(Everyone has heard this at least once in their lives.)
(Study hard.)
("Studying is the easiest thing to Do, the Kings of Study Special")
(What's the secret of entering college at the top of his class?)
(I was just lucky.)
(Seo Kyung Seok, the timid nerd)
(Shim So Young has a perfect memory.)
(It helps to improve your memory. Let's try it.)
(How many times do you want me to spank you?)
(I didn't get punished.)
(Many students were as handsome as Kim Jeong Hoon.)
(There weren't many.)
(Kim Jeong Hoon is too honest.)
(Gu Ra is the king, the sun, and the emperor.)
(Kang Seong Tae even teases others in an intellectual way.)
(What's wrong with the kings of study?)
(Radio Star begins now.)
We prepared today's theme to celebrate the new semester.
If you want to be at the top of your class
If you want to get good grades, gather around
It's Songolmae's song.
- Gather around - Gather around
He sings off pitch.
Today's theme is "Studying Is the Easiest Thing To Do,"
- "The Kings of Study Special". - I don't get it.
He got admission in Korea Military Academy at the top of the class,
but he dropped out...
to enter Seoul National University. He's the smartest comedian.
He made people laugh with his nose like an arrowhead for 24 years.
Now, he's the icon of "The success in the civil service exam".
- He has become the icon. - What's he doing?
- He sings a lot today. - He's enjoying it.
- This is the theme song. - I know.
- "My Kyung Seok!" - Please don't let him...
- sing again. - Comedian Seo Kyung Seok.
He was not only the top in his school,
but also the top in Southern Gyeongsang Province.
He was in the top 0.01 percentile in the college scholastic ability test.
He's a golden boy who entered Seoul National University.
When he's depressed, he solves math questions to feel better.
- Does he? - Yes, he does that when he's blue.
My goodness. This is making me angry.
He says numbers are more adorable than women.
He's born to be the king of math.
An actor and a singer, Kim Jeong Hoon.
He was at the bottom of the whole school, but three years later,
he got 396 points in the college scholastic ability test.
- He was at the bottom? - The perfect score was 400 points.
- Now, it's 500 points. - That's right.
He's the true king of study.
- His straightforward fact attack... - Fact attack.
- I didn't say it like that. Fact... - Fact...
- Fact. - Fact attack.
- All right. - Fact attack.
- He points out reality... - Fact attack.
to help students focus on studying.
The study mentor looking like Chang Ki Ha, Kang Seong Tae.
He looks like Chang Ki Ha.
She's a fashion model who appeared as a fake bride...
in "The Wedding Singers Special" on "Infinite Challenge".
She went to the same university as Hillary Clinton.
She's the youngest person to enter Wellesley,
an elite university in the US. Furthermore, her father is...
the former CEO of Orions and Sports Toto.
Her father is amazing.
She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. Model Shim So Young.
(Seo Kyung Seok, Kim Jeong Hoon, Kang Seong Tae, Sham So Young)
They went to Seoul National University.
Wellesley College is located in Massachusetts.
(Jong Shin stammers.)
You shouldn't have tried what you can't do.
I searched on the Internet. Wellesley College is...
- It's an Ivy League university. - in Massachusetts.
- That's right. - It's an Ivy League university.
- What did you say? - Massachusetts.
Quail College.
(He made a silly pun.)
Kyung Seok, Gu Ra told us about your restaurant so many times.
- So... - He runs a jjamppong restaurant.
- he went to your restaurant. - I've been promoting it so hard.
- I saw you there only twice. - I went there twice.
He only ate once. Another time, he just came by to say hello.
- He didn't eat. - I didn't eat jjamppong,
but I drank coffee instead.
- Does he sell coffee, too? - There's a cookie store next to it.
In fact, he was... Okay.
- Thank you for saying that. - Look at him.
He runs the cookie store, too. I tried jjamppong at his restaurant.
It didn't suit my taste.
(Gu Ra didn't like the food.)
- Gosh. - Also,
in order to encourage the employees at his restaurant,
especially the chief director Kim Yong Hyun,
- He used to be a comedian. - I mentioned him a lot on TV shows.
He ran out of the restaurant and asked me for my postal address...
- to send me half-dried herring. - He should send you jjamppong.
(He works at a jjamppong restaurant.)
- I see. - Anyway,
he added jjajangmyeon to the menu as the rent costs him a lot.
(It's an additional menu.)
- Every Chinese restaurant sells it. - He used to sell jjamppong only.
Is today's theme "Food Special"?
(They've been talking about food only.)
To attract more children,
we serve jjajangmyeon and fried chicken.
- Fried chicken? - Yes.
- Fried chicken? - Do you serve fried chicken, too?
It doesn't suit a Chinese restaurant.
It's Chinese style fried chicken.
- It's Chinese style fried chicken. - I see.
We're planning to add a shrimp dish soon.
- We'll add a rice dish next month. - You're adding a lot of dishes.
Your restaurant might become like a food court.
(They serve all sorts of food.)
This is what I like about him.
- He's amazing. - He needs to develop new dishes.
(Kyu Hyun is puzzled by his compliment.)
The biggest reason why Kyung Seok decided to come on the show is...
- to talk to Kyu Hyun. - That's surprising.
He wants to tell Kyu Hyun, "You touched my heart."
- Really? - This might sound weird,
but as a fan of Radio Star,
I've been watching this show. He's as valuable as a pearl.
- A pearl? - In fact,
demonstrating his ability at this level...
among these three veteran show hosts...
is an amazing thing to do.
- He's been the host for five years. - Finally, someone acknowledges me.
When he joined the show five years ago,
- I liked him as much as I do. - I was a pearl in the mud.
- He's establishing himself now. - He's been the host for five years.
- What I wanted to say here was... - Five years...
- that he's still underrated. - is enough for improvement.
He's really a good entertainer.
If he has been rated low for a long time, he's properly rated.
If he's been rated the same for five years, he's not underrated.
When I leave this show, I'll be called a legend.
I think he'll become famous after he dies.
(It won't happen in this lifetime.)
Kyung Seok was...
born in 1972, and he treats older people like his friends.
This is one of his public images.
(This is what happened between Kim Seong Ju and Kyung Seok.)
Seo Kyung Seok and Lee Yoon Seok are...
very strict with Seong Ju.
When I met them for the first time...
in the waiting room after I joined MBC,
they told me they entered college in 1990.
- That's right. - How about you?
I entered college in 1991.
Then, you should call us Mr. Seo and Mr. Lee.
From then on, I started calling them formally without much doubt.
I've been calling him Mr. Seo over 10 years of period.
You entered college in 1990.
Most of the people who entered in 1990 were born in 1971.
- You were born early in 1972. - That's right.
Seong Ju was born in October of 1972.
The problem is...
that Kyung Seok is friends with Jung Jun Ha who was born in 1971.
Lee Hwi Jae was born in 1972.
- He's friends with Hwi Jae, too? - Hwi Jae entered college in 1991.
He's friends with Hwi Jae, too.
He's even friends with Kim Won Jun who was born in 1973.
- That's not fair. - Isn't it that you hate Seong Ju?
(Why do you treat me differently from others?)
- You're strict with Seong Ju only. - Why are you strict with him?
- Why are you harsh on him? - Why are you doing this to him?
Seong Ju's sons say that you are weird.
They said they won't become a civil servant.
That was good. Good job.
Seong Ju told this story...
- on "Radio Star," right? - Yes.
He's mistaken.
I remember that Seong Ju came to see me...
and said he would call me Mr. Seo.
I said, "Don't do that. I was born in 1972."
"So let's be friends." I remember that clearly.
- Is that so? - I heard this from Seong Ju.
You said those words, but you sounded cynical.
"Let's just be friends."
- You spoke like this. - That's not true.
- Did he really speak like that? - Yes.
- I get it now. - He wanted to be called Mr. Seo.
- There was a reason. - Let's hear him out.
He had already been calling Yoon Seok, Mr. Lee.
- He entered college a year earlier. - I was friends with Yoon Seok.
He said it would be weird to be friends with me.
He said that to me from his heart.
- So I let him do as he wanted. - Then, why is he upset about it?
That's why I don't understand him.
I spoke to him on the phone just a few days ago.
- He said, "Mr. Seo, how are you?" - He spoke politely.
- He meant to tease you. - He called me Mr. Seo.
- That's ridiculous. I don't get it. - That's a tease.
I really want to say...
that if Seong Ju wants to be friends with me, I wouldn't mind.
- I don't think so. - I didn't know...
- that he was upset about it. - I know exactly what happened.
In fact, when Seong Ju joined MBC,
Kyung Seok and Yoon Seok had already become top stars...
and they entered college earlier than him.
- So he spoke formally to them. - The social status is...
quite important.
- It must've been back then. - Later, he found out.
Have you ever met Seong Ju alone?
No, I haven't.
- He had better keep it that way. - I think so, too.
They just have to avoid each other.
(This is not what I've had in mind.)
Seong Ju just has to avoid eating at Kyung Seok's restaurant.
(I will visit your restaurant.)
(I will give you free mandu.)
Are women sensitive about age? How old are you?
- I don't know if it was my fault. - I was born early in 1995.
- She entered school early, too. - Me, too.
- Me, too. - Me, too.
That's why you all didn't say anything.
I can't believe you.
Maybe, those people born early in the year are smart.
(Jong Shin said it quietly.)
It's been 17 years since Jeong Hoon debuted.
It's been that long?
It's been a long time since he made his debut as an actor,
but many people still remember him as a smart man.
- He's handsome. - That's how people think of him.
You don't like your image as a genius,
so you practice to act stupid at home. Is that true?
Since I was a child, I imitated Young Gu and Maeng Gu.
Please show us a bit. We'll evaluate it.
- You practiced it at home. - Which one will you imitate now?
- Maeng Gu. - Okay.
"It's snowing."
(Maeng Gu's older brother)
- He's good. - He still looks intelligent.
You should say the line, too. "I'll have jjamppong."
Please say that line.
(The jjamppong restaurant owner likes the idea.)
- Cue. - "I'll have jjamppong."
I'll have jjamppong.
(Laughing)
He's so excited.
(I love jjamppong.)
- I think geniuses are similar. - I understand him.
Just like Kyung Seok,
Jeong Hoon said this in the interview with our writers.
"I'm not a genius."
"Usually, geniuses are good at 1 or 2 things,"
"but I'm good at many things."
I didn't say that.
- Did he say that? - Jeong Hoon said that.
- You are so bold. - Jeong Hoon said that.
- Usually... - Did you really say that?
Usually, people like them try to be modest.
- He's not modest at all. - He's so confident.
- What he meant is... - You're good at many things.
that there are geniuses who are specialized in one field.
- That's right. - They're far superior.
Among my friends from middle and high schools,
there was someone who was good only at mathematics.
- He wasn't good at anything else. - He calculated quickly?
- He was better than me at math, - You were better at other things.
but I got good grades in other subjects, too.
- I had to enter a good university. - You were good at every subject.
I tried to get good grades. Why did I end up like this?
He's more sociable than typical geniuses.
- That's so funny. - He's sociable, but not modest.
(Jong Shin attacks with facts.)
Jeong Hoon said he's very funny to our writers,
and he made a lot of dad jokes during the interview.
I've always liked dad jokes since a long time ago.
- What's Hyun Dong? - That's a person's name.
- My brother is Kim Hyun Dong. - Is that so?
(Gu Ra's real name is Kim Hyun Dong, too.)
Is that true?
- He was born in 1970. - Gu Ra's real name is Hyun Dong.
- He was born in 1970? - Were you born in the Dog Year?
Yes. What Chinese characters does he use in his name?
- Does Hyun mean "Gracious"? - I use that character, too.
- I don't know. - That's a commonly used character.
- Are you saying you're gracious? - Hyun means "Gracious".
- I feel dizzy. - Dong means "Dawn".
He used the one that means "Dark", but he changed it as it's negative.
People don't usually use that character in a person's name.
- What does he do for a living? - He's a civil servant.
A civil servant?
- Really? - During the interview I said...
"Now I live in Nonhyeon-dong."
"I was born in Jinju in Gyeongsang Province."
"There, I lived in Ihyeon-dong and my brother's called Kim Hyeon Dong."
They liked that joke and told me to say it.
"I lived in Nonhyeon-dong and Ihyeon-dong,"
"my brother's Hyeon Dong." Is this it?
I work with Kim Hyun Dong.
(So lame)
- What's "Yoo Hui Yeol"? - Yoo Hui Yeol?
I did a variety show that sends celebrities to high schools.
It was during English class...
and I told a student to sit by saying, "You here."
- It sounded like Yoo Hui Yeol. - You, here.
People loved that "Yoo Hui Yeol, you, here" joke.
- Happy Yoo Hui Yeol. - Yes.
There's something called an octet rule in chemistry.
It's about atoms and electrons and other than hydrogen...
they say that having eight electrons is most stable.
They say that eight electrons is most stable.
- What's he saying? - Let's listen.
- What? - Say it again.
- Repeat that, please. - It's best to be quiet.
- What about hydrogen? - Hydrogen and helium need two.
From the next orbit eight is stable, and it's about how they combine.
I heard of the octet rule and thought of Ok Taec Yeon.
People said that was funny as well.
Wellesley, do you know this?
- No. - She wouldn't.
- What did you major in? - She studied liberal arts.
- I studied psychology. - Psychology?
- My English name is Lisa. - Okay, Lisa.
My full name is Lisa Shim.
- In Korea it's Shim Lisa. - Shim Lisa.
Shim Lisa.
It's Korean word for a psychologist.
- I liked that. - That was funny.
(Jeong Hoon's joke is pushed off.)
Okay, so, Seong Tae.
You look like comedian Kim Gi Wook.
He does. He looks like Kim Gi Wook...
- And Chang Ki Ha. - Chang Ki Ha.
- Were you in the Marines? - He was.
(The red Marine name tag)
- He served in the Marines. - Is that why you've got the tag?
- That's not why I wear this. - It's their trademark.
- The Marines' trademark. - People wondered why...
- Chang Ki Ha talked about studying. - He did well in school, too.
- Yes. - He went to Seoul National.
- Right. - He also went there.
Guys with those looks must be smart.
I tried losing some weight.
People said I was moping over the breakup...
with my girlfriend.
One time...
I wouldn't have known had he not said that.
They broke up.
(I'm sorry.)
You're on "New Late Night E News" with Gu Ra.
- Yes, we are. - Right.
It's an entertainment news show.
Gook Jin hosts "Section TV" and I host "New Late Night E News".
A while ago, Park Seul Gi sent me a text.
"Gu Ra, I love your show." I told her...
"Should you say that when you work for 'Section TV'?"
She said she should tell the truth.
- I said I'd keep her secret. - That's boring.
- What secret? - Is this keeping a secret?
He kept her secret.
- He kept it. - In a different way.
Now we can keep a record of it.
He's a true tell-all.
- That's cruel. - Poor Seul Gi.
Now we have it on IPTV.
(Keeping it for a lifetime)
You're used to seeing Gu Ra act like an emperor...
but here he's ridiculed and that upsets you.
- When do I act like an emperor? - You don't know Gu Ra.
- What do you mean? - He reigns over us.
On "New Late Night E News", the show we're on together,
Gu Ra is the king.
- He's an emperor. - Nothing's changed.
- That's nonsense. - No one can challenge him.
But here, he's your prey.
- Prey? - You bite and chew.
On our show, he's like the sun.
- I am not. - Already?
- I am not like that. - Really?
- No, no. - It's only been months.
No!
You're killing me.
- I'm serious. - Already?
Seong Tae doesn't know what he's talking about.
The true sun, the Louis the 14th...
of entertainment news shows is Seo Kyung Seok.
- What? - He's been hosting...
for over 10 years.
- "Section TV", before Gook Jin. - I only hosted 12 episodes.
And if you're already acting like an emperor...
- He's mistaken. - I'm impressed.
(What are they doing?)
I had this thought one day while sitting next to Gu Ra.
"What is he doing here?"
- "He shouldn't be here." - My goodness.
He's messing with me in a very strange way.
- I'm being serious. - Where should he be?
- This is an odd attack. - Where should he be?
- I read all his books. - You're killing me.
You shut me in a small room and turned the heat on high.
(Don't go too far!)
He wrote a book titled "Gu Ra Must Live for Korea to Live".
Do you know of that rare book?
It's out of print now.
It better be.
I noticed something about him.
Whenever I say something he asks how I know that.
He takes an intellectual approach to everything.
He brought all of my books...
- and he had underlined passages. - He studied them?
I wanted to tear them all up.
They are my textbooks.
- That makes no sense. - They are textbooks?
- Gosh. - Seriously.
- You're trying to kill me. - They are so hard to find.
(Thanks, but it's too much.)
Now that people know I work with Gu Ra,
- they ask what he's like. - He's a monarch.
People ask if he's really that vicious.
He's not. He's not devilish.
- He's not devilish. - I mean...
what shocked me is that despite his busy schedule...
he visits a charity every month.
- Every month. - Will you stop talking?
- What are you doing? - This must be said.
Please, Seong Tae.
- Let's stop here. - Stop talking about that.
I was so moved.
- People need to know this. - Gu Ra...
visits a charity every month?
- Yes. - He visits every month.
I saw many students who serve there.
How did you manage to keep that a secret?
What's the point in mentioning it?
- We're losing his mean character. - Later on...
- Gu Ra can't do anything good. - Later on...
wouldn't word get out naturally?
- Are you waiting for that? - Hang on.
We complimented you and you're sweating profusely.
So Young, after your appearance on "Infinite Challenge,"
is it true that more people recognize you?
- Yes. - After the show...
did celebrities ask you out through DMs?
- Through a social media service. - Yes.
- What does DM stand for? - Direct Messages.
You think too little of him.
(Smug)
I did get a few messages.
Once, an idol singer contacted me.
- An idol singer? - His message said...
"Hello, I am a singer."
"I saw you on 'Infinite Challenge'." I was shocked.
I checked and it was his account.
- It felt so strange. - That's what they do nowadays.
They're bold these days.
They send each other DMs and some end up dating.
- Really? - The youngsters do that these days.
Were you interested in anyone?
It didn't work out with any of them...
but this idol singer was a unique case.
He said we should meet one day and that he'd cheer for me.
Each time I replied his message disappeared.
In the end only my messages remained.
- I found out later that... - Was he a two-timer?
there's a delete message function.
Even if the message was sent, if you delete it, it disappears.
- Really? - The chat room disappeared.
- He deleted the evidence. - Yes.
That was not manly at all.
The photo application?
- The photo application? - I should make an account.
(Just kidding)
So Young, you studied in Australia and America.
Hillary Clinton went to your college...
- and so did Madeleine Albright... - Yes, Albright.
and actress Elisabeth Shue.
- She went to Harvard. - They went to Wellesley College.
It's a famous college in America but not well-known in Korea.
It's called the female Harvard.
- The female Harvard? - Why did you choose it?
Your grades were good enough to get into Harvard.
I was born in January so I started school a year ahead...
and when I moved from Australia to America...
there was a semester shift.
Most students choose to start a semester later...
but I skipped a semester.
I was born in 1995 and I studied with people born in 1992...
- and 1993. - You're a genius.
- So I... - You skipped a grade.
- That's impressive. - It is.
- Did any of you skip a grade? - No.
Did any of you graduate early
(None of them did.)
I like the fish called jogi.
- I see... - That's enough.
- Jogi the fish. - Well done.
Go over there.
(Nice one)
I ended up starting college at age 17.
- My parents got worried. - I see.
- Impressive. - What then?
Wellesley's a college for women and...
- it's in the countryside. - In Massachusetts.
Yes.
You remind me a lot of Kate Moss.
Really? Thank you.
- You're showing off again! - I'm not.
I don't believe this about So Young.
I think she has a serious case of the bluffs.
None of the people here are humble.
They can't hide their superiority.
Does this make any sense?
She claims to have a great memory.
When she was two and in the front of economy class on a plane,
she remembers vomiting on her dad.
- When she was two. - Don't all kids that age vomit?
Do you remember that?
Yes. Traumatic memories tend to get embedded in your brain.
Kids who were in preschool during the 9-11 attacks...
are said to remember the pattern of their classroom carpet.
- Like a side-effect? - Yes, of a trauma.
That was my first time in a plane.
I remember vomiting on my dad while he was holding me.
I was looking over this shoulder and that's where I vomited.
- Weren't you unable to look up? - It's so detailed.
She was two and she remembered it was economy class.
"Why am I in economy?"
That was her gripe.
"Why am I in this tiny space and not in business class?"
(She knew of capitalism at two.)
These four said studying was easier than anything,
so we decided to test their memory.
This is it.
We will show you 20 numbers for 30 seconds.
You have to write them out correctly.
I believe Kyung Seok will win.
We'll see.
Look at the numbers on the screen.
They'll be up for 30 seconds.
(Begin)
- The four of us won't do it. - Good.
Let's not do it.
I hope Kyung Seok wins.
Seong Tae's a king of study.
Then we have So Young.
Don't distract them.
Time's up.
- Now? - Start writing.
- Can I try? - Sure.
A dentistry major.
- I'll try. - Seong Tae is from Seoul National.
Kyung Seok did what our generation does.
He got the first line.
(Before he forgets)
- Even I got the first line. - I can't help it.
Kyung Seok.
Kim Kyu Hyun.
I'm not Kim Kyu Hyun.
- Cho Kyu Hyun. - Even I got the first line.
Cho Kyu Hyun who is about to join the army.
- Who knows? - I filled it all in.
(Surprised)
He might have a talent.
Kyu Hyun's done.
(They all filled in the grids.)
- I don't know. - Pens down.
Let's check the answers. Jeong Hoon, put yours down.
Let's check the answers.
Kyung Seok, 6, 9, 7, 2, 4.
- It says 4, 0 and that's wrong. - It's 4, 0.
- He wrote 4, 0... - He wrote 1, 8, 5.
- This is wrong. - They're all wrong.
This is wrong, too.
The rest is all wrong.
(Grumbling)
No, he got seven right.
- And 0 is correct. - Numbers 7 and 0 are correct.
This is a mess.
- He got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 wrong. - He got 6 mistakes.
- Six for Kyung Seok. - Jeong Hoon's next.
He left two blank.
This is Jeong Hoon's answer.
- He wrote 6, 9, 7, 3, 8. One wrong. - He wrote 6, 9, 7.
- And 3, 8. - Add 2 blanks.
- That's one more. - Oh, dear.
- He wrote 4, 0, 1, 8, 5. - That's all correct.
And 5, 7, 0.
This is wrong and so are these two.
- We're marking smart one's test. - All wrong.
- He wrote 1, 9, 2, 6, 3. - He got those right.
- Jeong Hoon... - He got 1, 2...
- made 5 mistakes. - and 3, 4, 5 mistakes.
He left two blanks so that's a pretty good score.
- Seong Tae. - Seong Tae.
He left six blanks.
- It's all wrong. - No.
- Those are correct. - He got them right.
Those are all correct.
- The probability's high. - No.
I didn't know I had to copy the numbers in order.
He got eight wrong.
- Why? - He looks smarter.
(One who doesn't look smart.)
- He looks smarter that way. - Shall we see So Young's?
She wrote 6, 9, 7, 2, 4. Correct. Turn the board this way.
- She wrote 4, 0, 1. - She got one wrong.
- 5, 7, that's wrong. - 5, 7. She got 2, 3...
- Four... - She got a lot wrong, too.
- and 5, 6, 7 wrong. - What a poor attempt.
Let's see what Kyu Hyun wrote down.
- He was the first to finish. - He might've got them all.
- Are they right? - He wrote 6, 9, 7, 2, 4.
- It's 4, 0, 1, 8, 5, 5, 7, 3, 0, 8. - It's 4, 0, 1, 8, 5, 5, 7.
And 1, 9, 2, 6, 3.
(All 20 are correct!)
This talented young man will be a public service worker.
Instead of serving in an army.
He got full marks.
- Well done. - What a feat.
What are we making the guests look like?
- What is this? - Are we better?
I think this is wrong.
- There's nothing you can't do. - This is wrong.
- You make the guests look bad. - Was I being too thick?
Seong Tae, to stay on top of the college scholastic ability test...
- do you take it every year? - Yes.
- How did you do last year? - I can't do that.
- Last year? - Your score.
- My score? - His score must be high.
I solve everything as best I can... but I hand in a blank answer sheet.
- On purpose? - To get zero marks.
- So others get a better percentile. - Exactly.
To make others look better.
Go and do the same.
(You'll get zero marks anyway.)
To do well in that test...
why must you have an ordinary proctor?
There are many unforeseen obstacles.
I met numerous students and mentors...
- and all sorts of things happen. - In that one day?
Sometimes during the lunch break...
- some students play soccer. - Soccer?
On the day of the test, they play soccer during lunch.
It starts off with 3 people then ends up in a full 11 to 11 match.
- More join in. - That happened once.
Most proctors these days don't do this,
but there were a lot of issues in the past.
The proctor gets bored so he reads a book.
The problem is he reads it out loud.
During the exam.
- The proctor? - The proctor.
A Buddhist could read Buddhist scriptures.
He could be chanting like that.
(A forced listening exam)
Some people walk around making a big noise.
- Dragging their feet. - That actually happened.
This is what I experienced.
One proctor kept walking around farting.
He had stomach troubles.
He kept farting and farting.
While walking around.
- To keep you awake? - I don't know why.
There are small ridges in highways to keep drivers awake.
- Is it like that? - The farting picks up speed.
(Don't fall asleep.)
When I was in school some of the female teachers...
sat on the waist-high teaching podium during exams.
There's no way out. She sees everything.
We were all focusing on the exam when suddenly...
she called someone forward.
- Did he get beatings? - We thought he'd cheated.
"Why were you staring at my legs?"
- She beat him for it. - Was that you?
- Was that boy you? - It wasn't.
Not me. A friend.
- It was my friend. - That's how you got a square jaw.
- It was my friend. - It wasn't you?
I had a great attitude in school. It was my friend.
(I said it five times.)
Did you live by the text schedule a few days before the actual text?
This is very important.
- The lifestyle? - Regardless of what I knew,
I was in great form the day of the test. I'd never felt that good.
For 10 days before the test I followed the schedule.
I prepared myself.
- I woke up at the time I should. - Right.
I studied Korean literature during the Korean literature test period.
When it's time for the math exam I studied math.
That makes sense.
For lunch...
we were given lunch and I skipped it.
Well done.
- What? - Why?
Well done, Seong Tae.
Thanks.
Did you eat then?
- A packed lunch. - A lunch box.
That's it.
On the day of the exam no one brings you food.
You have to bring your own packed lunch...
- and moms pack special foods. - Like grilled eel.
- They grill eel... - Three-tier lunch boxes.
- Eel is so greasy. - and bring huge lunch boxes.
- A few kids get sick. - That's right.
- Some eat too much and doze off. - Yes.
They sleep too well.
- At least, it would be energizing. - They were too tense for days.
- What's best menu? - Radish soup.
I ate radish soup for 10 days.
In the end I felt as if radishes grew out of me.
(I felt as if radishes grew out of me.)
Why eat radish soup?
- It helps digestion. - It's good for you.
Some directors don't eat on the day...
they have to shoot a show.
- Our director's one of them. - Really?
- Why? - As if it's a great deal.
You can afford to skip a meal. Look at your fat tummy.
(Tears dropping)
Aren't there always people who do well in trial tests...
then get incredibly nervous on the day?
- There are so many of them. - They retake the test many times.
If you do what I did, you'll be fine.
- That's a good tip. - I actually...
went a bit extreme.
I solved problems in a supermarket.
- To train against noises? - In the food court.
- To train yourself. - During the test...
- you need to stay calm. - Did you go that far?
- It's like actual training. - Did you go to a cemetery?
Why would I go there?
- To fight fear. - It's too quiet and nice.
- What about a waterfall? - A cemetery's...
Solve problems at a waterfall.
Your papers will get wet.
(Training is hard.)
I benefited from all that because...
at food courts kids run about and spill food...
and the staff get really annoyed with you.
- You must overcome that. - Yes.
It's a training session.
- You were that calm? - Some moms tell their kids that...
people with bad grades act like me.
(People with bad grades do that.)
- They were so wrong. - Seong Tae said...
his tricolored pen and wrong answer envelope...
were his best weapons for good grades.
My tricolored pen.
That's what I use to this day.
I know that pen.
I first used it...
so I wouldn't waste time looking for another pen.
- That's why. - Those few seconds.
(That's hardcore.)
I'm serious.
I respect that.
To save the time of picking up another pen?
- You could solve one more problem. - There's a logic to that.
Can't you have pens ready?
I didn't even draw a circle...
when marking correct answers.
I didn't want to waste time.
We must be wasting your time.
(This must feel like a waste of time.)
We wasted his day.
Go on ahead. We'll take it from here.
This is a waste of time. The worst kind in your world.
We met in the toilet and I left before him.
Was that a waste of time?
- What's more important is... - Study effectively.
marking anything the teacher says will be in the text in red.
I had a rule.
Blue is an important color.
During a class or when I'm studying alone,
if I come across something I don't know, I mark it in blue.
When I open my textbook to study for an exam...
I know what to study.
I go through the important points in red.
Then whatever I didn't understand at first.
People who study ineffectively always procrastinate...
- and study what isn't important. - That's true.
They don't know what's important.
Do you scribble in books?
- I do underline a lot. - You do.
I underlined many parts in Gu Ra's books.
Stop it.
- Enough to tear the pages? - Stop it already.
This is the first time someone else mentioned his books on our show.
- It was always him. - I feel embarrassed.
I should recall my books and burn them all.
I shall have a book-burning.
(Imitating Emperor Qin)
- What's your wrong answer envelope? - Oh, that?
Everyone has a notebook full of problems they got wrong.
I noticed that they cut the problem out,
stick it on a page with the solution and have one for each subject.
That's a waste of time for me.
It's more waste.
I didn't write the whole thing out.
I wrote whatever concept or idea I didn't get...
and whatever I misunderstood, that's the important part.
I wanted to avoid making the same mistake.
I wrote those two down,
tore it out of the notebook and put it in an envelope.
Repetition is the key when it comes to wrong answer notes.
I read them repeatedly as if they were index cards.
It saves a lot of time.
With your Stopwatch Studying Method,
you made stopwatches sell out all over the country.
What is Stopwatch Studying Method?
- Do you measure time? - Yes.
Does pressing the stopwatch feel like a waste of time?
Yes.
(He answered without thinking.)
Wouldn't it be better if someone else measures the time?
(Otherwise, it will be a waste of time.)
I was in a program called "Master of Study" in 2007.
That's where I talked about Stopwatch Study Method.
Until then, stopwatches were used for 100m sprint.
This is how you use one.
When you begin to study with focus, start the stopwatch.
Then the ticking sound of a stopwatch...
makes you feel like you are taking a test.
When you take a short break, press pause.
When you begin to concentrate again, press start.
With that method, you can measure the exact time...
you stayed concentrated before you go to bed.
It raises your concentration.
I talked about this method on a program.
The next day, stopwatches sold out in every stationery stores.
I bet people couldn't have 100m sprints.
That's why people had to count with their mouths.
- Counting 1... - 2, 3.
(Counting 1, 2, 3...)
Seong Tae, I heard...
you don't watch programs with the singer, Jessi.
- Of course not. - Why is that the case?
"Jessi" sounds similar to "Retaking the examination".
(Then his students might retake the civil service examination.)
(I see.)
Get a drink of water.
"Retaking the examination".
(He is proud.)
- "Retaking the examination". - "Retaking the examination".
Then my students will have to study another year.
You wear purple underwear often.
"Purple" sounds similar to "self-directed learning".
(His thoughts are focused on college scholastic ability test.)
I like purple a lot.
I like that. It's better than "Retaking the examination".
You wear purple for self-directed learning.
- Is that strange? - Jessi took a loss for no reason.
(Jessi took a loss for no reason.)
Jeong Hoon,
I heard that you are obsessed with prime numbers.
Prime number can only be divided by itself and one.
If you take number eight for an example,
it's 2 times 2 times 2.
It looks weak.
- You like prime numbers. - Number 29.
Prime numbers seem firm.
(My goodness.)
When I set the TV volume,
I don't want it to be 24.
- It has to be 23. - Really?
If I want to raise the volume, I don't choose 24 or 25.
I set the volume to 29.
People call me crazy for it.
It makes me comfortable.
Is there a number you want when you add fuel to your car?
No, I like to make my tank full.
- That's right. - He likes to make it full.
- He keeps it full. - Of course he does.
- Of course he keeps it full. - It's convenient.
I don't want to go to the gas station often.
- It's convenient. - When you were a student,
Your teacher must have asked, "How many hits do you want?"
Did you choose prime numbers?
- I didn't get beaten by teachers. - That makes sense.
(Kim Jeong Hoon was the top of his class.)
- My goodness. - What was that?
- You finally showed your pride. - What was that?
You managed to stay modest all along.
You are annoying.
(You are annoying.)
I heard you hate being asked to give a numerical value...
to your thoughts.
It happens during interviews. When Kyu Hyun releases an album,
they ask, "What score would you give..."
"to your new album?"
Then he might say, "I give it 80 out of 100."
Such requests annoy me.
It's impossible to give numerical values to your thoughts.
When you think about it,
it's rude to numbers.
- He has strange thoughts. - Numbers must not be used that way.
Numbers have existed...
before any one of us were born. Why would you use them that way?
- You deify the numbers. - Yes, I do.
I hate statistics.
You flip a coin and gets a head.
Then the probability of getting a head is 100 percent.
It's not 50 percent because I already got a head.
In sports, there is something called the shooter's dilemma.
A shooter with 50 percent chance of making a successful shot...
shoot the basketball five times.
All of them were unsuccessful.
Most people will think, "Today is a bad day."
However, a shooter doesn't think that way.
He thinks, "My next five shots will be successful."
I make comments on TV...
with thoughts of that shooter.
When my comments fall flat,
I think, "My future comments will be massive hits."
Then you will be very funny for the remainder of the shoot.
- I will be very funny. - I see.
This is the attitude you need.
I will smack you if you aren't funny.
(I will smack you if you aren't funny.)
When Jeong Hoon was little,
he had a foul temper.
One time, he passed out from a temper tantrum. It happens.
- A temper tantrum can do that. - I bet you were screaming.
I read the baby book my mother wrote.
Apparently, I bumped my head while I was crawling.
In the midst of crying,
I stopped breathing.
My mom took me to a hospital in tears...
without her shoes or a wallet.
When the doctor tapped on me,
I took a breath and resumed crying.
She asked, "Is something wrong with him?"
The doctor smiled and said,
"He passed out from a temper tantrum."
Could it be one of the reasons why UN disbanded?
My goodness.
I heard that he passed out from crying too hard.
He stopped breathing.
In percentage, how much did it contribute to UN's disbandment?
Was it 50 to 50 between the members?
The contract had ended.
(It's a simple reason.)
(We are close.)
Top students go to Seoul National University.
- Were you top of your class? - Of course he was.
It's embarrassing, but I was.
He was top of his class.
However, Kyung Seok was never the top of his class.
He claims that he only got into Seoul National University...
because he analyzed the questions well.
- He is too modest. - When I was in high school...
You entered Korea Military Academy at the top of your class.
- I was lucky. - What does that make the others?
Are you saying that we weren't lucky?
I got good grades.
He is arrogant.
(I don't know what to say.)
I don't know what to say.
They scold me when I am modest.
They criticize me when I say I got good grades.
(They are jealous.)
Most students are nerds at Seoul National University.
Kyung Seok thought...
students wouldn't be handsome at Seoul National University...
and that he would be the top in terms of looks.
I liked sports.
I thought I would be the top in terms of looks.
You thought everyone will be like Seong Tae.
That's exactly what he said.
I didn't necessarily say that.
Anyway, that was the thought I had. Goodness,
many men were like Jeong Hoon. Female students...
There weren't many men like me.
Don't say that.
There were 3 or 4 men like him in my department alone.
- I was so surprised. - You know,
- there was a car racer, Shin Mi A. - That's right.
She graduated from Seoul National University.
Among the alumnae are Kim Tae Hee...
- and Lee Honey. - That's right.
I had the similar thought.
- You thought you would be handsome. - You thought you would be top one.
I thought I would be in the top five percent.
(Is today's special on confidence?)
Since the kings of study have visited the show,
many people must be wondering...
- what study methods they'll share. - They haven't shared any so far.
- That's right. - They mostly bragged so far.
They told us that they got good grades.
All right. Kyung Seok,
you said you will reveal...
a memorization technique that prolongs the memory.
Because I am from the generation that took an achievement test,
I am good at simple memorization.
You need to make your own associations.
Then you will remember for a long time.
(Intrigued)
- Japanese Invasion of Korea. - Let's memorize the year...
Japanese Invasion of Korea occurred.
"1592" sounds like "Being idle". "This isn't the time to be idle."
"This isn't the time to be idle."
- I used it in middle school... - Why not memorize it as it is?
- to memorize the years. - No.
- I like it. - You need to get used to it.
"This isn't the time to be idle."
I still remember it after 20 years.
- It must be in viewers' memory now. - That's right.
"This isn't the time to be idle."
In what year...
did King Sejong make Korean alphabet...
and distribute it to citizens?
It's 1446.
(Amazing)
You are incredible. How did you memorize it?
- What was the year? - It's 1446.
- How did you memorize it? - I memorized it as it is.
- It's something I simply know. - While that's nice,
- you might forget it one day. - He was born close to that time.
- That's right. - He was born close to 1446.
- He was born the closest to 1446. - Don't you remember the events?
(Don't you remember the time when Korean alphabet came out?)
When King Sejong invented Korean alphabet,
he studied with scholars of Jiphyeonjeon.
There were many scholars in Jiphyeonjeon.
Six martyred ministers were among those scholars.
- Six martyred ministers. - Park Paeng Nyeon.
"Six martyred ministers..."
"worked hard in perfect order to make it."
That's how I remember the year of 1446.
- Six martyred ministers. - You go through that process.
- Six martyred ministers... - I think it's useless.
I think it's useless.
To memorize 1446,
- I think it's useless. - you memorized other things too.
It makes you study more.
- Is that all? - Understanding is the key.
Kyu Hyun shouldn't do this to me.
I listen to "At Gwanghwamun" 20 times a day.
(It's Kyu Hyun's solo song.)
So Young...
used photographic memory techniques...
- in order to study. - She is from the new generation.
- Photographic memory? - What is that?
It's the technique of memorizing as if you are taking pictures.
You remember things as a picture.
- I see. - It's like taking pictures.
- Then they come back to you. - Thus, it's called photographic.
It's like remembering the event of throwing up.
You are right. It's similar.
- I am a fan of Zico. - Zico.
An acquaintance of mine...
knew Zico.
One day, I was in the passenger seat of my acquaintance's car.
When you receive a phone call with Bluetooth,
name and number of the caller show up on the screen.
It read, "Zico".
The call only lasted seconds,
- but I memorized his number. - It shows on the screen.
- That's right. - On the screen.
- You memorized it as a picture. - The first four numbers...
can be memorized without any techniques.
For the rest of the numbers,
I squeezed out associations.
Couldn't you have written them down right away?
- It looks bad, right? - It makes me look like a stalker.
Do you still memorize it?
- No. - You should have written it down.
I am sure he changed his number.
Kyung Seok, when you were in university,
you made enough money for tuition and car by tutoring.
When you debuted as a comedian,
you made a hit with a catchphrase, "That's quite profound."
(Kyung Seok gained popularity as soon as he debuted in 1993.)
- That's quite profound. - "That's quite profound."
- "That's quite profound." - You don't know it, do you?
- You don't know it, do you? - No, I don't.
- It was very popular. - Really?
Do you use the catchphrase at the jjamppong restaurant?
- No. - That's quite delicious.
- That's quite delicious. - You should say that to customers.
- Do it. - "Welcome. That's quite delicious."
- That's right. - "It's very spicy. My goodness."
You should definitely do it.
You should sprinkle chili pepper powder from your nose.
"I will send you pickled radish."
You should definitely do it.
I can't do that.
Viewers in elementary school must be asking, "What is that?"
She doesn't know the catchphrase.
- Of course she doesn't. - It's still funny.
You tutored a student even when you became a celebrity...
- at the request of parents. - Really?
- You did that as a celebrity. - Yes. I debuted as a comedian...
in 1993. For another year,
I tutored a student...
because he struggled with other tutors.
I tutored him on French when I worked as a comedian.
- French? - You need to prepare...
for lessons on Korean, English, and Math.
There is a reason why I was a popular tutor.
I bought almost all workbooks...
on the market.
Then I took out good questions,
wrote them down, and created handouts.
- I would give them to students. - You were a good tutor.
You charged pricier fees, right?
- No, I didn't. - He didn't charge more.
- It must have taken a lot of time. - Such method made me popular...
as a tutor. I only taught French since that was impossible.
I taught that student for another year.
Did your students get into good universities?
Not really.
I taught them about life.
So Young, your mother is a professor.
When you were little,
she taught you energy exercises and cerebral breathing.
- An instructor would come. - An instructor of energy.
- I learned energy exercises. - Did he or she give you energy?
- Did he or she do this? - I would...
- lie down. - Maybe it was like this.
I would lie down.
I...
- Can you do that? - What?
You can't do that, right? I can.
- What? - You are talking about this.
- What do you mean? - You flip a page like this.
Yes. Can you do it?
- Can you really do it? - I can do it with an A4 paper.
- You need a thin piece of paper. - I do it like this.
I don't do this.
- I do this. - Children used to do that.
- It used to be popular. - Can you do it?
How is that useful?
- You do it when you are bored. - It kills time.
- I see. - It can be used on Radio Star.
(Radio Star welcomes all kinds of specialties.)
You can do it when you feel tired from studying too hard.
(The piece of paper wobbles.)
You pushed with your hand!
(Wobbling)
- You pushed with your hand. - No, I didn't.
- I bet I can do it. - I needed to concentrate.
Try it again.
- This piece of paper is too big. - I will watch.
- It's staggering. - Don't blow air.
(The piece of paper fell.)
- Did you blow out from your nose? - No.
You gather yin and yang and shoot energy.
- Everyone is trying it. - He can't do it.
It's a difficult trick.
For goodness' sake.
- I bet Kyu Hyun can do it. - No.
- I can't do it. - Others can't do it.
You should show this trick at the jjamppong restaurant.
Give them a show.
Show it to those who get a large serving of jjamppong.
(Here comes a large serving of jjamppong.)
Let's see the energy exercises you learned.
There are exercises for cerebral breathing.
It releases the fire from your chest.
You bring your hands together and pound your chest.
You hit your solar plexus.
As you do this...
(Making a sound)
(They must have had fire in their chests.)
This is how you do it.
(They are training together.)
It releases the fire from your chest.
When you are upset, you pound your chest.
It's similar to that.
- That's an energy exercise. - Then you train...
your right brain and left brain.
Move your thumbs and little fingers alternately.
Do it quickly.
It's hard.
- You do it alternately. - Yes.
- It's hard. - Is this how you do it?
Like this. I am doing it wrong.
- Like this. - Yes.
(The kings of study are fighting against their fingers.)
Like this.
- Like this. Gosh, I can't do it. - It's hard.
I can't do it.
- It's hard. - I take this little one...
I take this little one...
It sounds like a swear word.
- Little one? - It's a little finger.
- It's a little finger. - That's right.
- Is that the little one? - Yes, it is.
So Young's father graduated...
from Seoul National University.
He is the one who came up with the concept...
of the famous commercial for Choco Pie.
- It was the first commercial. - Yes.
- Your father made it. - That's incredible.
At the time,
he was the head of the marketing department.
Choco Pie was falling behind its rivals.
There was a snack called Cocoa Pie...
that had a commercial starring Jang Go Woong.
He made a group, Jang Go Woong and the Creation of the World.
Jang Go Woong and Jang Du Seok starred in commercials...
- for Cocoa Pie. - Creation of the World.
The commercial went, "Of course, of course, Cocoa Pie."
(Gu Ra remembers the commercial from 32 years ago.)
That's right.
- This is more fascinating. - "Of course, of course,"
"Cocoa Pie."
- Did he retire? - Yes.
Does he get an incentive...
- every time the commercial airs? - Office workers don't have that.
When new products come out, he gets a box full of them.
(He gets snacks instead of incentives.)
Leslie Cheung, who was the star of Hong Kong in the 80s...
appeared in a Korean chocolate commercial and made it a hit.
(I will always remember you.)
(It's a chocolate commercial from the 80s.)
Your dad was the one who casted Leslie Cheung.
- Yes. - He is incredible.
- Is that your Dad? - He is the one on the left.
Your Dad is on the older side.
Yes, he was born in 1950.
- He was born in 1950. - He had you late.
Yes.
- Leslie Cheung was very young. - I know.
Leslie Cheung came...
- and starred in a commercial. - Yes.
It looks like they ate jumulleok.
(Gu Ra became Detective Conan.)
So Young, you have an eccentric ideal type.
You like men with thick elbows...
- who can clean your ears... - How does one have thick elbows?
- and take gum you were chewing. - Such men don't exist.
Such men don't exist.
- There are men who take chewed gum. - That's right.
- Really? - Yes, there are.
- It's not hard. - Dads do it.
That's right. A man like my dad is my ideal type.
Why do you like thick elbows?
I like thick arms.
When I lock arms with someone,
I like to touch...
his or her arm. It's a habit of mine.
Not many people have thick elbows even when they are fat.
Most people have bony elbows.
That's why...
I have a favor to ask of Gu Ra.
- I want to touch your elbow. - Okay.
It seems like...
many women...
like me.
(Does Gu Ra have elbows So Young likes?)
I have thick elbows.
Is this what you mean?
(What will her answer be?)
It's not thick.
- No? - It's not thick.
What exactly do you want? Wait a minute.
His elbow is thin, too.
It's not very common.
Gook Jin's elbows are out of the question.
- They are bony. - No.
- Out of the three, - Does he have thick elbows?
- he has the thickest elbows. - Let me feel them.
- It's thicker than expected. - Pay me first!
You need to relax.
Your elbows are very thin.
You are eliminated. You don't qualify.
Does your father have thick elbows?
No, but the man I used to date...
How do I have thick elbows?
- I don't get it. - These elbows are rare.
Don't touch them so much.
I didn't know Gook Jin has a body part that is thick.
It's fascinating that she cares about the thickness of elbows.
When I meet someone, I inquire his Chinese zodiac sign...
- and birthday. - Really?
That's because I remember people by their Chinese zodiac signs.
- Really? - Rabbit, dog,
- rooster, and snake. - Rooster.
People who are six years apart...
are incompatible.
- Six years? - Yes.
That means I am incompatible with rabbit.
Whose Chinese zodiac sign is rabbit?
It's me.
Hurry up and go to the army.
This is what Kyung Seok wrote in his essay two years ago.
I didn't know you published an essay.
It's titled "29 and 42".
"My daughter, don't be someone who packs for her English class."
"Be someone who packs to caress the world."
(Moved)
I really hope she will do that.
That's why I am against early education.
You won't give your all to get her into a good school.
- No. - Does your wife agree?
- My wife... - She is in charge of education.
A dad's view on education doesn't matter that much.
That's right. You will get swayed by your wife.
Fortunately, my wife doesn't try to sway me.
Do you think so?
(Do as your mother says, my daughter.)
You're against the idea of educating a child too early,
so you're proud that your six-year-old daughter...
still can't write her name.
- I was like that, - I am with you on this.
but yesterday I found out that she can now write it.
(He didn't expect it.)
I let my wife decide on my daughter's education.
But you want to wait until it's time.
Yesterday, she was writing vowels.
- Is she six years old? - Yes.
That's when they start.
(It's nothing unusual.)
Is that right?
Seong Tae, your daughter...
(He hesitates for a while.)
Is that right? You didn't teach her at all,
but she learned Korean by herself.
- How old is she? - What does that make Kyung Seok's?
What does that make Kyung Seok's daughter?
How can you sabotage a person like this?
What does that make Kyung Seok's daughter?
My daughter started learning Korean yesterday.
- How old is she? - How old is she?
She's six years old now.
What does that make my daughter?
- What does that make her daughter? - I know that they're the same age.
Did she learn it by herself when you didn't want to teach her?
I was very pressured about her education.
I've seen too many parents and students stressed about education.
I didn't want to stress my child.
- So how did she do it? - How did she do it?
Through the education channel.
- Did she do it by herself? - She picked up from watching TV.
She only watches the education channel.
- They play cartoons. - Right.
There's a program I strongly recommend.
It's called "Hanguli Yaho".
You know that show, don't you?
My child loves "The Rebel".
("The Rebel" is good too.)
Seong Tae, your first mentee was your little brother.
Right now, your brother is famous now as...
someone who levels with a student from University of Tokyo.
- Let's check this first. - I know that.
You have to look at the bottom one first.
He looks like a Japanese.
- He's not my brother. - What's this then?
It's in Japanese, but I'll explain what happened.
Japanese TV interviewed a student from University of Tokyo.
The interviewer asked, "Why did you go to University of Tokyo"?
And he said he went there because it's close to his house.
Japanese called him crazy for that.
The Korean version of him is my brother over there.
- They are the two crazy guys. - People...
- make fun of him on the internet. - Right.
This guy said he went to University of Tokyo because it's close.
Someone asked him how he went to Seoul National University,
and he answered that he studied...
because he didn't have any friends to play with.
- So he's your brother. - Yes.
- That's my brother. - I think it's funny.
Here's what happened.
During the interview,
he talked about how his school life had been.
He mentioned that he once transferred to another school.
He was expecting to see kids playing balls after school.
- But there was nobody. - That's why he studied.
It turned out every student in that town got tutored.
He didn't have anyone to play with after school,
so he started getting tutored and studied hard too.
- And he got into his college. - That's what he said,
- but it got titled liked that. - That happens.
The one on the bottom is serious. His face says it.
He really went to his university because it's close to his house.
He looks like he doesn't want to travel far.
(I hate traveling far.)
Seong Tae,
you asked your wife to go to Mount Baekdu for honeymoon,
and you got yelled at.
We were discussing where to go for our honeymoon.
So I told her we should go to Mount Baekdu, and...
I almost got slapped on my face.
- Why did you suggest there? - That's not a usual honeymoon spot.
That's our sacred mountain.
- You wanted it's good energy. - I wanted to receive good energy.
In the end, you got scolded by your wife...
and ended up going to a car manufacturing factory...
and Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Did your wife suggest this?
- I think he did. - You are so unusual.
You tricked her that you were going to Germany, didn't you?
I chose Germany for our honeymoon.
It's because I majored in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Germany is the best when it comes to mechanical engineering.
There's a company like Mann Engineering.
Any engineer's dream is driving through the Autobahn.
I had to do it before I die.
So we rented a small car and hit the road.
- That's why you went there. - I went there with...
an atlas and a history book.
I took "Far-away nations, Neighboring nations, Germany".
- I took those books. - You were on a study abroad.
(It must've been a very unusual honeymoon.)
People usually post lovely pictures at a beach and...
pictures of delicious food when they go on honeymoon.
One day, we wanted to look at our honeymoon photos again.
And we had a picture...
taken in a gas chamber.
- On the next page, - At a concentration camp.
there was a picture taken at an incineration plant.
The next picture was taken at a human experimentation lab.
- It was a history tour. - It was.
It was where the most tragic event of human history took place.
After we visited there,
we couldn't laugh for about two nights and three days.
There are many beautiful places to visit in Germany.
(Vacation spots are the best for honeymoon.)
Jeong Hoon will be starring in "Pacific Rim: Maelstrom".
"Pacific Rim" was quite popular.
I will appear very briefly.
The production company was somehow related to China.
That's why.
I've been working in China,
so my acquaintances recommended me.
But the casting had already been closed.
So they added a scene...
- just to cast me. - But your level of English is...
When I saw you on a travel program, you weren't as good as...
You mean when I traveled with my father.
You weren't very good.
- I can't speak English. - Okay.
I went to New Zealand,
and they spoke in English. I didn't know about it before.
What is he talking about?
The natives talk really strangely.
What's strange?
Their accent sounds similar to British accent, but it's strange.
It took us 2 to 3 hours to just rent a car.
We struggled a lot. We struggled to check-in too.
How do you act in a Hollywood movie? Obviously there must be a script.
There's someone who helps me with English.
He teaches me how to pronounce every word.
There's a word "drones" in one of my lines.
I said, "drones". And he said it was wrong.
He told me to say "drones".
- They sound the same. - They are very similar.
- They sound very similar to us. - I think...
Jeong Hoon is not very good at speaking in English.
Say "drones".
(How would she say it?)
- It's different. - It's different.
Drones.
(He tries hard.)
You smile like an American after you say "drones".
(He can't speak like an American, but he can smile like an American.)
I look a bit like Robin Williams, don't I?
You do look like Robin Williams. You do when you smile.
Really.
You are watching a high-end music program, Radio Star.
Today, we are here with the four kings of study.
They will be singing the songs that will show their humane charms.
We saw a lot of their humane charms today.
Let's listen to Kyung Seok's song first.
(The voice sounds familiar.)
He chose his own song.
He always promotes it.
It's been a long time since he got married.
This song was written by Suho.
- Is he from EXO? - No.
- He's not Suho from EXO. - He's not.
Why did you choose this song?
Why do you like this song so much?
I wrote this to propose to my wife.
The subtitle is "I stole your heart".
Aren't you and your wife like friends by now?
No, my heart is still burning with love.
(He's such a romantic.)
- Let's listen to "Thief". - "Thief".
(How will he sing "Thief"?)
(He's the thief who stole his wife's heart.)
(He stole the heart of the girl who's 13 years younger.)
(He starts singing with a nasal sound.)
(You came to me)
(You've become my everything now)
(I am sorry that I can't promise you anything)
(The lyrics show his sincere love for his wife.)
(It's lovely.)
(I really loved you that I stole your heart)
(The love thief is confessing his crime.)
(It had to be you)
(He sings hard with a nasal sound.)
(I felt like I was going to die without you)
(I can't live without you now)
(That's right)
(Gook Jin is the featuring rapper.)
What is that?
(Gook Jin tries to move his hand like a rapper.)
(His gestures are full of swag.)
(So Young cracks up.)
(Every other man)
(Is a thief)
(It was a great collaboration of the two thieves.)
Gook Jin was good.
- You turned into a rapper. - I know.
- I had a small role. - Where did you learn to do this?
- Thank you, Gook Jin. - I had a tiny role.
You're in love too.
- Right. - Yes.
He's like Zico in his 50s.
(He's like Zico in his 50s.)
Let's listen to Seong Tae's choice of song this time.
(Yangpa's "I Know Everything" was released in 1999.)
- She's really smart too. - Goodness.
She's a smart singer.
She's not humble at all. She says she knows everything.
Good student's two favorite songs are...
"I Know Everything" and "I Know It".
- Why did you choose this song? - It's better than "I Know It".
- "I Know Everything". - "I Know Everything".
When I was a student, I listened to this song more than 1,000 times.
- Why? - This song made me get through it.
If it weren't for this song, I wouldn't even be here.
I studied hard...
and rested for five minutes while listening to this song.
I was such a huge fan of her at the time.
- I sent a lot of messages to her. - Did you?
But she didn't reply.
(I am sorry. I was busy then.)
Seong Tae, the king of study, will sing "I Know Everything".
(He's more nervous now than when he's giving a lecture.)
(I know everything)
(What is going on?)
(He sings as if he's just reading a book.)
(Oh, my gosh.)
(He's nothing like Chang Ki Ha when he sings.)
(You're getting tired of me)
(He has listened to it a thousand times,)
(But it sounds like he's singing it for the first time.)
(He almost gives up.)
It's okay.
(He's ruthless when he's giving a lecture,)
(but he's very docile right now.)
(Don't do it)
(He thinks he's funny too.)
(Forgetting you)
(The title is "I Know Everything", but he doesn't know how to sing.)
I am sorry.
- Good job. - Don't apologize.
I'm a terrible singer.
- It's okay. - We know how sincere you are.
- We do. - We do.
Because I give lectures, my voice is always bad.
- It goes bad, doesn't it? - Right, the lectures.
- Are you using that as an excuse? - No.
(He's embarrassed.)
Kyung Seok asked if you knew the song.
- I listened to it so many times. - At first, I thought...
- he became too emotional. - That's not it.
- That wasn't it, right? - Not one bit was right.
(It means he's a bad singer.)
Today was "Studying Is the Easiest Thing To Do,"
"the Kings of Study Special".
Kyung Seok, can you tell us how it was?
I'm sure there are some viewers...
who sat down with their children to watch this show because...
it's "the Kings of Study Special".
They must think...
we are not that smart after all, and we can't even remember things.
They might get disappointed,
but what's important is to make your child want to study.
Don't force your child to study.
That's one advice I can give.
- Right. - We already lost them.
They said, "What is this? What is this nonsense?"
They already changed the channel.
They must've realized that it isn't the time to be idle.
Jeong Hoon?
You must already know this.
You have to keep studying to study well.
You need to keep practicing to play sports well.
The same thing goes for singing.
I realized I shouldn't be lazy.
- It was a fun time. - Seong Tae.
I think it's about time you students turn off the TV.
(He gives a ruthless advice to the students.)
I know you're all studying very hard.
- You can do it. - That's only the beginning.
Yes. Know that you are not alone.
I hope you always remember that.
Because you graduated Seoul National University,
you are all very good at finishing your talks.
They all finished very nicely.
That's how they got into Seoul National University.
You can't get into that university if you're bad at finishing things.
So Young, tell us how it was today.
I was very nervous.
But everyone treated me nicely.
So I enjoyed it very much almost like a viewer.
It was really fun.
We thought they were geniuses from birth.
But it turns out they worked their way up to become the kings of study.
We think it's cliche to say...
hard work never betrays you,
but it turns out it's quite profound...
But it turns out it's quite profound...
- after all. - That's not how you do it.
- This is how you do it. - It's very cliche, but...
I've never done it the other way.
- That's very profound! - That's very profound!
It was a very profound time indeed.
Thank you.
We will say goodbye here. See you next week.
- Please! - Please!