("I Live in Korea Special" Part 2)
(Angelina shares about life in Korea.)
(24-hour convenience stores)
(Free Wi-Fi places)
- It's amazing. - Exactly. Free Wi-Fi.
(Angelina is a big fan of Korean-style sauna.)
(When he goes to a Korean-style sauna...)
(Why are they so confident?)
(Weird confidence)
(Middle-aged ladies...)
(The passionate body scrub service)
(When playing a game, they say, "Kill it!")
(But in a karaoke, they become so emotional.)
(It's hard to understand Korean greeting culture.)
(I am working hard already!)
(Congolese are sensitive about the word "kill".)
(I will kill you.)
(Culture shock)
He's good at giving reactions.
(Please introduce me to a good talk academy.)
(The newly rising talk master)
(Jonathan's Korean competency assessment)
(How good is Ha Il's Korean?)
(He's not as fluent as a native Korean speaker.)
(I moved to Korea before you were born.)
(Angelina's "Solo" will be revealed.)
(How would you rate Angelina's dance?)
(That was amazing.)
(Stay tuned for their fantastic stories.)
She looked stable.
Just as Guzal said,
- She's in her heyday. - Of course.
She's called Elf and Queen Angelina.
You came to Korea because of a job offer.
That's right. In my hometown,
I went to a Korean restaurant.
I posted a photo of myself...
eating Korean food on Instagram.
And then my Instagram became very popular.
Your photo drew attention.
It made my Instagram famous.
What food were you eating?
I was eating soybean paste stew.
- In Russia? - Were you in Russia?
(At a Korean restaurant in Russia?)
- One photo... - Did you like the stew?
I loved it.
- Do you still like it? - Yes, I do.
Soybean paste stew suits foreigners' taste.
- Is that right? - Really?
- At first... - The smell...
Soybean paste stew doesn't usually smell bad.
Kimchi stew is a little bit spicy...
and has a strong flavor. I like soybean paste stew.
- It's good. - How about...
- rich soybean paste stew? - It's too much for me.
Really? I love rich soybean paste stew.
- Guzal, do you like it? - I really like it.
- You have similar tastes. - I mix it with rice...
(Good seating arrangement)
- You mix it with rice? - It's so good.
- It's the best. - Absolutely.
There was a TV show called "Babel 250".
- I remember the show. - Yes.
The producer of the show wrote me an e-mail...
- in Russian to cast me. - An e-mail?
In Russian?
Hello.
(Angelina's Korean TV show debut)
(Incredibly beautiful)
(This is how Angelina made her debut in Korea.)
She was cast in a variety show.
She got cast...
because of her photo...
- eating Korean food. - That's right.
Anyway, one photo that she posted on her SNS...
- turned her life around. - Exactly.
Just as she said, she was...
an ordinary college student.
Someone...
posted about me...
on their blog.
The person wrote about me.
After that, Korean men visited my Instagram...
and left a lot of comments.
(She was bombarded with comments.)
- You got many comments. - Yes.
"Hello. I'm Korean. Marry me."
- "Marry me." - "Marry me."
- "I'm a Korean man." - Every morning,
I saw endless notifications on my phone.
- I got so many comments. - I see.
It was filled.
There were so many funny comments.
- What are they? - What comments?
"The body like a beep". "The pretty queen".
(The body like a beep?)
- The body like a bottle? - Oh, a bottle?
Be careful with the pronunciation.
(Watch your pronunciation.)
I was surprised. I wondered what she meant.
I thought she was talking about a harsh comment.
"The body like a bottle". "The pretty queen".
Comments like these. It's amazing...
how they come up with expressions like that.
- I'm so curious. - Exactly.
There's a similar expression in English.
- A body like a bottle... - Yes, like a bottle.
- Like a Coke bottle. - Right.
- Is it an expression? - Yes.
- However... - Your Russian friends...
tease you for being called Queen Angelina.
That's right. When I go to Russia...
and meet my friends, they say,
"The queen is here." "Here's the elf."
They tease me like this.
It makes me feel embarrassed.
It's quite...
I heard your father is in Korea now.
How does your family think of your career in Korea?
- My career in Korea? - Yes.
- They feel uncomfortable. - Uncomfortable?
Did I say it right? I meant, proud.
- They're proud of you. - You thought of "pride".
"Uncomfortable" and "pride" sound similar.
- I meant to say... - We could've thought...
her family felt uncomfortable about it.
"Oh, they feel uncomfortable."
I thought, "Angelina will go back to Russia soon."
"Angelina is under a lot of pressure."
- She's cute. - But she meant, proud.
- She got confused. - I have a question.
You said you got a lot of comments from Korean men,
and some of them even asked you to marry them.
I think that changed your perspective on Korean men.
What do you think?
To be honest,
the nationality of a man...
- doesn't matter to me. - I see.
- It doesn't matter? - No.
So I haven't thought...
Then what do you think about a Korean guy...
- like Sae Ho? - She's helping him out.
- I'm trying to. - Well...
- He seems nice. - Angelina.
- Angelina. - I don't know him...
- well enough to say that. - It's like a blind date.
(It looks like a blind date.)
What about his appearance? Does he look likable?
He already heard it from a lot of...
- Korea women. - He seems nice.
Okay. That's it.
All right.
(Polite)
Angelina is funny.
- Look at their outfits. - Exactly.
- They look like a couple. - They look like a couple.
- Their outfits... - That's right.
It looks like a traditional wedding.
(A traditional wedding?)
Do you not mind dating a shorter guy?
I don't mind.
Tall women tend to be attracted to a short man.
- Really? - Yes.
- Really? I don't... - She's helping him out.
- Are you teasing me? - No.
No? All right.
Unlike what she said, she married Lee Dong Gun.
- What's wrong with you? - Yoon Hee.
- I'm sorry. - She told me...
- She apologized. - I'm sorry.
She said she only cared about a man's personality.
I really don't care about a man's appearance.
Then why did you marry Dong Gun?
Because he has a good personality.
What do you think, Guzal?
- About Korean men. - Since I have...
lived in Korea for so long,
I don't think I can date a foreign man.
- Are you serious? - Yes.
I've only dated Korean men while living in Korea.
- Oh, I see. - When I see a foreigner,
I think, "Oh, a foreigner is passing by."
(Foreigners feel strange.)
- I see. - I wasn't the only one.
- That's how I feel. - "What if..."
"he asks me for directions."
Exactly. "I'll get annoyed if he asks me out."
"I'm more compatible with a Korean man."
I think more like a Korean now.
It's because you lived in Korea for a long time.
I'm compatible with Korean men.
Could you please elaborate?
First of all,
I heard so many people saying...
that I'm more like a Korean woman now.
So I think I can't get along with a foreign man.
I hit it off with Korean men,
and they're easier to understand.
And considering my personality,
I think I'm compatible with a Korean man.
Also, I'm not sure if I'll get married,
but it'd be nice if I marry a Korean man.
Guzal and Yoon Hee have met before.
Yes, we have. In 2010,
we played in the daily drama,
"Golden Fish".
- In the same drama? - Yes. I played...
I played Park Ki Woong's wife,
and she played my sister-in-law.
We saw each other often back then.
(It smells bad!)
(Rebecca: Guzal Sister-in-law: Yoon Hee)
(I worked hard to make it!)
(I understand you hate it, but you're in Korea.)
(No! It stinks!)
My first impression of Yoon Hee...
was that she had body proportions...
of a Western woman.
She's happy.
- I'm serious. - She's happy.
- Yoon Hee... - She has...
a small face.
She looks a little bit like a foreigner too.
- She's also tall... - Yes.
- She's tall too. - and has long legs.
Did you two get along well with each other?
With Yoon Hee, I felt a little awkward...
as it was my first acting experience.
- Everything felt strange. - Exactly. Also,
- she's a quiet person. - She seemed quiet.
So I didn't get a lot of chances to talk to her.
It's a shame. Yoon Hee, let's meet up often.
When I saw her again in this studio,
I felt so apologetic towards her.
Since I was a leading actress of the drama,
I was overwhelmed...
by my role in the drama,
I couldn't take care of other actors.
- She must've been lonely. - I'm sure...
that Yoon Hee avoided you...
because she lacked confidence in English.
When she hosted a radio show,
she avoided to talk about English songs.
- Really? - Yes.
I get nervous around foreigners.
- She wrote down... - Her Korean was good.
She looked so beautiful,
I couldn't approach her.
Yoon Hee.
She looked like a doll.
And she talked highly of me...
So now you're going to open up your heart to her.
I think I can open up my heart to her.
I should have told her this back then.
I'm sorry, Yoon Hee.
You would be her best friend now.
I told you too late.
And he's an Englishman who loves Korea.
Josh, what's the most memorable thing...
of Korean culture you learned...
when you were young?
When I was young,
I hung out with Koreans at school.
At break time between our classes,
we ate "S" ramyeon.
Chinese people also like "S" ramyeon.
- That's right. - It's popular.
- When I was in school, - "S" ramyeon.
I ate "S" ramyeon at school.
Or we played gonggi during the break time.
- You played gonggi? - Gonggi?
I think I was 14 years old.
Kids these days mostly play video games.
But back then, kids played gonggi. But to me,
it looked like they were playing with weird rocks.
It looked like a circus performance.
A circus performance?
- Right. - Circus.
- I had no idea. - A circus performance?
At first, I didn't know how to play it,
so I lost every time I played it.
But I improved over time.
By the way, you have 3 million subscribers.
That's amazing.
What content do you make?
Do you introduce Korean culture?
Yes. I have two channels.
On my first channel, "Korean Englishman",
I try to link Korean and English culture.
And on my second channel, with my friend Ollie,
I introduce English culture...
and show our friendship.
Basically, we have fun together...
and enjoy making videos.
- I have a question. - His friend...
is very funny.
- Is he? - He's talented.
He's very fun to be with.
I'm sorry to say this,
but he's much funnier than Josh.
You two are becoming similar.
- It's true... - That's right.
- You criticize everyone. - I just...
You criticized your senior and then your junior.
- You criticized everyone. - I didn't criticize him.
I didn't criticize him.
Josh is more like an MC,
- and his friend... - Oh, he's the funny one.
Josh speaks Korean really well.
But he said he pretends he's good at it.
But I think your Korean is good.
I didn't get good grades at school.
- Really? - So...
I learned to speak Korean more from my friends...
than from Korean classes.
I talked a lot while playing with them...
- It's important. - and heard them.
- You have to be active. - That's how I learned it.
So there are a lot of Korean words I don't know.
But even when I hear the word I don't know,
- I pretend I know it. - You must know more now.
Jonathan said "identity crisis" earlier.
Do you know what that means?
No, I don't.
Please explain it to him.
An identity crisis is...
caused by an internal conflict.
(Laughing)
Do you know the word "internal"?
Please teach me Korean.
Just a little bit.
- Use easier words. - Okay.
"Internal" is a difficult word.
In your mind,
you have...
I should speak English, but my English is poor.
(He's not confident with his English.)
It means you're not sure...
who you really are.
- That's right. - It's hard to conclude.
- It's confusing. - It's confusing.
Ha Il, since you're the oldest among all,
please explain it to Josh.
- Please explain it. - I don't want to know.
I don't know it either.
It's better to explain it for your future.
You... Well... You explain to him instead.
Just a quick explanation.
I think he really doesn't know what it means.
Why are you doing this to me?
I'm giving away a chance.
- It seems like... - He doesn't know.
you don't know. Am I right?
I don't... I don't know.
(I don't know what that means.)
My goodness.
He's just like the typical elderly people in Korea.
If they can't answer... "Why are you asking me?"
(They yell when they can't answer.)
- "Why must you know it?" - "What's wrong with you?"
- "Stop asking." - You explain it.
I moved to Korea, so I speak Korean well,
but I'm not Korean.
- Having said that, - That's right.
it's not that I like Congo food so much.
And I forgot the language too.
You moved to Korea when you were little.
So I'm not sure which side I should go along with.
"Go along with"?
It's difficult to decide.
- "Go along with". - Do you know this?
His Korean is really good.
He's amazing.
I just pretended I understood him.
Jonathan was so young when he moved to Korea...
and learned Korean.
- I was eight years old. - Children at that age...
start school in Korea.
That's right. I moved to Korea at that age.
Do you speak Korean when you talk to your family?
I used to speak Korean at home too, but now...
I'm banned to speak Korean.
- Why? - Why?
My parents said...
that I forgot the language of my country...
because I spoke Korean all the time.
- Really? - Of course.
So they ask me to refrain myself...
from speaking Korean at home.
My siblings and I speak in Korean...
when we don't want our parents...
to understand us. I have four siblings.
We speak Korean to ourselves.
But it's not appropriate.
So do you speak Congo at home?
Yes, I do.
But in fact,
my mother's tribe and my father's...
use different languages.
And there's Lingala spoken in one area.
Also, we speak French in Congo.
Thus, it's hard to unify the language.
Don't most of them speak French?
Yes. We also speak French.
And since my father can speak English,
we chat in English sometimes.
- He speaks English too? - He helps me...
improve my English.
Then you speak three languages.
- You can say that. - French and English...
- That's right. - I can speak French.
But I don't speak English so well.
What's the common language for your family?
We speak Lingala.
It's one of the major languages in Congo.
Can you show us a little?
I want to hear it.
- Which one? - Lingala.
I'll introduce myself in Lingala.
(Introducing himself)
I'm not sure, but your pronunciation...
- You sounded... - Did I sound awkward?
Yes. A little bit awkward.
(He uses a lot of colloquial expressions.)
You used that expression so many times.
Like a Korean man speaking a foreign language.
- That's right. - Yes.
- Really? - Just a little bit.
This is why I'm banned from speaking Korean.
(Jonathan feels awkward with Lingala.)
Because he started learning Korean...
at the youngest age among our guests,
he said he would be better than the others...
at speaking Korean.
- I think you're the best. - Me too.
You sure are the best.
I'm confident.
When you watch TV,
you see a lot of foreigners.
- "Foreigners"? - When I see them,
I tend to evaluate their Korean levels.
- That's understandable. - My goodness.
Okay! Let's see how you do it!
(Guzal, Josh, Angelina,)
(Sam, Ha Il)
Have you evaluated Sam's Korean level?
Well, I...
(Clearly, he has done it.)
- It's okay. - Let's move on.
Tell us your honest opinion.
I have evaluated his Korean level.
I thought that he should work on his Korean.
What about Robert?
As for him,
he knows Korean expressions.
But he still has his accent and habits...
that he's used to.
So even when he tries to speak Korean naturally,
he's not as fluent as a native speaker.
He makes a lot of effort?
Yes. I can see how hard he tries.
He's trying.
I moved to Korea before you were born!
- That's right. - You're not used to it.
I'm in no position to evaluate them, but...
You just evaluate...
- their Korean levels. - That's right.
How would you rate...
Ha Il's Korean ability?
On a scale of 1 to 10,
- Okay. - I'd give him seven...
No, 7.5.
- 7.5? - 7.5.
What about Sam?
I would give him 5.5.
(Ha Il 7.5, Sam 5.5)
He's excited because he won.
It's not a low score.
All right. What about Guzal?
As for Guzal... Judging from what I saw today,
- I would give her 5.9. - 5.9?
I think she deserves a higher score.
- How about Josh? - It's accurate.
Josh surprised me.
He has good intonation.
- That's right. - That's right.
So I asked him how long...
he lived in Korea, and he said one year.
He has such good intonation. You have to...
dig deep when it comes to intonation.
You're talking like a professor.
- Exactly. - A linguistics professor.
What's his score out of 10 points?
I'd give him 6.8 out of 10 points.
- 6.8 points. - What?
(Oh, my.)
(Sam stands up.)
Why would you give him 6.8 points?
You gave Guzal a lower score than expected.
Guzal speaks Korean really well.
Do you want to be on his videos that much?
Gosh.
She deserves a higher score.
Is that a trophy?
- Calm down. - She deserves 8 points.
Is that the Top Excellence Award trophy?
Thank you so much!
(He changes his attitude.)
KBS, I love you!
We can do it! 2019! Let's go for it!
(Laughing)
He got the lowest score, right?
- Yes. - How about Angelina?
She lived in Korea for a short period of time.
But I would give her...
- 3 points. - 3 points.
How about us, the MCs?
- I admit it. - As for the MCs,
I realized this while watching this show.
I think that Jae Seok...
speaks in an elegant way.
How would you rate him?
I'd give him 9.9 out of 10 points.
He gave me a high score.
9.9 is a very high score.
- What about Hyun Moo? - Hyun Moo...
I'm a former announcer.
I know that.
He's highly educated.
I haven't heard him talk so much.
Go with what you feel.
I guess he can get 9.3 out of 10 points.
- 9.3 points? - Yes.
What about Sae Ho?
You really have to be careful here.
Just be frank.
I'll be frank.
I don't have anything against you.
About seven...
I'd give him around seven.
- Seven? - But he's Korean.
That's lower than Ha Il.
I'm being frank.
(Ha Il's Korean is better than him.)
That's lower than Ha Il.
What do I need to do to do to improve myself?
What do you think his style is like?
He needs to structure his words.
You need to...
Your words are jumbled up.
- It's not organized. - Right.
What about the words he uses?
The words he uses are...
middle school level.
- Middle school. - Middle school.
No, no, no.
- It's true. - It's just my thought.
It's just my opinion.
Yes, you're telling us what you think.
Can you recommend me some books?
I want to recommend history books.
Vocabulary is very diverse in those sort of books.
I think you'll improve if you do that.
I'm also going through an identity crisis.
"I think you'll improve."
(Sae Ho is humiliated.)
He is from Congo. He's in 12th grade.
This was Jonathan's Korean level test.
(Sae Ho, try to improve your Korean.)
It was a level test.
That was funny.
- Yoon Hee. - Angelina is...
already a full Korean now.
She really loves the Korean sauna.
- Really? - Yes, I do.
I go there very often with my friends.
I had my body professionally scrubbed.
- The body scrubbing. - I tried it once.
So much dead skin came off.
- It was your first time? - It was my first time.
My skin felt so soft.
It became like baby's skin.
I was very surprised.
The lady goes like this.
She makes that noise.
Look at that movement.
She's strong.
She has to do that because Angelina is tall.
For us, they only have to do this.
- Really? - It goes that long.
(The scrubber is good.)
Are you scared of the sauna?
There was a small sauna.
It was too hot.
- It's hot in there. - So I didn't go in.
- I was scared. - It's like that at first.
But I could hear someone saying inside,
"This is so refreshing."
- It is. - I always hear that.
- I really love it. - I think Koreans love it.
I go to Korean saunas often.
This happened while back.
When I was in "Chitchat of Beautiful Ladies",
- we were quite famous. - That's true.
Many people recognized me.
I was going around naked and they were all staring.
It was very embarrassing.
Suddenly, this lady came up to me.
She asked for my signature.
But I thought how can I do that when we're naked.
- For your signature. - How can I do that?
I was afraid...
she might ask me to take a photo with her.
Because of that, I didn't go for a year or two.
It kind of traumatized me.
That could happen.
I was also a foreigner.
Unlike now, there weren't as many foreigners then.
They stared at me so much.
They recognized me, and I was grateful.
They said nice things to me too.
- But it was embarrassing. - I understand.
Embarrassing situations did happen.
That was awkward.
It means that they are happy to see you, but...
But...
don't you have saunas in Uzbekistan?
- There are banyas. - Right.
It's a little different from Russian banyas.
The culture is a bit different.
For Russian banyas,
you go into a small room in the countryside.
You get hit with tree leaves.
Right, they use leaves.
Hitting with leaves is just like scrubbing.
- I get it. - That's right.
- They hit you. - It goes over 70˚.
It is over 70˚.
- So it's much hotter. - That's very hot.
It's hard to breathe in there.
There's a lot of snow all around.
So people go and throw snow over themselves.
To cool themselves.
It's so refreshing.
They go to a cold place, then the hot place.
That's how they get the good effect.
It is so good for blood circulation.
We don't have...
a scrubbing culture, so it was interesting.
To have someone scrub your body...
like this was new to me.
- They scrub you. - They do it for you.
We hit ourselves.
Or someone does it for you from the back.
We have that.
That's interesting.
Jonathan, I heard...
you had difficult times because of public baths.
I don't go there often.
In Congo...
we don't show our naked bodies.
- It's not good manners. - Really?
- Yes. - It's not good manners.
I've never seen my father naked in my whole life.
So...
- Never? - Never.
Not even once.
If you show your naked body,
we think it's a curse.
We have that kind of belief.
- It's a curse. - It kind of means that.
First, I went in trying to cover myself.
But everyone was like, "This is good".
- So it was really... - Shocking.
I was thinking, "What is this self-confidence?"
(The man from Congo was shocked.)
Then there is the hair dryer.
People do this.
They do this with the hair dryer.
With the dryer.
They dry themselves like that.
(They have looked at the people thoroughly.)
- No, no. - With the dryer.
Then the brush?
What about this?
What about how the guys brush their teeth?
(Brushing teeth with passion)
Jae Seok does that.
They brush their teeth really hard.
You can see blood coming out.
(Passion calls for blood.)
I brush very hard.
I saw Jae Seok.
He starts out like this.
(He's witnessed Jae Seok brushing his teeth.)
Then this.
- I brush hard. - He does it hard.
Is he cleaning his esophagus?
I brush really hard.
It's as if he is ringing a bell.
(He brushes his teeth like he's ringing a bell.)
I brush hard.
I think Congo has a very different culture from us.
I heard you were surprised while watching a sitcom.
After I came to Korea...
I watched "High Kick!".
There was a scene where the grandfather farted.
It was funny.
I was so surprised that Koreans found it so funny.
In Congo...
farting is a huge taboo.
So we're very strict about that.
I have never seen my parents fart.
Not once. When I talk to my Korean friends...
they ask what I'm talking about.
They say their fathers can make music with farts.
(They can do live fart concerts.)
It means they fart often.
Sometimes they make you smell it.
That was weird for me.
So you go to the bathroom to fart?
Yes, when it's urgent I go to the bathroom.
I take care of my needs in the bathroom.
You make the thunder there.
I make the thunder there.
But the thunder is really loud.
It's because you've been suppressing it.
You might think it's an earthquake.
Since we are on the subject...
what do you when you are shooting?
What do you do when your bodily needs happen?
I clap my hands.
(What is Jae Seok's solution?)
(He claps as hard as he can.)
There are many ways. "And now!"
- Suddenly. - Talk about the points.
- Suddenly. - Really?
- I made a mistake once. - What was it?
(Jonathan talks about his experience with farting.)
This is what happened.
My friends all know that I don't fart.
I made a mistake once.
I think I was standing.
I farted once while I was running.
It made a loud noise.
I started doing this so my friends won't notice.
(He pretended to be singing.)
That's funny.
I sang like this.
He sure is a student.
(I sometimes let the gas flow out.)
Do you know what Angelina just did?
"Make some noise."
(Hide it with noise.)
No.
(She is the queen of reacting.)
(He makes rattling noises.)
(She adds the rhythm.)
He sure is a student.
- That's an example. - An example.
I don't really know.
Is there anything else you were surprised about?
Besides the sitcom.
I was surprised about wearing shoes.
About wearing shoes in the house.
I mean taking off your shoes in Korea.
About taking shoes off in the house.
Yes.
My father scolded me many times about this.
I went inside the house with my shoes on.
He said, "You can't do this in Korea."
I couldn't understand that at the time.
Why do I have to take my shoes off?
Now, I realize it's really hygienic.
I watched the movie "The Untouchables".
The main character came...
and jumped on his bed with his shoes on.
It was terrible.
(It was terrible.)
That's right.
You know so much.
I felt it was so unsanitary.
You've been walking around in your shoes all day.
You're coming in from outside.
How do you clean it?
I thought, "Is there a special mop?"
"A special mop"?
I heard you were surprised about the glasses.
For us, the characteristic of old people is...
wearing glasses.
People don't wear glasses.
Wearing glasses means that you are old.
In Korea, I saw everyone,
old and young, wearing glasses.
I wondered if there was some kind of a problem.
We don't have that in Congo.
Many foreigners think that.
It's not good for young people to wear glasses.
That's true. It's not a good thing.
We wonder, "You're young and wearing glasses?"
When my sister had to start wearing glasses,
my mother felt really bad.
Now that I think about it,
we have those lights at home.
We have fluorescent lights.
Those are used in offices in other countries.
We never use those at home.
I guess they're bad for the eyes.
The houses...
in other countries are much darker.
It's very bright in Korean houses.
Guzal, what surprised you the most about Korea?
We usually think women mostly put on makeup.
I never saw men putting on makeup before.
Men in Uzbekistan don't care about their looks.
Honestly, now that I've lived here...
I wish they would take better care of themselves.
But at the time, I've never seen men like that.
I've never seen men wearing skinny jeans.
Before that,
I thought only women can wear skinny jeans.
- Skinny jeans? - Skinny jeans.
The men were so good looking.
- They were so pretty. - Right.
I even thought...
they were prettier than me.
Men dress very well,
have nice hairstyles, and put BB cream on.
The sunscreen culture.
You have to use sunscreen all the time.
I didn't know that.
We're sensitive about skin.
I heard I had to put on sunscreen even at home.
- Because... - The fluorescent light...
- can affect your skin. - Really?
- At home too? - Yes, at home.
- Because of the light. - That's what I heard.
I have never heard of that.
I heard you should put it on at home too.
- At home? - Yes, because...
- How interesting. - It emits UV rays.
Lights can make your skin age too.
- Who said that? - Skin doctors.
Skin doctors say that.
- Oh, no. - They told me...
if I don't want my skin to age fast,
I should put on sunscreen three times a day.
That's not easy.
We don't have such culture.
We rather think tanned skin is sexy.
We think brown skin is sexy.
- Brown skin. - But Koreans prefer...
white skin.
- That's true. - They like white skin.
Now, I live in Korea.
Usually, foreigners put on tanning lotion.
But I put on a lot of sunscreens.
That's when I realized I'm a Korean now.
- Sunscreen. - Yes.
I heard you had a problem with the house hunting.
We have monthly rent,
but we don't have a deposit or lease.
When I first came here...
and I heard I had to pay the deposit,
I thought it might be a month's rent or so.
But then they asked me to pay thousands of dollars.
I don't know that person very well.
What if this person was a fraud?
- That's a good point. - I asked this person...
if he was ripping me off because I'm a foreigner.
I said I couldn't give him such big money.
I was flustered.
I understand monthly rent,
but the lease. I think the deposit culture is...
difficult for foreigners to understand.
We have been...
very used to it,
but in foreign countries,
they don't have such a deposit system.
With that money, I would rather buy...
a place in a foreign country.
And usually, the deposit is...
the rent of the first and the last month.
Then you get it back when you move out.
I heard Sam's Korean...
improved very fast...
because you were a monk in Korea in your past life.
I once went to a fortuneteller.
The fortuneteller said...
I was a monk in my past life.
Are you trying to make amend for it...
by eating a lot of meat in this life?
(Is that why you eat a lot of meat?)
(They love his joke.)
- You love meat. - These days,
I'm not eating a lot of meat.
I was flustered too when I heard that.
I don't know what I was in my past life, but...
it's interesting I might have been a Korean monk.
Since then,
whenever I go to a countryside,
I can feel some kind of energy.
- You do? - I can feel something.
Strange, right?
How interesting. A Korean monk.
I remember...
seeing Sam in "Gag Concert".
Did you pass the comedian exam then?
- How did it happen? - No, I'm...
It was nepotism.
(It was nepotism.)
So you were a parachute.
- Nepotism? - Yes.
- His Korean is amazing. - I...
don't remember in which order it happened.
Before you can be on "Gag Concert",
your segment has to be approved...
by the directors and the writers...
of the show.
I don't know how it happened,
but I once showed my idea...
to Park Joon Hyung and Jeong Jong Cheol.
I showed them, but it was rejected.
And later,
Ongdalsaem had a comedy show in Daehangno,
and one of my friends was a decoy there,
and he invited me.
And during the show,
they asked the audience if anyone wants...
to join them.
I raised my hand confidently and said...
I wanted to give it a go.
Since I was a foreigner, everyone seemed intrigued.
They asked me to come to the stage.
I went to the stage and it went pretty well.
Later, I heard...
that all the writers of "Gag Concert"...
- They were there. - were there too.
- That's amazing. - And they cast you.
And after some time,
I got a contact that they needed a foreigner...
who can speak Korean for Kim Dae Hee's segment.
"Gag Concert" shoot was on Wednesday,
and I just found a job in a language school,
which was starting from Monday.
They called me and asked if I'm interested...
in appearing in "Gag Concert".
So I didn't go to the language school.
(He gave up the job for "Gag Concert".)
It was just a one-time thing.
I didn't know how it was going to be,
but "Gag Concert" was a very popular show then.
- It was the best. - So I wanted to do it.
I walked up to the stage...
and there were about a thousand of audiences.
I usually have stage fright.
And since then, I appeared on "Gag Concert"...
for the next two years.
On Monday and Tuesday,
I went to the meeting room and got my idea approved.
- On Wednesday, we filmed. - You became a comedian.
On Thursday and Friday, we had brainstorming.
- And wrote scripts. - In the comedians' room?
He was famous. In the corridor,
when he said, "Byung Man wants to see us.",
then we all went to see Byung Man.
- "Yes, Mr. Hammington." - Exactly.
Comedians have a strict hierarchy.
Sam said...
foreign stars need a strict hierarchy too.
Do you think so? But he is...
- so rude... - I agree.
to Ha Il next to him.
There's a Korean saying that goes,
"You become like the one you badmouth."
This totally applies to you.
How does the hierarchy...
of foreigner stars form?
Is it about how long you lived in Korea...
or how long you've been...
- I want to know this too. - on television here?
Is it about how long you have been on television?
Since you're working in this business,
it's about when you started being on TV.
So it's about your experience.
It doesn't matter which year you got in.
What matters is when you debuted.
- So it's the debut year. - Yes.
- Really? - What do you think?
I agree with him.
Ida Daussy and I...
debuted at the same time.
And we're friends now.
I personally...
think very highly of...
Ha Il. Because...
if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be here now.
But there are...
many foreigners on TV nowadays.
It's not like I want them to make a deep bow to me.
I just wish, before we shoot the show,
they come to the waiting room,
- He came to mine today. - say hi,
and introduce themselves.
I think that's a basic manner.
It is.
People don't do that these days.
Almost no one does that these days.
They would just say hi quickly and go.
I'm suddenly feeling bad.
Your juniors didn't come say hi to you?
- I'm not sure if I did. - I did it.
We were in the same waiting room.
But those who didn't come to say hi to me...
I don't think I...
It sounds like you're a typical cocky senior.
They're two cocky seniors.
You're especially strict...
to Sam Okyere, right?
- To Sam Okyere. - Well, he...
made a deep bow to me, when he first met me.
He was so polite.
But these days, he just says, "Oh, hey."
He's just like you.
(He attacks Sam.)
"He's just like you."
The two...
- really hit it off. - They're good.
- They're like tiki-taka. - Tiki-taka.
- They make a great team. - They're the best.
Since he's settled now, I'm being easy on him.
Now I'm quite settled, you can be easy on me.
No.
The relationship between them...
is like...
that of trot singers Song Dae Kwan...
- and Tae Jin Ah. - Tae Jin Ah.
It looks like Angelina prepared a lot...
- for our show today. - What did she prepare?
She's going to show her dance moves,
- which is her specialty. - Really?
(Angelina's dance performance!)
Let's go! Come on!
She's a good dancer.
(She's got cool moves.)
(She is a shiny solo dancer.)
She's a good dancer.
(Shy)
(Winking)
(Her facial expression is perfect too.)
(Singing)
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- Oh, gosh. - Go for "TT" now.
(She abruptly changes.)
(She's a professional.)
Goodness.
(Her shyness won't stop her.)
She's good.
(She's so cute.)
Come on. Come on. Come on.
(What would her moves be like?)
She's really good.
(She is like a dancing doll.)
Goodness.
Everyone is carried away.
Come on.
(Angelina is amazing.)
(All producers would love to work with her.)
You just saw Angelina's performance.
What would you like to say in Jeolla dialect?
That was stunning.
"That was stunning."
You don't use that expression here.
What would you like to say in Gyeongsang dialect?
That was amazing.
- "That was amazing". - "That was amazing".
He's got a stable tone.
- "That was amazing". - He's got a stable tone.
I'm sure you couldn't understand many things...
when you learned Korean.
Ha Il, I heard you could not understand...
the phrase, "Work hard."
I couldn't understand that.
When I first came to Korea,
I heard people saying, "Work hard."
- "Work hard." Like this. - Yes.
I looked it up in a dictionary...
and it was, "Work hard."
That's what it was in English.
In the US, "work hard" is like...
"Hey, please work hard."
We don't say that.
It's ridiculous.
"Please work hard."
You can't say...
"Work hard" to someone who is already working.
It's very offending. You might get beaten to death.
It sounds like you think...
that person didn't work hard.
So you want them to work harder.
It's accepted as an offensive comment...
in other countries.
We rather use "Take it easy"...
more often.
I couldn't understand why Koreans use...
such an offensive phrase.
Then what do they say to the filming crews...
after a shooting in foreign countries?
How about, "You worked hard."?
- "Good job. Well done." - "Good job."
- Or "It's a cut." - "Good job."
"You worked hard" is okay,
but "Work hard"...
- can be offensive. - And there's more.
- "Keep suffering." - Right.
Why do you say that...
to someone who is already suffering?
- It's indeed absurd. - It's so mean.
Here's what I learned.
42 years ago,
we didn't have bathing facilities...
at home.
So we had to go to a public bath every day.
And there was a professional scrubber.
Me and my foreigner friends always said,
"Work hard" to him, and he said "Bye" to us.
One day, I decided to say, "Take it easy" to him...
because "Work hard" is too offensive.
So I said, "Don't work hard."
It was "Take it easy" in Korean.
Whenever I went to the scrubber,
I said, "Don't work hard."
I said that every day, and it seemed...
to have made him happy.
But "Don't work hard" sounds like...
you want him to quit the job.
- It does. - I know.
- But I didn't know that. - "Quit your job."
I didn't know it then.
Then one day,
as always, my friends said, "Work hard"...
and the scrubber said, "Goodbye".
Then I said "Take it easy" in Korean.
I said, "Don't work hard." Then he suddenly said,
"Okay. Bad bye."
- I knew it. - Right.
He got offended.
When I get off a taxi,
I say, "Drive safely"...
or "Have a good night."
In English, "Work hard"...
sounds a bit misleading.
- I didn't know that. - "Work hard" means...
"I know it's hard,"
- "Keep it up." - "but keep it up."
It's just an expression.
As we said earlier, when you work with someone...
and the work is done,
you say things like "Good job".
We say, "You worked hard."
But when we leave someone who will continue working,
we say, "Work hard".
That's the meaning behind the phrase.
This is fun.
- Excuse me? - It's fun.
Please don't make personal comments.
You can write that on our website.
Please go to our website...
- and log in. - Okay.
Then write whatever you want to write there.
- Please work hard. - All right.
I'm offended.
Sam, I'm sure there was something...
you couldn't understand.
There are many ways...
of saying greetings in Korea.
I got confused when people asked me "Have you eaten?"
It sounds like a question,
but they're not really interested in my answer.
In other countries, if someone asks you...
if you have eaten,
it usually comes with a follow-up question,
"If not, let's go eat something together."
That's the impression it gives.
When I first heard it, I said, "No, I didn't."
Then the person...
Then the person would be flustered.
The person would be flustered.
- "Then let's go eat." - Exactly.
I was not sure why they asked this question.
- I see. - We want you to eat.
If you're not going to eat with me, why do you ask?
So I was confused.
There's one more thing. I'm sure we'll say this...
after this shoot.
"Let's eat together sometime."
- I'm sure we'll say that. - We will.
But we never make real appointments.
Why can't you just...
set the date where you can eat together?
He never keeps his word.
Whenever he asks me when I have time,
I say I'm free on Wednesday,
but we have never met on any Wednesday.
We didn't set the time.
(Brazen)
As they said,
some of the greetings we say...
strange.
When Korea was poor...
and people had no food,
Exactly. That's how they asked after each other.
That's the way they asked after each other.
- I see. - And it still remains.
The greeting comes from the culture.
- "Have you eaten?" - "Have you eaten?"
"Do you eat well?"
Josh, I heard you were confused...
by Koreans'...
straightforward way of speech.
Yes. I sometimes gain weight, lose weight,
and have pimples on my face.
And whenever that happens, my friends always tell me.
It's not like I don't know it.
I know that I gained weight.
- And yet they say it. - I went to school...
and my friends said I got pimples...
and my skin wasn't good.
- I know what you mean. - "You look tired."
They say I look tired if I look tired.
- We say it right away. - "Why are you tired?"
You've got eye bags.
Exactly.
I'm always tired.
This would never happen in the UK.
No one would do that in the UK.
It really surprised me at first.
We ask that because we care, don't we?
- It's affection. - We say those...
because we believe it shows our affection.
After hearing what he said...
What do you say to others when they have pimples?
You have to at least let them know.
- We don't say anything. - A big one.
If it's your close friend, you go somewhere...
quiet and away from other people...
and carefully tell...
the friend about it.
In Korea, people say that while laughing at it.
We talk around.
- We don't say it bluntly. - When someone has...
lipstick on the teeth or the zipper opened,
we quietly tell the person...
about it.
Saying, "You've gained weight"...
can be very offending.
- It's rude. - That's right.
My belly is fat these days,
and I get this a lot.
"Your belly is fat these days."
They just say that to me.
- I see. - It really hurts me.
And they laugh about it.
I go to a boys' high school,
and we don't have manners...
in boys' high schools.
They just laugh about it first, right?
"Look at the chili pepper on his teeth!"
We talk like this.
I'd rather want them to say that in secret.
Sometimes we run into girls...
after school.
Even then, they would say, "Your zipper is opened."
Then all the eyes are on me.
- Boys can be mean. - Yes.
But in a way, I like that my wife is a Korean.
It's good to be able to openly talk...
about those things with your close friends.
In the UK, even close friends can't...
talk so openly like that sometimes.
I see. Because of the manner.
It's frustrating sometimes.
Although we say it out of affection,
- it can perplex others. - Yes.
But Koreans are also good...
at making straightforward compliments.
Doesn't it make you feel good?
Yes, but I sometimes don't know how to respond.
I get flustered.
- Me too. - Just like you said...
So, yes.
Something like, "You're so cool."
- "You're great." - When I eat something,
people say, "You eat well." to me.
I'm not sure if it's a compliment or not.
It's a compliment.
This is another tricky thing.
In Korea, it's important to be humble.
In my country, when you get a compliment,
you can just accept it and say, "I know. Thanks."
When someone says, "Your Korean is good",
then I have to say, "No, it's not that good."
Your Korean is good. Don't say it.
Something like this...
That can be confusing.
- So... - It's me.
- Angelina. - It's me.
- She agrees. - I do.
When I speak Korean,
I get that a lot.
People say my Korean is really good.
And I say it's not. I'm...
- not good at it. - Koreans are like this.
If I say just "Hello",
they say, "You speak Korean very well."
Koreans are like that.
They don't listen to you.
- They don't listen. - Guzal is clapping.
(That is so true.)
- That's how we are. - They don't listen well.
We're very generous...
when it comes to compliments.
- And... - "Your Korean is good."
And there is one more thing.
When we see foreigners enjoying Korean food,
we say, "You're a Korean now."
"You're a Korean now."
Game over. That's it.
"Game over"?
When you are pretty good, they say this.
"You speak better than Koreans."
"He speaks better than you."
They say things like this.
But actually, our guests today...
speak Korean very well.
- They do. - They're really good.
They're all very good,
but Jonathan is...
- He's just Korean. - His Korean is so good.
Have you ever flustered by a Korean joke?
It's not really a joke,
but some words confused me.
- Which one? - Some curse words.
My country had a lot of civil wars...
many people died.
Because of the civil wars.
So death is a very sensitive issue.
Since death is...
- Since it happens often. - Yes.
They see it in their everyday lives.
So it's a very sensitive issue.
But in Korea,
people say things like, "I will kill you!"
"I will kill you!"
(I'm going to be killed?)
(What have I just heard?)
He's so expressive.
He's not just a good speaker.
He's so expressive.
The acting with the embarrassed face.
He's got a nice intonation.
"I will kill you!"
- "I will kill you!" - They say that easily.
- "I will kill you." - Right.
- "I will kill you." - Something like that.
"Kill me."
I liked the surprised face he made.
I liked the acting you did after "I will kill you."
I was really surprised to hear that.
Koreans like pigs.
They use pigs' heads when they open a store.
It's believed to bring good luck.
But pigs are believed to bring bad luck in Congo.
- Pigs? - Yes, it's a bad sign...
if you had pigs in your dream.
- Because... - It's a bad sign?
But Koreans want to see pigs in their dreams.
To us, pigs are...
- filthy and... - That's possible.
- A cultural difference. - So...
"You're a pig" is a very offensive comment.
When I had fights with my brother...
and he said "You're a pig" to me,
I got really mad at him. I said, "I'm not a pig."
But in Korea, couples just...
call each other pigs.
(My sweetheart is a cute pig.)
- "You're such a pig." - I got flustered.
They say that to each other.
Then the other would say, "Thank you."
I think he made this up.
I'm telling the truth.
You have amazing stories.
I'm telling the truth.
"I will kill you."
- Jonathan. - Yes?
Introduce me to the academy you went to.
- No, I didn't go to any. - I want to go there.
He's a good talker.
He talks really well.
You have similar names, but you're very different.
I like the way he talks.
It's not wordy, but it's funny.
- He's the good talker. - There's a twist too.
He's a good talker.
Thank you.
He's the good talker now.
We call each other pigs when we fight too.
We give accents too.
It depends on the nuance.
It's too harsh to call someone...
a fool or an idiot in Congo.
You say it when you're only angry.
Jobard means a fool.
If I call someone jobard,
it would make him feel really bad.
But it's not as offensive as I thought in Korean.
You call someone fool when he makes mistakes.
Sometimes, I didn't get the level of words I used.
- But now I'm all good. - Oh, I see.
- Now you're adjusted. - Yes.
"I will kill you." is too direct in English as well.
- That's right. - Yes.
It's a threat...
- I know. - when you say that.
- I will kill you. - I will kill you.
The police would come if you say that.
- The police would come. - They'll put you in jail.
I will kill you!
(Be aware of Korean way of joking.)
That doesn't mean so harsh in Korean.
So these are differences I noticed.
Now that I hear it, he makes sense.
- We joke on that. - Yes.
What about this?
Do you tell someone that he's boring there?
Boring?
I don't know. I was never boring.
(I was never boring.)
(He's always funny.)
(That's the way cool people talk.)
Goodness.
He's not humble.
He's a really good talker.
I'll kill you if you become arrogant.
That was a good one.
We know that Uzbeks...
drink really well.
- Of course. - Yes.
I thought my sisters were good drinkers.
But I realized that I was wrong when I came here.
Koreans are the best drinkers.
Really?
It's still true that...
Russians and Uzbeks drink well.
But they don't drink so much during weekdays.
They don't drink until very late like here.
It's amazing how people here only sleep...
for two hours and go to work again next morning.
You know what Uzbeks say...
when they come here?
"I thought I was a good drinker."
"Koreans are way better."
"Koreans are the only people who drink so well."
Do you agree, Angelina?
I agree with her.
It's my first time to see people drinking...
so well even when they mix the liquors.
- She's right. - I agree.
You agree too, Josh?
Korea is one and only country on this.
You shouldn't think that Russians drink well.
- Russian men... - But...
only drink on Fridays and Saturdays.
- That's right. - But I went to Russia...
for the show, "Real Life Experience".
They gave me water during my lunch break.
- I was working at a farm. - Right.
I thought it was water.
- But it was vodka. - Yes.
It's because it's cold there.
We think we should drink strong liquors...
when we do hard labors to boost energy.
- Yes, Josh. - Honestly,
old men and women in Korean farms...
- also drink soju as well. - That's right.
It's because they get exhausted.
They want to forget how tiring it is.
You were surprised at Korean drinking culture.
When I first entered KU Foreign Language Center,
I was very surprised.
- They drink rice wine. - They drink a lot.
I experienced something really amazing.
Soju is the liquor that gets sold the most...
in the whole world.
- Really? - Only Koreans drink that.
Vodka is more widely consumed,
but soju gets sold more.
Did your friends drink and go to class?
I'm surprised at...
what Koreans do after drinking,
rather than how much they drink.
- They don't sleep at all. - That must be shocking.
They go to work the next day.
They go to class.
- That's right. - I was shocked.
I still can't understand how they do that.
When English people drink a lot,
they don't go to class the next morning.
They just don't go.
They have to sleep.
- Of course, you can't go. - Professors know it.
They must've drunk.
- Girls drink a lot too. - But they drink...
a lot of rice wine here,
and they're not even late to class the next day.
Everyone goes to class.
I can't understand that.
- So you were surprised. - That's right.
You were also surprised at karaoke culture here.
I used to...
go to internet cafes in China.
While I was into playing games there,
one of my friends asked me to join him for karaoke.
I was only a 14-year-old English boy.
It was something unimaginable for me.
So when I went to karaoke with the boys,
they were all singing love songs seriously.
- They were very serious. - What should I do
What should I do
I was very happy
To be with you
I was only a 14-year-old English boy.
I was listening to a love song by a Korean friend.
- I was very shocked. - It must be unfamiliar.
He was like, "Kill him!" when we played games.
Then he was singing...
a love song in the karaoke.
(I love you)
- All of a sudden? - I love you
It was a cultural shock for you.
- It could happen. - I thought it's a dream.
It's quite different here.
Koreans are usually full of excitement.
Foreigners who are bad at singing...
- don't sing at all. - Really?
- We don't sing at all. - Only good singers.
It could be rude to ask someone to sing too.
It could be rude.
We're not supposed to ask them to sing.
It's humiliating to sing...
when you're not good at singing.
They don't want to make it awkward.
It's our culture to ask people to sing...
even when they're bad singers.
It's our manners to ask people to sing.
If we don't ask them to sing, they'll get upset.
- They'd feel left out. - Right. They would.
It's the other way outside of Korea.
I was very surprised.
I'm sure you all can relate to this.
Josh thinks the best part of Korea is...
having good restaurants.
I can relate to it because he's an English.
I love Korean food culture.
- Really? - I love it.
- It's very nice. - There's a variety too.
Koreans go for nice restaurants.
I thought it's a very nice culture for Koreans...
to seek for the best restaurants...
when I first came here.
English people eat...
just for the sake of eating.
They don't queue up for nice restaurants?
There are a few people who do that.
But our views are completely different.
It's well-known in Europe...
that UK doesn't have nice food.
- You're right. - Am I right?
You didn't have to be so straightforward.
- Why would you say that? - It's true.
There are many good restaurants in the UK.
Sam's right.
But it's not English food.
But there's no special dish there, right?
- Fish and chips. - Fish and chips.
- That's one dish. - They are too greasy.
- Are they too greasy? - Have them...
in Australia. It's much better there.
He doesn't like English food.
I mean it.
Where do you recommend for good food in London?
I think you should visit a pub once...
and have food there.
You should have meat pies.
There's Sunday's delight.
It's called Sunday Roast. It's really delicious.
There are few places with good desserts.
Sae Ho, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, but are you planning to go to London?
No, I don't have any plans.
So why would you ask him?
You're not even planning to go there.
I want to pass this information to...
- someone who's going. - Goodness.
What was the best part about Korea for you?
The best part? There are so many nice things here.
First,
I like how convenience stores are open 24 hours.
There is wifi everywhere.
- She's right. - It's the best part.
The internet speed is really fast too.
I like food delivery service here.
It's very fast here.
It usually takes about 1 or 2 hours...
for food delivery in Russia...
because the roads are very long.
- She's right. - Sometimes they don't...
delivery during winter.
(They don't deliver during winter.)
They don't deliver?
- It's quite shocking. - They don't deliver.
- It snows a lot there. - Yes.
Yes, it's hard to deliver food.
Food delivery service might get stopped.
They don't deliver with motorcycles, right?
No.
- They deliver by cars. - They deliver food...
by cars in Australia.
You have to wait forever if there's a traffic jam.
Why don't they deliver it by motorcycles?
You wouldn't be able to get food in time.
Why don't they deliver it with motorcycles?
It's because of the weather.
It gets too slippery.
Getting a driver's license for motorcycles is...
- harder than for cars... - It's difficult.
in many ways.
It's more common for cars.
It's faster that way.
They deliver food for...
- 24 hours in Korea. - That's right.
I can just get food at 3am.
You can pay with mobile application too.
- That's right. - You pay first too.
It gets delivered. How convenient is this?
We should all live in Korea.
We can only get drinks...
from 10am to 10pm...
in Russia.
(Alcohol gets sold between 10am to 10pm only.)
Almost all countries have that policy outside Korea.
You can't get liquor...
- after 10pm. - You can't?
- That's right. - It's the law.
That's a good thing.
Convenience stores don't sell alcohol in Australia.
- Really? - I see.
Korea's the best country.
Ha Il has not shared...
anything about America yet.
He only talked about how he lined up...
in American Embassy for a visa. That's all.
You haven't shared anything about America.
How would I know? I left America 40 years ago.
We probably know better.
It's surprising...
that they sell alcohol since 10am.
They don't sell it at night.
Yes.
Guzal, you were surprised at delivery...
- service here. - Korea's the best.
- Seriously. - In Uzbekistan,
it takes about a week to send something.
- It could take two weeks. - Mail delivery?
How can mail delivery take two weeks?
It takes at least five days within the city.
It's that normal?
- Five days within a city? - Yes, in one city.
So when I call them,
they don't take me seriously too.
They don't understand why I called them.
"It will be there one day. Don't worry."
- It's the same in Russia. - No express service?
I wish there was an express delivery service.
They don't even know what it is there.
Even if they had it,
it would probably take four days.
It'll take that long too.
An express delivery would take four days?
Probably. Actually,
if a parcel was delivered in just four days,
the people will be over the moon.
- "How was this possible?" - An express delivery?
"No way. Thank you." That's what we'd say.
In Korea, deliveries are made in a day.
- Before 11pm... - It'll come the next day.
A parcel sent from Australia to Korea...
takes about two weeks in total.
Also, it's very expensive.
By using a Korean company,
you can send it faster and cheaper.
- Right. - That's right.
I love the system here.
How's the delivery service in England?
It's not that fast in England either.
- It's slow, right? - Yes.
Even if you ask for a quicker delivery...
by paying extra,
you still might not receive it.
- You can call but... - In Korea,
you can see where your parcel is at...
- via a tracking system. - Right.
If it's at the airport, it tells you that.
For instance, it begins with...
"Preparing your delivery."
- Right. It says that. - "It's in Uzbekistan."
No other country provides this service.
In the Netherlands, I met someone...
with a smashed phone screen.
In Korea, we'd immediately get it fixed.
It only takes about two hours.
That person didn't get it fixed because...
it'd take about a month.
They couldn't use it for a whole month,
so they had to use it even though...
- nothing was visible. - Oh, dear.
It takes a month to get a screen fixed.
There are no installment plans...
for phones either.
- Is that so? - It's fascinating to...
see Koreans swap phones every two years.
Most foreigners use one for five years.
Are you from the Foreign Affairs Office?
- Me? - It seems that way.
She should be a promotional ambassador.
- But I... - Guzal and Josh.
My relatives envy the fact that I change my phone...
every two years.
Do other countries have...
a designated driver service?
- Designated drivers? - No.
Of course, not.
- That doesn't exist. - It's the best though.
Are you thinking about calling one?
- No. - Will you drink abroad?
Why are you asking when you don't intend...
- to actually do it? - I thought about...
what information I can give the viewers.
- We're way past that. - Really?
(You're on the wrong page.)
- Where then? - Flip a few pages.
- We're past that. - Are we?
Josh, you love the designated drivers.
Of course. Just by having this service,
it'll prevent many people from drinking and driving.
It'll eventually help eradicate drunk driving.
What do you do in England...
if you've brought your car to the bar?
Well, in London...
You never bring your car.
- Your car... - You don't bring it.
No, because there's nowhere to park.
- Nowhere to park? - No one brings theirs.
- I see. - There's nowhere to park.
So you don't bring them to bars.
- Public transportation. - In our case,
all cars are like taxis.
- Russia too, probably. - Right.
All cars on the road let us ride them.
We negotiate.
If it's not a taxi, we hitchhike.
I tell the driver my destination...
and we agree on a price.
- Really? - I'd ask for a discount.
"It'll be 10 dollars."
"No, I only have five dollars."
"Then how about 7?" "Let's agree on 6."
- Then we take off. - We're like that too.
Guzal lied that she only has 5 dollars,
but she agreed on 6 in the end.
That's great.
That's funny.
- That's how it goes. - Of course.
- Exactly. - It's how you bargain.
She only had 5 dollars, but she agreed on 6.
(That's how a clever girl bargains.)
Meanwhile, I hear that Jonathan...
was hurt while living here.
I'd need more time to tell you everything.
It's always the same for me...
when in a public place.
Just like a painting in a museum,
people stare and talk about me.
Some say nice things, but some say things...
- like "He's too dark." - Oh, dear.
When I was a young boy,
I got on the subway in Incheon.
I was sitting in a seat when an old man...
came up to me and looked at me.
He rubbed the skin on my arm.
I looked up at him flustered,
and he said, "I thought it'd smear."
That's awful.
I guess he thought that...
I woke up every morning...
and painted my skin before leaving the house.
My feelings were hurt so much...
that I cried my eyes out at home.
I couldn't tell my parents...
- because... - It'd upset them too.
- It'll hurt them a lot. - Right.
It's why I only kept it to myself.
These days,
when I'm out on the streets,
I hear people talk about me thinking that...
I can't understand Korean.
Some say that I'm very dark...
or that they've never seen a black person before.
I can't be mad at them though...
because some mention...
that I'm handsome too.
It's why I can't say anything.
- Anyway... - I see.
It's nice how you try to think positively.
He's better at coping with it...
now that he's lived here for a while.
- He deals with it. - Every country...
- has racism. - Yes, exactly.
However, you shouldn't hate others...
just because you've been discriminated before.
- Of course. - It should be eradicated.
- You're right. - It's just wrong.
- So... - Of course.
On this show,
we erase the dark pasts of our guests.
Please tell us the comment...
that hurt you the most.
On this show,
we erase the dark pasts of our guests.
Please tell us the comment...
that hurt you the most.
There has been many incidents for me.
You just mentioned about dark pasts.
I've been discriminated against so much that...
any words with "black" and "dark"...
make me react almost instinctively.
This one time, my friends were talking,
and I didn't know of the term "dark past".
My friends were watching a video of me,
and they said that...
it'll be a dark past for me.
Why is it a dark past?
I thought that the term...
was about a black person's history.
- When it wasn't. - That's what I thought.
You can say that I had a victim mentality.
That's how I was. These days,
people use the term...
- "black brother". - Right.
I didn't know of its origin at first,
but it was used to honor black people...
like Didier Drogba or Usain Bolt.
People said it when they were in awe.
However, over the course of time,
it became a more derogatory word.
That's why I said in my video that...
it's like hearing the term "Josenjing".
Thankfully, people understood the analogy.
Josenjin is a term the Japanese used...
just to mention the Joseon people.
Over time...
- It became derogatory. - And it's now a bad word.
- That's right. - It's the same for us.
My dad also heard the term...
when he was walking on the streets one day.
He came home and asked me,
"What does that mean?"
Did you just do a voice impression of him?
Is that what you did?
- Yes. - You're very talented.
Oh, please.
Can't you seem less jealous?
Your expressions are what stand out.
Thank you for saying that.
Anyway, even though the term was coined...
to flatter the people of color,
no African American finds it endearing.
- You're right. - Why would you?
There's no need for such a term.
I'd appreciate it if you informed your friends...
that we don't like the term.
- Thank you for that. - I'm glad you said it.
Normally, we erase the guests' dark pasts,
but today, we'll erase...
Jonathan's painful past instead.
We'll erase it so that...
no one is hurt by this term ever again.
- Leviosa. - Leviosa.
- Hold on. - I'm sorry, but...
Isn't it a spell for this?
It's supposed to elevate things.
- Is this right? - Sorry?
- In "Harry Potter"... - It's to fly away.
We're letting the memories fly away.
Everyone questions this...
no matter where they're from.
We agree with your complaint.
- Fly away! - About three of you...
mentioned it at the same time.
Normally, it's just one guest.
Even though your Korean is good,
I'm sure you made many mistakes as a beginner.
Josh, you have one you wish to erase.
The first Korean variety show...
that I appeared on was...
"Let's Go Time Expedition".
- It was with these two. - Yes, exactly.
We played slaves.
Anyway, it was quite a tough gig.
There was a scene where we had to...
look after a baby pig.
Afterwards, when I talked...
about my experience on set,
instead of saying "baby pig" in Korean,
I kept referring it as a curse word.
- Not a baby pig? - I don't remember...
When I picked up that pig...
(He's talking about the baby pig.)
(Curse word)
It wasn't easy to manage.
They seemed to be struggling too.
- So he meant... - I felt bad.
He meant to say "baby".
The video was short,
but your eyes look quite hollow.
It was an exhausting gig.
- It was hard. - What we just heard...
were entry-level when it comes to mistakes.
Let's hear what mistakes the veterans made.
- Let's check them out. - They're different.
Anyway, Joon Gi, you're in the movie...
as a member of the cast.
The character you play... What's this?
(He can't read English.)
But it's English!
(He doesn't know English.)
But it's English.
(Ha Il, Yeongdo Ha clan)
Anyway, Commander Lee...
This is English.
It's written in Korean too!
Umbrella Corporation...
Commander Lee.
- My English is better. - Is she Milla Jovovich?
You should study English.
You said the word "commander" in Korean...
and not in English.
That's right.
Was it a difficult word for you?
It's not because I don't know the word.
I just don't use it often.
I forgot about the word.
I don't use the word.
- Still... - Seeing Milla Jovovich...
made me go blank as well.
But your eyes were fixed on the script.
Even so, I just couldn't say it.
Sam was laughing just now, but he had...
a similar experience.
- What? - Sam, please.
Sam?
You shouldn't be laughing at him.
Hello, I'm Dave.
Hello, I'm Sam Hammington.
There's a walnut on top of the cake.
What is it called in English again?
Well...
You don't know what it is in English?
- Walnut? - Isn't it walnut?
What is it in English?
(Australian, American)
(They look it up in a dictionary.)
They're searching it in a dictionary.
- It's walnut. - Yes, of course.
Walnut!
- Sam! - What was that?
I don't eat it often so...
How's that different from Ha Il's incident?
Even we know what "walnut" is in English.
Umbrella is what you use in the rain.
That's easy.
Hold on a second.
One may not know "commander",
but how can one not know "walnut"?
Do you know what cashew is?
Cashew is cashew!
He's right.
What does he mean?
- Cashew nut? - Yes, cashew nuts.
It's the same in Korean.
- Right. - You're right.
(You're right.)
- Actually... - You forgot a lot then.
I don't use a lot of English now,
so I draw a blank with certain words.
Also, there's something...
that's been confusing me lately.
Since I'm raising two kids,
I've been talking mostly on their level.
That's why I've been forgetting...
both English and Korean.
I honestly don't know...
what I'm talking about these days.
You're confused.
Ha Il, I hear that you still...
speak in Korean even in the US.
When I go to the US once in a while,
certain Korean words pop out involuntarily.
It especially happens when I'm out shopping.
This actually comes naturally for me.
I say "Thank you" in Korean.
I say it in Korea...
and I also say it outside of Korea.
I receive the change and say thank you.
I realize afterward that I spoke in Korean.
- In the US? - Yes.
There are things I keep forgetting too.
One time, I was at a restaurant...
and I had to call over my server.
How do you call your waiter over?
- In the US? - In Korea?
In Korea, we verbally call for our waiters.
We do that when we need to order.
How do you say it in English though?
- Excuse me? - Excuse me?
- Sorry? - Excuse me.
Oh, yes, you're right.
That's what you forgot?
- I mean.. - Ha Il,
you should just take some English classes.
Calling for your waiter isn't polite either.
- Yes, that's right. - This is what you do.
You just signal them?
- Can't you say anything? - What if they don't look?
- That is rude too. - Then you go like this.
(You make them see you.)
Like this.
Making big gestures isn't polite either.
- It's not polite. - It's not?
Those bells you have on tables here...
They don't have them anywhere else!
- They don't. - It's convenient.
Yes, the bell.
It was revolutionary.
You must've been shocked...
by how we call out for our servers.
- "Auntie." - "Auntie!"
Foreigners are all surprised by the bell...
and the cutlery box on each table.
- "It's revolutionary!" - It's incredible.
- Really? - Yes.
Do you know the latest invention?
- What is it? - Storable seats.
- Yes! - That's right.
I was worried that my jacket would...
smell of the food I eat,
but the server suddenly opened my seat...
and let me store my jacket in it.
Some people mistake them for trash cans.
Right.
Sam, you're known as the King of Variety Shows.
He was born to be funny.
Why?
- Shall we take a look? - You'll see.
(Provided by MBC)
(The scene that made Sam a household name.)
- Yes, this scene. - Are you ready?
Yes, sir!
(Sam has to cross the water.)
(What?)
(The King brings waves of laughter.)
Every unit has someone like him.
This is funny too. Keep watching.
Yes, this.
Trainee!
Yes, this.
Look at that scene.
Look at that.
No way.
(The legendary scene)
That was hilarious.
- That was legendary. - It was legendary.
Did you realize how funny you were back then?
When I crossed the water that day,
the rope landed on my head like that twice.
- Just like that? - It landed on my head.
Really?
You can't even try and make it happen.
Of course not.
It'll take over 10,000 tries.
To be honest, I wanted to disappear.
I was so embarrassed.
- Of course. - Later on,
when I saw myself on TV,
I realized that I was blessed with luck.
Sam, you must still dream of becoming an actor...
because you recently went abroad...
- to study it. - Really?
Last October, for about a month,
I took classes where...
Brad Pitt learned how to act.
This year,
I'm thinking about taking a two-week course too.
I wish to work in Hollywood someday,
- so I'm going to try. - Of course.
I don't know if I'll fail or succeed,
but I'll keep working hard hoping for a chance.
Is working in Hollywood your dream?
Yes.
What kind of character do you want to play?
I wish to play a psychopath.
One of my favorite actors is Robin Williams.
- Robin Williams? - I truly admire him.
I think you'll be good at it.
There's a movie of his called "One Hour Photo".
I know that one.
I only knew him as a comedy actor,
but that movie changed how I saw him.
His work was amazing.
Showing a different side of you...
is what I think acting is all about.
(Sam works hard to fulfill his dream.)
(We hope to see Sam in Hollywood someday.)
Guzal, did Youn Yuh Jung give you tips on acting?
Yoon Hee and I were in the drama...
"Golden Fish" together.
Ms. Youn played my mother-in-law.
I was intimidated by her first impression...
because she had such charisma.
I was worried about making mistakes...
since I'm not a trained actor.
I played the role of a daughter-in-law...
who wasn't fluent in Korean,
but I still had to know how to do the basics.
Otherwise, Ms. Youn could get furious with me.
Instead of getting frustrated with me,
she explained...
everything in English.
She's actually quite fluent too.
- She studied abroad. - Yes, she did.
She knows...
how hard it is to be in a foreign country,
so she was very understanding.
She didn't get angry with me...
although she's known to be very strict on set.
She's good at getting into character.
She helped me so much...
that I'm still grateful.
Ma Dong Seok also moved you as well.
Dong Seok is a pure gentleman.
He has a muscular physique...
with an adorable round face and features.
Anyway, his beard grows back so fast.
Some men are like that.
Even though they shaved in the morning,
their beards grow back in hours.
We had many kiss scenes...
since we played a married couple.
My skin is sensitive, so it got irritated...
because of his stubble.
He kept telling me how sorry he was...
and that he couldn't shave...
because we're filming right now.
Also, we had a bed scene...
where he had to be on top of me.
He kept holding himself up though.
He kept doing the plank...
in order to hover over me.
- Gosh. - Isn't that considerate?
Of course.
Drops of sweat formed on his forehead.
Even though he works out a lot...
and is strong,
it's not easy to do for hours,
so I was grateful for all his actions.
- A true gentleman. - He surely is.
Guzal, is there a memory you wish to erase?
Any dark pasts?
Do you remember the song "My Ear's Candy"?
Yes, of course.
It was popular, right?
The original song was...
by Ok Taec Yeon and Baek Z Young.
Two people could dance to the song together.
I was asked to dance to that song.
I was excited because I thought...
I'd be partnered with a handsome man.
It turned out to be Kim Young Chul.
The comedian?
I didn't know who he was!
(Ring, ring, I'm your sweetheart)
I was expecting someone like Ok Taec Yeon,
but I ended up with Young Chul.
I was so disappointed that I barely practiced,
but I think Young Chul felt the same way.
You didn't practice...
after hearing who your partner was?
We both didn't,
so the dance was a mess.
I bet Young Chul practiced a lot.
Our moves weren't on point...
and we kept stepping on each other's toes.
Anyway, we managed to finish the dance.
Let's take a look then.
You might not think it's that bad.
(They already seem like...)
(they're performing separately.)
(Kim Young Chul as Ok Taec Yeon)
Goodness, what's that?
But she's good.
(They have to dance together here.)
The lip sync is off.
(Wo Ai Ni)
(Tequila?)
- Tequila? - It's not matching.
(Embarrassed)
It's like two solo performances.
You just shared the stage.
Guzal didn't know what to do when he said tequila.
He was supposed to say "Te quiero".
It's "Te quiero".
I'm sure Guzal and Angelina must have been...
really popular in Korea.
Has any celebrity asked you out?
I wasn't really asked out.
It was a bit...
They did show some interest.
They're too famous. I can't say their names.
But you said singers asked you out earlier.
You said there were actors too during the interview.
I heard they're really famous.
I'll keep it as a secret.
- Can I say who it is? - Can't we just edit it?
No.
There are so many people here.
Block your ears.
- Block your ears. - Goodness, Sam.
It was a long time ago.
"Chitchat of Beautiful Ladies" was popular then.
Did you say no to all of them?
Of course.
You did?
Why can't you believe me?
(Why can't you believe me?)
We never said we didn't.
I thought...
I'm better off with an ordinary man.
You want to date an ordinary man.
How many celebrities asked you out?
One person.
(One person.)
Wasn't it two? A singer and an actor.
Is he a singer and an actor?
He must be a singer and an actor.
He's right.
Guzal lies a bit.
She even lied about the money she had.
She lies every five seconds.
I was surprised.
Is there any dark past you want to get rid of?
There's a lot.
People think that black men have...
nice bodies.
They think we work out all the time.
That's what people think.
I'm the one who breaks those prejudices.
My body isn't so fit. It breaks prejudices.
I love playing soccer.
- It's my favorite sport. - I see.
When we have a match with other schools,
I would show up fully equipped.
People say, "The mercenary is here."
(Unexpected mercenary)
(People start to talk because of the mercenary.)
He gives a good punchline.
There are many black men who play soccer well.
Yes.
- "We'll lose for sure." - "We're over."
It pressures me when I hear them talking.
When I had to make a simple pass,
I exaggerated my moves.
(Passionate pass)
I exaggerated a lot.
We can tell that you're bad at it.
What was this?
I missed kicking the ball...
while I was playing soccer.
I wanted to make it up to those people.
So I said, "I don't feel well today."
I talked to myself, "What's wrong with me?"
I wanted to show people...
that I was good at soccer.
But my friends know that I'm bad at it now.
They all know it.
When people say, "There's the mercenary."
My friends say, "He's not mercenary. He's terrible."
(He's a good talker.)
That's what my friends do.
He's a good talker.
His stories are fun.
You're the good talker.
Learn from him.
His stories are short and neat.
Jonathan's an amazing talker.
(Newly Rising Cho the Talker)
His stories are all fun.
- His stories are all fun. - Yes.
That's all for their dark past stories.
Let's ask the last question.
When do you feel like you're a Korean?
For me, I pray a lot.
I'm a Christian.
- You're a Christian. - Yes, I pray a lot.
I pray in Korean.
Prayers are kept unheard.
I realized that I pray quietly in Korean.
I was actually praying in Korean words.
- I felt like I'm Korean. - That's amazing.
When I pray in Korean,
I realize that I'm more like a Korean now.
Sometimes, when I hang out...
with my friends, they ask me...
if there was a soccer match between...
Korea and Congo,
they ask me which country I'd be cheering for.
I tell them that I cheer for Congo.
Then my friends blame me.
They say, "You're a traitor."
(This is how high school kids talk.)
I ask them, "What would you do..."
"if you were in my shoes?"
They say they'd cheer for Korea for sure.
Jonathan's just like any other high school kid.
Look at the way he talks.
He talks like a high school kid.
That's what I felt.
There are times when things like this happen.
What about you, Sam?
I usually search about...
good restaurants...
before I visit certain countries.
After about five days of being out of Korea,
I miss having kimchi stew and soju.
(Goodness)
You're a Korean.
There are many things in Thailand or Vietnam.
- But I miss Korean food. - Kimchi stew and soju.
That's when I realize that I became a Korean...
when I miss having Korean food outside Korea.
When it's cold during winter,
I sit on the floor...
instead of sitting on the sofa.
The floor heating is really warm.
That's amazing.
Sometimes when I visit other countries,
I sit on the floor even when there's no heater.
On the floor?
That's when I thought I'm a Korean.
What about you, Ha Il?
He hasn't shared any stories of being abroad.
(Startled)
You're a Korean now.
Do you feel like you're American?
(Do you feel like you're American?)
It must be the other way round.
There are times when I feel like I'm American.
- When? - There are times.
My wife doesn't really cook.
She doesn't cook.
I eat out a lot.
Sometimes, I feel like having hamburgers too.
Korean food is nice.
But I miss having hamburgers sometimes.
That is when I realized that I'm an American.
But I have the same point about...
being a Korean...
as Sam's case.
When Sam sits on the floor,
I lie down on the floor.
With your hand like this?
When you lie down?
When I lie down on a heated floor,
I feel like I'm a Korean.
I don't sleep on the bed.
I sleep on the floor.
What about you, Guzal?
I feel like I'm Korean when I ask of the age.
I want to know everyone's age.
It's rude to ask people's age outside Korea.
- It's rude. - That's right.
We're not trying to hide our ages,
but age isn't important outside Korea.
But I ask people their age when I first meet them...
to see if I'm older...
- or younger. - To make it clear.
I was surprised by that too.
That's what we need to know before we talk.
Koreans ask for age...
even when they fight.
"How old are you?"
When we're about to fight, they would go...
"How old are you?"
("How old are you?")
I wonder why they ask about the age in a fight.
"How old are you?"
I wonder, "Is it a right time to ask that?"
- That's right. - It would be funny...
if you ask that outside of Korea.
You're about to have a serious fight.
"How old are you?"
"Excuse me, How old are you?"
(English version)
That's really funny.
Josh translated that in English for us.
So I didn't really understand this culture.
It's good that Josh translated it for us.
He's another good talker.
They're really good at this.
- Jonathan and Josh. - Yes.
(Sae Ho should work harder.)
How about you, Angelina?
Me?
When I first watched a Korean movie,
I fully understood the lines in Korean.
- That's the time? - Without subtitles.
- Without subtitles? - Yes.
That's amazing.
When I watch TV at home,
I understand their jokes.
- I laugh along. - She gets the jokes now.
I understand Korean jokes now.
When I have Korean food with my father,
it's usually too spicy for him.
When I first came...
to Korea, most of them were too spicy for me.
Now, I enjoy spicy food.
I'm good with Korean food now.
- You enjoy spicy food. - Yes.
So it's when you enjoy Korean food.
That's when I think I became a Korean.
(That's when I think I'm a Korean.)
And you, Josh?
For me, it's when I go back to England...
after spending time here with Korean friends.
I can't get along with my English friends.
Really?
They would talk about...
English songs and shows.
But I would know nothing about these topics.
I talk to myself too.
I talk to myself in Korean.
I go, "Oh, my goodness!" when I get exhausted.
When I eat,
I make a sound.
My wife thinks I'm too noisy.
She said I eat like an old Korean man.
That's what she said to me.
But you still...
talk to yourself a lot. You said it's weird.
We can't help it.
That's all for their dark pasts.
- We'll erase it all. - Yes.
We'll erase it for you!
- Leviosa. - Leviosa.
That's all for "I Live in Korea Special".
We'll share Korean pork...
- to our guests today! - Korean pork!
Guzal's favorite, pork belly.
It's quite heavy.
We'll be back next week.
- Thank you! - Thank you!
(Legendary sitcom actors will be here.)
("Grandpas Over Flowers Special")
(Won Young and Minju of IZ*ONE)
(The oldest actor on Happy Together)
(Do you own a building?)
(He's obsessed with buildings.)
(You don't know Midal?)
(Kim Sung Eun, well-known as the actor of Midal)
(Fresh performance by IZ*ONE)
(Please stay tuned next week too.)
("Violeta" by IZ*ONE)