You took five? / - Yu Haejin needed six.
(Six attempts!)
- He isn't even here. / - Is that true?
Did he go to your college, too?
He did. We were in the same theater group and college.
- Six attempts? / - I'd say more.
It maybe seven or eight attempts.
I'm sure he was a stage actor before then.
He was with a company in Cheongju.
You also brought Bora. How do you know her?
We were both in "Death Bell 2".
- Oh. / - She played one of my students.
- In a movie? / - Yes.
I played a student
and he played one of my teachers.
That's why even now I still call him "sir".
He's that age, too.
If you look at her, you'd think she's what,
- in her early 20s? / - Aren't you a teenager?
- No, I turned... / - I was shocked. She's 27.
- I turned 27. / - Already?
You'd pass for a teenager.
- You look so young. / - Doesn't she?
She looks like she's 20 at most.
- Are you really 27? / - Yes, I turned 27 this year.
- Why is she here and not Minkyo? / - Why?
People will compare us two.
Oh, come on. Of course, they'll compare you.
Of course, they'll compare you.
(Isn't it obvious?)
People will compare you, but how great...
- Growing old isn't a crime. / - You're cool.
- Be quiet. / - "Growing old isn't a crime."
- Just look at you now. / - That's right.
You four go back at least 20 years,
but your friends told us that
you're more like a master and they're the followers.
Are you four... sitting in order of rank?
Yes, because Korea has deep-set Confucian ideas...
He really is old-fashioned. First Korean music then...
We prefer to sit according to age or seniority.
Sungjin, you informed us that
you're getting fed up with Sooro's bossiness,
and that when Sooro is on a show,
he acts like he's the leader.
How does that stress you out?
You can see for yourself.
- He shows off. / - Look at his shoulders.
- He brags. / - I know.
If you know him, you know what I mean.
He reeks of bravado.
Whenever Sooro is in the building
- it echoes. / - There's a commotion.
He doesn't just talk. He does this as he talks.
He has a loud voice and he uses that to show off.
Whenever he shows up, he wants everyone to know.
- That comforts him. / - "I'm here."
He wants to be noticed.
- There are many stories about that. / - Okay.
Let's say we go to see a movie with him.
In the movie theaters
- you usually watch it in silence. / - We don't talk.
The characters do the talking.
He responds to that.
(Talking back)
"What should we do now?"
- if the character said that... / - Yes?
"That's tough."
- He talks to the character? / - He murmured that,
but everyone in the theater can hear him.
- The moviegoers... / - We hate people like that.
The people laugh at him, and not at the movie.
If the movie is not too good, I need to help it out.
- Help how? / - From the theater seats.
- Do you consider that helping? / - I do.
I'm giving the movie new life
by making people spread word that it was fun.
Sooro is a bit like... We say
"Don't let the right hand know what the left hand did."
Sooro has to let even his right pinky toe know.
- He lets it show. / - What the left hand does,
- all his right toes must know. / - Yes.
The toes of everyone present must know.
That's how I do good.
If my right hand doesn't know,
I don't want to do good.
- You want people to know. / - That's right.
Because I show off so much,
I'm inclined to do more good deeds.
There are such people.
- He's bossy but likable. / - He is.
- That's why he's... / - Just wait, you'll hate him.
Just wait, you'll hate him.
- Is that so? / - Like when, Minkyo?
Well, for example,
we're all really busy and he calls us to be in a play.
He's really into the mafia game right now.
- What's that? / - The mafia game.
One of you is the mafia and the rest have to guess who.
You have to guess who it is.
He plays that non-stop for four hours.
Minkyo and Gunhyung play the lead characters,
so they have loads of lines to memorize,
and once rehearsal begins everyone's really hyped up.
- That's their problem. / - Everyone's very tense.
That's when Sooro starts playing.
It's fun and the game itself
- requires a lot of acting. / - It does.
So it's fun to play.
It's okay as a warm-up activity
but because it's so much fun he keeps on going.
Sooro is incredibly good at that game.
He's really good.
Everyone loves to do something he or she is good at.
- That's the real issue. / - That's the issue.
People like him love to say, "You didn't know?"
"I could tell right away."
I really can tell.
I'm really good at it.
(I'm great at playing games)
It's fine for a while,
- but did he exhaust you, Bora? / - Until dawn?
We went on a trip together.
I'd never seen a team play mafia so tough.
- Can I say that? / - Yes.
- That gave away your age. / - Go on.
The slang word you just used gave away your age.
I expected to play games from morning to afternoon,
then chat over some grilled meat for dinner.
- Then... Yes, drink. / - And share a few drinks?
That's what I expected.
After a while, we all settled down.
Gunhyung and I and a few others started to chat
and I was saying, "Oh, I see."
That's when I heard a whistle.
It was so shrill.
Everyone tensed up.
"This is it."
- What do you mean? / - "It's time to play mafia."
(Announcing the start of the game)
(The fearsome whistle)
Why did you blow a whistle?
- He brought it. / - While practicing...
He has to walk along Daehangno to get to the theater.
- He blows the whistle in public. / - Why?
"Kim Sooro is here."
"I'm in Daehangno."
He blows the whistle as he comes in.
The Daehangno whistle...
The mass-made whistles aren't really that good.
I got one from "The Real Men" the drill sergeants use.
It's the one they blow to keep 2,000 men in line.
Blow that and you rupture someone's eardrum.
Is the mafia game that fun to play?
It's just that there were 26 actors present.
A common characteristic of most actors is that
they're used to voicing their own opinions.
To suppress that
one needs a really high-powered whistle.
That silences everyone.
Listening to this reminded me of something.
Everyone else goes, "What's wrong with Sooro?"
and that's how they bond.
(Bonding over hatred for Sooro)
- It brings us together. / - It does.
- That thought suddenly hit me. / - You're so right.
(Pick Sooro apart)
For twenty-something people to work together,
- they need to become one. / - They do.
In order for that to happen, there has to be a villain.
- So he's the symbol of harmony. / - You need help.
- He is. / - You bond over your dislike for him.
- That's right. / - We need him.
You three must be close, then.
- Thanks to Sooro, we're very close. / - These three...
Thanks to me.
They each pretend to be friends with me.
We're friends to be exact.
If I were to set up something grand,
they take the meaty roles and I take whatever's left.
I take pride in that. I brought them together.
- You're their keeper. / - Sooro rears us.
He locks us in a room to practice and
plays the mafia game with us when we get bored.
I noticed that Bora is really cute and all,
but she says what's on her mind.
Oh, she does.
I'm not sure if you know this about her.
Her family was on TV.
She has 12 siblings.
- Really? / - Yes.
- She's famous. / - KBS did a documentary on them.
Let's patch you up.
Bora gathered the younger ones.
They're a cheeky bunch,
always getting scratched and bruised.
- Don't you have one? / - What?
- Something like this. / - No.
You do. Someone picked a scab.
Bora doesn't want any of them to end up with a scar.
It doesn't bleed because I took care of it.
Right, no blood.
My brother and I talk about it all the time.
"Don't you think we'll end up raising them?"
"Right?" We say that a lot.
I think I'll end up paying their college tuition.
- It's a famous family. / - Are you the eldest?
I'm the eldest daughter. I have an older brother.
- A brother? / - She's the second oldest.
That's why she can hold her own.
Can you tell us who is who?
You people are prepared.
- This must be the youngest. / - I'm envious.
Where are you, Bora?
- On the far right. / - She's on the right.
She's here.
You're all so cute.
There are 11 here. This is an old photo.
- Two more were born later? / - Yes.
Two more children?
We must be the biggest family in Seoul.
Bora's family beats any other one in Seoul.
- How old is the youngest? / - He's seven.
- 20...? / - We're 20 years apart.
He was born
- after I started college. / - Is your mom okay?
- Is she healthy? / - Yes, she's very healthy.
I practically raised my youngest brother.
The oldest siblings
- would end up doing that. / - Of course.
When all 13 of you kids go somewhere together,
- how do you go? By bus? / - It's a field trip.
- It really is a field trip. / - Do you rent a bus?
I'd love to, but we never did that yet.
We got an upgrade and recently bought a van.
- A van. / - Yes, a van.
We bought a van.
Nine people get in that
and the other five get in my car.
- Then we set off. / - Now that the older siblings
- can drive cars... / - They have an income.
That's how it works.
How many rooms do you have?
- There are three. / - Do you live together?
- Three? / - How do you all fit in?
I moved out and live alone now.
My younger sisters sleep in what was my room.
Girls' room, boys' room, and master bedroom?
The boys sleep in the biggest room.
- There are more boys. / - I see.
- How many boys? / - There are eight.
One of them is in the army
and another is in a boarding house to study,
so two moved out.
- So... / - That's still a lot.
We're catching up on her 13 siblings.
There are so many of them that
the one in the army came to visit
- and no one knew. / - Really?
That's how things are with us.
There are too many to keep track of.
I guess my mom and dad
reached a limit to what they can do.
- Borrow Sooro's whistle. / - We need one.
My mom needs one.
We don't really care or keep track of who comes by,
especially the older ones.
- Did you not know he'd visit? / - I really didn't.
When I heard about it, he'd already gone back.
- He'd gone back? / - He'd already gone back...
Bora said she wants to move back in.
She wanted to live with her siblings,
but there's no room so she got kicked out.
- Really? / - I got kicked out.
She didn't want to move out.
- She was forced out. / - Were you?
Most people from large families want to live alone.
Don't they want a room to themselves?
- Private space. / - I thought I'd want to live alone.
But now that I moved out...
- It's lonely. / - I feel so lonely.
I can't stand being alone even for ten minutes.
I live right next door to my parents' house
so I shower, change, and go right over.
It's okay now, but once they get married and have kids,
that would be a huge family gathering.
- It would be crazy. / - It would be on holidays.
Does the government offer some support?
Yes, we get support.
- Why do you care? / - Is this a consultation?
- Are you trying for more? / - Are you?
The government should support such families.
- Do you get financial aid? / - They should.
- Your parents are amazing. / - Especially your mom.
Our home always had been busy and bustling.
But now that I moved out, my older brother is busy,
and my other two brothers are away,
- my dad feels alone. / - What?
- Even with all those kids? / - Yes.
- The house feels empty. / - Is he gunning for a 14th?
- The house feels empty? / - With nine kids?
He says it feels empty.
Something is missing.
You said you practically raised your youngest brother.
I found out I had another brother after he was born.
I came home and mom wasn't there,
so I asked where she was.
I was told she was at the OBGYN.
"Why there? She must be sick." So I went to visit.
That's when I saw her with a baby.
Her stomach must've been round.
- You had no idea? / - You didn't notice the pregnancy?
I'd grown up seeing her like that.
- She was always pregnant. / - I didn't know.
- It was the norm. / - She had 13 kids.
- She'd seen her mom pregnant 12 times. / - Right.
When I opened the door to my mom's room,
she said, "Hi, honey."
I was like, "What's going on? Is that my brother?"
(Like a drama)
I didn't like him at first because
my mom was rather old by then.
She gave birth when she was too old,
so I complained and even got angry.
- But then / - What a good girl.
The baby was like
he was meant to join our family.
He was so adorable and so cute.
So I told myself I'd hug and care for him more,
to make up for what our mom can't do for him.
Now I can't get enough of him.
I heard that Bora,
- you take the subway often. / - I do.
I always had taken public transportation
with my older brother since I was young.
I'm used to that because that's what feels normal,
but when that becomes news
- I feel really embarrassed. / - Do you?
Many people take public transportation,
so I don't see why it's such a big deal.
Do people react when they notice you on the subway?
Middle and high school students look at me for a while.
Then I hear them go, "Hey."
"It's her." Then they go and search on the internet
and compare photos.
- To see if it's really you? / - "It really is her."
Do you feel awkward and lost at what you should do?
I sneak away
- out of embarrassment. / - It's embarrassing.
Middle and high school students follow me.
Then they compare my face to my photos online.
They run up to me.
"It's her. Let's go."
It'll be on their SNS...
Bora is the only one here
who doesn't fear product placement.
- You mention brand names. / - Freely.
I thought you have some kind of license.
(Free pass to promote products?)
We invited you all here as bossy Sooro and his buddies.
In the pre-taping interview Sooro said that Gunhyung
is the one with the short temper.
On hearing that, I heard that Gunhyung complained.
"Why am I the one with the short temper?"
I had no idea that I was short-tempered.
I found out in the interview
and realized that Sooro had exaggerated yet again.
This is him playing bossy too.
- That's right. / - He allocated a character.
Why get bossy about being on TV? We can manage.
Don't you get upset easily, though, Gunhyung?
- I wouldn't know you're like that. / - No.
I don't have a short temper.
Let's say I see a group of students
- smoking in public. / - Okay.
Or they see me and say, "Hey, it's Gunhyung."
- They speak informally. / - Then what?
"Don't call me that. I'm not your friend."
"Call me 'hyung'."
"Or even 'Mr. Park'."
(Isn't that a short temper?)
- That annoys you. / - When you see students smoke...
- Do you tell them to put it out? / - Of course.
- What if they hit you? / - He's learning kickboxing.
- To beat them? / - Yes.
- So to teach them a lesson? / - To lecture them?
To all you teenagers out there. Gunhyung can kickbox.
Please don't get aggressive towards him.
Please just put out your cigarette.
You're a manly guy.
Gunhyung is a show-off and a romanticist.
- That's right. / - A show-off and a romanticist?
Sometimes you might think, "Why is he such a show-off?"
But in one way that is how Gunhyung
- shows he's a romanticist. / - That's right.
- He's not like me. / - How so?
- Are you a show-off only? / - Yes.
(Full admittance)
I'm almost only about showing off.
He's a romanticist with some bravado.
- That's right. / - He's romantic.
He's always...
- He looks cool even now. / - He's handsome.
He always maintains this cool, relaxed look.
Even when we practice,
- he looks good. / - What does he do?
Even when he warms up,
we're all stretching ourselves out like this,
but he tries to look cool.
He puts on some music.
It's something nice, like hyukoh's music.
He puts on something like "Oing Oing".
"Oing Oing"?
- It's "Wi Ing Wi Ing." / - "Wi Ing Wi Ing."
Oing?
- "Oing" is a snack. / - Oing is a snack.
You'll do anything to mention a brand.
- We'll get at least 100 from her. / - Good for you.
hyukoh's "Oing Oing"...
That's really smart product placement.
Bora, purple, purple. It's fine.
- Purple. / - Go for it.
- Does he always look like a sculpture? / - He does.
He always looks cool, even on trips.
Let's say we're playing a speed game.
We're all in a hurry,
but he's calm and relaxed
to maintain his dignity.
How do you do that during a speed game?
We're all like, "I need to get this right."
- In three seconds... / - This is how it should look.
On our way home last night,
- what did we eat together? / - Udon.
No, not that.
- That's how it should look. / - But Gunhyung
takes his place like this.
Yes, that's how he stands.
Like this, do you know what pose this is?
- I do. / - Thumbs in pockets.
Expose him for what he is.
- Pinky fingers up. / - Pinky fingers up.
He uses his body.
- Saw that? It means "two syllables". / - What's that?
Let's say you have "long-horned beetle".
When you're rushing, you just make random gestures.
You try to portray the beetle.
You portray the beetle and its horn. He goes...
(Romantic show-off Gunhyung's version)
Five syllables?
Then he points up.
- Long-horned beetle... / - That's funny.
First I show there's a tree,
then I pretend I'm clinging to it.
Five syllables.
So rushing it doesn't always get you somewhere?
- His team won. / - Really?
- They won. / - Did they?
Doesn't he lose control when he's drunk?
- When drunk? / - Does he still show off?
I thought he's really cool when he drinks soju
because he never loses control.
When he's drunk, he sways slightly when he stands.
Then he straightens up and says,
"Bora."
"Get some soju from the fridge."
He looks so cool.
Then I go, "Peach or grapefruit-flavored?"
Are you at it again?
(Queen of product placement)
- I thought... / - You're greedy.
Fruit-flavored soju is a trend these days.
- Grapefruit is the best. / - No.
- Do you want a contract? / - PPL...
- Did you just sign one? / - She nailed the look.
I say she would say about 100 products.
Gunhyung... This is what he's like.
He's a very heavy drinker.
A few of the other guys in the group can drink, too.
We asked, "Gunhyung, how much can you drink?"
"You'll die trying to keep up with me."
You shouldn't say it like that.
Just say that you can hold your liquor.
"You'll die trying to keep up with me?"
- He's a show-off. / - I see.
- He riles us up. / - In case we die.
How much can you drink?
Sorry about that. I...
- "Sorry about that." / - He's scratching himself.
I drank with them until around 6 a.m.
- That's impressive. / - I was up until 6,
then I went to sleep in very decent shape.
I was woken up around 7:30.
I got up because it was so noisy.
Someone barely coherent asked,
"What exactly is acting?"
To that Gunhyung replied...
He sat like this with music blaring in the background.
"Go your own way."
- "Go your own way." / - "Others..."
Why do you talk like that?
It's a misunderstanding.
Drinking with him will kill us out of embarrassment.
- It really is embarrassing. / - It's so embarrassing.
He woke up then went back to sleep.
I think there are many misunderstandings.
- What? / - I disagree.
- The truth... / - That's the truth.
Whatever I do
- He's angry. / - the others think that
I'm showing off or trying to look good.
This is what I was talking about that day.
The younger actors shared their concerns.
We started drinking and I urged them to speak up.
"I play such small roles."
"There's no guarantee when I'll play a lead."
As a senior, this is what I said.
"There may be small actors,"
"but there are no small roles."
"There are no small roles."
That's what I said.
Then you added "Go your own way"?
- "Go your own way." / - Before that, I said,
"Why are you not a lead?"
"You're a lead of your own life."
(You're the lead of your own life)
This is what we listened to
at 7 in the morning.
(Puke alert)
I wrapped up with "Go your own way."
- But he looks so normal. / - Wow.
It sounds so moving and appropriate at the time.
- It does. / - He's a cool guy.
It came from the heart.
But it's terrible when we're sober.
I once had a few drinks with Gunhyung.
We met with a mutual friend and
as soon as I said hi and sat down...
- What did he say? / - "Do you like to drink?"
I said I do and he poured me some soju.
"Are you happy?"
He asked if I'm happy doing what I do.
Did you really ask if he's happy?
- It's something I always ask. / - He's an evangelist.
He's an evangelist of happiness.
I believe it's very important
to feel that you're happy as you live each day.
- Are you happy? / - Yes, I'm happy.
(An evangelist of happiness)
- Actually... / - Are you lecturing people?
I know what Gunhyung is trying to say
with his words and gestures.
- It's too stagey. / - He doesn't lie.
- The phrases... / - They're poetic.
He's so poetic and romantic, right?
That's why he's a show-off and a romanticist.
I understand if you feel perplexed and flustered.
We're here for bossy Sooro,
- but it's like bossy Gunhyung now. / - Bossy Gunhyung.
We have to stay on track.
We have to talk about the one-legged fight.
What one-legged fight?
Gunhyung is like...
- If he can't do something, he says so. / - Right.
I like him immensely and think very highly of him.
- He really is honest. / - He is.
But some of my friends say,
"What? How come you're friends with him?"
They must've seen the weird side of him.
Did you have to say that?
- He's like this. / - You're making him look bad.
- Just talk about the one-legged fight. / - Please.
Why say that people wonder why you're friends?
He's always adding weird bits of information.
What happened in the one-legged fight?
He said he'd never lost a one-legged fight.
- Never? / - Never once since he was born.
- He got up... / - He said he never lost.
I said that I wished that Gunhyung would win
- because we all rely on him. / - Of course.
He even said this.
"I won 80-to-1. Can you manage?"
That was exaggerated.
- Explain what happened later. / - Wrap up later.
Why do I have to be the one who wraps up?
- Can't I cut in? / - I'll give you time later.
- Hang in there. / - Forget it.
- Cutting in... / - Fine.
All the stories so far...
Eight of them were about Gunhyung.
Two were about Sooro.
- You really never lost once? / - You can speak.
- Until then. / - What happened?
- Go on. / - We played.
Out of all the male actors,
the youngest one is the fittest and slim.
But I guess Gunhyung thought that
he could take the youngest guy on without any problem.
He let his guard down.
Well, you see
- I'd never seen anything like this. / - What happened?
Gunhyung held on to his leg even after he'd fallen.
He was so embarrassed that he'd fallen down.
He said, "Saw that? I never let go."
(The fall of the god of the one-legged fight)
That is true bravado.
The assistant director filmed it.
- Do you have it? / - The one-legged fight clip...
- They'll air that. / - Check it out.
Give us a copy.
I'm telling you now that I can't let you have it.
Gunhyung's reputation means more to me.
(The clip that Sooro gave us)
(Gunhyung)
(Hanging on until the end)
Gunhyung, do explain.
- They showed the clip. / - It was hilarious.
You can play the one-legged fight one-on-one,
or you can play it in a group.
I once participated in a fight of immense scale,
which was a 50-to-50 at a joint trip in college.
I was the last one standing.
With 99 others, it's hard enough just to survive.
The rule was that we hold one leg up with both hands
and neither hand can let go.
- If one hand comes loose... / - You're out.
I wanted so much to stay in the game that day,
but a younger guy came over and bulldozed me down.
But...
(Time to check the tape)
(He fell over on his own accord)
I was so frustrated that day.
- I lay down... / - Why did you hang on?
- Why did you hang on? / - To stick to the rule.
If I were to let go...
Would it feel like you let go of your life?
I thought...
You may call it bravado and showing off,
but I want to give hope to the older guys.
"You aren't old yet."
"Keep going."
"I'll back you up."
- Is that what you meant? / - Yes.
I said this to the guy who beat me and everyone else.
"I might have lost this game of one-legged fighting."
"But I haven't lost out on everything in life."
- Stop saying things like that. / - Seriously.
It's so wrong.
- That's enough! / - It's true.
Listen.
I once had a chance to give a talk.
I borrowed one of your quotes.
Which one?
"When you think it's late, it really is."
- That's what you said. / - Thank you.
- It's a great quote. / - This is random.
This is what I said.
"What is late"
"is late."
"But it's not over." That's what I said it.
Are you taking classes?
Does someone teach you to say things like that?
(There are small actors, but no small roles)
(You're the lead)
(Of your own life)
(Go your own way)
(I lost at this game, but not at everything in life)
Gunhyung, you're a married man.
- Yes. / - You tied the knot recently.
- Yes. / - With a wife 11 years younger, right?
- Lucky you. / - What does she do?
- She's an office worker. / - Not an actress?
What's this about you proposing to her in Paris?
- Did you go to Paris? / - How lovely.
Most men get stressed about proposing.
I hadn't proposed yet.
My fiancee said she wanted to go on
one last trip with her mom before she got married.
I asked her where she wanted to go and she said Paris.
That's when I wondered what it would be like
if I planned a surprise proposal in Paris.
- How romantic. / - What happened?
He really loved her.
- What happened? / - I flew over.
I didn't know what to do. I didn't know anyone there.
I let him use all my connections.
- In Paris? / - Yes.
It's about him again.
- He's praising himself. / - Not again.
He looks out for himself.
- It's self-preservation. / - His stories...
- If you waited, it'd come out. / - Well...
I was going to mention him.
I could tell that was where you were going.
He has to remind people to praise him.
- Only then he relaxes. / - He's afraid you'll omit it.
I noticed how stressed he was
and a friend of mine owned the largest gym there
in Paris.
Just say that your friend owned a gym there.
Don't say it was the largest.
I won't if it were small, but it was huge.
What happened anyway?
So I flew to Paris in secret.
I wanted to have snapshots
- of me proposing to her. / - Of course.
So I started to wonder how I'd do that.
I can't take selfies while I'm proposing.
- What then? / - So I started to ask around,
if anyone knew anyone in Paris good with a camera.
After I found someone, I called my fiancee's mother.
"To ensure you have photos of this trip,"
"I hired a photographer for you who is in Paris.
"Give him a call."
Then I sent them off to Paris.
The photographer was actually my spy.
He informed me where they were and when,
- and we set up a place to meet. / - Like James Bond.
It was the first time I'd ordered
a banner to be made over the Internet.
To hang in Paris?
- I... / - Did you ship it?
Yes. I did.
That means it was big.
If... If it had been smaller...
- It was big. / - How did the proposal go?
- You don't want to continue, right? / - No.
(Lost interest!)
(The romanticist is upset)
I rarely tell this story because it's embarrassing.
So did they go there?
- Your fiancee and her mom? / - They did.
They went and...
Sooro, stop cutting...
They went all over the city taking photos.
- We thought that Notre-Dame Cathedral... / - Right.
(Getting on his nerves)
I wanted to propose when the sun set on the Seine.
- That's so sweet. / - He loves romance.
But until then... The day was exceptionally long.
The two were almost there,
so I had the photographer keep them going in circles.
Someone had to hold up the banner
but I didn't have any help,
so I asked some Korean tourists for their help.
"Sorry, but I'm trying to propose here."
That's so cool.
I sang with a guitar under a bridge
in front of the Notre-Dame Cathedral.
- What did you sing? / - What song?
I performed in "The Wedding Singer"
and I sang the proposal song
- That song. / - with a guitar.
Sing a little bit for us.
- Not without a guitar. / - Sing just a bit.
Don't we have a guitar?
- We don't. / - You won't be that prepared.
How about you use this instead?
(His co-host mocks him)
We don't have a guitar? I want to hear him sing.
(Just a few lines of the song)
(He gives in)
'When your heart aches,'
'I'll comfort you'
'When you have arthritis, I'll carry you'
'My wish is'
'to grow old with you'
That's how it goes.
- But this... / - I bet they were surprised.
- Yeah. / - I bet.
Didn't the ladies cry?
- They did. / - Her mother, too?
I'd never been that nervous in my life
singing with just a guitar.
- Since he meant it. / - Well done.
I was so nervous.
We talk about Sooro being bossy,
but he does a lot of good deeds
for people he knows and those around him.
Did you send the crew of a TV show on a trip?
- Why did you do that? / - Everyone went?
- Really? / - Really?
Jeongeun, one of our writers here,
she worked on that show.
Why did you send them on a trip?
It's another lovely story.
Be quiet. Try not to interrupt this time.
- You can't sit still. / - Hold back.
- Be still. / - You want to talk.
Hold it in.
I want people to talk about what I did for them.
- No one mentions it. / - So you have to.
I paid for his trip to Europe last year.
- Wow. Why? / - What for?
- We... / - Speak up.
We put on a show called "Europe Blog" and
he thought we should know what we're performing about,
so we went to London.
I really am grateful for that, you know.
How much more can I show it?
- He keeps it inside. / - That gratefulness...
He needs you to tell people about it.
That way I'll do more for people.
You're the kind that lives off the praise, are you?
I quit if I'm made fun of
and do way more if people compliment me.
- I'm like a kid. / - I see that.
But you had issues?
I loved it and I'm so grateful and I'd like to
take this opportunity to say so but...
- He doesn't look pleased. / - It's how we got there.
- Any problems? / - Yes.
- Is this just a comment? / - It is.
Sooro flew over and was waiting for us.
I didn't expect to fly business class.
I can fly economy all the way. I'm going for free.
I found out I had a stopover.
It wasn't a nonstop flight. I had to transfer.
No wonder no one thanks you.
I had to transfer in Moscow.
- It's freezing there. / - It's fine.
I got to visit another country.
Although all I get to see is the inside of the airport,
I got to see another country thanks to that.
I would like to think that's how considerate he was.
Let me ask you this. Did you fly nonstop?
I did.
Why did you fly nonstop?
I had to get there before the others.
I needed to get everything sorted out.
- Did you discriminate over there? / - In London.
- I paid for everything. / - This much I have to say.
Please say something nice now.
I can tell you this.
He's incredibly stingy over here,
but over there, he paid for everything.
That was just...
Was it your money or...
I paid out of my own pocket.
- There are some actors you humor. / - Really?
Sooro has to humor some actors?
Sungjin, Jang Donggun, Kam Woosung, Kim Minjong.
I humor them all.
It's not at all like how people think.
I humor others.
But you're exceptionally nice to Sungjin.
- I have to be. / - Why? Is there a reason?
He's not that popular with the fans,
but he's popular with other actors.
I need him.
I need an actor that the public loves
and I need an actor that other actors love.
Other actors like him because he treats them, too,
- but he brings harmony. / - He's kind.
Apparently, we have some shocking footage.
Was it 1997 when Sungjin was...
I debuted through the KBS Super Talent Contest.
Sooro planned my performances and everything
- with me. / - So I heard.
- Really? / - He gave me so many ideas.
- Let's watch a clip of that. / - Can we?
(Expect to be shocked)
Wait, you can't show this.
You must have so much other stuff.
- What's that? / - What is that?
- You did that? / - You were fit.
(KBS Super Talent Contest)
It was basically an open audition for wannabe actors.
You're entering some Super Talent thing?
Do your best and come home with an award. Good luck.
I'm thankful to my cool grandfather.
(I can't stand it)
Sooro helped you come up with that?
I get it now.
That's something Sooro would do.
(Not bad)
Anyone else would bring real nunchucks.
Sooro suggested I don't.
- Look, look. / - Look, look.
Where, where?
(Sooro)
I came prepared, with at least 15 other ideas.
Sooro provided most of them for me.
What was this about?
(A very odd warm-up)
That... I wasn't the only one who did that.
In spandex workout outfit, too?
Aerobics were all the rage at the time.
- So you wore that? / - Yes.
If you show that, my small fanbase will disappear.
Start over.
- From the start? / - Yes.
- Try again. / - Here we go again.
I heard that in college, Minkyo intimidated Gunhyung.
- Were you scary? / - I was in charge.
In March, we hold this group orientation camp.
- For freshmen. / - For freshmen.
I was the leader of his group.
- The head? / - We were in the same group.
He was a freshman.
So at the time, I was totally...
I think that back then, I was like Gunhyung is now.
(How so?)
"I think acting is about freedom."
"What kind of actor do you want to become?"
College students talk like that sometimes.
Yes, we do, when we're so immersed in it.
- And so? / - I asked what actor he wanted to be.
He said he wanted to be a musical actor.
"Musicals?"
"Then sing."
He belted out a song from "Grease".
"Not bad, and handsome, too. Work hard."
Do you still make him sing in front of others?
- Do you? / - No.
Why, are you afraid of him now?
Well, no, he... He sings a lot anyway, so...
He sings a lot on stage.
Do you want to sing?
(I'm not the same guy anymore...)
Gunhyung was really handsome in his first year.
His hair was this long.
At department stores, the female clerks
- followed him around. / - Why?
Because he was handsome.
- With a spirit of rock? / - He did a bit.
Did you carry books in your guitar case?
I went with the trend.
What do you mean?
I had long hair at the time.
People assumed that I was a musician.
- A rocker? / - So I decided to carry a guitar around.
All you had to do was to cut your hair.
That's all bravado.
My hair... Men just didn't have long hair at the time.
It was a great time and way
to stand out and be my own self.
So back in 1997, I was...
Just say it.
- A model... / - The brand.
I modeled for...
- Did you? / - Yes.
- You modeled jeans? / - Yes, I was a model.
They asked for a recommendation.
I recommended Gunhyung and he passed the interview.
He took over the contract from me.
Why didn't you recommend Minkyo?
You had to be over 180cm tall.
I'm only 179.
Now that we're talking about Minkyo,
I heard that you three were popular in college.
It was crazy.
Sungjin, as an outsider, who was the most popular?
When I visited the campus back then,
I'd say Sooro was popular.
He had great leadership skills and
he had this aura that if you didn't vote for him,
you'd get beaten up in an alley.
- Not at all. / - No?
What about Minkyo?
Minkyo at the time...
I didn't really notice him.
(The invisible Minkyo)
Rumors have it that Minkyo, to become popular,
invited the girls to his holiday house.
- Because he was really rich. / - Were you?
That's breaking the rules.
Didn't you take the seniors, not girls from your year?
- Female seniors. / - The seniors?
- To his holiday house? / - Yes.
That's not what happened. Seriously...
- Are you attacking me now? / - No.
But you did take them over.
After drinks we were wondering where to go
- and I suggested my place. / - What then?
The mood... My family was really rich at the time.
On the way I called and said, "Set up the barbecue."
- To the butler? / - Yes.
- It was ready... / - They must have been surprised...
when we arrived and they saw the pool.
I said, "Can we be friends now?"
To the seniors?
- A pool? / - Back then?
Sungjin is the most popular in Daehangno.
- Why? / - He's always treating others.
- He buys? / - He pays for food and drink.
He spends way too much compared to what he earns.
He doesn't save up, then.
People wonder why you're friends with Gunhyung,
and Sungjin spends way more than he earns.
Sungjin really does spend a lot on his junior actors.
I think he's the best.
He's the best guy ever. Number one.
I want the audience to like me
more than my fellow actors do.
That's not very easy.
I'm an actor, but the public doesn't care about me.
Bora, what do you think?
I heard you named one of them as your ideal type.
- Did you? / - Really?
- Yes. / - This is going to hurt.
Drumroll...
When I was asked for my ideal type,
I named Minkyo as my favorite.
- Why? / - See? I'm a catch.
Sooro would be the ideal husband.
How about Sungjin?
He'd be a great dad.
- A dad? / - So he's not our competition.
What about Gunhyung?
Gunhyung would make the perfect brother.
- A brother... / - It would be perfect.
- Boyfriend, brother, dad. / - Marriage.
- Husband. / - Husband.
- Yes. / - That would be interesting.
Wait, as your dad,
- You can't survive them. / - I disapprove.
(I object to this marriage)
Did you break up with your boyfriend over an affair?
This is why they say women have a sixth sense.
We were on a date when his phone rang.
A woman's name flashed on the screen.
I thought "a woman called," and left it at that
but instead of answering the phone, he flipped it over.
That's when I thought something was wrong.
I asked, "Why didn't you pick up?"
He said, "It won't be anything important."
- Then it's important. / - About a minute later,
- he got a text. / - A text?
Who else would it be from but her?
She texted to ask why he didn't pick up.
I said, "Why don't you read the text message?"
He said, "It won't be anything important."
"Okay, then, I'll read it for you."
- When I reached for his phone... / - Yes?
He grabbed my hand that was on the phone.
I struggled for it because by then
I knew for sure that I had to read the text.
- My boyfriend was learning Jeet Kune Do. / - Was he?
He used one of the techniques on me.
He really did.
He twisted my arm behind my back.
Seriously, he tried to hold me back.
The boyfriend who was learning Jeet Kune Do
- subdued you. / - He subdued me.
Bring him to me, I'll just...
He taught me a few self-defense moves.
- Saeho. / - Yes?
If I take your thumb and press it like this...
- Doesn't it hurt? / - What?
Press it like this.
Doesn't it hurt?
(What's that? That hurt.)
- Did it hurt? / - I was really surprised.
That hurt, didn't it?
Why do you do it to me knowing that it hurts?
He used that on me to take his phone back.
He twisted her thumb to take his phone.
What did you do?
- Leave him. / - Did you fight?
We didn't fight. We just...
- I gave up on him. / - It's over.
I got over him.
From a guy's point of view,
you trying to read his text could be offensive.
This is what offends us women.
The guy glancing at his phone then flipping it over.
- It's so he can focus on the date. / - No.
It's a tough one. Just don't give out your number.
Have them write letters.
(Guess and Get Lucky)
It's time for Guess and Get Lucky.
(Guess and Get Lucky)
Let's welcome Chef Lee.
(The master of Chinese cuisine)
- Chef Lee. / - Lee Yeonbok!
Lee Yeonbok!
You look nice today.
(Myungsoo showing his delight)
- What is it? / - He looks like a blowfish.
A blowfish?
(Blowfish brothers)
What's today's special?
- It's still summer. / - Okay.
I'll serve up some health foods.
(Summer health food special)
Sooro, do you remember
- what you brought last time? / - Ginseng ramen.
(Ginseng ramen)
- I'd forgotten about it. / - Remember the price?
It was a 50-dollar bowl of ramen.
50 dollars for a bowl of ramen?
- It was 50 dollars. / - He was such a show-off.
It's abalone and ginseng.
(Now we serve ginseng!)
You'll go bankrupt eating this.
You can't eat ginseng for a late-night snack.
If you take the price of my first dish alone,
it costs more than ginseng ramen.
- No way. / - What's important is that it's delicious.
- It's really good. / - Really good.
- What's the first dish? / - What will you cook first?
It's called Hongshao sea cucumbers.
- What? / - Hongshao sea cucumbers.
- What's that? / - When you hear sea cucumbers,
you think of the fresh ones you eat raw.
- Yes. / - This isn't that.
- Some are dried. / - Dried ones?
The dried ones take a week to soak properly.
Sooro is very interested in such dishes.
- I'm very interested. / - Right?
I feel that expensive, luxurious dishes suit me well.
He likes it even if he can't eat it.
Why, when he isn't even that rich?
- It's bravado. / - Bravado.
- Bravado? / - Yes.
It's time for the first question.
"Minkyo fell in love with his wife"
"when she asked to borrow what?"
Saeho.
A check?
- A check... / - No.
- That's what you give. / - Misun.
- A bus ticket? / - No.
Sooro! A lighter?
Why a lighter?
A lighter is correct.
(Sooro got the first question right)
What's the story about the lighter?
On stage... It was a lighter that you flip open.
I light it at the beginning of the play and
- It lights up. / - the lights come on and we start.
- It's an important prop. / - It is.
The play was set to start in ten minutes when my wife
asked if she could borrow the lighter.
- Where? / - Outside the theater.
She looked like Bora.
Someone who didn't look like she'd smoke.
When she asked to borrow the lighter,
I thought she really needed to smoke.
I gave it to her saying, "I need it to start the show."
- And? / - She was a newly-hired part-timer.
It was mid-winter and she had duct tape
- which she needed to warm. / - To tear off.
She warmed the tape, so she could put up the posters.
- So it wasn't to smoke. / - No, I liked that.
- She is now... / - Your wife?
I fell in love.
Did you propose during a stage performance?
I directed a play "Gwangsu's Thoughts".
- Really? / - Yes, and when that was on,
my wife and I celebrated 1,000 days together.
I told her that the male lead couldn't perform
due to a schedule change and that I had to instead.
So I invited her to come and watch.
She came and watched the show from start to finish.
The play itself was about a man
who was too timid to propose.
After the show and before the curtain call
I told the audience that just like the man in the play,
I also have a girlfriend that I'm scared to propose to.
I asked my now wife if she would marry me,
that I thought I'd really regret it if I let her go.
You love your wife, but she really can't cook
- and you can't forgive her? / - No.
My mother-in-law is an awesome cook.
- Her food is amazing. / - Your wife should cook, then.
But I guess the recipes are a secret to her daughter.
- She didn't share them. / - Even with her daughter?
I love traveling to Thailand
- and I like tong yum kung. / - Tom yum kung.
- It's "tom yum kung". / - "Tom."
- "Tom yum kung." / - I like tom yum kung.
So my wife made some for me.
It wasn't kimchi jjigae,
or doenjang jjigae. It was something weird.
- Cooking classes help. / - Do they?
- Ask him to teach her. / - Classes don't help.
(Sungjin is an expert)
Chef, did you propose to your wife?
I... wasn't able to propose.
Both our parents were against our marriage.
Usually it's one set of parents that object.
- Both parents? / - Both of them objected?
Because we were young.
- How young? / - 21.
- 21 years apart? / - His age.
- Gosh, no. / - He married when he was 21.
We were both 21.
- That young? / - Yes.
21 years apart?
I just persuaded my now wife,
and we moved in together first.
He's telling us stuff we didn't even ask.
Sir, you had some guts.
You persuaded your wife.
- I think it's time to cook. /- Okay.
- Hongshao sea cucumbers. / - We get to see this?
I'm so excited.
- Were these dry? / - Yes, now soaked.
They're only that size?
As he said, it takes a week to prepare the ingredients.
This is a real delicacy.
- I'll make each bite count. / - It's a famous dish.
When would we get to eat this?
- The sea cucumber is so firm. / - Isn't it?
It has a lovely, chewy texture.
(The sea cucumber seems almost alive)
(Dice garlic, ginger, leek)
The smell of ginger is fantastic.
Do you want some under your nose?
(You can have some)
- Stick some up your nose. / - Ginger? Hey.
Bok choy.
(To decorate)
- Do you like this? / - I love it.
- It goes on the plate. / - It's for decoration.
- Chili oil. / - Chili oil.
(Stir-fry vegetables, bamboo shoots, mushrooms)
He didn't do much, but it smells amazing.
What a delicious smell.
(In goes the sea cucumbers)
A cameraman is filming from above.
That looks so good.
(Such a moving visual)
(Season with soy sauce, oyster sauce, doubanjiang)
It's plain stock, chicken stock.
- Starch? / - Yes, it's starch.
I bet this is delicious.
(Hongshao sea cucumbers are complete)
It's awesome.
(Sea cucumbers mixed with spicy sauce)
(Chewy sea cucumbers and bamboo shoots)
(Hongshao Sea Cucumbers)
I lent the lighter and you get to eat.
- You're right. / - Yes.
(How unfair...)
It's so unfair.
I got to eat this.
It's an honor to eat Chef Lee's food.
Sir, thank you so much.
Why can't anyone else make it taste like this?
He's an expert.
- I'll take a huge piece. / - That looks good.
That's supposed to be good for men.
Look at that.
How is it?
Hot?
(It's so hot)
- I want him to hurt his mouth. / - Totally.
- Skin the roof of your mouth. / - I want some.
I want some.
- How's the sea cucumber? / - It's...
It feels like it's soaring into the sky.
- The bamboo shoots... / - Yes?
They're a flying skateboard.
(What a show-off)
You're eating a mushroom now.
- The sea cucumber... / - My mouth is watering.
How can something taste like this?
You're really enjoying it.
- Shouldn't he share? / - Does he get to eat it all?
We can get him to share.
- Do something. / - He'll finish it.
- He's almost done. / - Then...
Let's make acrostic poems with "sea cucumbers".
Do it before Sooro finishes the food.
- Me, "sea". / - "Sea."
"Happy together."
- "Cucumber." / - That's good.
"Trilobite."
- It works. / - What was that?
- Wow... / - It's okay.
That was the worst ever acrostic poem.
I can't wait.
"Happy together trilobite"? Seriously?
(I don't care what you're doing)
(I'm eating)
Try again. Quick.
- "Happy together." / - "Happy together."
"Samgyetang."
(Beyond help)
- Has he never done this before? / - That's terrible.
Then you do it.
What? "The sun rises."
"Cucumber".
"With Samshik."
What?
What was that?
(Even Jaeseok failed)
What's so bad about the sun and my friend Samshik?
- "Happy together." / - "Happy together."
(My mind is blank)
(Because the sea cucumber is so good)
(One with the sea cucumber)
- "Sea." / - "Sea"?
- "Sea." / - "Shall I try?"
That's it. "Cucumber."
"Shall I come up with something fun?"
That's perfect.
He finished the food.
(Wiped clean)
- You can't finish it. / - She nailed it.
- Sooro. / - He's so selfish.
- This is so unfair. / - Taste the sauce, then.
- Is this your dinner? / - He ate it all.
- I want to remember this day. / - Why?
- I ate Chef Lee's food. / - Without sharing?
The fact that I got to eat it all myself...
I could have shared the food.
You ask, "How could I have finished this myself?"
What the chef cooked for me should be enjoyed by me.
That is what I believed.
Then no sharing from now on.
Deal.
The game is on.
- It is. / - It's totally on.
- We like this dynamic. / - You know...
- All games must be played fair. / - Yes, it does.
The viewers watching at home don't want us to share,
so I finished it myself.
The acrostic poem...
- He hijacked another show. / - I'll try it.
- "Sea." / - "Sea."
- Let's do this. / - "Cucumber."
30 percent.
- Of what? / - Ratings for "Happy Together".
Don't talk nonsense.
Add up the whole time slot and it'll be less.
(We can reach 30 percent)
Sungjin, your wife used to be a member of...
- A girl group. / - Yes, a girl group.
She was for a short time.
I'm not sure if this is true
but did you meet her at a nightclub?
It was a blind date set up by a waiter.
- Wang Geon. / - Wang Geon what?
Wang Geon is the name of the guy who set us up.
That was the waiter's nickname?
- Did you know she was the one? / - From the start.
It was love at first sight.
I'm an introvert and conservative as well,
so I never imagined I'd meet my future wife at a club.
She made me throw all my prejudices out the window
and I fell for her immediately.
But because we had met at a club, I gave up on her.
After a 20-minute chat, I told her to have fun
and then I left with my heart filled with regret.
Seven months later, we met again at the same club.
(Fate brought them together at a club)
- That's hilarious. / - Wang Geon set us up again.
He did his job well.
I liked her look and I couldn't stop noticing her,
but I fell for her when I saw her singing.
Of all the non-professional people I knew,
she was the best singer I'd ever heard.
At the time, she was a trainee and hadn't debuted yet.
- What did she sing? / - It was Eco's "Happy Me".
I fell for her completely
and asked her what her plans were.
She said that after leaving the club
- she'd go to a sauna. / - That's rare.
- Not go home? / - This was when
saunas were beginning to appear
and I'd always wanted to check one out.
I was curious, so I tagged along.
It was meant to be.
I acted all weird.
Who in his right mind would invite himself along?
- You liked her. / - We weren't even on a date.
Then I saw her after a shower and
that's when I completely and totally fell for her.
- Again? / - "She's mine."
- Completely and totally? / - Yes, that's when
I decided that I should date her long-term.
- At last? / - Now we're married.
Did you buy her a cell phone to stay in touch?
- You got her number? / - That day?
I was so frustrated because I wanted to call her,
so I bought her a cell phone on the third day.
So that's how...
Over the first year, she lost her phone six times.
- That's serious. / - That's too often.
I seriously considered breaking up with her over that.
She's clever and her image is that of an intellectual
and that's what I fell for,
but then I realized there's more to her than that.
- She's clumsy. / - I understand.
Also, she's forgetful.
We dated for five years.
I found out on our honeymoon that
she had a sniffing habit.
Rhinitis?
I asked if she slept well and she went "sniff sniff".
The AC... We went to Indonesia for our honeymoon
and we'd kept the AC on so I thought she had a cold.
"What's wrong with your nose?"
"It's always like this."
I hadn't noticed this for five years.
I noticed that on the first morning of our honeymoon.
- You noticed the bad things? / - It's been ten years.
It's unbelievable what I've discovered so far.
I could write a book about it all.
(The Habits My Wife Has)
I'm sorry to use my wife as talk show's topic...
- Save the show. / - I don't do this lightly.
It's not all rainbows and roses.
Everyone has strengths and weaknesses.
I thought I could make up for her clumsiness.
- Wow. / - That's so sweet.
(You discover weaknesses as you go)
(But they chose partnership over disappointment)
What will you cook for us next?
It's three kinds of cold foods.
- Three? / - What are those three?
They're jellyfish, five-spice steamed pork,
and then shrimp with mayonnaise.
- Shrimp and mayo? / - Creamy shrimp.
- Sooro loves that. / - Maybe I'll get lucky again.
- This quiz is about Sooro. / - That's good.
- Sooro? / - Okay, don't let him eat this.
- You don't get to try this. / - You're too greedy.
"Sooro doesn't like how he looks"
"and his least favorite feature is this."
Misun. His whole face?
- No. / - Me.
She doesn't like your face.
His chin?
- Chin? / - Misun.
- Chin? / - Jawline?
Myungsoo, it's not chinline.
- Me. / - What, what?
Snaggletooth?
You got it too soon.
Snaggletooth is correct. It's his teeth.
(Gunhyung got the second question right)
What about your teeth?
I have a snaggletooth right here.
(Always visible)
My family has weak teeth. It's in our genes.
Our teeth are fine, but we have weak gums.
The alignment, too...
I should have gotten braces to sort it all out,
but then everything ended up getting loose and wobbly
and my jaw became asymmetric.
- So... / - Get braces.
- Why not get braces now? / - It's too late.
- It's too late? / - I'll wait and get dentures.
I saw a dentist for malocclusion, but it's too late.
It's fate.
- He told me to stick out my chin. / - Even more?
(If you can't avoid it, enjoy it)
I'll be the best actor with malocclusion.
I stick out my chin even more.
Bora, which part of your body don't you like?
Me? My nose?
- What about it? / - I want it to be a little higher.
- You'll get haters now. / - What nonsense.
It's fine as it is.
- You're pretty already. / - You're too cute.
At last.
- Let's see the three cold dishes. / - Okay.
(I'll gobble you up)
You prepared everything already.
I brought the best cut of spiced pork.
- Which is it? / - It's the center heel of shank.
Center heel of shank?
- That's fantastic. / - That alone must be good.
- What's that? / - What's this?
The jelly you're supposed to eat with the pork.
- It's made with pork skin. / - That looks so lovely.
I cleaned it and turned it into a jelly.
Alternated slices.
One of each together is the perfect taste and flavor.
(Now the jellyfish)
What lovely knife skills.
He's so quick as well.
(Mix cucumbers and jellyfish together)
(Creamy shrimp)
(Mix mayo, fresh cream, sugar, lemon juice)
It's fresh cream.
- Sugar. / - That's quite a lot of sugar.
It's not thinning.
It won't, not when eaten right away.
- This is insane. / - What a lovely smell.
- Ask for more. / - I haven't eaten today.
- Whoa. / - Can I have some?
- Give me just a bit. / - It's so good.
(Mix broiled shrimp and cucumbers with dressing)
(Zoning out)
(Place thinly sliced leeks on top of pork)
- This is just... / - What's this?
- It's garlic sauce. / - It's garlic sauce.
(Cheering)
- This has to be good. / - This is insane.
It's done.
(Triple cold dish is complete)
(Choice cut of spiced pork)
(Shrimp in creamy sauce)
(Triple Cold Dish)
- Smell of spring. / - Chunhyang.
- Chunhyang? / - Chunhyang...
- Thank you, Sir. / - It smells of spring.
All I tasted was the cream and it was good.
His eyes are the biggest they've ever been today.
I can smell what he's eating from here.
- Oh no... / - You can hear the chewiness.
- It's gone. / - Has it?
You chewed it.
While eating this, I'm thinking
could I be sadder that the food will disappear?
Could I be sadder that the food will disappear?
(Beware of cringing)
You're at it again.
- Would you like some soju? / - Yes, soju.
- Try this. / - I'm dying.
Say something. Describe it.
It's beyond description.
(How does it taste)
I can't stand this.
- Me. / - Let's see...
- Whistle. / - After he's done.
(Quick slurp)
- It looks like noodles. / - How is it?
Is this some kind of torture show?
Inside my mouth
there seems to be a double rainbow.
(A double rainbow in my mouth)
There's a double rainbow in my mouth.
Okay. Let's see your talents.
- Talents? / - Yes.
In the waiting room we said,
"Let's not do anything silly. We don't have talents."
- You can make us do anything. / - Yeah.
- Do you have any? / - I'll do anything.
I'll whistle a tune to describe the food.
- I'll whistle. / - Okay.
(Spiced pork, come to me)
You need something better.
- He's good. / - He's pretty good.
- He's really good. / - You're not bad.
(Shrimp, come to me as well)
He's so old-fashioned.
He's like a cowboy.
(Come to me, all three of you)
Now this I like.
- That's good. / - How was that?
Sungjin, you pass.
(I'm envious)
- How is it? / - It's beyond amazing.
Isn't it great?
- Well? / - Give him a shrimp.
Shrimp.
- Sooro, any talents to show us? / - Me?
- I'll do what Sungjin did. / - Yes?
The dance he danced in the workout outfit.
- That? / - Yes.
All right.
(A relaxed winner)
(Ready to win a talent show)
(The bossy guy's struggle just to eat)
(His buddies are relishing this)
Just so he can eat...
(Pitiful)
Don't I get any?
He really wants some.
No, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
He can't have any.
I feel angry now.
Don't.
(He'll do anything to eat)
- Anyone can do this. / - If this is how it works...
Give him a slice of lemon to suck on.
(Everyone feels the antagonism)
Don't do this over food.
(Tables have turned...)
Have some.
Don't eat with chopsticks.
- Figure out a way to eat that. / - Are you serious?
- Eat up. / - Gosh, you're mean.
- It's fine. / - Eat.
- I'll try the jellyfish. / - Eat up.
(Of course, I'll eat it up)
- Sooro. / - Yes?
How was it?
It's really delicious.
But eating without chopsticks made me feel very...
I almost cried.
- There's one more dish. / - He'll do anything to eat.
- There's a third? / - Yes.
Sungjin, did you get your eyebrows tattooed?
- They're dark. / - You have sparse eyebrows.
This is just makeup.
I... This is actually a painful story to tell.
Just tell it.
I didn't like my eyebrows because they were so light.
When I film with strong lights all around,
it looks like I don't have any eyebrows.
If a man's eyebrows are too light or sparse,
he looks weak or idiotic.
I wasn't really up for it,
but my mother insisted and I gave in.
I refused to go to a tattoo artist, so she hired one
and made me lie down in the brightest place.
That was right outside the bathroom
so I lay down on the floor.
This wasn't illegal.
She hired a technician with a real license.
The problem was,
my mom should've let the artist do her thing but
instead she started coaching and nagging the artist.
When I woke up and looked in the mirror,
I looked like Shin-chan.
I was so distraught that I left Korea the next day.
"I can't live here."
A nephew of mine was studying in Canada at the time,
- so I flew over to visit. / - Over a tattoo?
You left because of your eyebrows?
They look fine now.
I went to see a dermatologist
- and had the tattoo lasered off. / - I see.
That burned off my existing sparse eyebrows.
Now I rely on makeup.
What if you got detained at immigration?
- It's possible. / - If you don't look like your ID...
Bora, I'm not really sure about anything else,
but you have issues with looking too young?
I audition for roles of girls my age,
but they drop me right away.
Most of the feedback I got was that
I look like a high school girl.
I auditioned to play
a girl in her 20s and at 24 I was still dropped.
If you were to play a high school girl
- She could. / - it would be believable.
So even if I'm cast in a drama,
my character doesn't have a love interest.
- You play the sister. / - Did you ever kiss on-screen?
I filmed one on-screen kiss but even that...
The director said that it looked like
something that wasn't quite love.
- Something bad? / - Yes.
It's as if the man were taking advantage of you.
Whose sister have you played on TV?
I played Kim Soohyun's sister.
I also played Chun Jungmyung's sister
and then Namgil's.
Kim Namgil.
Something everyone envies can be a problem for her.
I was really stressed about it
until I was in my mid-20s
and I even worried about what I should do about it.
Should I get plastic surgery or not?
- What can make you look older? / - Nothing.
You say any age that ends with a seven, eight or nine
is in the late-something range.
Now that I'm 27,
comments like "you look young for your age"
make me happy.
I'm enjoying it.
Wait till you're over 30. You'll really feel it then.
What's the prize for the last question?
- It's the last dish. / - The last one?
This one is abalone.
(This is mine!)
(Fat abalone)
(Topped with fish sauce)
(Abalone and Fish Sauce)
- It's about me? / - You can't eat.
"Sungjin"
"dreamed of being a CEO of what,"
"but closed due to the recession."
- Sooro! / - I know this.
- Sooro. / - Close friends should know.
A side dish store?
He's right?
- You should know better. / - You really want to eat.
I thought I'd be wrong.
If you thought you'd be wrong, let someone else guess.
- Me. / - Bora!
- Bora? / - A side dish store?
That's correct.
How did you know that?
Sales reached 3,000 dollars a day.
- On a good day. / - Did you quit?
It was so successful I opened seven stores
- in the first year. / - What happened?
- They closed down. / - Did they?
The online store closed, too.
It was due to the recession.
Did you own a ramen stall before that?
You failed a few times, then.
I sold ramen then tried opening a kimchi cafe.
- A kimchi cafe? / - I got conned.
I was trying to be a good son by finding something
to keep my mom busy.
How do con artists sniff that out so fast?
I did learn a lot from those failures.
- Like what? / - Like...
- Don´t bite off... / - Debt.
Debt, yes, I have more than enough of that.
I can barely pay off the interest.
It seems we chose a topic that upset Sungjin.
It's finally time to taste the abalone with fish sauce.
They're huge.
- They're big. / - They're huge. Are they mussels?
I like that we're able to see him prepare it.
- Bamboo shoots have a nice texture. / - The crunch.
- Were those boiled? / - Yes, they were.
When you're boiling the abalone,
you have to cook it only until it's soft.
- It's chewy when overcooked. / - It is.
When you think it's done,
put it in icy water and push and it should slide off.
That's a sign that it's perfectly cooked.
The innards have two distinct colors.
- Why two? / - Male, female.
Dark green means it's a female
and light green is a male.
(Score meat to tenderize)
If you score the meat, it's much easier to chew.
(Now for the fish sauce!)
- Add a little soy sauce. / - Soy sauce?
(Chili oil, leek, garlic, soy sauce, vegetables)
A lot of ingredients go into a fish sauce.
You have a lot of stuff.
It's called the king of sauces.
This is the king of all sauces.
(It tastes perfect!)
- Add sesame oil. / - Looking good.
Sesame oil.
It smells great.
- It's starch. / - This is just...
When the sauce is just thick enough,
it shouldn't flow too quickly.
If it flows fast, it's not thick enough.
It smells amazing.
(The abalone with sauce!)
This is awesome.
(Topped with the king of sauces)
(Abalone with fish sauce is complete!)
Abalone with fish sauce is done!
(Smitten by the smell)
(Lured by the look)
- Bora. / - It's all yours.
(Bora is the taster!)
Use your small plate.
This is amazing.
I'm so happy.
Do you like abalone?
I love them.
- I got too carried away. / - Myungsoo.
How does it taste?
(The uprising of the losers)
They're leftovers.
- Fantastic. / - Ow, hot.
Can I have some? It's too far away.
It would be great with rice.
Give me some.
- How can something taste like this? / - Is it good?
- It's amazing. / - It's hot.
- How is this possible? / - The sauce is delicious.
Let me try one.
The sauce is great.
- Let's watch her eat. I bet it's good. / - It's hot.
(She blows on it...)
(Into her mouth it goes!)
- Isn't it great? / - Look at her.
It'll be good. It has to be.
(What does this look mean?)
- Is it that good? / - It's not.
She doesn't like it.
- It's so good. / - I bet it is.
- She's close to crying. / - She's pleased.
It's lovely and chewy
and it goes so perfectly with the sauce.
And seeing the looks on your faces...
All that adds to the taste, doesn't it?
- I love it. / - You're smug.
This is what it's like to be like a boss.
She feels like she's a boss now.
- Don't eat that. / - Myungsoo.
(A fight for the rest)
We have a little something.
(Workout battle!)
Let's see how many you can do in ten seconds.
- I'm not in great condition. / - Okay.
- Ten seconds. Ready? / - You'll try that much harder.
Are you ready? Then... go.
Your fists aren't touching.
- Fists. / - Isn't that okay?
- Your hands have to touch. / - You should've said so.
- I did seven already. / - Start again.
- You just stood and stared. / - Ready? Go.
- One, two, three, four. / - He's good.
Five, six, seven, eight.
(Four men fighting over some abalone)
Stop.
Kang Sungjin.
- I can't eat any? / - No.
You're out.
- I won fair and square. / - What a pity.
It can't taste bad. This really...
(It's amazing)
Prepare an acrostic poem with "abalone", then.
- Acrostic poem with "abalone". / - Are you ready?
- Yes, I'll try. / - Go.
"I was a chicken in my previous life."
- "Bok?" / - "Bok-bok-bok-bok-bok."
(His senior is being bossy)
I thought I heard clapping.
It wasn't bad.
- Me. / - Go.
- "In the whole wide universe." / - It's a nice start.
"The... greatest...
- chef is..." / - "Mr. Bok"?
You're out.
- I was about to... / - You're out.
It should be unpredictable.
- That wasn't it. / - What were you going to say?
"Peach."
(Perfectly unpredictable)
- That's nonsense. / - He deserves a piece.
- What for? / - He went beyond my expectations.
- He deserves to eat. / - What?
That was beyond expectations. "Peach"?
Thank you, Chef Lee.
(Satisfied customers!)
Sungjin, you and Sooro go back over 20 years.
I heard that Sooro asked you for a loan about twice.
Why did you turn him down?
It was in the early 2000.
I was aware that Sooro was living in a semi-basement.
He wanted to borrow 15,000 dollars
and I honestly didn't have that kind of money.
- I couldn't lend him any. / - I knew you could.
I wasn't able to help you out.
Don't go around saying I could've but didn't.
I mean I didn't know. I thought you had the money.
- Go ask people... / - This isn't why I asked that.
We were joking around. Did that sound too serious?
I didn't know who had extra cash
and he was the only friend I could think of.
Sungjin was the only person I asked for help
and he couldn't help me,
so I went to secondary institutions.
Then people started coming to my house
to tell me to pay back my debt, every single day.
And so...
It's fine if I were alone but my family saw everything,
so I asked them if they could stop coming by.
Their condition was that I show I can be trusted.
If I were to pay 10,000 or 15,000 dollars right away,
then they offered to tell their boss that I had agreed
to pay the rest in monthly installments.
You didn't tell me all that.
Yeah, I couldn't do that.
- It was so embarrassing. / - You'd already said no.
So I got up at 5:30, left for work at 6 every day,
made an account,
and started selling tickets to stage plays.
I sold tickets and performed on stage
and paid back 25,000 dollars.
- That's not easy. / - I sold 3,000 tickets.
- Going around? / - Yes.
If I sell a 15-dollar ticket for 20, for example,
I get to keep five dollars.
I went through three ledgers.
That's how I paid off my debt.
- By selling tickets? / - Yes, I did.
I need to speak up for Sungjin.
- He might look bad. / - What?
- He had no cash. / - He was strapped.
- Are you concerned? / - To me
Sungjin was like Daddy Long Legs.
He paid my tuition when I was a struggling stage actor.
- Did he really? / - No, forget about that.
If Sooro had told me exactly what he was going through,
and I had no extra cash, I would've asked around.
The fact that he didn't tell me because
he was afraid of putting me under pressure...
- It's so... / - It's upsetting.
- You're such a tight bunch. / - You're so close.
I felt bad for asking.
Now we're all settled down
and we all make a decent living.
All is well now.
- It's good to see you're all successful. / - It is.
I watched Sooro closely for 20 years
and he lives and works hard.
He's bossy, though.
- It's because he lived so hard. / - It's too much.
- He's proud of himself. / - He bosses us hard, too.
- He showed off when he had nothing. / - That's right.
- Sooro is and always will be Sooro. / - That's true.
(They've had and will have each other)
(Friends are a reason to live)
It was great to share good food with you
and listen to your hilarious stories.
We'll see you again next week.
- Thank you. / - Thank you.