I really did not want to be here.
I'm saying hello from this B-list programme.
(The godfather of variety shows is here.)
I'm sorry to say this, but...
Wait a minute. Don't say, "I'm sorry to say this."
- How old are you? - Why are you shouting at me?
You shouldn't have annoyed me.
I can tell you what happened in Germany.
(The hosts strike back.)
This is big news.
You should watch what you say.
(Gyeong Gyu's loyalists defend him.)
This is a fierce talk battle.
(Gyeong Gyu and His Four Disciples Special starts now.)
Today, we have the godfather of variety shows...
who let go of his greed and became a guest...
and his four followers who assist him.
This is Gyeong Gyu and His Four Disciples Special.
- Before we begin... - This is like "The Last Supper".
Let me introduce this man first.
It is a well-known fact that he is Gyeong Gyu's most loyal subject.
On Radio Star, he said he listens to Gyeong Gyu better than his dogs.
The man who ranks the highest in Gyeong Gyu's club, Lee Yoon Seok.
As soon as his visit to Radio Star became public,
dozens of news articles asking who he is were published.
He was in "The Man from Nowhere", "Ode to My Father"...
and "Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time".
He starred in famous films, having met 50 million viewers already.
He is the hidden member of Gyeong Gyu's club, Han Cheol Woo.
Who is he? I don't recognise him.
- I have never seen him before. - I know.
At first, I thought he would set a microphone for me.
- I don't know who he is. - I have never seen him before.
This man has finally visited Radio Star.
He is the living witness and the son of MBC variety shows.
He disappeared from MBC shows after "Hidden Camera" was abolished.
Around the end of last year,
as I have predicted, he returned to MBC as a panellist.
He is gaining popularity with his half-hearted attitudes.
This is the man who is called the king, Lee Gyeong Gyu.
King Gyeong Gyu.
(The loyalists applaud for their boss.)
- Yes! Lee Gyeong Gyu! - They are overreacting.
Hyung Bin stands out.
- He clapped the hardest. - Many people...
must be wondering why this man is here.
For the past five months, he persevered...
despite Lee Gyeong Gyu's irritation and abuse.
He moved on from being Park Myung Soo's victim...
to being Lee Gyeong Gyu's victim.
He is the new addition of Gyeong Gyu's club, Yoo Jae Hwan.
- Jae Hwan. - I can't believe he is in...
Gyeong Gyu's club now.
He got a lot of hate on the internet for his visit.
- He is an opportunist. - He switches side easily.
Our last guest's keywords are "Wang Bi Ho",
"Qualifications of Men", "martial arts"...
and "the national wallflower".
These four keywords easily sum up the 12 years of his career.
Today, he will be a wallflower for Lee Gyeong Gyu.
Yoon Hyung Bin says he ranks the second in Gyeong Gyu's club.
Welcome!
(Shiny)
That chair is excessive.
That wasn't necessary.
This is very similar to "The Last Supper".
The other guests won't sit down before Gyeong Gyu does.
They will sit down when I do.
(Standing up)
They have been trained like dogs.
(He pretends to take a seat and gets back up.)
It's a very old joke.
(It looks like a scene from an old comedy show.)
All right.
(Gyeong Gyu is having fun with a joke from the past.)
All right.
Yoon Seok, please say hello to the viewers.
- I recently visited Radio Star. - That's right.
However, since I come and go as Gyeong Gyu pleases,
I say hello on Radio Star once again. I am Lee Yoon Seok.
I am sure everyone is wondering who he is.
- Give us a thorough introduction. - Who are you?
I want to say that I am Gyeong Gyu's right-hand man.
- You are on his right. - That's right.
I am an actor, Han Cheol Woo. It's nice to meet you.
It's nice to meet you. Gyeong Gyu, it's your turn.
- Do I need to introduce myself? - Of course.
- Say hello to the viewers. - You can state your name.
Hello, viewers. I am Lee Gyeong Gyu.
It's nice to meet you.
I have visited Radio Star...
and I don't know if this is a dream or reality.
I really did not want to be here.
I am saying hello from this B-list programme.
(Gyeong Gyu doesn't hold back from the start.)
I will make today's episode befitting of its B-list status.
- Jae Hwan. - Hello, I am Yoo Jae Hwan.
I am sorry that I have not improved myself for the viewers.
- I will do my best today. - What did you say?
As an entertainer, I should have made the audience laugh.
I am sorry that has not happened. I will do my best today.
I am already being boring.
I took the throne today, right? Jae Hwan, call me.
Gyeong Gyu.
"Gyeong Gyu." "Your Majesty."
Doesn't it sound similar?
- The way he speaks... - He speaks like a eunuch.
- He does speak like a eunuch. - "Your Majesty."
I will do this when I get stressed out during the shoot.
- Jae Hwan. - Gyeong Gyu.
(Your Majesty.)
He sounds like a eunuch.
I see that Gyeong Gyu's wallflowers have evolved.
Yoon Seok was frail and Hyung Bin was annoying,
- but Jae Hwan is very sensible. - Yes.
- Why don't you call Gu Ra? - Gu Ra.
- "Gu Ra." - He is funny.
Hyung Bin, please say hello to the viewers.
I assisted Gyeong Gyu for 10 years, but Jae Hwan took my place.
You are sitting far away from Gyeong Gyu.
I am the man who dreams of a coup in Gyeong Gyu's club.
I am the division commander, Yoon Hyung Bin.
He is the division commander.
He is the epitome of a base man.
The last time he was on Radio Star, he was not very funny.
After my last visit to Radio Star,
I promised myself to never accept an invitation from the show again.
Did you have a bad memory from your last visit?
- The thing is... - I have no memory of him.
(He is speechless.)
I don't even have a bad memory of him.
Excuse me, but I was talking.
- You were saying hello. - Is this how it's going to be?
Hyung Bin is worried.
I actually visited Radio Star twice.
- Twice? - Yes.
It was when I was popular, too.
- You won a MMA fight. - I had filmed commercials.
While comedians like Cho Sae Ho, Lee Gook Ju and Yang Se Hyung...
received more job offers after visiting Radio Star.
I was pulled out of shows after visiting Radio Star.
Even the commercial I had filmed...
never saw the light of the day.
- It will be different today. - You know,
I used to say, "Stop it."
I don't say that anymore.
Shut it.
(Yes, Sir.)
There is a tone of voice Gyeong Gyu likes.
Even if the story isn't funny, he tolerates Jae Hwan...
because he has a lilting voice. It's different with Hyung Bin.
Not only is he boring, he also speaks slowly.
Wait a minute. Don't do this.
You can't set this kind of image for me from the start.
- It's the tone of his voice. - This happened the last time, too.
I get what he is saying, but it's boring.
You didn't ask me to be funny. You asked me to introduce myself.
It's exactly the kind of talk we don't want to hear.
- He is the most annoying. - I am glad he was interrupted.
Who do you think you are?
Why are you picking on someone from my club?
Why are you yelling at our youngest host?
(The older hosts of Radio Star protect Kyu Hyun.)
For how long have you been a host?
- Four years. - He has worked here for four years.
(To become the king of variety shows,)
(the two forces have a fierce battle.)
(Guest-starring Kyu Hyun as a receiver of swear words)
("King Embracing Radio Star" starts now.)
Gyeong Gyu has appeared...
- on "The Knee-Drop Guru". - That's right.
- Gyeong Gyu. - Look at me when you talk.
- I was looking at the camera. - What?
I am more important than the camera.
- Both are important. - Look at me when you talk.
- You were on "The Knee-Drop Guru". - I won't answer otherwise.
However, it took several requests on our part...
to have you on Radio Star.
Executives and the director of MBC had to call you in person.
- Is that really what happened? - Yes.
Gyeong Gyu had a say on the additional guests as well.
Many people wondered...
if Cheol Woo's presence is strictly necessary.
(The new member of Gyeong Gyu's club is attacked.)
I know a few followers...
of Gyeong Gyu.
There is someone I address as President Park.
- President Park? - I play golf with him.
He used to live as Gyeong Gyu's follower.
He retired because he was exhausted.
Then I heard that there are new followers.
I see now that Cheol Woo is a new member in the club.
How nice!
Yoon Seok, you are Gyeong Gyu's first follower.
Is there a reason why Gyeong Gyu favours Cheol Woo?
- Everyone in the club plays a role. - I see.
They are in different fields.
Hyung Bin is in charge of events.
Jae Hwan is in charge of music.
Cheol Woo is in charge of films and miscellaneous things.
I am in charge of programmes and aftermath of entertainments.
- The fields don't overlap. - No, they don't.
Everyone is in a different field.
Gyeong Gyu returns home fine even when he is drunk.
That's right. I once forgot the door lock pin number.
I was like, "Why won't the door open?"
I only remembered it when I returned after having a few shots.
(Drinking alcohol helped him remember the pin number.)
- I was very surprised. - How incredible!
It was incredible.
Why did you agree to visit the show after all these years?
It happened by chance.
I have a concert coming up.
Are you here to promote your concert?
- Anyway... - Is Hyung Bin in the concert?
The three of us are in the concert. Jae Hwan is in charge of music.
- I see. - Cheol Woo takes care of trifles.
- He is a staff member. - Yes.
- He does everything. - I'm also a guest star.
The concert happened to coincide with the show.
- When will this episode air? - Pardon?
- When will this episode air? - When does it air?
It airs next week.
My goodness, our concert begins right afterwards.
- What a coincidence! - What kind of a concert is it?
- What kind of a concert is it? - It's a comedy show.
- Gyeong Gyu... - In July, it goes...
- from Thursday to Saturday. - Please stop.
Why are you telling me to stop?
Stop promoting the show!
This is why he is here.
- This is the reason why I am here. - Is that so?
- I will answer your questions soon. - I thought it was a coincidence.
I will tell funny stories soon. Don't talk over me.
(He keeps receiving harsh words.)
We have had talks about this show for years,
but they told me they were not ready.
Since I wouldn't be able to do this...
when I get older, I suggested that we give the concert now.
That's not what I heard.
Really?
I heard a few things from Yoon Seok. I see him once every two weeks.
He looked pretty grim last winter.
He said he is filled with dread, so I asked him...
if it has to do with Gyeong Gyu. "Gyeong Gyu is demanding that..."
"I do a show with him even though there is nothing to show."
He told me that he is tied to the show against his wish.
A few days later, he showed up looking much happier.
"I don't know what is going through his brain,"
"but he called off the show after printing the posters."
He was so happy that the show had been cancelled.
He was showing unadulterated joy.
- Come on. - Recently, he was sad again...
because of the show. Then he said, "Gu Ra, I think..."
"I can get out of it since I host a radio programme on weekends."
"I feel bad for Hyung Bin."
(His trust is crumbling down.)
That's not what I said.
(I will end you.)
That's not what I said. You should watch what you say!
- Why are you spitting? - I never said such things.
The show took a big loss because of Yoon Seok.
- Why? - I will tell you why.
His radio programme keeps us from having the show in the evening.
He hosts the radio programme live.
He told me about what you said to him.
- What did I say to him? - He said that you asked him...
to quit hosting the radio programme to focus on the show.
I told him to quit.
(Yes, I told him to quit.)
(Joking)
Hyung Bin said the same thing.
He doesn't want to be in the show.
- I never said that. - The truth is pouring out.
I never said that.
- I never said that. - Sure.
I only wish the feud over the radio programme...
between Yoon Seok and Gyeong Gyu...
- to be resolved quickly. - There is a feud.
I host a radio programme, too.
When I am working and unavailable to attend meetings,
Gyeong Gyu goes, "Quit the radio programme!"
He says the same thing to me.
It is the only regular job I have.
(He attacks Gyeong Gyu.)
"You should quit!"
"If you work as a guest at a radio programme,"
"you will never have time for TV." I said, "I'm the host."
"That's not good enough!"
(He is attacked by his own team.)
It's important...
for a comedian to be in a concert like this one.
- Comedy is not how it used to be. - You are right.
I am grateful that Gyeong Gyu is giving this a try.
- It's an impressive feat. - It really is.
In that case,
the two of you should happily attend to the show.
Instead of feeling honoured,
you went on about not wanting to be on the show!
- They told Gu Ra everything. - Visiting Radio Star...
made me see the truth.
I am in a fit of rage.
"Why do you look so happy these days?"
"Gu Ra, I will be having a concert with Gyeong Gyu."
"How nice!" This is what should have happened.
I asked him what was wrong since he looked depressed.
That's when he told me that Gyeong Gyu is driving him crazy.
Gyeong Gyu, you shouldn't have such rotten subjects by your side.
(Gyeong Gyu's club is splitting because of Gu Ra.)
How will you solve the problem regarding the radio programmes?
Well...
I will look for ways to hold a concert by myself.
- Is that so? - Listening to Gu Ra made me see...
that they are worthless.
- I have been enlightened. - I see.
Gyeong Gyu.
(They move on to the next question.)
- Would you like to add something? - Is this how the story concludes?
- Yes, it is. - Yes.
- Say what you want to say. - Would you like to add something?
Are there claims to refute?
This is the truth. I had a reason for my worries.
Hyung Bin has been in many concerts...
and Gyeong Gyu has performed in the opening acts of his concerts.
His ad-libs were funnier than anything...
that took a lot of preparation.
Gyeong Gyu wants me to join him and Hyung Bin,
but I honestly am not confident in myself.
I am part of the reason why the concert has been pushed back.
I am currently putting my time...
into preparing for skits.
That's how this concert came to be.
- Other reasons are only incidental. - That's right.
- That's not what I heard. - My heart melted.
(That's not what I heard.)
Yoon Seok had doubts about being on the show...
because his pay had not been decided.
He was worried about how much he would get paid.
Once he found out how much he would be paid,
he decided to give the show his best.
Gyeong Gyu decided to be paid the same...
- as Yoon Seok and Hyung Bin. - That's right.
The pay will be divided equally among us,
but our age will be taken into consideration.
(Joking)
- Gyeong Gyu... - Please help us.
He made a promise to the production team of Radio Star.
"My visit will make the shoot worth two episodes."
"Shall I give you three episodes?"
(Shall I give you three episodes?)
Will this shoot give us two episodes?
- It's not easy. - I can't help but be excited...
since the script is very thick.
I will make the shoot worth two episodes and a half.
This is what I said in the waiting room.
The shoot we had with Yang Se Chan and Park Na Rae...
- gave two episodes. - Yes.
Back then, we had Park Na Rae, Yang Se Chan,
Yang Se Hyung and Jang Do Yeon.
All of them were funny.
Today, none of the guests are funny save for Gyeong Gyu,
First of all, we have Yoon Seok.
It's a well-known fact that he is boring.
Hyung Bin also isn't funny,
Jae Hwan is under a lot of criticism and no one knows who Cheol Woo is.
I don't think Gyeong Gyu alone...
can make the shoot worth two episodes.
I don't think it's possible.
Gyeong Gyu will take care of the first episode...
and the second episode will be the rediscovery of Yoon Seok and me.
If I may be frank, the two of you lack talent.
(The two of you lack talent.)
I have a suggestion.
A four-hour shoot usually gives one episode.
Let's have a two-hour shoot that is worth one episode today.
Are you cutting me a deal?
- Give us the juicy details fast. - That's right.
Give us a condensed shoot because we don't trust other guests.
It would be better to have a shoot that is worth one episode.
I have a better suggestion.
Let's make the other guests go home.
I will make the shoot worth one episode.
- That's a good idea. - All right.
It's not like I need them.
Clap if you have nothing else to do.
I will clap.
Do you think this shoot will give two episodes?
I think it will. That's what I believe.
While the four of us are not funny,
our Gyeong Gyu-related stories are.
I see.
Some people are bad at telling stories.
- Five minutes into the shoot, - I wasn't talking about you!
Gu Ra won't stop talking about how we are boring.
- You are silencing us. - I wasn't talking about you.
I feel like you are, okay?
(I feel like you are, okay?)
(Radio Star is brutal.)
Gyeong Gyu, you handpicked your fellow guests.
Is there a reason why they have been chosen?
- It's the right combination. - In what sense?
They are no better than me.
- They clap along. - They clap along.
- Shouldn't Yoon Jung Soo be here? - He is defiant.
(He is defiant.)
- He is defiant. - That's right.
Do you like the seating arrangements?
Because they are not familiar with variety shows,
I sat these two by my sides. I will hold their hands.
(I sat these two by my sides.)
I am still wondering who Cheol Woo is.
Cheol Woo is currently feeling nervous.
He doesn't know what to do since he is so nervous.
We don't know what to say either since we lack information on him.
There isn't much information on him.
- He is an incredibly boring man. - I really am.
He is boring.
I can make a bet.
If Cheol Woo makes everyone laugh,
I will eat my hands.
(I will eat my hands.)
I know it won't happen.
I concede.
Cheol Woo's visit to the show leads to many articles...
and his name becoming the most searched keyword.
It turns out he is an actor...
- with 22 years of experience. - He has been an actor for long.
Have you appeared in films viewers might recognise?
- In "The Man from Nowhere", - "The Man from Nowhere".
I played the man...
who answers Won Bin's call in the bathroom.
In "Ode to My Father",
Hwang Jung Min lifts up a sack of rice.
- That's right. - In that scene,
I played the examiner.
Is it true that your college friend Choi Min Sik...
- introduced him to you? - Yes, it is.
I see.
They became friends...
on the set of "Nameless gangsters: Rules of Times".
It's a film that is set in Busan.
Since Cheol Woo is from Busan, he helped Min Sik with his dialect.
I see.
Cheol Woo wasn't in the film.
- Yes, he was. - I see.
Of course he was in the film.
You have underestimated him.
Why do you take an experienced actor for a pushover?
- He is an actor. - Stop degrading him.
(How dare you pick on my subject?)
- I taught Min Sik dialect... - That's right.
and appeared in the film.
- Which role did you play? - Which scene were you in?
I played thug number seven.
- Thug number seven? - I see.
Thugs number 1 to 6 all became successful.
- There is Kim Sung Kyun. - Kim Sung Kyun.
- Kim Sung Kyun, Cho Jin Woong... - Kwak Do Won.
- Thugs number 1 to 6 made it big. - Ma Dong Seok became popular, too.
Cheol Woo was thug number seven.
(The lucky number didn't help him.)
- He is a man of sad fate. - Seven became a sad number.
That's right.
That's how I got to meet up with Gyeong Gyu.
These days,
I see him very often.
- That's what happened. - Gather your energy!
I am gathering my energy by little and little.
His voice became small as he spoke.
(His voice became small as he spoke.)
There must be a reason why Choi Min Sik introduced him to you.
Tell them the story.
Gyeong Gyu wrote the screenplay for "Born to Sing"...
and many characters use a dialect in it.
I revised the dialect in the screenplay...
and made an appearance in the film as well.
That's how we became friends.
I watched "Born to Sing". Which character did you play?
I played the subordinate...
- called Section Chief Oh. - Section Chief Oh.
He played Section Chief Oh.
Gosh, this is nerve-wracking.
(This is nerve-wracking.)
(Collapsing)
Are you okay?
I should have brought someone else.
Gyeong Gyu pondered if he should join in.
(There goes my plan to give two episodes.)
Are you married?
- No, I am not. - He is single.
- Do you have a girlfriend? - No, I don't.
I see.
I asked because if he had a girlfriend or a wife,
she would have said something since he had assisted Gyeong Gyu for long.
"You should have gotten a bigger role!"
Any woman would have said that.
I remember that your wife,
Kyeong Mi was firmly against...
you joining Gyeong Gyu's club.
You need to disregard such comments...
to become a true member of Gyeong Gyu's club.
That's right.
Didn't Kyeong Mi tell you to stop seeing Gyeong Gyu?
I have no such recollections.
- Come on. Tell us. - I don't remember such comments.
I am sure she said it at least once.
Hyung Bin, your wife...
- must have said something. - She is only human.
There was an incident that shocked me the most.
Gyeong Gyu was the first person...
who took me on a trip to Japan.
We shared a room in Japan.
He came to see me in Busan...
because I always perform in Busan.
We shared a room in Busan, too.
It felt like an honour, right?
I was very honoured,
but this woman asked me why we had to share a room.
She said, "You should get your own room."
By "this woman", do you mean your wife, Kyeong Mi?
Yes, she is a woman.
(Yes, she is a woman.)
She dared uttered those words.
I corrected her...
and told her that it is an honour...
and a royal treatment.
What do you do together when you share a room?
- What? - Gyeong Gyu eats cup noodles.
- That's right. - I know. He eats cup noodles.
I hand him a towel when he comes out of a shower.
I have once shared a room with Gyeong Gyu...
for a shoot abroad.
He left the room right away.
- He left the room right away. - You don't listen to him.
- He said that it's uncomfortable. - He doesn't obey me.
- He doesn't obey me. - Then, he left our room.
I wondered where he went. It turns out he went to Yoon Seok's room.
(Gyeong Gyu went to Yoon Seok's room.)
Even when we get separate rooms,
he cancels the booking to share a room with me.
(He stays with Yoon Seok.)
It seemed Kim Seong Ju was going to join them,
but he chose not to since he's an ambitious man.
- You shouldn't have any ambition. - That's right.
- You shouldn't have any ambition. - Ambitious men are not allowed.
I won't accept anyone with ambition.
Not only ambition,
but also curiosity and doubts are not acceptable.
- Curiosity. - That's right.
You'll come to have your doubts.
- "Why am I here?" - Exactly.
You shouldn't think that way.
He often asks me to do things for him.
Sometimes, they are meaningless and trivial errands.
- Please elaborate. - For example,
he asks me to get him the remote control.
So I bring it to him.
He can just use it to adjust the volume or turn on the TV,
but he makes me hold the remote control.
He then makes me adjust the volume,
or switch the channel.
(Did I do that?)
How do you feel when you go home and see your son after all that?
(He sighs.)
What would you do if your son grows up...
and says he doesn't want you to live like this?
- I think... - Will you do this until then?
I can just make his son run errands for me, too.
- What do you think? - That's horrible.
- Cheol Woo. - Yes?
Will you stick with Gyeong Gyu despite what you just heard?
Of course, I will.
(Gyeong Gyu is touched.)
He has no doubt.
He didn't hesitate at all.
I even moved for him.
I moved from Yongin to near his house.
It takes 15 minutes to his house.
When I asked him if he's rich, he said he lives in a tiny room.
He once said to me,
"Gyeong Gyu, Gyeong Gyu."
"Where does Cheol Woo live?" I said, "In Nonhyeon-dong."
Then, he said, "He must be rich."
"He must be really rich."
- He is like a robot. - That's right.
- Shall I show you how he acts? - Yes, please.
"Hello, Gook Jin!"
"I'm a big fan of yours. I really like you."
(He walks away.)
(Laughing)
"Hello, Sir!"
(Gyeong Gyu tries his best.)
That was good.
He doesn't mean it.
"Hello, Producer Kim!"
(He stops and goes on his way.)
Park Soo Hong used to be like that.
He's just like Park Soo Hong.
He used to greet people gladly...
- even when he didn't know them. - "I'm a big fan."
(Both of them react like a robot.)
It seems that Cheol Woo is the closest admirer to Gyeong Gyu.
- The others don't see him often. - Cheol Woo must not be busy.
Cheol Woo meets Gyeong Gyu five times a week.
(They see each other five times a week.)
I'm sorry to say this, but being an actor is helpful...
to serve for Gyeong Gyu.
- Is that so? - Yes.
Because entertainers usually work at least 3 or 4 days a week.
Gyeong Gyu's close friend, Mr Park, runs his own business as well.
I play golf with him once in a while.
Sometimes, Gyeong Gyu calls him while we're playing golf.
Mr Park always whispers to me, "Don't make any sound."
He says to Gyeong Gyu, "Hi, I'm in the middle of a meeting."
After he hangs up the phone,
he complains how often Gyeong Gyu calls him.
So I thought...
that he would get away from Gyeong Gyu soon.
It turns out Cheol Woo replaced Mr Park.
- I think you're mistaken. - I see.
From my point of view,
it's Mr Park who calls him all the time.
Gyeong Gyu would tell me to keep quiet...
and tells Mr Park that he's busy and hangs up.
What you said is the opposite from what I know.
Cheol Woo defends Gyeong Gyu.
He has Gyeong Gyu's back.
- He is so loyal. - He defended Gyeong Gyu...
as he was afraid it might hurt Gyeong Gyu's pride.
The level of his loyalty just soared.
(Cheol Woo proved his loyalty to Gyeong Gyu.)
- What do you two do for five days? - Pardon?
What do you do together?
- We talk about culture and art. - I see.
You see, he's an actor.
- He majored in acting, too. - Actors spend days away from home.
And then, they rest at home.
Entertainers go home after work.
I don't usually go out far from my neighbourhood.
How dare you touch your glasses while I'm talking?
There's nothing wrong about it.
- It bothered me. - He should get the Lasik surgery.
(He loses favour with Gyeong Gyu.)
Don't bother me while I speak.
I'll lower them again.
(He lowers his glasses back.)
Last Monday, since Gyeong Gyu's dog bit his glasses,
I went to the optical store with him.
- Gosh. - I think...
he's more like Gyeong Gyu's agent.
We are neighbours.
May I ask you something?
- Does he pay you for your services? - No, he doesn't.
I think he should pay Cheol Woo.
Shouldn't he pay at least 1,500 dollars a month?
- We're not in such a relationship. - Does your family know about this?
- He saved my life. - He did?
I'll tell you about that later.
- Can't you tell us right now? - Is there an order?
You said you need enough stories for two episodes.
You're saving it for the next episode?
- I need to save some stories. - I understand.
- You complained earlier. - I understand.
I won't repeat the same story!
My goodness.
Why do you yell at me?
I just asked you a question.
Gook Jin brought it up. Why do you yell at me?
You're the easiest to deal with.
The rest three are difficult.
- We dig deep. - We used to host a show together.
They know me too well.
- The hardest one is Gook Jin. - Gook Jin?
(Gook Jin is hard to deal with.)
- Gook Jin? - Yes.
Cheol Woo, when Gyeong Gyu watches movies with you,
does he compliment foreign movies no matter what...
while he criticises Korean movies without question?
We often watch movies together.
- I see. - Sometimes...
we watch four movies at a sitting regardless of the genre.
Do you watch movies for free because you're celebrities?
- No, we don't. - No way.
- We pay for our tickets. - Is that so?
- We always do. - Gyeong Gyu is a film director.
I don't ask for celebrity sponsorship.
- He's a film producer. - He buys tickets.
I get the membership points, though.
(He confesses all of a sudden.)
After watching the movie,
we talk about...
(Gyeong Gyu shouts for joy.)
Good. That was really funny.
He finally made us laugh in 30 minutes.
- That was funny. - Good job.
We talk about the movie we watched while walking for 40 minutes.
He always criticises movies.
He criticises about every little detail.
What was the Korean movie you watched recently?
- Please give us an example. - What movie did you watch?
We watched "The Wailing" together.
- "The Wailing"? - That movie became a big hit.
Isn't that movie weird?
- I enjoyed the movie. - He can have a different opinion.
Everyone has his own viewpoint.
- If you watched the movie, - Not everyone liked the movie.
there's a man who interprets Japanese to Korean.
In the beginning, he's not fluent in Japanese.
Even though not much time passes in the movie,
he speaks Japanese fluently at the end.
- He suddenly became fluent. - The movie lacks coherence?
There's no coherency. That's what I'm pointing out.
And when the dog attacks...
(He tries to say something.)
- I'm not finished. - I'm sorry.
- I don't know when I should cut in. - Please continue.
- Cut in when I pause. - I understand.
There's a scene where a dog attacks the characters,
but they didn't film the dog when it's attacking.
They used a stuffed dog.
I don't like things like that.
That's what I criticise about.
There's a young actress who played in the movie.
- Chun Woo Hee? - Yes.
- I'm not talking about her. - He says yes automatically.
(He reacts like a robot.)
- "Yes, yes." - That's right.
- Is she Kim Hwan Hee? - That's right.
I picked out Hwan Hee while I was travelling across Korea.
She was haunted in the movie.
Watching her broke my heart as a movie producer.
I talk about things like this.
Cheol Woo, please go ahead.
I really enjoyed the movie.
Although I liked the movie,
as we talked about it for about 40 minutes,
I became convinced.
- You didn't argue back? - No.
- You became convinced? - At first, I liked the movie,
but I came to think, "Maybe, it's not as fun as I thought."
- You enjoyed it at first. - "It's not as fun as I thought."
- You changed your mind. - "It's not an interesting movie."
He changed my view completely.
(Gyeong Gyu is very convincing.)
I have a question for you.
Have you ever refused to see him?
- I see him whenever he calls me. - Is that so?
There are many movies I watched twice just to watch them with him.
I guess you do that.
It's not a big deal to watch the same movie twice.
(Gyeong Gyu is happy.)
- He's very loyal. - He has a very positive mind.
- That's right. - Right.
It seems Hyung Bin is on the edge.
- I think... - He must be anxious.
he's about to fall off.
He's on the edge.
I'm worried I might lose my job soon.
(Don't worry, Hyung Bin.)
- How about Gu Ra joins them? - He won't.
- You're close to Gu Ra. - We're good friends.
- It's true... - Actually,
one of the things I learned from Gyeong Gyu is...
the way he discovers talented entertainers.
So I keep entertainers like Cho Sae Ho around.
However, I don't call them over to see me as I please.
I would rather focus on myself.
You're your own boss.
That's the difference between me and Gyeong Gyu.
He doesn't form a group while Gyeong Gyu does.
Didn't Gyeong Gyu ask you to join his group?
- Well... - I see people's faces.
- Are you talking about physiognomy? - Could you tell?
He's a trouble.
He could tell.
He seemed like he would run away.
Not long ago, we talked about Gu Ra while we were having a drink.
I asked Gyeong Gyu about Gu Ra.
He said, "Gu Ra has a deep knowledge of music and baseball,"
"so it's very fun to talk with him."
"But he's too greedy."
- He said Gu Ra is too greedy? - Yes.
I can see that he's not really close to Gyeong Gyu yet.
- Me? - Yes. Because...
when he gets more drunk...
and we talk about Gu Ra,
he says, "Stop talking about him, stop it!"
That's right.
That's how he reacts when he's more drunk.
- "Stop it!" - I see.
That's what we expected you to do here.
(Gu Ra is satisfied with Hyung Bin's story.)
I'm sorry to say this, but the TV programmes...
Wait a minute. Don't say "I'm sorry to say this."
Don't do that, please.
- He says that all the time. - If you're sorry, don't say it.
I heard him saying that so many times.
I'm sorry to say this, but...
I didn't mean to say this, but...
- Stop saying that! - Stop saying that.
- I'm sorry to say this, but... - Stop it.
in the beginning of this year, Gyeong Gyu was having a slump.
Jong Shin and I appeared on "Infinite Challenge".
- We complimented him. - We praised him a lot.
That's right.
Whom do you expect to be this year's rising star?
As I watched Gyeong Gyu today, I realised that he's the best...
at making people laugh.
- So I think Gyeong Gyu will be... - A rising star?
very successful as a guest on variety shows.
Kyu Hyun will join the army next year. Gyeong Gyu could replace him.
That's right.
- Kyu Hyun will join the military. - Is that true?
I would love to.
- We made him look great. - That's right.
We complimented him a lot.
Fine. It's all thanks to you.
(They are proud of themselves.)
On that show, he kept saying, "I'm sorry to say this, but..."
I stopped him about 30 times.
- That's how I survived. - I'm glad you stopped him.
- I've known Gu Ra for a long time. - That's right.
- I talked with him a lot. - Right.
- One time, he baffled me. - What did he say?
He called me, "Gyeong Gyu".
I said, "Yes?" Then he asked, "How much did you earn?"
- He asked you that? - Why would he ask that?
I wondered why he asked me that.
I didn't know if I should tell him.
It was hard to believe that he asked me that.
- He wanted to say that on TV. - Did you tell him?
- No, I didn't. - He didn't tell me.
However, we talked about something else in the waiting room.
He made this face.
(He copies Gu Ra thinking about what they talked about.)
When the programme began,
he brought it up by saying, "I'm sorry to say this, but..."
That's when I realised that I shouldn't...
talk about anything else than the weather with Gu Ra.
I still have some stories to tell.
I know what happened when he went to Germany...
to shoot for his show "Here Goes Lee Gyeong Gyu".
- I still remember that. - Please tell us.
I still remember what happened. If I tell the story,
- it will go viral. - Oh, no.
(Gyeong Gyu is about to faint again.)
It must be a shocking story.
I'm sure it will go viral.
- What happened in Germany. - Yoon Seok!
Stop him.
(He pretends to throw water at Gu Ra.)
He hosted his show while lying down on "My Little Television".
- It became really popular. - That's right.
He wants to explain why he joined "My Little Television" here.
- He can just say it on that show. - It's because...
I left the show suddenly.
- He left the show suddenly. - I didn't say goodbye.
- Did you really leave the show? - Yes.
- He left the show. - He was very popular.
It was too much work for me.
- He made so much effort. - It exhausted me.
I blame the winner's badge.
When I first won that badge, I wanted to win again.
- That's right. - I won again and became addicted.
When I won three times in a row, I became obsessive.
At that time, Yang Jung Won joined the show.
- She teaches Pilates on that show. - That's right.
She meant to host a show with me.
But the staff asked her to host her own show.
- She stopped my winning streak. - She did?
I went on two more episodes, but I became stressed.
- Should I say "pressured"? - Yes.
- Which one is correct? - "Pressured" is fine.
"Pressured" would be better.
Both would be correct if you use them.
He's been keeping Yoon Seok around for a reason.
He pretends he doesn't know even though he's a Korean language major.
How can you do that? You're a Korean language major.
We all understood him.
- I can't believe he said that. - He's so loyal.
Colloquial expressions matter more.
I was pressured.
I left the show without even saying goodbye to the viewers.
I would like to say goodbye on Radio Star instead.
In fall, I'm planning to be back on the show three months from now.
I know this because I host a TV show with Gyeong Gyu.
He spent two months to prepare for his show on "My Little Television".
- I was very... - On "My Little Television"?
I was very impressed.
It took me one and a half years to prepare for the dog show.
The dog was born and had a puppy.
- He's just joking. - The dog had a puppy.
It takes 15 days for a newborn puppy to open its eyes.
I'll be back on the show in fall.
- I see. - I'll go on until the year end.
- Because... - Is it for winning an award?
(Do you want to win an award at the year end?)
(He wiggles his eyebrows.)
You little...
Isn't it true that you plan to win the grand award?
- I'm sure he does. - Isn't it true?
- How old are you? - You shouldn't ask that.
That's a sensitive question.
- I'm sorry. - Don't ask me a question like that.
You should just think to yourself, "Oh, he has a plan."
How could you ask me that question?
How dare you!
(Kyu Hyun is mortified.)
Do you plan to win the grand award at the year end?
- Do you plan to win? - It would be nice if I win it.
(That's our boss.)
- I should give it a try. - In my opinion,
he's planning to get nominated for an award, at least.
Isn't that true?
- Along with you and Yu Jae Seok? - That's right.
I think he performed with them...
just to use their ideas for his show on "My Little Television".
(He gasps.)
How did he know that?
It's just because...
I know Gyeong Gyu really well.
You'll see him do the same thing as you do on "My Little Television".
No wonder why he asked me to write a script of my performance.
- I see why. - Right.
- He asked you to write a script? - He asked me to send it to him.
There was a reason.
(He is embarrassed.)
Radio Star is a very intense talk show.
I like the way you interview the guests.
We won't back down.
They have a great teamwork that we can't defeat.
(That's the power of their nine years of teamwork.)
Yoon Seok became Gyeong Gyu's close friend...
because Gyeong Gyu said he would have Yoon Seok's back.
That's how they became close.
It's a very long time ago.
We went overseas for a TV show. He called me over to his hotel room.
He said, "Yoon Seok, kneel down."
(He bursts out laughing.)
"Kneel down."
(He sprays water out of his mouth.)
- He told you to kneel down? - Yes.
As if a king confers a noble title.
Is it some kind of a ritual?
- It's like conferring a title. - Is it a ritual?
Like the ceremony with a sword.
There are two reasons for kneeling down.
Either the king beheads the man or confers a noble title.
- That's right. - So...
- That's right. - Fortunately, he conferred a title.
Like a duke.
He promised me that he would have my back.
- That's great. - He said, "Will you follow me?"
And I accept it without hesitation.
Why did you call Yoon Seok?
Why did you choose him over Seo Kyung Seok?
- Kyung Seok is ambitious. - It's because...
- Kyung Seok has ambition. - That's right.
When I called Yoon Seok,
I told him to watch out for Kyung Seok.
- Kyung Seok is an ambitious man. - Indeed.
I don't like ambitious men.
- Those who have ambition, vision... - He is ambitious.
and a dream in their hearts.
- You don't like people with vision? - I hate that kind of people.
Gyeong Gyu likes people who have given up their dreams.
(These four men fit Gyeong Gyu's preference.)
Yoon Seok is very loyal to Gyeong Gyu.
Yoon Seok told us about the remote control incident.
- He also filled the bathtub. - I did it for him.
When we go overseas for a TV show,
Gyeong Gyu and I share a room.
He could have filled the bathtub with water by himself,
but he made me do that for him so he can take a bath.
He told me to buy an ice cream while he was taking a bath in Japan.
- Because it's too hot in the tub. - How would I know where to buy it?
- I had a hard time. - I see.
I hear Gyeong Gyu thinks he exaggerated the story.
That's right. I wouldn't make him fill the bathtub for me.
When you two went to South Africa,
I asked Yoon Seok, "What are you doing?"
He said, "I'm filling the bathtub for Gyeong Gyu."
I just wanted to take a lower body bath.
A lower body bath is still a bath.
You little...
(Gyeong Gyu is flustered.)
That's what I should do here.
(He enjoys teasing Kyu Hyun.)
Please tell us the truth.
Well...
There's a reason why he wants to share a room with Yoon Seok.
- He would do anything for him. - It's not a bad thing.
- It's not a big deal to fill a tub. - Exactly.
Wow, look at them.
- They defend him right away. - Absolutely.
It's not a big deal.
- Are you happy to do it for him? - Of course.
- Or else, he wouldn't do it. - Are you happy to do it?
- He must be happy to do it. - All I do is turn on the water.
I asked him to fill the tub with water so I can take a bath.
- That's right. - Is that a wrong thing to do?
- Do you take a bath by yourself? - What?
They don't...
- give you a bath, do they? - Do they scrub your back?
- No. - Just like a servant.
(Yoon Seok and Cheol Woo might do that.)
Hyung Bin, when Gyeong Gyu first had panic attack,
- you were yelled at by him. - It's when you went to Australia...
- for "Qualifications of Men". - When we went to Australia,
- he had his first panic attack. - That's right.
- It was severe. - You were with him then.
The cast members were Gyeong Gyu, Gook Jin,
Jun Hyun Moo and I.
Gyeong Gyu was sitting in the back seat...
while I was driving. He was panicking.
He said, "Turn left. Turn left!"
"Hey, turn right now!"
He was having a panic attack.
- He was... - It's not like I'm a lunatic.
(I'm not a lunatic.)
He kept yelling, "Turn right. Pull over!"
They always exaggerate stories like this.
I wouldn't yell like a lunatic. "Turn left. Turn left. Turn left!"
Who would I do that?
- But... - It doesn't make any sense.
- In the desert? - Yes.
We kept driving straight in the desert.
Why would you say that I was acting like a crazy person?
(Hyung Bin is intimidated.)
I was there with them.
- He was with us. - I was there with them.
What Hyung Bin said is true.
(He looks betrayed.)
- He really yelled at me like that. - It's a true story.
- He didn't know the way, either. - Actually,
- we drove the car for three days. - That's right.
We traversed an unpaved road.
I was sitting in the back seat.
(He's jolting.)
It was like this.
(His hips felt the rough road.)
We saw a lot of roadkill, too.
- We also had to cross the river. - Right.
It was such a tough route.
- We drove for eight hours each day. - It was a rough trip.
He was so happy.
(Hyung Bin was confident to express his joy.)
I guess he was very excited.
I told him to drive slowly.
"Slow down!"
"Slow down."
(It sounds like a chant.)
"We'll get into an accident!"
- Then we got into an accident. - Oh, really?
- The car got stuck in the mud. - Yes.
Well, when I was young...
(The road looks very rough.)
Driving off to the side like this is...
- My goodness. - Hey, I told you to slow down.
(He sped up again after passing a muddy area.)
(The car ended up stuck in the mud.)
- We should try to go that way. - Oh, no.
Yes. The tyres are completely stuck.
The moment the car got stuck in there,
I got a panic attack.
When you say that you got a panic attack,
did you feel like you were unable to breathe or were you just angry?
I was angry.
- That's not a panic attack. - He was just angry.
Isn't he just someone with a nasty temper?
(He's embarrassed.)
- He kept getting mad at us. - My anger had been accumulating.
- That's right. - I got off and told them off.
Obviously, there were cameras,
but I got really mad at them. Why did I do that?
It was a documentary programme. It needed a realistic component.
- Don't you agree? - You were the bad guy.
- Someone had to. - Was it included in the show?
It was. I was willing to make sacrifices.
I don't care what people think of me. The show had to succeed.
That was one of the reasons, but I was also livid.
I was so livid that I lost my mind a bit.
I said, "Hey, how could you!"
(He got furious.)
- It was included in the show. - Beep, beep, beep!
(It's like he's punching them with his words.)
- I actually said all those things. - They censored it.
At that moment, everyone was so scared.
- You know what I mean. - Of course.
- We couldn't even breathe. - Even the cameramen were...
(The cameramen were trembling in fright.)
They probably thought, "Do we have to keep filming this?"
After a while, I calmed down a bit.
(He cooled off eventually.)
I had forgotten about it, but Gook Jin came in...
all of a sudden.
He said this to Hyung Bin.
"Hyung Bin, it's okay. Those things can happen."
At that very moment, I just lost it.
(His anger exploded for the second time.)
- Think about it. - I didn't know whose side to take.
That sight made me fuming mad.
The caption probably said,
- "Gook Jin is so sweet and..." - Of course!
- Exactly. - No.
- He ensured his screen time. - "Gook Jin cares about Hyung Bin."
- No. - I must tell you...
that he left out an important fact that changes this entire story.
- What is it? - I'll tell you.
Gyeong Gyu said that the whole thing...
was being filmed for the programme, but he actually...
made the crew turn off all cameras upon getting off the car.
"Hey, turn off the cameras. Hurry up. I'll kill you!"
- But... - Hey! Actually,
- a cameraman was filming it! - He was secretly filming it.
- He was filming it. - I observe all those things.
After that, we kept going.
We found a road.
- We kept going. It was around 2am. - It must've been dark.
We arrived at a petrol station.
We went there to fill up petrol.
Guess what Gook Jin did. He left his bag at the rest stop.
Our passports were there.
- All the money and passports. - That's when I completely lost it.
(I completely lost it.)
- That little... - I see.
I went to a dead corner.
(He kicked repeatedly to release his anger.)
That's a real panic attack.
We had to drive two hours to go back there.
It is your fault, Gook Jin.
(It's your fault.)
Gyeong Gyu and I never really thank...
- or apologise to each other. - Right.
That's the first time I apologised to him.
- You had to apologise, of course. - Look.
- It was the very first time. - We could be mad at you, too.
- Let me explain. - We could be holding grudges, too.
I was in charge of managing our money. I got in the car...
and said, "Gyeong Gyu."
(Gyeong Gyu)
- "I hate to say this." - You apologised.
(I hate to say this.)
"I'm sorry."
(I'm really sorry.)
- It made him grin from ear to ear. - It made him happy?
- Yes. - Of course.
- Gook Jin never says sorry. - I was exhilarated.
Let's say it was Hyung Bin or Yoon Seok who left the bag.
- They would've died that day. - I would've set that place on fire.
However, I was still impressed by his professionalism because...
Why are you talking about this now?
- Well... - Come on.
He still cared so much about the programme.
Even when he was angry like this,
he knew that opening the car door would be included in the show.
He got off and opened the door.
As he was getting in the car, he said, "I'm in this scene."
He's a professional.
- That was funny. - You've gotten so much better.
(He's proud.)
- Can I tell you another story? - Sure.
- Yes, tell us. - All right.
During the trip, I realised I hadn't secured much screen time at all.
I was wondering what I could do in Australia...
and decided that I should study. I thought, "I should study..."
"so that I can give travel tips and information to the viewers."
- So I studied about baobab trees. - Oh, right.
"Baobab trees..."
"are so lush and beautiful..."
"that they made the spirits jealous,"
"and the spirits made the trees grow upside down."
"That's why their roots are on top." I said that in front of the camera.
"The tree's name is Baobab."
"It looks upside down."
Gyeong Gyu said, "What are you doing?"
I said, "I'm practising my line."
He said, "All right." Then he walked away.
A little while after that, I saw him standing in front of a baobab tree.
I went to him, wondering why he'd be standing there.
He was saying, "Baobab trees are so lush and beautiful."
(He copied Hyung Bin.)
"The spirits got jealous of its beauty..."
"and made them grow upside down."
He secured more screen time.
He got two scenes out of it.
- What's the story about a snake? - Oh, that one.
I started feeling so anxious.
- I felt like he stole my idea. - Yes, the story about Baobab trees.
I didn't know what to do, so I had my eyes wide open...
just like this and was looking for ideas.
There was an oasis with waterfalls.
Suddenly, I spotted a long...
black object coming down the streams.
You know the aloe vera, right? The long leaves of aloe vera...
look like snakes from afar when they're dried up.
So I thought, "This is it."
"That will help me secure one scene."
So I jumped in the water even though no one else was going in there.
I went into the water, grabbed that long leaf...
and acted like Tarzan being attacked by a snake.
- "No! Ouch!" - He was fighting with a snake.
- "Help!" - I guess he didn't like it.
I could feel that they were all laughing their heads off.
"My moment is finally here." I had it right at my neck like this.
Then I felt it slipping out of my hands.
So I looked up...
and saw that Gyeong Gyu was in the water.
He was holding the leaf.
(I must secure my screen time.)
He did a better job.
I think he caught a snake.
(This is my scene.)
This is so wild.
You little...
(This is my scene, too.)
The way Hyung Bin was fighting with the snake...
- looked so real. - Right.
Then I turned around and saw Gyeong Gyu taking off his trousers.
(I saw him taking off his trousers.)
(Screen time is so important.)
Jae Hwan said that being asked by Gyeong Gyu to join him...
on a TV programme out of the blue was like a miracle...
because Gyeong Gyu didn't even know his name last year.
Gyeong Gyu, does it mean you hooked Jae Hwan up with the job?
No. The scriptwriter and I were having a meeting and decided...
- His name must've come up. - that we needed a fresh face.
Then I thought of Jae Hwan...
because I noticed that he talks a lot.
I wasn't going to say this, but...
Look. He's saying that again. "I wasn't going to say this, but..."
- Stop saying that. - Don't say it, please.
Stop saying it, will you? I'm so sick of it.
- You know "Ye Rim's Truck", right? - Yes.
Originally, Gyeong Gyu, Ye Rim,
- my son and I... - Right.
were all going to be in that show together.
- Why didn't you join, then? - The production budget was low.
That's why we decided not to do it,
- and he joined as our replacement. - A suitable choice for the budget.
I'm sure they had tonnes of money left in the budget.
I think that's why he was chosen for the show.
I don't want you to think that I'm bragging.
I think that I still have a lot to improve...
in terms of performing on talk shows and so on.
However, when it comes to creating chemistry...
with 2 or 3 co-hosts who are close to me...
He's good at it.
I'm good at making people feel comfortable.
I think that's my strong suit.
- How's the chemistry today? - Today?
It's pretty horrible.
I'm sorry. I've been so boring today.
- So... - What's important here...
is that he understands what's funny and what's not.
That alone means he's doing a good job.
Those who don't know it are the problem.
There are clueless people.
- Many people don't know that. - Do you know?
No, I don't.
(He answered right away.)
(I don't know.)
Gosh, Cheol Woo.
(What is chemistry?)
It looks like you're very fond of Jae Hwan.
- Is that right? - Of course.
When I get to know people, I entertain them first.
That's the luring stage.
The moment they bite the bait, things change.
Have you gone fishing with him yet?
- I haven't. - I'll take him soon.
Your loyalty towards him might be shaken a little there.
Rumour has it that someone...
almost tried to push me into the water...
- from behind while fishing. - That's right.
(Someone tried to push me into the water.)
- Isn't his initial B? - Yes.
- Mr B. - He almost pushed me like this.
- Who is Mr B? - Boom.
(It's disclosed within three seconds.)
Jae Hwan, we heard that there are things...
that Gyeong Gyu does when he's about to get angry.
Oh, right. I'm sure many of you would agree with me on this.
When he's about to get angry,
he takes off his glasses and rubs his face with his hand.
- I'm sure you all know what I mean. - Yes.
- Like that. - He does that.
He smooths his hair, takes off his glasses and does this.
Yoon Seok actually talked about this last time.
He was scolded for drinking water.
The same thing happened to me. I gulped down an entire bottle...
of water at once while filming a show.
Then he said, "Why are you drinking lots of water during the show?"
He said that to me.
I was a little cheeky back then.
I said, "You also take your medicine during the show."
He said, "Taking medicine isn't the same as drinking water."
I asked, "Don't you drink water when you take your medicine?"
After I said that,
he had nothing to say.
So he just went and said, "Ye Rim!"
(Ye Rim!)
Of course, Ye Rim said, "Why, Dad?"
He said, "You should go to bed now!" It was only 8pm.
"Dad, why are you telling me to go to bed at 8pm?"
- That's actually nothing. - I agree.
You know, young people these days are always on social media.
He hated seeing people on their social media accounts.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"I'm checking out my social media feeds."
"Why are you even on social media?"
"It's a way of communicating."
"You should communicate with me now. What's this nonsense?"
A few days later, he signed up for a social media account...
and posted, "Hi, I'm Gyeong Gyu."
Starting with that post,
- he became active in social media. - Right.
Goodness. Am I that horrible?
He scolded me once, too.
- Seriously? - Finally.
- Perfect timing. - This one will be good.
- This one will be pretty good. - Let's hear it.
I met him after skipping three meals.
As soon as I sat down,
abalones grilled with butter were served.
When you live alone,
- you rarely get to eat abalones. - Of course.
I don't even get to eat butter often.
Those two were served together.
- It even had butter. - Yes. The dish came out.
Honestly, he was talking about something important,
but I was just inhaling the food without listening at all.
You were hungry.
He took off his glasses.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"You're irritating me so much."
"Are you here to stuff your face?"
(He sounds just like Gyeong Gyu.)
- He's so good! - "You're being ridiculous now."
"Get out. Get lost!"
"This is why you don't succeed. Don't even call yourself an actor!"
"Get out!"
That's how he scolded me.
At a glance, he looked...
- You looked just like him! - Yes!
- That was just like him. - You looked exactly like him.
- He is indeed an actor. - He actually resembles Gyeong Gyu.
After that incident,
I came up with a solution.
Imagine we're having samgyeopsal. I'd pick up a piece of meat.
- Then I lean forward towards him. - You want to look engaged.
- It means I'm listening. - I see.
When he's angry,
he tends to shake his glass quite aggressively.
He usually drinks like this, but when he's irritated...
(Tough)
This is how he drinks when he gets angry.
- He's a funny fellow. - I'll hold the meat,
and when he's drinking...
(He shoves the meat into his mouth.)
That's how I eat.
(This guy is impressive!)
- Gyeong Gyu can't even notice, - Amazing.
and we can maintain a good relationship.
(Gyeong Gyu feels dizzy.)
- You're good. - The facial expressions...
- You looked just like him. - He's an actor.
- You looked exactly like him. - No one can beat him...
because he spends most of the time with Gyeong Gyu.
- They hang out five days a week. - Yes.
20 years? It's nothing.
Hyung Bin and Yoon Seok are smiling,
but they don't look happy.
(They don't look happy.)
(We're feeling down.)
By the way, Cheol Woo.
You mentioned this briefly earlier.
It was a few years ago, when Gyeong Gyu fainted all of a sudden.
It was due to acute internal haemorrhage.
You're the one who called 911, right?
Yes, it was me.
- You saved his life. - Yes, he did.
Was Mr Park also there at the time?
No, he wasn't there.
There was one more person.
Mr Choi.
Oh, right. Mr Choi was there.
He's like Gyeong Gyu's secretary.
- "Mr Choi." - You're a professional!
Cheol Woo, you're wearing a microphone, too.
You didn't have to say it. You're wearing a microphone.
You almost look like...
- his chief secretary. - You have your own microphone.
- How did you handle the situation? - Tell us what happened.
- I was so surprised. - He fainted all of a sudden.
He told me to meet him at an eel restaurant.
When we clink glasses and say cheers,
he usually drinks at least half of the glass,
but he put his glass down.
Then I saw his face,
- he looked so pale. - That's not a good sign.
I actually thought that his skin looked really good.
"Your skin looks really healthy." As I was uttering that sentence,
he fainted like this.
- Seriously? - He fell backwards?
- Yes, he did. - I fell like this.
After seeing him faint, I was like...
"Gyeong Gyu!"
I really said it like that.
- It was an emergency. - Right.
I kept shaking him, and he woke up in about 15 seconds.
I got in 911 ambulance with Gyeong Gyu.
We got in the ambulance and went to emergency room.
When we arrived in the emergency room,
I was given a form to fill out.
- It probably was a consent form. - Yes, I had to fill it out.
"Patient, Lee Gyeong Gyu". I wrote his name down.
Then I noticed a section for a guardian at the bottom.
- I had to write my name there. - Right.
"Han Cheol Woo".
- As his guardian. - Yes.
- "Relationship to Patient". - Right, there's that section.
"A neighbour".
- Goodness. - Right.
- This actually happened. - It's a true story.
I wrote that because I'm his neighbour.
He was hospitalised for about five days.
I stayed with him the entire time.
- You're really impressive. - You looked after him.
- You're his right-hand man, indeed. - You really looked after him.
I'll explain what happened.
- You know I take aspirin daily. - Yes, that's right.
There are arteries called coronary arteries in the chest.
- The condition I had was angina. - Right.
One of my three arteries was blocked.
You had to get a stent implanted.
This much was blocked.
I got that artery unclogged. After that...
As I said, I have to take aspirin.
I take it every day, and because of it,
my... Is this interesting by the way?
- Yes, it's interesting. - Is it?
Yes. It's very interesting.
- So... - Is the ratings going up?
I'll cut it here if people find it boring.
Please continue.
You take aspirin to ensure...
- good blood circulation. - That's right.
Kyu Hyun. Focus, all right?
So I started taking aspirin, and I take it daily.
Taking aspirin on a regular basis...
can cause stomach bleeding.
Taking it every day makes the bleeding become chronic.
It becomes constant.
I had to shoot multiple shows every day,
and the blood leaked from my stomach accumulated in my body.
One day, I went to the toilet...
and noticed that my stools were black.
- Because of the blood. - Exactly.
I had no idea, though.
- That day, I fainted... - You fainted all of a sudden.
as I was picking up the eel.
My head hit the floor.
The ambulance was already there when I regained my consciousness.
I got in the ambulance.
One of the paramedics asked me.
"Which hospital should we take you to?"
I was wondering, "Which hospital should I go to?"
Where were you then? Where did this happen?
I'll tell you. I said, "CHA Medical Centre, please."
The paramedic with the hat said,
"Sir, that hospital only have obstetricians and gynaecologists."
Right, that hospital only has those departments.
"I'm sure they have all necessary equipment."
I said that, seriously.
When I arrived at the emergency room,
they needed to examine my stomach.
At night, machines aren't used in emergency rooms.
They had to force small plastic tubes into my nose.
They put them into my nostrils and told me to swallow them.
That's how they examine your stomach.
(They're immersed in his story.)
- A doctor tried to force them in. - Right.
He said, "Swallow them! Swallow!"
(He tries to swallow.)
- They'd go down to your stomach. - They came out of here.
- They had to go down your throat. - They came out of my mouth.
(The tubes came out of his mouth.)
They came out like this.
I was very angry.
(It made him furious.)
He even cried.
Tears kept rolling down my cheeks.
I said to the doctor, "Take them out, please."
They came out again like this.
The doctor took them out.
The tubes were out, and I was weeping.
At that moment, Cheol Woo came into the room.
He came in and saw me sitting on the hospital bed...
crying my eyes out.
The doctor was shaking like this with the tubes in his hand.
Then the doctor tried to put them in again.
I said, "Go."
- "Go." - Cheol Woo or the doctor?
- The nurse. - No, the doctor.
- You told him to leave. - "Please just go."
It was so painful.
I thought you wanted Cheol Woo to leave because you were embarrassed.
- No. - That's not it.
You're a little slow.
Did he visit you in the hospital?
- Did Yoon Seok visit? - Yes.
What about you guys?
I'm so sad that I wasn't able to be there for him then.
- Did you visit him or not? - I couldn't go.
Is this your first time hearing about this?
This is the first time I'm hearing the details.
I don't like to talk about my illness to others.
It's because I'm a very strong person.
I only told Yoon Seok.
He came to the hospital to see me.
Will you leave any inheritance for him?
- Sorry? - An inheritance.
Shouldn't you leave something for him?
- He has done so much for you! - He deserves it!
These two definitely deserve it.
I'm not sure about this one, but he should get something.
- You deserve it. - You should demand it.
No, I wasn't able to be there for you when you fainted.
Hence, I don't deserve any inheritance.
I'm so sorry, Gyeong Gyu.
Even if he offers me, I won't accept.
Is this a soap opera or what?
Yoon Seok opened the door and walked into my room.
Gosh, he looked sicker than me.
Didn't it cheer you up, though?
- I think... - I know it cheered you up.
that he had been drinking for a few days.
He probably passed out at home after drinking a lot.
He came because I told him to come see me,
but he showed up when he still had a hangover.
He looked haggard.
(A patient was visiting another patient.)
I heard all of you have your own way of surviving in Gyeong Gyu's club.
The right-hand man, Cheol Woo. What's your survival tactic?
You're the newest member.
I'll tell you about one of my experiences.
You're confident now, aren't you?
- He's more confident now. - A little bit.
One day, we went to a restaurant together.
There was a mirror behind Gyeong Gyu.
Gyeong Gyu was telling me a funny story,
and I could see myself in the mirror.
When I saw myself in the mirror, I was so surprised...
because my reactions were so exaggerated.
You were surprised by your own reflection?
- What were you doing? - I'll show you.
Most people would just do this. "Oh, that's a funny story."
But I looked overly enthusiastic and excited.
(Cheol Woo's reaction)
Gyeong Gyu, you're so funny. I'm tearing up.
Something like that.
- I became very enthusiastic. - You saw yourself in the mirror.
That's why Gyeong Gyu likes you.
- Yoon Seok, is this bad? - Gyeong Gyu...
- knows right away if it's fake. - I'm sure he does.
I do.
- Did you know that was fake? - Take it down a notch.
I didn't until now.
(I didn't know.)
Jae Hwan knows the hidden meanings behind Gyeong Gyu's comments.
Yes. There's a list of things that he often says.
"Hey" means "stop it".
- "Hey" means "stop". - That's right.
- "What?" - "What?" He says that a lot.
That also means "stop".
It means "stop right there". "That's about it. Stop now."
- And then... - "Do you think that makes sense?"
That means "I'm really angry so stop right now."
- "I'm angry." - Everything means stop.
Almost everything means stop.
Whenever I have to deal with Gyeong Gyu,
it seems like I'm serving a customer.
Imagine those helpline people you call up.
I say, "Yes, Gyeong Gyu?"
(How can I help?)
"Is something bothering you?"
He'll list a few things and I say, "You must be so irritated."
- "What can I do for you?" - I have to listen.
- He gets over it quickly. - He never sounded sincere.
Do his gestures also have meanings?
Yes, they do.
- He uses his hands a lot. - You're familiar to some of them.
"Let's take a break." He does this a lot, too.
- "Watch the time." - Yes. "Don't call me too early."
"Don't call me before the others."
(Don't make me wait.)
- He recently started doing this. - What's that?
- Yoon Seok must know this one. - What does it mean?
"Think before you speak."
- That gesture... - My goodness.
There's a story behind this gesture. It happened on "Ye Rim's Truck".
It was our first day of filming and Gyeong Gyu wasn't pleased.
He called the head producer and head writer...
and the three of them had an impromptu meeting.
Ye Rim and I saw this happen from inside the truck.
Gyeong Gyu did this.
(To the head producer and head writer of the show)
He didn't stop.
He went on.
Yoon Seok, you're the leader of all the disciples.
- He knows Gyeong Gyu well. - Yes.
Spend more time with him and you'll figure out the details.
- Like what? - This gesture, for example.
If he frowns, it means, "Think before you speak."
"That doesn't make sense."
If he's smiling, it means, "I'm a genius."
"I'm a genius."
- You know another meaning. - It's the smile.
Yoon Seok knows him better.
"I'm smart."
- Beware when he says "what". - Right.
It means...
It doesn't mean he wants you to repeat yourself.
But there are people who say the same thing again.
He'll never see that person again.
If he says "what", you say "never mind" and move on.
Novices would go, "Pardon?"
- Is that wrong? - Yes.
If you try to explain what you said...
and he says, "You're frustrating", it's over.
- "You're frustrating." - "You and I can't be friends."
- That means you made a mistake. - "You're frustrating."
Yoon Seok knows Gyeong Gyu better than the other three.
Of course.
- They've been friends for 20 years. - Hyung Bin, too.
Hyung Bin, how do you survive?
I performed with him on stage.
Sometimes he loses his temper.
That usually happens when he isn't pleased with the result.
That upsets him a lot.
Our new poster...
is a parody of the movie...
- "The Handmaiden". - It was a parody.
I said, "The movie is popular, so this should work for us."
"No." He always starts with "no".
He also says that often.
"I don't think we should make a parody of any movie."
- He said that. - He makes movies.
Exactly. So I said, "You're right. What should we do instead?"
"What should we do? Let me see."
He said he likes "The Godfather".
He got a bit carried away.
When he said that,
I said, "That's a brilliant idea."
"That's a great idea."
You didn't suggest that movie because it's cliche, right?
That's right.
(Their godfather is embarrassed.)
This might be true,
but is Gyeong Gyu strict with others but lenient with himself?
I guess I could say this moved me.
I think he's part of the living history...
of TV and entertainment.
What impressed me the most when I worked with him...
was the fact that...
he tries to instil his philosophy in his work.
One day, after a shoot, a group of us...
went to have a drink.
(At the bar)
"Today's shoot was terrible."
"What didn't you like?"
"The people who came today."
"Every one of them had plastic surgery."
"Isn't that wrong?"
"I think that entertainers..."
"should naturally show how they look as they grow old."
I was so impressed that he thinks that way.
And then, two weeks later,
the "Qualifications of Men" team had gathered around him.
"I love it."
"I got two shots on my face."
Botox?
"Doesn't my skin look amazing? It's just amazing."
"Entertainers should take care of themselves."
(He's embarrassed.)
His front teeth used to stick out, but he got those fixed.
He lives in Gangnam, but he got his teeth done in Andong.
I asked if there was a famous dentist.
He said his friend did it for free.
That's why he went so far to get braces.
I wonder if it was really worth travelling that far.
He got a nobleman's braces.
(He feels awkward.)
There are so many stories to tell.
Have I done and said many things?
Yoon Seok, were you moved when Gyeong Gyu told you...
to bring your agent with you when you went out for drinks?
Yes. You see,
I like to drink, but I can't drink much.
- I get drunk quickly. - And pass out.
Then I go to a rock cafe and shake my head with music.
I was fine when I was young,
but something might happen to me if I do that now.
Gyeong Gyu said, "Stay safe. "Bring your agent with you."
It would've been nice if he already stopped there.
"It's fine when I'm not around."
"Drink alone all you want. But..."
"if something happens when you're with me, that'll cause me trouble."
- He's so transparent. - Exactly.
He doesn't want to be responsible.
Yes. There could be an article saying,
"Lee Yoon Seok was in an accident and Lee Gyeong Gyu was present."
He's afraid that would cause him trouble.
He lives at the north of the river but comes to the south to see me.
I was concerned that he might meet an accident on his way home.
I don't want it to be the day he met me for a drink.
There's a high possibility.
There is. I'm with him 70 percent of the time.
To prevent such mishaps or to reduce the possibility,
I tell him to let his agent drive, and I don't bring my own car.
Yoon Seok's agent can drive.
- Does he drop you off? - Of course he does.
(Yoon Seok's agent is my agent.)
I get in his car. We go and drink,
then he drops me off at home.
It's a convenient system. I make good use of it.
(This is how he uses his personnel.)
Gyeong Gyu throws great quotes when he's drunk.
He told Yoon Seok and Hyung Bin...
to take notes like the disciples of Jesus and famous philosophers did.
Hyung Bin, do you really have a notebook full of his quotes?
Yes. I write everything down.
Let me read a few of them.
"You must break out of the egg."
"Then you'll become a chicken."
"If someone else breaks you out, you'll be a fried egg."
- Someone else said that. - Really?
I remember nice quotes, then pass them on like mine.
They react like they never heard it before.
- Did you know that? - It's new to me.
- I'm going to publish them. - He also said this.
"Yoon Seok, let me tell you something."
"You must be aware of this, but I'm actually a genius."
This is a famous quote.
That one is famous.
Yoon Seok says that a lot, with that gesture.
- Yes. - And then...
"Why do people remember Confucius?"
"Why is there the Bible? Their disciples kept notes."
"If there's a difference, Socrates spoke when sober,"
"but I'm drunk and speak nonsense so work on it."
"Make it sound good. Include all the bar names."
"That sounds real. The Bible doesn't name any bars."
"The disciples kept those out."
(It's a chilling insight.)
Who wrote this?
- I did. - Did you write all that?
Yes, I have a notebook.
- I want to publish them. - You should.
- That was great. - "Jesus had 12 disciples."
"I have two, Yoon Seok and Hyung Bin."
- We take notes. - If these three are there,
I say I have three disciples.
Sometimes I have four disciples.
If it's just us, he's the only one.
That's how I maintain order.
- I have to. - "If you die..."
"If you die happy, you're happy."
"You're unhappy if you die unhappy."
"Happiness is what people give to me."
"I don't make myself happy."
- That's... - Then he said,
"Bury Yoon Seok with me when I die."
He will be sacrificed.
He wants Yoon Seok to be buried even though he's alive.
This is written in the notebook.
- To be together forever. - Everything I read...
was from Hyung Bin's notebook.
He wrote, "Bury Yoon Seok with me."
(Yoon Seok's opinion was omitted.)
I'm always wondering how I could do that.
(How will I be able to bury Yoon Seok?)
- I have my doubts. - Okay.
This is why I'm unlike the four disciples.
Of all the things we said,
why is there no single story about his wife, whom he was married for...
over 20 years?
We must discuss this.
He said great things about his wife as well.
We just didn't mention them.
Does Gu Ra have the right to ask that?
I asked because I'm a free man.
- I'm a free man now. - You, of all of us?
- I'm free. - He does mention her.
- Well... - Is that your point?
Here's one thing he said about his wife that touched me.
"I'm an incredibly great bowl."
- "I'm a man of capacity." - Did he say that?
"I'm a great man with great ability."
"I am a huge bowl."
"And my wife is the lid that covers me."
"She is greater than me."
He said that she accepts and covers him.
"But the lid blows its top every now and then."
- It comes off. - "She gets angry."
"I have to be careful."
(Watch your wife's mood.)
"See if it blows or not."
(Hyung Bin's records are embarrassing Gyeong Gyu.)
He also said this about his wife.
"If I'm a ship at sea, it may look as if..."
"I go anywhere I please to go."
"I only go where my lighthouse, my wife, shines."
"I don't go beyond that."
Do you mean to say that you avoid the lighthouse?
"A lighthouse! No!"
"Go back to the dark!"
(It's a plausible interpretation.)
- Gyeong Gyu. - Yes?
Like Gu Ra said,
you appear on many variety shows.
How are they like?
I've been on some shows.
I joined as a panellist to check out the trends, to see the senses of...
producers and what the writers thought of me.
You need to work alongside younger people...
to know what they're thinking.
I wanted to see the current trend.
- Well... - I'm learning.
Why were you on "Running Man"? Was it to promote something?
- Was there any deal? - With SBS?
You wouldn't go without a reason.
- I went on for the next show. - Next show.
Next show on SBS?
(He's feeling uneasy.)
That's why I'm having a tour.
Radio Star is the last show I'm appearing as a panellist.
It shows how much I love this show.
(I love Radio Star.)
I love Radio Star. I want to help revive it.
- Radio Star is a popular programme. - It's great.
- Must we do better? - Yes.
Try to hit double digits in ratings!
Let's do it together!
(Hooray!)
- You're... - Double digits!
- Are you trying to leech off? - Let's discuss everything,
- He wants to benefit from us. - even what happened in Germany!
- With stories in Germany? - Let's hit double digits.
Will you tell us what happened in Germany?
In the next episode.
- Let's hit double digits. - Germany's dangerous.
(Are you sure?)
(Will our ratings really hit double digits?)
(Next week)
Kyu Hyun leaving this programme won't affect anything.
Your humour is rotten.
- No, don't. - That was a low blow.
- Shall I beat him up? - They're talking nonsense.
(Warming up's over.)
It's so cold. It's freezing.
(They try their best to be funny.)
I just can't forget it.
(Never-before-told stories)
Gyeong Gyu was right there beside me.
(Don't miss the next episode.)
("I Like U Too Much" by SONAMOO)