(Yoon Jong Shin's Radio Star?)
(Jong Shin has been a host of Radio Star since the first episode.)
(A farewell episode to put a period to the 12 years of his journey.)
(He will be missed.)
(No!)
(This is how Radio Star says goodbye!)
(Still, do they have to be this cool about it?)
(And even Jong Shin's best friends join!)
(Harsh comments that only one's best friends can make)
(They're Jong Shin's best friend indeed.)
(They are extremely playful.)
(He ends up giving up himself?)
(While they laugh and chat, the farewell has neared.)
(They pluck up courage and open about their true feelings.)
(Jong Shin gets emotional.)
(It's time to let him go.)
(Jong Shin's last story)
(The night of "Nitpick Yoon Jong Shin" starts now.)
(Episode 634)
Please take care of Nomad Yoon.
Jong Shin can't stand...
one second without talking.
If you get to meet him abroad,
please listen to him until your ears bleed.
Please take care of Stranger Yoon.
Without social media, Jong Shin starts to have withdrawal symptoms.
If you see him abroad trembling his hands,
please tell him the Wi-Fi password.
Please take care
Of Nomad Yoon
Are you supposed to sing that?
You all were supposed to sing, but didn't.
(Laughing)
It looks like I'm the only one who has some musical sense.
Once Jong Shin...
goes into the bathroom,
he never comes out.
There must be a fairy living in there.
For your information, bathrooms in Europe charge you fees.
- Really? - Yes, they charge you money.
He will spend a fortune on bathroom fees.
I'm sure he will.
That's right. Jong Shin has been hosting Radio Show...
for 12 years without missing a single day.
Finally, today is his last appearance.
But it's not over until he gets on the airplane.
Jong Shin, you can change your mind anytime.
We wish we could give him a life sentence in Radio Star.
You're watching a high-end clingy show,
- Radio Star. - Star.
(Radio Star)
Do we have to do this much for him?
- That was cool. - To send off Nomad Yoon,
we've invited his four best friends who will turn him upside down.
The night of "Nitpick Yoon Jong Shin".
This is my first time introducing this person.
Since this show was a five-minute segment of "Golden Fishery",
until it's become one of the most beloved Wednesday shows,
he's been staying on for 12 years.
He's the living history of Radio Star.
He's had a whopping 1,243 guests.
Do you have to leave? Does it make you feel better?
Yoon Jong Shin!
(Yoon Jong Shin, a DJ with 12 years of perfect attendance)
No one can stop him.
Who can stop him when he insists he leaves?
(What are you saying?)
He knows Jong Shin better than his wife, Mi Ra does.
He's been Jong Shin's best friend for 25 years.
He used to live off Jong Shin...
and now he lives off his wife, Writer Kim Eun Hee.
A movie director who is better at variety shows than his main job.
Jang Hang Jun.
- Director Jang Hang Jun. - All right.
According to Jong Shin, he is Jong Shin's favorite host...
that was with Radio Star in its heyday.
While Jong Shin was releasing monthly songs, he paid monthly rent.
While Jong Shin was making a short film,
he was making a movie on social media.
But why does he look much hipper?
Former Radio Star DJ, Yoo Se Yoon!
(Yoon Jong Shin copycat and former Radio Star DJ, Yoo Se Yoon)
Including Cho Yong Pil, Park Hyo, and IU,
she has written Korean top singers' songs.
She's also on radio shows, variety shows, and gives lectures.
She's now the female Yoon Jong Shin.
Nomad Yoon's female friend,
Lyricist, Kim Ea Na.
(Lyricist, Kim Ea Na)
With his poor vocabulary,
he almost has become a blue-chip of a variety show.
But he still calls himself Jong Shin's underling...
and extending his career.
Jong Shin's student and a singer in his agency, Park Jae Jung.
(Singer Park Jae Jung)
Welcome!
It feels like someone's 60th birthday party.
Welcome, all four of you.
- Welcome. - Welcome.
So, that was the introduction of your last shoot.
How was it to listen to the introduction from over there?
You guys are good at the opening.
I mean,
when I was doing it, I was worried it might sound too cringy,
but it was fun listening to it from there.
(As a listener, the opening sounds great.)
We should have let him sit there once.
Today, we have Jong Shin's four friends.
- Hang Jun. - Yes.
You said you're paying your debt to Jong Shin?
Actually, I have been only receiving from him my whole life.
Am I your parent or what?
(Shy)
- So... - You have received a lot from him?
These days, they often invite me to variety shows...
and the distributor doesn't like it.
- I see. - Right. They don't like it.
They don't like that I do all kinds of things...
while they focus only on the movie.
They think I don't pay enough attention to the movie.
- That's why. - It's understandable.
I can understand them too.
So I've been rejecting all the offers recently.
But then Jong Shin called me...
and said he'd like me to guest his last episode.
I was shopping in a supermarket then.
I said, "Okay."
(He readily accepted the offer.)
Director Jang is known for his sense of humor.
But you actually feel pressure on variety shows?
People have high expectations on you, right?
You said he's known as a funny man. That's a lot of pressure.
That's what pressures the guests the most.
I used to be a variety show writer too once,
so I know how much pressure the crews feel.
After failing to entertain people, my shoulders droop...
and I feel weak on my way home.
I feel bad.
I feel bad for the crews.
You have been receiving...
a lot from Jong Shin.
But actually,
when human does someone a favor,
they give humiliation too.
That's what humans are like.
Humans are imperfect,
so even when they mean to do something nice,
it can humiliate other people.
So you can try to focus on it.
There must have been...
- some humiliation too. - You guys are best friends, so...
Se Yoon, I heard Jong Shin...
contacted you himself.
What does it mean by you witnessed Jong Shin's cold sweat?
While I was getting ready for a music program,
I got a phone call from him.
He was in a waiting room right next to mine, and yet he called him.
He said, "Hello." And I said, "Yes, Jong Shin."
He said, "What are you up to?"
I said, "I'm in the next room."
Then he said, "Oh, right. You and I are hosting the same show."
Goodness, Jong Shin.
Anyway, he said,
"I'll be shooting my last episode on Radio Star..."
"and I'd like to guest the episode..."
"since you once hosted Radio Star too."
So I gladly took the offer.
And a few hours later, I realized...
he called me only 10 days before the shoot.
That means...
He has been rejected by numerous people.
- That means... - He got numerous rejections.
I understand because it's Jong Shin.
I realized he must have been very much rushed.
So I told him, "Jong Shin, come clean with me."
"I'm just a fill-in, right?"
Then he started breaking out cold sweat.
Did you hear it falling?
I kept asking around and figured out...
- who I was filling in for. - Who is it?
My wife was supposed to be here.
We already discussed it,
but then she said she is too shy.
- I can understand that. - Right. It's better...
to just quietly make money without your face known.
(Honey, way to go.)
- Right. - That's the best.
Ea Na, this is your second time on Radio Star.
I heard you didn't feel so comfortable guesting the show.
When I first guested this show,
my fellow guests were too big names.
Kim Heung Gook and Mayor Park Won Soon.
(She was struggling between Kim Heung Gook and Mayor Park.)
That was quite a lot of pressure. And again today,
I'm at Jong Shin's...
last Radio Star shoot.
I feel like I don't deserve such a big opportunity.
It means we're having much trouble finding guests.
Just interpret it in that way.
He's right.
- That's the variety show business. - Right.
- We're out of guests. - Exactly.
That's why.
Jae Jung is a big fan of Jong Shin.
You said your goal today is to inform people...
how great a person Jong Shin is?
People who are in our agency...
got to appear on great shows thanks to Jong Shin.
But on the shows,
they speak ill of Jong Shin.
Others may speak ill of him,
but I don't do that.
I wanted to let him know that.
But that's what makes it funny.
It may be funny,
but Jong Shin is a great person.
I feel like...
he will talk so many bad things about him later.
He's great and...
- cool. - "Cool"?
Is this Stockholm Syndrome?
(Is this Stockholm Syndrome?)
Is he your hostage?
- Right. - Did you just get attached to me?
Since this is his last shoot, we should...
It's my last shoot, so it has to be funny.
(My last episode has to be funny.)
It was the talk of the town...
when Jae Jung made a slip of the tongue on Radio Star.
(He said "widowed" instead of "losing weight".)
(Flustered, he rambled.)
(He said "drought" instead of "blurry".)
I was very nervous then.
Radio Star...
After watching that episode, your parents got upset?
Right. They were upset about that I made such mistakes...
on an important occasion,
after all the private education I got.
They said I shouldn't have made...
such mistakes in front of the great people.
We're not great or anything. We're just seniors.
We're just the same people.
You got slapped on your back by your mother after a shoot recently?
My parents are running a temple restaurant.
- Right. - They run a restaurant.
And my mother is a little embarrassed about...
- their temple restaurant business. - Why?
That's how they make a living. Why is she embarrassed?
Because we're Catholics.
(Because we're Catholics.)
I bet she's very much embarrassed.
- It's just their job. - They make temple food,
but they go to a Catholic church.
It's a temple restaurant, but there's a cross in it.
- It's fusion. - That's understandable.
My mom said she would kill me if I mention that on TV.
She was very embarrassed.
- But you said it again. - Exactly.
I'll probably die.
Is the business going well?
As for the business...
there's a regular routine.
Those who come regularly only come to the store.
You don't call it, "routine". You call it, "regular customers".
(What do you mean by, "routine"?)
- It's a different word. - They have different meanings.
- "Routine" is a different word. - He made another mistake.
He hasn't changed.
Se Yoon and Young Mi debuted in the same year.
Young Mi recently created a big buzz among your fellow comedians?
When it was on the news that she's going to be Radio Star's host,
everyone was amazed.
(Her fellow comedians congratulated her.)
They were genuinely happy for me,
although they are usually only playful.
When we were new, we went through hard times together.
- Of course. - There many time...
where we went up to the rooftop together.
- Right. - We once...
even stayed on the rooftop for 5 to 6 hours together.
- Right. - Because it was 15 years ago.
- Right. - They have comradeship.
So when something good happen to one of us,
like in a wedding, we get reminded of all those times.
I heard Young Mi cried a lot at Kang Yu Mi's wedding.
- Right. She cried a lot. - I cried my eyes out.
I'm sure you would have done the same.
It's not easy to wish only the best for your fellow comedians.
- That's right. - It's not easy.
Usually, they try to compete with each other.
Not many wish only the best for each other.
Let me tell you what. I'm from S Network.
I debuted with...
Yeom Kyung Hwan, Lee Dong Woo, and Hong Rok Gi.
But we don't have much comradeship.
It's partly because we're different individuals,
but as soon as Dong Woo and Rok Gi debuted, they became successful...
- while Kyung Hwan and I didn't. - Not at first.
Then after a while,
Kyung Hwan was the only one left behind.
- So... - You're bringing him up again.
We don't have comradeship at all.
Whenever one becomes successful, the rest got upset.
It wasn't that bad.
I'm 50!
(Chuckling)
Ea Na is used to adult contents.
Even Young Mi's breast dance...
doesn't impress her.
It's not easy to be not impressed by it.
Welcome.
I wouldn't say I'm used to adult contents.
- It's just not so... - You don't think it's too sexual.
Exactly. It's just not that surprising.
Men even...
- bounce their pecs. - Right.
It's just the matter of volume, so it's okay for me.
But there's one scene...
where I saw and realized her joke is on a whole different level.
At the wedding, she was pointing at her crotch.
(She was pointing at her crotch.)
You mean the crotch dance.
- That was... - She's on a whole different level.
But that dance is actually...
originally Park Na Rae and Jang Do Yeon's.
- They did it first. - This is Do Yeon's.
Among comediennes,
she's often called a thief.
- Seriously. - What are you talking about?
That dance is totally different from mine.
- No, Shin Bong Sun said that. - That's not true.
I did steal Bong Sun's catchphrase.
But I didn't steal Do Yeon's.
- This is Do Yeon's. - This is different from...
(She's one unbelievable thief.)
this.
(Screaming)
- This is different. - That's Do Yeon's.
This is unfair.
Those dances are a little different.
- That vibration is truly shocking. - The vibration was too much.
- Young Mi is... - Young Mi is the best.
I love it.
Hang Jun, you believe Young Mi is...
more innocent than Jong Shin?
- Yes. - I agree.
- I am. - She's more innocent.
I also agree.
I'm not an innocent person.
- He's a business man. - Jong Shin is very innocent.
He's innocent.
He decided...
to make a profession of entertaining others...
by humbling himself, which is a very noble thing to do.
- I think so too. - Right?
Young Mi never cuts corners.
- Right. - She's earnest.
That's why she just use others'.
Seriously, do you want to die?
Bong Sun said that!
- Bong Sun... - Bong Sun said that!
I told her I would buy her something.
- We agreed on that. - Don't say that to me.
I love this picture.
I'm not a thief.
Goodness.
5 years later, you'll find yourself pouring it with the lid off.
That day will come, so hang in there.
Before "NYJS" segment, "Warmhearted Gu Ra"...
This is a boring segment.
- It's so boring. - We still do this?
Excuse me.
This segment will be leading Radio Star.
This segment will lead Radio Star.
It's an awfully boring segment.
Why don't we change it into "Slap Gu Ra's Face"?
That sounds great.
It's a segment where we slap his face without any reason.
- Let's go with that. - Wouldn't that be fun?
Yes.
That sounds great.
(We look for members to join.)
Let's hear from our guests.
There's a time where you recognized how competent Gu Ra was?
Well,
I saw a professional showman from him...
at the "King of Mask Singer" shoot.
- I was at the shoot... - Right.
and I saw him being continuously distracted by other things.
- He kept... - Explain.
- looking at his phone. - I can explain.
- Let's hear her out. - I have to say this.
- Let's hear her out first. - So...
he kept doing other things...
like looking at his phone and doodling. I was worried...
that he might not be listening to the performance at all.
But when Seong Ju asked him a question,
he had everything in his head. The flow of the show...
and the singers' skills.
He just said one comment...
and that would be aired.
(Contented)
Seriously...
- He was so good. - I'm relieved.
(He was worried this might be about slapping him for real.)
He just does that mechanically.
- Mechanically. - I can explain.
"King of Mask Singer" shoot is very long.
- And it's one of the only show... - She was complimenting you.
where we can look up things on the internet.
We need to guess the singers' identities,
so we use the internet often.
But you were looking up different things.
No, I wasn't.
I was just searching the internet.
I could feel he was listening though.
One of my favorite singers was on the show that day.
I told Yoon Sang about it, who was sitting next to me.
Gu Ra listened to that...
and said, "So you like that singer."
And then he started talking...
about what happened to him...
- and everything. - He's just boating his knowledge.
He always collects information like that...
so he can use it in talk shows later.
He's almost like an intelligence agent.
I was the one who caught Jae Jung's "drought".
(I'm the one who caught that.)
He loves giving credit to himself.
- Because I... - You're giving credit to yourself.
(Young Mi, well done.)
- I mean... - Why do you do that?
That's not true.
(He gives credit to himself every day.)
Sometimes, Jong Shin asks me questions...
and don't listen to my answer.
- I listen. - Right.
- He does that. - He does that sometimes.
- You're right. - Sometimes,
when we hang out together...
we meet a junior saying hello to him.
Then Jong Shin says, "Hey, how have you been?"
And Jong Shin asks,
"So how is it going these days?"
Then the junior says, "Well, my grandmother passed away."
Then Jong Shin goes, "Oh, really?"
He doesn't listen.
This is what you call a routine.
"How have you been?", "Oh, really?"
"What have you been up to?", "Oh, really?"
"How are you?", "Oh, really?"
- This is hilarious. - It's always the same.
I'm glad you didn't say what comes after that.
After not paying attention to the conversation, I say,
"That's amazing!"
I shouldn't say that.
Goodness. You're awful.
I shouldn't say things like, "Oh, my."
(I shouldn't say things like, "Oh, my.")
You're now watching me, a soon-to-be nomad,
and my closest allies, who have a lot to nitpick at,
and the high-end music program, Radio Star.
Today's theme is "Jong Shin's Night". Shall we begin?
After 12 years, Jong Shin is quitting...
all TV shows including Radio Star.
- He said he's going abroad. - Right.
"Nomad Project".
- What is that? - "Nomad Project" is...
a part of "Monthly Project Yoon Jong Shin".
It's an oversea version.
For the past 10 years, I've been releasing...
one song every month.
I would like to try that in a different environment.
I want to write songs with the feelings I get...
in places where I know no one.
Weren't you pretty isolated at home anyway?
That's true.
But here, I can meet my friends...
and I can drink whenever things get tough.
- You have people to call. - I've been singing...
about how tough things are and how lonely I am,
but actually, I barely have hard times and get lonely.
When things get a little tough, I call my friend Hang Jun...
and drink with Se Yoon.
So I questioned myself,
"Have I ever lived in the faraway place where I know no one..."
"as a stranger?"
I wasn't sure if I can sing about loneliness...
without experiencing that.
That came across my mind.
So three years ago, I asked my wife...
that I'd like to experience this.
Then my wife said, without a second of hesitation, that I should go.
(She said that he should go without hesitation.)
- She's amazing. - When I go on a trip,
that's what I say to my wife.
- How? - What do you say?
"I don't know what it feels like to be lonely."
You want to get inspiration.
You copied him.
His wife is an amazing person.
After Jong Shin leaves, we'll invite her...
and ask her what happened for real.
Okay.
(The fact check is coming soon.)
- This is heartwarming. - She's amazing.
It's amazing that she let me do that.
My wife has been touring as a tennis player...
for about 10 years.
Those that are of high rank...
tour with the staff.
But my wife was ranked in 90th place.
That's why she had to buy her own flight tickets...
and go around the world by herself without a coach.
(His wife experienced it before him.)
My wife knows that going around the world by yourself...
- She knows. - can be...
- lonely, but you can learn a lot. - I'm glad.
My wife knows.
- That's right. Besides, - You can learn a lot.
your kids are in 4th and 5th grades.
You should give them shoulder rides and such.
I couldn't give them shoulder rides after first grade.
- Right. - You can't.
They can scrub your back too.
- Scrub my back? - They can do that now.
- What did your kids say? - What did they say?
- How did they react? - They kept asking...
- when I would be leaving. - Really?
"When are you leaving?"
- They want you to leave quickly. - I can use your room, right?
They are on board then too.
- That's nice. - They're on board.
- It's all good. It's settled. - "This guitar is mine!"
"I'm using this room!"
(His stuff is more valuable than the dad.)
As for my wife and kids, they'll come out to see me twice a year.
Anyway, as for me...
Here's the thing for me.
After I made my debut in the 1990s,
I started to be on TV shows in full swing in 2000.
But for 20 years,
I was always on some sort of TV show.
- I was always on TV for 20 years. - Right.
I thought that I needed to be out of people's sight for a while.
You shouldn't be on social media for a while then.
- I won't do it for a month. - I see.
- 1 month? - You should be off it for 2 months.
- Don't do it for two months. - You won't be on social media?
- Really? - I must give updates...
for my monthly projects.
- I have to be on social media. - There's no way he'd stop.
I think he's going to upload a lot of posts.
- What if he uploads 100 posts? - Exactly, my point.
I think he'll upload posts.
- "I had breakfast today." - Breakfast?
- "1 spoonful, 2 spoonfuls." - It will start with breakfast?
(He will be a stranger, but not really.)
Hang Jun, after hearing that Jong Shin will be leaving,
you blurted something out right away.
When he told me that he was leaving, I asked...
if his wife was okay with it.
- You had to ask that. - Right.
In fact, some people...
think that the whole family is going with him.
- That's what I thought first. - Right.
People thought he was going to Europe for his children's education.
- Like this. - Some people say this.
"Why would he go if they tagged along?"
You know? Isn't that an important fact?
- You know? - "Isn't the project about freedom?"
"I heard the project is actually about being free."
Isn't that obvious?
If the family is coming with him, why would he go?
Anyway, his wife gladly told Jong Shin...
- that he should go. - His wife is so understanding.
But among all the ladies I've encountered so far,
- she's the most general-like type. - She's amazing.
- She's so impressive. - Right.
- She has guts too. - That's right. She's amazing.
From what I observed, she raises three kids alone.
- Jong Shin rarely does anything. - Right.
He just plays with them a bit and goes to work.
"What did you do today? Really?"
- "My gosh, no way!" - "No way!"
"My teacher scolded me today." "Really?"
"Awesome!"
"Hello, let's grab a meal sometimes."
(Talking to his son)
"Hey, Ra Ik."
(No way.)
- Seriously. - When...
When I was really busy,
my daughter should have said,
"Have a good day."
But she said, "Take care."
(Sounding innocent)
(His daughter sent him away.)
Se Yoon, you said that you can still remember the day...
when Jong Shin told you about the project like it's yesterday.
- He must've told you first. - Oh, that?
- We... - Did I tell you when we had drinks?
had drinks together.
Muzie, he, and I had drinks at the last minute.
He said the press would cover it tomorrow or the day after that.
He told us that he would drop out from all the shows,
but he wanted to prepare a new project about music...
while traveling to other countries.
He told us before the news got out.
To be honest,
I had no idea that he had never taken a day off from Radio Star.
- I didn't. - I thought someone filled in...
- for him, so he could go on a trip. - Exactly.
- He had never done that. - He had never done that.
That means that his presence wasn't that strong.
(Spoiling the mood)
"That guy was on every episode?"
"I think he took a break."
"I think I saw him somewhere."
"I thought he just joined the show."
"Isn't he new?"
- "Who..." - It's been four years.
From what I'd observed, when he was in his 20s,
- he was the laziest guy ever. - Right. I was so lazy.
I even gave him a nickname. Lazy Jong Shin.
He would be lying on a bed the whole day.
Back in the days, he smoked.
He'd smoke like this. And the ashtray was over there.
When you use the ashtray like this, the ash gets on the floor.
When that happened, he pretended not to see it.
- Jong Shin did that? - Yes.
He was that lazy.
This is what I thought when I saw Jong Shin.
"There is a moment when people live the most diligently."
- Right. - And the later that moment comes,
the happier that person might be.
That crossed my mind.
- At one point, I became diligent. - Exactly.
Se Yoon, you already picked someone to take over Jong Shin's position.
Who's taking your position?
- It hasn't been filled yet. - Really?
- It hasn't been decided. - No, not yet.
I should take the position temporarily.
- That was the point of this story. - Yes.
My gosh, we're so grateful.
- That was it? - It's such an honor!
- Let's think about this together. - My goodness.
- Come on. - We should think about it together?
You can't make a decision after one episode.
Come on.
- Let's think about this together. - Unbelievable.
- He'll be on it at least once. - Right.
You'll ask me to be on it for two episodes.
(That's his wish.)
(I hope that wish comes true.)
As soon as I leave, I'm going to watch the show.
- So... - To see how we're doing?
- Yes, so you can feel my absence. - No, no.
(Blocking it out)
I'm really curious who will take his spot.
Young Mi's position has been changing a lot.
- Right. - I can't even predict either.
I kept making recommendations, but I don't know either.
I'm curious who will take your spot and if seats will change.
We have a good plan. Don't worry.
- I get worried too. - Don't worry. We have a plan.
- Is it Yeom Kyung Hwan? - We do.
Is it Yeom Kyung Hwan?
(I'm here!)
- Hey, Kyung Hwan? - My gosh.
Goodness. If that really happens...
- Listen. - You can't do that.
I have mentioned him countless times so far.
- Hearing his name now was so weird. - Right.
Right. Exactly.
- Yeom Kyung Hwan? - Don't give it to your friends.
I don't do that.
Now, everyone will pay attention to this.
Yeom Kyung Hwan. He's...
My gosh, the idea of him joining is so foreign to me.
(No one has thought of him as the new host.)
Ea Na, your husband was more said about my project than you were.
- Yes. - I bet he's sad.
It's because Jong Shin...
takes up the biggest role in Mystic Entertainment...
compared to other artists from the label...
- which I'm sure you all know. - That's right.
When it comes to managing the label...
and producing the albums,
- he has a big role. - Right.
When he first heard it...
My husband rarely gets flustered.
"Gosh, what should I do? I think he's really leaving."
For several days, he was so confused.
But he told me that Jong Shin made a big decision,
and he couldn't get in the way of Jong Shin as his friend.
By the way, Young Chul and I don't meet in person...
to have meetings.
- We use messaging apps. - Right.
It's not like I have a lot of things to do once I leave.
By the way, Jong Shin and I...
- share the green room. - Yes.
A long time ago,
he told me that he was going to drop out of the show a few times.
(Exposing him all of a sudden)
- When did I say that? - I mean,
he kept saying he'd quit.
He said that he'd kill the TV station and such.
- He kept saying that. - What's wrong with you?
After hearing that... You know?
This was his decision, after all.
We should let him go.
Even his wife agreed. How could we stop him?
Exactly. Who are we to stop him?
- We have no choice. - Here's another thing.
He often visits the office.
He might not know, but it's such a big influence...
on the artists in the label,
trainees, and employees.
For them, to see Jong Shin coming to the office...
and bumping into him...
I'm sure that's enough to influence these people.
"I'm working at Jong Shin's label."
I'm sure seeing him at the office must have a big influence.
On the other hand...
- Should we have a cutout board? - In the 1970s...
Just like the classroom in the 1970s, hang my photo.
- I get why they hang photos there. - "Mr. Yoon."
His photo should lean forward a bit.
- Just like this. - Slightly leaning forward.
Or make me look like a mounted deer head.
- Have horns sticking out here. - Seriously.
That's what I thought.
(Do whatever you want to do, Jong Shin.)
Hang Jun,
you have been friends with Jong Shin for 25 years.
You said that you're getting so much love from Jong Shin.
- Right. - Is that still true now?
- Yes. - But it's always fun with him...
- How should I say it? - when I'm with him.
It was really fun.
The days we spent together in our youth were fun.
- At first, we were on a radio show. - We became friends in 1995.
I was writing skits for a radio show.
And I was also on the radio show. We got to know each other then.
- As a writer? - Yes. And we became friends.
And he told me that he had a soccer video game at home.
He invited me to play it with him.
Since he played it all the time, he always won.
And when I lost, he'd say, "Are you a fool?"
He would tease me like that. It was so sad then.
I broadcasted the game. "That was ridiculous."
(Acting like a sports broadcaster)
- That would make you mad. - Yes, I'd get mad.
I stayed up all night and practiced the game.
- I wanted to beat him. - You were mad.
Yes. And Jong Shin woke up the next morning.
"Did you practice a lot?"
And I told him that I did.
"Sit down."
"Are you a fool?"
Gosh, that's so annoying.
- After teasing me, he went to work. - That's so annoying.
"Hang Jun, what are you doing for lunch?"
"I'm not sure."
"Have jjamppong."
- And he'd go to work. - He was cool.
I would order jjamppong and keep playing the game.
And we played again at night.
- "Are you a fool?" - "Are you a fool?"
That's how we started to live together.
(They lived like bickering brothers.)
When we lived together, he supported me a lot.
And when I was a newlywed, things were hard.
Jong Shin asked,
"What do you need at home?"
I told him I needed trash bags,
- Rice. - rice,
and dishwashing detergent. And he brought them to my house.
The security guard at his house thought...
that I was going to a housewarming party every day.
- They were like housewarming gifts. - He always had gifts.
He probably thought you were a delivery man.
He always brought gifts.
He helped me out a lot.
If you think about it, how could you not feel grateful?
- Right. - That's something you can't forget.
It was when my wife and I had no attention from the public.
According to what he told me,
he helped me out because I was a fun friend to be with.
He would always come and check on us.
The fact that he came to help when I hadn't asked first...
makes me ever so grateful to him.
- I always had so much fun with him. - Yes.
It was just fun to be around him.
Say that I bought something that was worth 200 dollars.
But when I gave them to him,
he shared 200 dollars' worth of laughter with me.
(He shared 200 dollars' worth of laughter with me.)
- When I bought 80 dollars' worth... - In other words...
- of stuff... - Was he a clown or what?
- Was he a clown? Was he? - Right.
- Besides... - That was a lot.
If he bought 500 dollars' worth of stuff,
Hang Jun might dress up as a clown.
(Did he dress up as a clown?)
Here's a thing about Hang Jun. He's a lightweight drinker.
- He goes to sleep at 11pm. - Right.
When I went over to their house,
- I'd talk to his wife a lot. - Right.
When I had such serious and profound conversations with her,
I knew that she would make it...
because when I talked to her, her thoughts were so deep.
- And she really focuses on it. - Right.
And in the end, she did make it.
And besides, both of us weren't embarrassed at all to receive...
help from him.
We were so grateful.
We hoped that he would help us out again. We were really like that.
When he brought white rice over,
I asked him to mix it with other grains too.
For your health?
- These things... - You need to mix it up.
Here's a thing about people who receive help from others.
I have this friend whom I always treat to a meal.
He could have bought me a meal once, but he never did.
This is what he thought.
"Treating me to a meal must be his idea of happiness."
But that's totally wrong.
- You know? - The timing was nice.
- He never bought me meals. - It was nice.
- So I talked to him about it once. - No, I had fun.
I don't know if it's because of how he helped me.
After I had become financially well-off,
whenever I have meals or drinks,
- I always pay for the tab. - You ought to do that.
- That feels good, you know. - Of course.
You said that Jong Shin was destined to take good care of you.
When you think back,
some are destined...
to receive a lot of help from others.
When I was growing up, my parents cherished me so much.
I wasn't good at anything. I never got good grades,
but my parents always loved me.
When I was in my 20s and my parents were financially struggling,
Jong Shin showed up in front of me.
(Jong Shin showed up then.)
After talking about his father, he suddenly talked about Jong Shin.
Jong Shin's outfit looks like a dad's too.
(Are you my dad?)
That's why I told them this.
"It's okay if you're poor. You're funny."
"You'll make it one day."
So I spent my youth with Jong Shin.
Once he got married,
- it was hard to meet up often. - We didn't meet as often.
That happened.
That's when my wife became a big writer.
- That's great. - I see.
- That was neat. - Right.
I have a question.
You had financial support from Jong Shin.
Jong Shin helped you.
But after he got married, he didn't take care of you as much as before.
Did you ever resent Jong Shin's wife?
(Did he figure it out?)
"The House You Live in".
- I did resent her briefly. - You did, right?
- "Did I lose him?' - Right? You did, didn't you?
- "That house should belong to me." - That's understandable.
- "That car must've been mine." - You bet.
It was yours. It used to be yours.
- My mom likes fortune-reading. - But...
- Some people like it. - The old generation likes it.
Since I never got good grades and wasn't good at anything,
my mom would go and get my fortune read.
"You don't need to worry about him."
"He will never be in pain. He'll be full of happiness."
"He will be fed when he doesn't work."
- That was my fortune. - My gosh.
- That's so true. It was accurate. - It was true.
"You don't need to worry about him."
"He will be able to support your family."
The more time went on,
the more she was reminded of what the fortune-teller said.
And later on in my life,
I got lucky and became a movie director.
I thought to myself that this wasn't anything to make a big fuss about.
After seeing how successful my wife became, my mother said,
- the fortune-teller was right. - "This is it."
(I found my good fortune!)
Earlier, you talked about how much help Jong Shin gave you,
but there was a time when you were offended by Jong Shin?
- It was before my debut. - This does happen.
I was always grateful and all.
He was like my bank.
He was.
One day, I was talking to my wife.
"We're short on cash. How should we get by this month?"
Things like that happen.
I called Jong Shin.
But I think he answered my call when he was really busy.
"Hey, Jong Shin."
"Hey, Hang Jun. What's up?"
And I continued the conversation.
"Hey, I can pay you back on the 10th of next month."
"Can you lend me 3,000 dollars?"
Usually, Jong Shin would have said,
"Okay. Send me your account number."
He would have said that.
He was silent.
- He didn't say anything. - What happened?
He was silent for a while and said, "Hang Jun."
"We're old enough to have that much money. Do you not have it?"
- When did that happen? - It was a bolt out of the blue sky.
- But... - It was a bolt out of the blue sky.
Here's how he felt. He was just upset.
Of course.
- He and I grew up together. - Right.
I tried to be a film director,
but I couldn't have a proper job as a film director.
And I was always poor...
when it had been a while since I got married too.
He was so upset by the fact I needed to borrow money.
"We're old enough to have that much money. Do you not have it?"
"No, I don't."
- Good job. - "I don't."
- Well done. - "I don't."
- I called because I didn't have it. - Well done.
- That was nice. - Well done.
- Right. - He's something else too.
But he lent me money again.
- You can't say anything to that. - "We're old enough to have..."
"that money. Do you not have it?"
"No, I don't."
"I see."
- Right. - "I got it."
- That was the fact. - "He really didn't have it."
- That was the fact. - Right. He was something else.
(We have a true friendship.)
- Se Yoon, you like Jong Shin. - Yes.
But there are times when you want to avoid him.
Lately,
we've been having work dinners every week after we finish filming.
- He loves drinking. - Seriously.
Jong Shin wasn't like this back in the days.
But I felt this when I recently had drinks with him.
- He talks... - Of course.
- 50 times more than... - Do I talk a lot?
before.
- You know what? - I got goosebumps.
He talks 50 times more than before.
Then, his conversations must be meaningful.
But that's not the case.
That's why it gets annoying.
- Right. I guess I got old. - So I just leave.
(When had he started to talk excessively?)
This was the most shocking.
- When we drank together, - Right.
our conversation went back and forth between us like when we're on TV.
It used to be like that.
Now, the conversation is one-sided.
- Really? - That's true.
- So... - It means I got old.
whenever he catches someone's attention,
- he just talks to that person. - Yes.
And whenever he and I have drinks,
- he discusses the content's future. - Really?
But...
He thinks he's Steve Jobs. What's wrong with him? Seriously.
I do have a lot of thoughts.
- It's only when he drinks. - I have a lot of thoughts.
I try to stop myself from talking too much.
- But when I get drunk, - Right.
- my mouth gets loose. - You know what? Actually,
he always regrets it.
A long time ago, he and I were on a TV show together.
The show didn't do that well.
The show was canceled anyway.
We just didn't talk about it.
Perhaps, he didn't know the show was canceled.
He nagged the producer so much.
"You shouldn't be doing that." And the next day, he said,
"I shouldn't have said that."
"What if he doesn't like me now?"
That's what he said.
- He does talk a lot. - He's unbelievable.
Whenever you talk to Jong Shin, you have fascinating experiences?
When he passes a certain point,
I know that he won't stop talking about this subject.
- I stare at him intently like this. - Right.
- And I think about something else. - Right.
I was talking,
and he was staring at me like this.
- I had to meet his eyes. - So...
This happens from time to time.
I couldn't stand it anymore, so I pretended to go to the restroom.
"Hey, let me use the restroom."
"Hey, just listen to this story and go."
- That's so true. - That's so annoying.
Right. He really says that.
- Seriously. - That's awful.
- Here's the scariest part. - That's terrible.
Since...
there are a lot of people, we switch seats.
When there's no one next to Jong Shin,
he looks for people.
(Looking around)
When that happens, everyone gets so nervous.
Everyone won't go near him.
And when your eyes meet...
"Hey, so..."
(You're my target today.)
It's like playing Drop the Handkerchief.
Everyone circles around.
"Who will be next?"
Ea Na, it looks like you've experienced this too.
- Yes. - Right.
He and I were on many shows together.
And we had to talk a lot on the show.
So I would get so exhausted.
The staff would actually tell us to stop talking.
But it was fun to talk on the show.
Afterward, he would say,
"Everyone, good job today."
"Since we're exhausted, let's go somewhere and talk."
My gosh.
- Talk more? - He wants more?
- Let me explain. - How could we have dinner...
- That's awful. - with someone like him?
- It's awful. - Hear me out.
There were some things we couldn't say on TV. That's what it was for.
"Hey, you're all warmed up, right?"
So...
- That's exhausting. - I'm so sick of it.
- Seriously. - And when we go home,
we talk on social media.
(Online chatting)
"By the way, I couldn't say this earlier..."
He would talk to me on there.
- That's what he did. - He's something else.
That's like having a cup of green plum tea at the end of a meal.
- That's so exhausting. - I...
I even make dad jokes to Ea Na.
"I couldn't finish my conversation, so I'm steaming."
(Appalled)
"My head is steaming."
"The smoke is coming out of my mouth."
(The dad jokes are contagious.)
Hang Jun, you said that Jong Shin's love lasts...
only five seconds.
It was when he and I were living together.
We raised a puppy named Semi.
- When I left, he was with Semi. - Right. Semi was with me.
The puppy was with a stranger.
(Feeling awkward)
- Really? - Besides...
(Semi only cared about Jong Shin.)
The puppy was very calm.
She was quiet.
And she would hear the door lock.
- That meant Jong Shin was back. - He was back.
- Right. - When he came home,
he did his signature move.
- He does this all the time. - Right.
Semi.
(Semi)
- He looked just like Jong Shin. - And...
that calm puppy...
- would rush and jump into him. - He did that.
And Jong Shin would hold the puppy.
"Semi. Hey, Semi."
(The end)
- That's why? - Yes, it lasted five seconds.
- He loves the dog like crazy once. - Yes, right.
- And he keeps his distance. - He'd call and kiss the puppy.
After that, he would turn on the TV.
He'd turn on the TV,
- but she needs more love. - She still wants more.
- I bet the puppy came to Jong Shin. - Semi.
- My gosh. - The puppy would do this.
"No, Semi."
- All of a sudden? - "I loved you..."
"for five seconds earlier."
- Suddenly like that? - I got goosebumps.
- I don't know what he said no to. - I got goosebumps.
- All of a sudden? - By the way,
he really loves dogs. He really loves dogs.
- I still have a dog. - Right.
Semi?
- Did she die? - Semi died.
I had Semi in 1995.
I thought the dog could live a long life.
- A long life? - That was in 1995.
I have a question.
- I don't seem to understand this. - Okay.
- When Jong Shin left home, - Yes.
what did you do there?
It was really comfortable there. It's because...
Wasn't it uncomfortable to live at someone else's house?
- It was comfortable for me. - He says it was okay.
It was a studio apartment in Yeouido.
It was comfortable for me...
because I had always lived with my parents before then.
Did you stay there instead of going home?
Yes. Jong Shin wasn't there, but there were games and such.
- He even gave me allowances... - That's right.
so that I could get around for the day.
- He provided for those things. - Did you cook meals...
before Jong Shin came home?
- No, I didn't. - I see.
I had that thought for a brief while.
"I am not doing anything in this apartment."
Seriously.
"Should I make kimchi?"
- "Should I make something?" - "I need to do something."
- How long did that go on? - 2 to 3 years, right?
- Yes, 2 to 3 years. - 2 to 3 years?
You know, at first...
He came to play games and stayed for 2 or 3 years.
Games.
- That's right. - He played games for too long.
I had get-togethers to go to and such,
but I didn't have many clothes.
I borrowed clothes from Jong Shin's closet.
Your build is about the same.
One day, Jong Shin looked for the clothes...
- I had borrowed. - What did you do?
- I bet you had a fight. - I bet...
- something happened. - Yes.
Jong Shin came in and said,
"Did you wear my clothes?"
"Yes, I did."
"You should go home and bring your clothes."
- He said that. - I see.
I told him,
"Then give me a drive home."
(I don't have a car.)
You know,
I don't understand your logic.
- My goodness. - Seriously.
- I don't understand your logic. - You are one of a kind.
There is no one like him.
I am jealous of him.
It would be convenient to live like him.
(Let's live like Hang Jun in this complex age.)
Jae Jung, you worried about Jong Shin's health...
throughout the preliminary interview.
- Well... - He likes Jong Shin too much.
When he works on music,
he munches on snacks and salty food...
- very often. - That's right.
He boils down doenjang jjigae.
He eats salty food.
Food abroad tends to be salty, so...
You should go with him.
"You should go with him."
- That's a good idea. - If you are so worried...
Go with him.
How is the idea?
Go with him.
- I have a diet I follow. - You need to stay here.
(Don't be ridiculous.)
(Come back before we forget about you.)
Ea Na, you also have worries about Jong Shin.
What worry?
His SNS addiction.
You know,
I am pretty good at sensing things.
Even on TV,
it looks like there is anxiety in Jong Shin's heart.
Really?
- He keeps checking his SNS. - That's right.
- I know what you mean. - You said earlier that...
he tends to talk longer now.
Unlike how it was in the past,
- his brain is on overload. - That's right.
Thus, I am so relieved that...
- he will go on a break... - That's right.
- because he knows that. - You know,
I talk to Ea Na...
quite often...
because we share things as artists.
The worries I have as an artist...
- can't be shared with my wife. - I know.
I need someone I can talk to without reservation.
That's right.
For example,
someone who doesn't need my manners and modesty.
- That's right. - She is that person.
All of them let you say what you want.
- You don't need to be stressed out. - That's right.
Even when my words are harsh, they see my intention in them.
- That's right. - We invited those people.
You should be thankful for them.
- We wouldn't put up with you. - We are the ones who survived.
That's right. They are impressive.
Your ears can rest now.
(Your ears can rest now.)
Hang Jun, back when you received allowances from Jong Shin,
you once scolded your wife,
Kim Eun Hee.
I was working as a scriptwriter...
when I tried to debut as a director.
I told the others, "Don't ask me to write scripts."
I voluntarily dropped all works.
Thus, my wife and I became poor after the wedding.
We ran out of rice.
We had to take cold showers in winter.
One of my junior scriptwriters went,
"Why don't you ask Eun Hee to write the scripts..."
"for radio skits?"
I asked my wife, "Eun Hee, do you want to do this?"
"To be honest, I want to rest at home."
Upon hearing that, "Am I the only breadwinner here?"
You were angry. You were angry.
- "Am I the only breadwinner here?" - "Why are you so thoughtless?"
(He provoked her for the 2nd time.)
My goodness.
That was a big scolding for him.
He channeled a teacher.
I didn't yell at her or anything.
In the end, she said, "Okay. I will do it."
When she worked,
I made doenjang jjigae at home.
Then I waited for her call.
"When are you coming home?" It became that way.
I ended up wearing an apron.
(He wore an apron and waited for his wife anxiously.)
So...
"When are you coming home?" "I am nearly done, Hang Jun."
"Okay. Hurry up and come home." Then she wouldn't come home.
"My coworkers asked me to dine with them."
"I ended up having a few drinks."
"Didn't you think about your husband who was waiting for you?"
- My goodness. - "It's a part of the work."
- "It's a part of the work." - I know.
Then out of spite,
I would sit like this at the table without eating.
- My goodness. - You could stand before the clock.
I know.
(That's a heartbreaking sight.)
"Hang Jun, I am sorry."
"It's okay."
Then I would go into the room.
You had your difficulties.
To be honest, I think the breadwinner should be...
above the other family members...
in financial and ethical aspects.
Other family members should look up to the breadwinner...
- as the leader. - That's right.
In that sense, Eun Hee is the breadwinner of the household.
- She is the breadwinner. - My goodness.
She is perfect in financial and ethical aspects.
One time, a big company made an offer.
- To whom? - Eun Hee.
Did you really have to ask?
She got the offer, not me.
(Not me)
She got the offer and signed the contract.
She received a percentage of the company stocks.
Other people put the stocks...
under their children's names.
- It's not illegal. - It's like passing down a fortune.
- That's right. - Let's say...
the company stocks were worth 500 dollars.
When the company gets listed...
and the price of the stocks rises,
you just need to pay the tax for 500 dollars.
Most people did that.
Rich people do that.
Yes. But my wife went,
"We shouldn't do that."
"I always write drama scripts about how bad those tricks are."
"I don't mind paying the tax."
"Just put the stocks under my name."
- She is so cool. - I know.
There should be a biography of your wife.
That's right. Seriously.
This episode should be in her biography.
She is an incredible woman.
Most people don't compliment their family members...
to that extent.
- All right. - It's true.
We knew she was like that.
- She is an ethical breadwinner. - That's right.
Then your position in the household...
should change...
from how it has been in the past.
My wife isn't a family woman.
- She only works. - That's right.
- She eats, sleeps, and works. - That's right.
She doesn't even have time to spend money.
On the other hand, I care a lot about home.
I go to the mart and see...
which oil is two cents cheaper per liter.
I keep account books.
You found your way.
Come to think of it, the balance is nice.
Right?
They make it work.
When we got married,
not having a child was the condition.
But I love children.
So I begged my wife,
"Let's just have one child."
"I will look after the child by myself."
She said, "Okay. I won't look after the child."
I see.
I didn't think she was serious.
(Joking)
- She keeps true to her words. - That's right.
Your household is the matriarchal society.
It looks nice.
- It sounds nice. - I know.
This thought suddenly occurred to me.
Had Kim Eun Hee not met you,
she wouldn't have become...
- such a great scriptwriter. - That's true.
My personalities match.
It seems like you were dying to talk.
No one listens to this kind of talk.
(No one listens to this kind of talk.)
You are talking a lot.
I am glad I visited the show.
(Welcome.)
Jong Shin sang about 300 songs...
- over 30 years. - I didn't count.
He sang so many songs.
Ea Na, you think there is a reason why...
Jong Shin can release more songs than Yu Hui Yeol.
He has the thirst for stories.
At times, it's tiring...
for the listeners like us.
I think that disposition is his driving force.
While we say it's incredible,
"Monthly Project Yoon Jong Shin"...
is much more incredible than our simple words.
He doesn't simply put out a lot of songs.
On the set day of each month, he has released a song...
without fail.
People in this industry say...
it's an impossible feat.
Not only that, all of his songs are well-made.
It's amazing that he keeps his promise.
Only those with stories to tell can do that.
He even writes his own lyrics.
Since releasing one song a month isn't enough,
I talk in a drunken state.
It's unbelievable. I think you need to rap.
(I think you need to rap.)
That would be better.
- That's right. - That would be better.
It's a constructive opinion.
He can talk fast that way.
(Jong Shin and Outsider would make the best team.)
You said Yu Hui Yeol and Yoon Jong Shin...
are incomparable when it comes to manly charms.
What do you mean by that?
Both of them...
take themselves humorously...
in front of the camera.
They take on flippant personalities.
When the camera goes off, Yu Hui Yeol...
becomes cold.
(When the camera goes off, Yu Hui Yeol becomes cold.)
I don't mean that he becomes scary.
He becomes quite manly.
It's unexpected, right?
Jong Shin doesn't change so much.
He goes from being flippant...
to being more serious.
When I see him in the waiting room,
he is very gloomy.
(He is very gloomy.)
- He is especially like that now. - I know.
I saw him as a gloomy man.
You saw correctly. He is gloomy.
I am gloomy and lonely.
I saw him as a quiet man who is perfect...
- for the entertainment business. - That's right.
People who are in the entertainment business...
tend to make fun of themselves...
before the cameras.
But I don't think Gu Ra does that.
I am very taciturn.
Gu Ra doesn't talk much in private occasions.
- I listen to others. - Other than that, he is the same.
I always say Gu Ra is like a vending machine.
He only talks when you insert money.
- He needs to receive money. - That's right.
He only talks when he receives money.
(The capitalist vending machine of talk)
Ea Na, you said that you sometimes shudder...
when you read the lyrics of Jong Shin's lyrics.
Well...
Did the script ask you to say that so emotionally?
- Yes, it did. - "You sometimes shudder."
- "You sometimes shudder." - I followed the script.
I heard that you are sick and tired of them.
(Gu Ra added his own emotions.)
I am talking about the details of his lyrics.
I can tell the difference...
between the made-up details...
and the real details.
The details in Jong Shin's lyrics...
are still alive.
They are very much alive in their pettiness.
At this point,
he might as well tone down the lyrics...
in their pettiness.
But he keeps that pettiness alive...
and transfers it to the lyrics.
"Like It" is one example.
While it's a ballad song,
it basically asks, "Do you like it now?"
- Yes. - "Do you like it now?"
"Do you like it now that you broke up with me?"
I am amazed at how real that pettiness is...
even after his long career.
I will show you something pettier next year.
No one knows me abroad.
I will show you how petty I can be in front of foreigners.
Perhaps the lyrics will be gibberish.
- You should try begging. - I bet he will come back soon.
My goodness.
Se Yoon, you can't forget about...
what you received from Jong Shin back in school.
- Really? - To be honest...
- Really? - To be honest, it's music.
Yes.
Music I listen to these days...
doesn't seep into my heart.
The songs that seeped into my heart then...
will last a lifetime.
A lot of those songs are...
by Jong Shin.
Jong Shin's music...
played a role in how I became myself.
I think Gu Ra is unhappy.
That wasn't the story Gu Ra wanted.
- Right now, - I have a condition.
he wants to break things.
I have an incurable condition.
- Yes. - I have an incurable condition.
I can't stand these dull stories...
because of my condition. I just can't stand them.
He has a phobia of heartwarming situations.
- You should be careful. - You know,
I can't stand dull things.
Before I die, I will tell people to put me upside down in the coffin.
I will tell people to put me upside down in the coffin.
He can't stand praises.
Didn't Jong Shin ever make you feel grateful?
No.
But you worked with Jong Shin for 10 years!
Even if I made him feel grateful, I don't want to hear about it.
I want him to take it to his grave.
- This is Jong Shin's last episode. - No, thank you.
Jong Shin's manager visited me earlier and said,
"Thank you for everything."
"You supported Jong Shin a lot."
I said, "Why would you thank me? Both of us simply made a living."
(Cool)
Seriously.
- I have nothing to thank him for. - Okay.
The moment Gu Ra thanks me, his character will disappear.
- Gu Ra is authentic. - That's right.
He might put it on his tombstone.
- Behind the tombstone. - I have nothing to thank him for.
I bet you will cry when Jong Shin leaves.
Don't you know anything about me?
Why would I shed tears on Jong Shin when I have never cried?
- You never know. - Don't be ridiculous.
(Laughing)
Jae Jung, Jong Shin directs you in the recording studio.
He made you cry one time.
He initially gave "Like It" to me.
He wanted you to sing it.
He gave me a chance to sing "Like It" one time.
I sang it in the recording studio.
The vocal range was so high...
that I lowered the key for the recording.
Jong Shin scolded me so much back then.
- What did he say? - Did he?
"How could you sing that way?"
"This song shouldn't be sung that way."
"You don't know the emotions in this song."
He said those words.
I couldn't help but cry.
I say those things in a vicious way.
- Really? - I think...
ballad singers...
are like actors.
They need to understand...
the lyrics of the song.
For example,
they need to use the singing style that suits the lyrics.
Jae Jung was just throwing out the notes.
He was singing for the sake of singing.
I was afraid that he would forget if I use gentle words,
so I advised him rather coldheartedly.
He wasn't used to that, so he started to cry.
I cried a lot.
After some time, Jong Shin sang the song.
That's right. He had a big plan.
That was why he scolded you.
- "I did my best to teach you." - That's right.
"I sang the song because you were terrible."
"I tried to give you the song."
The song became a hit.
Everyone in the agency became happy...
and friendly.
(It was all thanks to Jae Jung's tears.)
Se Yoon,
you have never released a song with Jong Shin.
- Have we never done that? - You have a concept...
for the collaboration between UV and Jong Shin.
Yes. The idea came to be recently.
What is it? Give me the idea.
The title is "Alcoholic Rapper".
("Alcoholic Rapper")
Tell us more about it.
- "Alcoholic Rapper". - Jong Shin would rap.
A rap verse usually goes, "Hey, hey listen."
"Hey, hey, hey. Listen to what I have to say."
"Hey, hey. Come here. Come here."
- "Semi! Semi! Semi!" - Then...
UV would begin to sing the hook.
"Okay, so..." Then Jong Shin would go, "Hey, hey."
(Hey, hey!)
"Stop with the hook."
- "Let me talk some more." - That's hilarious.
- That's good. - When we try again...
to sing the hook...
"I am not done yet."
In the end, the song wouldn't have a hook.
- That's a good idea. - There wouldn't be a hook.
- I will do it. - That's a good idea.
- Will you do it? - Yes.
Okay.
I will do it once I come back. How about next year?
We can film it in Europe.
- Will you come to me? - He will come to you.
It's your excuse to go to Europe, right?
(It's your excuse to go to Europe, right?)
(He can't fool a fellow comedian.)
Hang Jun, you can't get used to Jong Shin's trendiness.
I don't think he was like that before.
I am not trendy.
I make whatever songs I want to make.
The quantity of information he gathers is incredible.
He never gets behind...
compared to young people.
I don't like that.
- I mean, I like Jong Shin. - That's right.
I don't like the rapidly-changing society.
When I go to ride an elevator in Sangam-dong,
I sometimes don't know how to ride...
- a certain elevator. - I know what you mean.
You go to the bank to deposit money, right?
No, I don't. In that sense...
- In that sense... - You are quick in that sense.
You are an early adapter in that sense.
Why would that make him an early adapter?
- For goodness' sake. - I go to the bank...
and write "1,000 dollars" under "Withdrawal".
- Do you do that? - I still do that.
Do you go to the bank to deposit money?
Yes, I do.
- My goodness. - Let me tell you this.
When you ordered a yearbook back in the days,
there wasn't an electronic receipt.
There was an office that made...
the receipt with a dotted line.
- One side was for school... - That's right.
and one side was for me.
Back in the days, smart kids signed...
with a pencil.
They signed with a pencil...
and split the money with their friends.
They shared one receipt.
"Young Mi,"
"why didn't you pay for the yearbook?"
Although I had paid,
your name would be written on the receipt. Do you understand?
No, I don't.
(What are you talking about?)
You should live nicely.
So they forged the receipt.
They use a pen on this side,
and a pencil on the other. Then they erase it.
They give it to other friends,
and they also get paid.
We listened to it...
- and still don't understand. - We don't understand.
- You don't understand, do you? - No.
Just bring your bankbook to the bank.
I used to work at a convenience store.
If it was 5.5 dollars,
the customer gave me a ten-dollar bill...
and gave me another 0.5 cents.
And I couldn't understand why.
(She couldn't understand.)
So I used a calculator...
to subtract 5.5 dollars from 10.5 dollars.
What are you talking about?
I don't understand.
What are you talking about?
(Laughing)
I just can't understand what you're saying.
That's enough. Let's break up.
(Let's break up.)
- They're so incompatible. - They are.
(It's fun watching them being incompatible.)
Jong Shin was only a musician,
in 2003, he started showing up in variety shows,
and he became someone indispensable in variety shows.
Hang Jun,
did Jong Shin start being in variety shows because of money?
He became successful in his 20s,
and he's never been on a tight budget.
- He started making a few albums... - Right.
- I started a small company. - Yes.
But you keep spending money even though you don't do anything...
- when you have a company. - Right.
- What you've earned... - It never ceases.
So I thought it was because of money.
- That played a big part. - Then he was it sitcoms,
and...
On the other hand,
no artist used to be...
on this kind of program.
He had to look great...
at the time.
And I found out later on...
that some of his colleagues criticized him.
For being in variety shows.
- Yes. - They did at that time.
And he looked...
a bit sad to me.
Did you ever think...
you should get away from him?
At that time?
- But... - One day,
you find a letter.
"Jong Shin."
"Don't you look for me."
"I'll find my own way."
And he leaves with Semi.
- He takes Semi with him. - Right.
But I felt sorry for him at the time.
He used to call me every day...
to drink with him.
At first, I spent some time with him,
and it went on for half a year,
and I got tired of it.
(He was knocked down.)
He figured out that I wasn't really listening to what he was saying.
"Are you not so happy with hanging out with me?"
That's what he said. He lost his temper.
People usually say no when they hear it.
- Yes. - But I said nothing.
- You affirmed his words. - That's almost...
like I affirmed his words.
Because I was too tired.
The food must have been terrible.
But...
- I was... - It must have been terrible.
You need something good to drink with.
In the 90s, you had to stay on one side.
It was a virtue.
You couldn't be on both sides.
- But people who said that to me... - Yes, they used to.
slowly came into the variety shows.
They came in slowly and we were having a drink,
and they said, "You're quick."
But they used to criticize me.
- Right. - "You're quick."
Anyway, I remembered what I said to him when we were drinking.
What did you tell him?
The essence of your profession is to entertain as a clown.
whether you make them cry or laugh.
So I told him it didn't matter.
Sometimes you're a clown who makes them laugh,
and you're a clown who makes them cry when you sing.
Was the food okay that day?
- I think it was. - It was okay.
We only went to one place.
So I got sick of it.
I was going through hard times,
we didn't cut down on drinking and we had good food.
I think we rather drank more often.
I see.
Ea Na, you have a present for Jong Shin...
- before he leaves. - What is it?
Though I was worried because of his social media,
but I wanted to get him a portable Wi-Fi.
Because I'm addicted?
I'm worried he might feel too lonely.
But I'm going there to feel lonely.
- Right. - And there's also...
his translator.
- I don't have a translator. - You don't?
- You're just... - You're just going?
- You're going alone? - I'm going with the cameraman...
who speaks the language as much as I do.
He's going to...
- be deaf. - I know, right?
- I'm worried about him. - Poor cameraman.
- He's going to turn deaf. - Right.
Is his cochlea going to flow away?
(Is the cameraman's cochlea going to flow down here?)
In the East Sea, they'll be like,
"Is that..."
(He'll catch a big fish unexpectedly.)
Since we're here,
why don't we bring out the gift we prepared?
- This is... - That's awesome.
- It's not like you guys. - I can't wait to see.
- This is from Gook Jin. - Gook Jin?
Gook Jin.
(What will it be?)
(Wow.)
It's something simple.
- It's simple? - No, this is...
I needed running shoes.
- Yes. - There's the national flag.
- He doesn't want you to forget. - Thank you very much.
I couldn't...
- think of anything. - This is touching.
I thought a lot about it.
- Gu Ra! - That's awesome.
- He put laces! - That's unusual.
His name itself is...
touching.
- I can't wait to see it. - Like this.
I saw it and...
(It's Gu Ra's present.)
It's a fedora.
- I don't think it'll fit. - It's good.
It looks good on you.
- Isn't it a bit small? - No, it fits.
It looks good on you.
- There's another one! - I got this too.
He has an eye for the style.
It's a shirt.
- There are pineapples. - He likes these.
I actually went...
to the Philippines a while ago.
And it was cheap.
It was cheap?
Although he says it that way,
- he got the style perfectly. - Yes.
- It fits. - It's pretty.
I wanted you to look like a stranger there.
- What's the book? - There's a book.
- He's giving so much. - The book is...
A senior of mine wrote it.
It's a good book for people in their 50s.
- "Record of Twists and Thrills..." - It's a book.
- "for Getting Older Elegantly". - Yes.
If you open it...
- You wrote something? - No.
He gave the book to me.
What?
- Hey. - Come on now.
This is wrong.
- You're a fraud! - This is wrong.
You can't give it to someone else!
I already read it!
What would he think?
He gave me the present he got.
Are you serious?
I was too innocent.
I was surprised to see this.
"Kim Hyun Dong, you're the superstar of all people."
"I hope you stay healthy for yourself and everyone else."
"January 29th, 2019."
He gave me the gift he got this January.
I finished reading it.
But people say you present it to someone else after you read it.
- I also did something inside. - What did you do?
- It's cash. - Oh, my.
- It's 100 euros. - I wanted you...
to go get something to eat.
- Thank you. - I put a little something.
I put a little something.
There's one bill?
I thought there would be one on each page.
Shouldn't there be more?
That's enough.
Yes, thank you very much.
I'm touched by his gifts.
- It was nothing. - I thought...
very deeply about my presents.
What will it be? Can it even go on air?
It's a jacket, isn't it?
It's not a jacket. It's a meaningful present.
- It'll be a jacket. - It's also practical.
- What is it? - Is it a watch?
I was a bit shy.
I really needed this.
- It's a bidet. - It's practical.
- They didn't... - It's a portable bidet.
- have many bidets there. - Right.
You also like going to the bathroom.
It's very useful.
- He's going to Europe to poop. - Sure he is.
I want him to dump everything in Europe.
This is more useful than you think.
And for Jong Shin who wasn't absent for 12 years,
the production crew prepared a present.
What is it?
- Please open it. - What is it?
- I have to open it? - Go ahead.
- I have to open it? - They want you to open it.
You've prepared a lot today. I'm seeing the fruit.
(It's a fruitful composition of gifts in return for his 12 years.)
- Wow. - Oh, my goodness.
- My gosh. - Is it from all episodes?
- It's the puzzle. - Oh, my.
- It's all there. - It's from his past.
- This is amazing. - There's me before I got braces.
It's before he got braces.
- There he is. - It's there, right?
That's me before I got braces.
- That looks great. - I'm touched. Thank you.
- I don't think he means it. - He's not...
- really touched. - I am.
Wow.
Really?
- This is awesome! - It's awesome.
It's awesome.
- Thank you very much. - Yes.
He's leaving.
- It's over. - Yes.
You are watching a high-end music program,
Radio Star.
For the viewers who listened to my stories...
for 12 years,
I've prepared this myself.
Songs I want to sing for the people...
- who remain. - Who remain.
Jong Shin has picked them for today.
Shall we listen which song he chose?
("An Evening Breeze" by Yoon Jong Shin)
(The creator, Yoon Jong Shin, is in his 50s,)
(and he says his intentions and resolution...)
(before the "Nomad Project".)
- In 2019... - It was 3 months ago.
- I announced the "Nomad Project". - Yes.
Many people think they go down at the age of 50,
and in my song,
I think you're right at the middle when you're 50.
And it felt like a period of time where I start fresh.
It's "An Evening Breeze" by Yoon Jong Shin.
Please give him a round of applause.
(He will sing "An Evening Breeze" before he becomes a nomad.)
(It's the first time in 12 years he steps on the Radio Star stage.)
(She's concentrating.)
- Wow. - What?
Hi, honey.
(A voice suddenly resonates the studio.)
It was only a segment of "Golden Fishery"...
when we got married and you started being on the show.
(He's surprised and happy to see his wife.)
People showed a lot of love for a very long time,
and there had only been grateful moments, now that I think about it.
I don't know if you remember,
when we got married you said to me,
"You have lived as a nomad as a tennis player."
When you asked, "How did that feel?",
you sounded envious,
so I think I foresaw this situation.
It's already been 13 years since we've been married,
(They now have a family, and their children are growing up.)
and I don't know what went through your head,
but more than anybody, our family will root for you...
in whatever you choose to do.
We understand and support you.
I hope you think and experience a lot,
and I hope this becomes...
a turning point in your life.
When there's a chance,
we'll visit once or twice.
Ra Ik, say something to Dad.
Hello. Hi.
- He's cute. - They look the same.
He's cute.
You'll be spending a year...
abroad.
Be careful of guns in America.
He's sending a message.
Don't get pickpocketed.
Especially, don't drink.
Take care,
and when you're in a nice country,
we'll come to visit.
- Are you going to visit? - Bye.
- Are you rooting for him? - Yes.
What are you going to do if you miss him?
- If I miss him? - Yes.
Are you going to write to him?
Well... Yes.
- Have a nice trip. - He's cute.
He's already in puberty.
(Thank you. Bye.)
He's in puberty.
(That was unexpected but sweet.)
- He's cute. - I know.
("An Evening Breeze" by Yoon Jong Shin)
(He will leave a familiar place...)
(and take an adventure into the unknown.)
(This is a message from Nomad Yoon Jong Shin.)
(Did I stay for too long?)
(Should I stay here?)
(Was everything I saw)
(And learned)
(My best?)
(It might be too late)
(I might be an irresponsible late boomer)
(There are)
(too many days left)
(It makes me dizzy)
(I'll look more)
(Some say my time has gone,)
(but I'm in the center of my life.)
(I realized too much)
(To back out)
(I'll dream more)
(I have a lot more)
(To learn)
(Don't hide)
(In front of the wind)
(He sings...)
(what's on his heart.)
(I don't want to face that day in a daze)
(This is his courageous pledge at midlife.)
(Glancing)
Why is the writer crying?
Why are you crying?
(He's not crying, so he's yelling at somebody.)
(Sniffing)
(I want to become better)
(In the past 12 years, he chose comedy...)
- Hello. - Hold on.
(over music on Radio Star.)
(Funny guy)
(He sacrificed his shabby body,)
(and talked endlessly.)
(He turned Radio Star from a short to long story.)
(He took care of Gu Ra even as they quarreled,)
(and he laughed with Gook Jin. He was in the center of Radio Star.)
(He led the show with his reasonable confidence.)
(He's everything of Radio Star.)
(He leaves behind everything from episode 1 to now,)
(and is on a new road in 12 years.)
(We won't say a special farewell.)
(I remember...)
(all the time we spent together.)
(We'll be in our respective roles.)
(We'll look a little bit different,)
(but when we meet again, pat me on the back.)
(This is his last time on Radio Star,)
(but it's another beginning in life.)
(Nomad Yoon's...)
(reasonable farewell)
Thank you. I'll be back.
Thank you for everything.
(Thank you for everything.)
That was really nice.
The lyrics were so great.
His wife is an incredible person.
I think she's an incredible person.
She remembered what I said a long time ago.
I said that early in our marriage.
I think you have an incredible wife.
He keeps on saying that.
You should marry her in your next life too.
Of course.
His wife can do this too.
I hope you marry her in your next life too.
After I got married,
I started Radio Star the year after.
I was on this show as long as I've been married.
My kids grew up as Radio Star developed.
Ra Ik has the same birthday as Radio Star.
- He was born in 2007. - Oh, dear.
He's friends with Radio Star. They're the same age.
It brought memories back...
watching him on Radio Star.
That concludes the night of "Nitpick Yoon Jong Shin".
Do the hosts have something to say to Nomad Yoon? Young Mi?
I just started,
and we're saying goodbye.
She doesn't care.
(She's about to cry.)
Are you Yoo Sang Moo? What's wrong?
You just started.
- She turned red. - I don't understand.
We've known each other for 15 years.
You're thinking back to the time when people criticized you.
- I'm remembering that time. - You got criticized so much.
From now on,
- I was going to be sincere, - It's okay.
but you're leaving.
You're going to come back soon.
- Right. - Once you get back,
I hope we can work together.
I always shared the same waiting room with Jong Shin.
Let me say this.
I hope nothing like what I see in movies happens.
(That was a farewell with a twist.)
There are many different movies.
- I've been abroad, - I want to watch that movie.
but it's very boring,
so I hope it becomes boring 14 months.
I'm going so that I can feel bored and lonely.
I hope nothing like what I see in movies happens.
Just feel how much you miss your family.
- He's unbelievable. - That's what I hope.
I hope you spend your 50s with your family.
When I randomly think out...
people who are around with me,
I am appreciative of them.
For 12 years,
Jong Shin was always next to me.
I want to thank you for that.
I don't say this often,
but my best compliment is,
"You are awesome."
I've seen Jong Shin for 12 years,
and he was truly awesome.
I think he'll be really awesome in the future too.
- I'll be back. - Many people are envious.
We're rooting for you.
After this episode, there are a few more weeks.
I'm not leaving tomorrow.
I'm getting sick of this.
This is my last time on Radio Star.
Are you going to be on TV until the end of September?
(Goodness)
When are you going anyway?
I've been on Radio Star for 12 years.
I say he won't leave.
I'm getting tired too.
(I'm going to stay at home and watch Radio Star.)
This is his last day after 12 years,
so I think he should say the final words.
Viewers,
there were many controversies when Radio Star started,
but that was our motivation.
I was stimulated by that energy and reflected on myself.
For 12 years, I played a small part,
and that was a huge honor.
Thank you for laughing to my stories,
and relating with me.
I'll come back once I can tell more diverse stories...
with my music.
Thank you for everything.
(Thank you for everything.)
We always conclude with, "See you next week. Please."
I won't be able to say that anymore.
See you next week on Radio Star.
I'll see you once I get back.
- Please. - Please.