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[Guests joining the chat] I can't see you, though I want to

[22-second preview] Catch me, catch me, catch you

Eun Jin, quit hosting!

- Jae Seok's right here, and you keep taking over! - Sorry!

Geoje, yahoo!

Geoje, yahoo!

[Perfect fall weather clear skies and plenty to eat]

[24-Hour Talk Restaurant: OPEN]

[Snacks and drinks for our nonstop talkers]

[Mouths locked and loaded ready to talk up a storm]

[Pinggyego!]

[This video contains paid promotion for Hwaryeohanwoo]

[The host arrives full of anticipation] I'm really looking forward to this.

[Shocked by the striploin steak] Striploin?

I haven't had steak in forever.

Writer Song Hwa texted me yesterday.

["Skip breakfast tomorrow!"] She told me to come hungry...

[From: Writer Song Hwa]

["We'll lay out a proper feast"] She promised the full spread.

So I actually skipped breakfast today.

I don't know how our Gyewon watching at home are gonna feel.

The second you see steak you suddenly need steak.

Just seeing it on-screen makes you hungry and today...

[Holiday MVP: Hwaryeohanwoo] Hwaryeohanwoo is joining us in style.

They've laid out a whole feast so we're gonna dig in.

[Steak] And already...

[That sizzling aroma] They're grilling the steak now... Oh, that smell.

[A.k.a. the food fiend] Seok Sam is gonna love today.

Oh, thank you.

[Fresh off the grill] Since it's just been cooked...

[Steak tasting] I'll give it a try. Wow...

Oh!

[One huge bite]

Wow.

It's trimmed beautifully so it's incredibly tender.

And it's packed with juice.

[Nom]

This is so good.

Wow, this Hwaryeohanwoo...

The marbling is gorgeous.

By the time this episode goes up the holiday season will be...

right around the corner.

So as a holiday gift

I'd be thrilled to get Hwaryeohanwoo.

You can tell just by looking at it. It feels seriously premium.

[Enjoying it before the guests arrive] Mm! This is so good.

[One plate of steak: gone]

I absolutely inhaled that.

I kinda want more...

I could steal a little from Seok Sam's plate.

[Already plotting to tease Pocket Bro]

He probably wouldn't notice. He's not exactly sharp...

Heh, he'd never notice.

Oh! They're here.

Oh, Seok Sam!

[Food fiend Seok Sam checks in] Oh, hey!

[Eun Jin returns for round two] Eun Jin!

[New Gyewon Kang Jun arrives too] Kang Jun! It's been forever.

Guess I'm invisible.

[Same as always] Eun Jin!

[The host warmly welcomes his guests] Kang Jun!

[Instantly sold] Sit down. Steak, steak!

- This is amazing. - Perfect.

- Hey! - What?

Grab a bite.

[Feeding the elder food fiend first] Striploin steak.

- Sit, sit, Kang Jun. - What a feast...

Oh! You already finished a whole plate?

- He cleared it already. - It was just so good.

[Note: He did not eat it yet] Oh, this is delicious.

I've already knocked out one meal.

That looks good.

Wow, we just met downstairs

and look at you. You grew into a man.

[Since filming Running Man in 2015] Right, it's been about ten years...

[Reuniting with Seok Jin after about 10 years] You were so young back then.

[Since filming Busted! in 2018] And with you too...

[After that shoot] It's been ages.

[Reuniting with Jae Seok after about 8 years] Kang Jun, seriously, it's been forever.

After that, I think I saw Kang Jun once in passing...

- In Sangam. - Right, right! In Sangam!

But wow, your face is so tiny now it's about to disappear!

- Exactly. - I lost some weight.

He's here today to attack us with that face card.

That's why we invited him.

- Attack! - Yes.

[Gyewon] So for everyone watching today...

[Ready for a face-card attack?] he's coming in hot.

[YES / NO] That's right.

Like Eun Jin just said

Kang Jun will handle the attack

and we'll play defense. So don't worry.

[Perfect offense-defense balance]

[Protecting Gyewon hearts] Our defense is elite.

Give us one of those attacks.

[Cueing the Kongsuni pose]

[Kang Jun's Kongsuni attack] And there it is!

- My face is turning red. - We'll jump in on defense.

Don't worry.

He lands the attack and you cut away immediately.

[Defense at the ready] We'll block it for you so don't worry.

[Before it gets cold] Anyway, should we...

[All together] Can we eat now?

[Time to taste the steak] Oh, this looks incredible.

[A little unusual] I almost never eat meat...

[Morning steak] this early in the day.

[Nom] They plated this nicely.

- Do you even know what you're dipping it in? - It's salt, isn't it?

Yeees... heh.

- Pink salt, pink salt. - What else would it be? Obviously salt.

[Nom]

[To the host who cleared his plate] Have some more.

[Sharing the steak] Mm-hm.

- That's good. - So good.

[With help from his Pinggyego mentor] Kang Jun brought a little...

something of his own today...

What did you bring?

[Instant reveal] For beef, I actually brought some salt of my own.

- I packed it separately. - Huh? What kind of salt?

Well, sometimes...

[Dying laughing] when I go to barbecue places

I bring this with me.

Beef tastes great dipped in truffle salt.

So I brought a little.

Wait, you actually carry salt with you to barbecue restaurants?

Sometimes, if it's a place I go to a lot.

- Really? - It's seriously good.

Truffle salt?

Like, truffle-flavored?

Do you like truffle or hate it?

[Not a fan] I don't really like truff...

[A very clear declaration] Oh, come on, man. Seriously.

[Instantly wavering] I mean, I should try it.

[Passing around the truffle salt] Give me just a little.

[Immediate backpedaling] I should try it, because with aromas...

[Tap, tap, tap] It's like cilantro.

[Serving everyone one by one] People who like it really love it.

I bring it sometimes.

He is prepared for literally everything.

- Oh, really? - And seriously!

[Trying the truffle salt] I only met him on this project

but I've never met anyone this funny.

- Kang Jun? - Seriously!

He's so unexpectedly... just a little low-key...

unhinged?

[Bingo] Low-key unhinged?

[His true nature exposed] So he's a low-key loony?

[Low-key Loony] Just a little.

"Unhinged" is kind of harsh! Ha ha.

But look at what you're doing. This is unhinged.

- He has that vibe. - I do, I do.

Let's dig into that.

Early in his career

[Nom] he did variety shows once in a while.

I did quite a few.

Then at some point Kang Jun stopped doing variety.

When I'm with close friends

[Slowly emerging] it comes out a little.

[Low-Key Loony energy] Yeah, it slips out.

But when there are cameras and veteran entertainers around

I freeze up a little.

[Worrying] Then I feel like I'm not funny...

and like I'm hurting the show by being there.

Oh, don't say that!

- Just showing up is enough. - But he started thinking that way...

about himself...

- So I get intimidated, yeah. - Even when offers come in, you get shy.

This beef is seriously good. What kind of Hanwoo is it?

This is Hwaryeohanwoo.

- Oh, "Hwaryeo-han-woo"? - So this is the fabulous Hanwoo?

It really does taste fabulous.

- Wow, this truffle. - This is so good!

- It's delicious. - You like it?

[Now a fan] Mmm.

You were so right to bring this.

Sometimes when I go to my regular barbecue place

I'll bring some

and give a taste to the server.

They always love it.

[Kindhearted Low-Key Loony] They really do.

He's good with people.

[The sociable truffle-salt fairy] You even share it with the servers...

I should take this back with me!

[More Low-Key Loony intel] And get this...

he was figuring out what to carry it in

because he didn't want to bring a huge container.

[A container from the salon] So he used a little lip-balm pot.

[Truffle salt portioned into a lip-balm pot] I got it at the salon.

It's a brand-new container.

I even washed it all yesterday.

[Low-Key Loony]

It's new.

Kang Jun, seriously? It never had lip balm in it, right?

Absolutely not!

[Then we're good] It's brand new.

And I handpicked truffle salt, no less.

[Pinggyego!]

All right! So today

Eun Jin and Seo Kang Jun have a new drama together

[KBS2's A Love Other Than Yours] A Love...

[Premieres 9/12] Other Than Yours.

[Sat and Sun, 9:20 p.m.] It's very grounded and realistic.

It's something people in their 20s and 30s can really relate to.

[Facing unfamiliar feelings] They're a couple about to get married

[for the first time] after dating for ten years.

[A deeply relatable romance drama] Ten years... I saw a little of it.

What do you even do after dating for ten years?

We talked about that constantly while filming.

[Surprise question] Have you ever been in a really long relationship?

Uh, hold on...

[Please allow thinking time] Wait a second.

[Answers first] I've never dated someone for over ten years.

No, no.

- Oh my. - And honestly, even around us...

Why? Ha ha.

Is my face turning red?

Eun Jin, what's going on?

You don't have to answer if you don't want to.

- You can pass. - Oh, really?

[At Pinggyego] Do we have freedom here?

[Free-flowing conversation] You absolutely do.

[is always welcome] Oh, thank goodness.

I was just...

The drama suddenly got me thinking

- And now I feel called out. - I only asked a question.

There's even a YouTube channel, Shortbox with a series about long-term couples.

You know how they get so used to each other?

[Comfort turns into routine] They're not even looking at each other

[The butterflies slowly fade] just sitting there on their phones.

- That's exactly our couple. - So that's the vibe.

And then...

[A new face enters the story] a new person shows up.

[Tension rising] What do we do?

A new face!

Being that familiar with someone can be comforting

but that spark... it does start to...

naturally fade a little in a long-term relationship, right?

So how do you protect what you feel for each other?

[Throws it back] Does the drama give us an answer?

Ours?

That's tricky. This would be a spoiler.

[Spoiler blocked] Then don't tell us.

- Right? I shouldn't. - I want to know.

I really want to know.

[The couple dying to tell them] Ugh, this is frustrating.

I mean, this is obvious

but how those two end up is the spoiler.

[Pinggyego!]

[A Love Other Than Yours] So last time

[The cast dinner story] we all had a cast dinner.

And Kang Jun's preparedness!

- I've never met anyone like him. - The truffle salt today reminded me.

[Even he wants to know] What did I prepare?

- What did he bring? - For example

[They make plans for a cast dinner] we were like, "Guys, should we go out?"

I'd have waited until the day before and thought, "Han River maybe?"

"Or should I book somewhere?" I'm a J too, but that's as far as I'd go.

[A message 2–3 days before] Then, two or three days early

he texts, "Eun Jin, where should we go? This place has this vibe..."

"This menu would be good and this other place serves Korean food..."

[Sends a neatly organized restaurant list] Then he's like, "Look," and sends it all.

[The hardcore P's are impressed] Restaurant after restaurant

one after another.

Full-on power J. He even made the reservation!

[The P's are impressed all over again] Then on the day...

- A junior like that makes life so easy. - A younger friend like that...

- Is the best! - Seriously, the best.

That day he even said "I'll bring the wine for corkage."

Kang Jun, when you drink do you pack anything special?

[Caught off guard] Truffle salt?

[Now that you mention it] Like... do you pack snacks?

[Actually curious] Yeah, now I want to know.

Do you pull snacks out of your pockets?

- "One second..." rummage, rummage... - Does lettuce suddenly come out?

When I drink, I bring bottled water.

Bottled water?

- That's a little unusual, right? - Restaurants give you water.

[Mimes a water bottle] But, you know...

some restaurant water has this tap-water taste.

- Some places do. - Yeah, they do.

I've been really sensitive to that taste since I was little.

Even after brushing my teeth I rinse with bottled water.

[After brushing with tap water] At the very end...

[For the final rinse] Ah, I see.

[It has to be bottled water] I rinse with tap water first

then take one last sip of bottled water.

[To get rid of] So that lingering aftertaste?

[the tap-water taste left in his mouth] That last little trace?

- Everyone has their thing. - It's just my preference.

That's a pretty unique habit.

But I get what you mean. Sometimes restaurant water...

[Can taste metallic] It has that metal taste.

[It happens] It does, it does.

Yeah, weirdly, some places do.

[So when he's drinking] At least when you go out for drinks

[Bottled water is a must] you bring your own water?

[Scratch, scratch] What else did you prepare again?

How's the parking here...

- Oh, that too. - Parking too?

Because it's easier if we all take one car.

- It's easier to get around that way. - Eun Jin, are you scratching your head...

while you're talking? Ha ha.

Sorry.

I have to scratch right here to make the thoughts come out.

[Scratch, scratch, summoning a thought] Oh, that's your thinking scratch.

- So you're not actually itchy? - Eun Jin, scratch, scratch.

- It's her thought pocket. - Oh, I like that.

Oh! I got it.

[Back to the cast dinner] So then it was, "Whose car do we take?"

[Planning parking and transportation too] "If this person comes from here..."

[Only one car, for easier parking] "Let's just take one car."

[Next-level] His level of preparation...

[Power J] It's incredible.

[Preparedness] Seriously next-level.

Kang Jun, when you travel abroad how much do you plan?

- Then I don't really plan at all. - Huh?

- I genuinely can't figure him out. - What?

For trips, I just book the flight, the hotel

and glance at what's worth seeing nearby. That's about it.

But for one cast dinner you researched all those places?

Because with a group dinner I can already picture what goes wrong.

[Kang Jun's Imagination Theater] You go out to eat

[You go out to eat] and there's nowhere to go.

[No place to eat] "What do we eat?"

["What do you want?" back and forth] "What do you like?" "What do you like?"

[Everyone just says "Anything"] "I'm good with anything."

[But no one can] "Anything's fine."

[actually choose a place] "So... what do we eat?"

[You finally pick somewhere] "How about here?"

[The restaurant is packed] And it's completely full.

[A little stunned by the detail]

- That's what I imagine. - Right. You hate wandering around.

If you came on Poonghyanggo with us wow... you'd suffer.

By day two, Kang Jun would be screaming.

Aaaaaaagh!

- I'm losing my mind! - Sir, please!

[A trip designed to torture a J]

What's your MBTI, Kang Jun?

[INFJ: The Advocate] I'm INFJ.

[Traits: thinks a LOT] Oh, you're a J.

[and loves planning] A hardcore J.

So you're an emotional J...

Emotional?

F's are more emotional, right?

And introverted.

[The MBTI professor has arrived] I thought you were an expert.

- Eun Jin, you're an E, right? - Yep, I'm an E.

ENFJ?

[ESFJ: The Consul] I'm ESFJ.

[Traits: expressive social, and outgoing]

- What does that make me? - Huh?

Emotional... and S means you're more spontaneous...

[Wrong answer] Wait, is S spontaneous?

[S means] Practical...

[A practical, sensing type] Right, practical.

[Losing it at the professor's mistake] That's P...

- I'm P! ESFP. - ESFP.

[Famous ISFP representative] ISFP.

[Kang Jun surprisingly thought he was P] I thought I was a P.

Then I met you and realized I'm definitely a J.

Why did you think you were P?

- I'm a J too... - I thought I was really spontaneous.

That's how I saw myself.

I thought I only made a basic amount of plans.

But even the day before she was just... doing nothing.

[No messages] Not a single message.

So I thought, "Oh, Eun Jin's a P." Then I found out she's J.

- Didn't that drive you crazy? - Why didn't you say anything before?

We'd already said "The weather's nice, let's go to the Han River."

[Just go to the Han River] So I figured we'd just go.

[That seemed like enough] That was the whole plan in your head?

Like, meet around Ttukseom bring a picnic mat

hang out, then move on.

[Strong P energy] That's P. That's totally P.

[Eun Jin's idea of a plan] If that's your plan...

- You're not a J. - That's exactly our level of planning.

I was fine with that kind of plan

but then I was faced with this massive master plan

so I surrendered completely and decided to just follow him.

One of my favorite things to ask Kang Jun is

"What are you eating today?" Because he'll answer like

"I'm getting pizza today at the Tanhyeon branch of NM Pizza."

[Hours before the meal, he already] This is hours in advance.

[knows exactly where he's eating] I'll ask him at lunch!

The whole thing is already planned.

Then I'll go "So what are you ordering?"

[The menu is already decided too] "I'm getting this."

It's weirdly entertaining to ask him.

He plans all the way down to the specific branch?

Because I talk it through with the staff beforehand.

[For example, if the menu is] "We want pizza. Let's get pizza."

[pizza, he immediately searches] "Hey, let's look up pizza."

"There's a Tanhyeon branch. Let's go there."

[Then comes a lightning-fast booking] We call and reserve

[Reservation complete] "They're open later." Great, we're going.

And this isn't something we do just an hour before.

But having a power J beside you? It's convenient.

They make all the plans

and you just follow along. Though sometimes P's...

- don't feel like following the plan. - Exactly!

Sometimes I don't even know what mood I'll be in.

[Exactly] An hour from now, two hours from now...

I can't guarantee how I'll feel then.

[In that case] Then I'll just go along.

[Kang Jun follows the P's mood] So you'll follow their lead?

When the other person really wants something...

I go with it. But in the back of my mind I'm thinking...

[His own plan keeps running] As in "What if this falls apart?"

[A relentless J keeps a backup plan] "If it falls apart..."

Say something unexpected happens.

I'd prepare a backup for that.

Like, say there's a famous restaurant.

One of those places you have to reserve.

I'll never get to eat there.

[Shocked] Because...

when the reservation time comes I might not feel like going.

That's why I can't do personal training.

What if I don't feel like working out at that exact time?

So I only bought eight PT sessions not even that many, and used six.

I never used the last two. It's been a year and a half. They're gone.

We're kind of like that.

Do you wait in line for famous restaurants?

[Usually won't wait / Thinking...] No. I don't wait.

- I will if there's a camera. - You never wait!

If there's a camera...

[Shameless] I know you.

- Why are you pretending to think? You never wait! - I'm telling you

[The P's reach a consensus] I'll wait if there's a camera.

[Waiting is possible only while filming] For a shoot, sure.

- If we're filming, I'll wait. - Me too.

It's content. Of course I'll wait.

Normally, even if the person I'm with says they want to wait

I talk them out of it.

[Seok Sam stays strong in any crisis] I actually went to Japan once.

I went with my wife.

[His wife wanted a certain udon] She insisted we had to try this udon.

It was in a department store

[Already incredibly long] and the line was huge.

[The waiting line] So I asked how long it was

and they said about 50 minutes. The line went all the way down.

So we got in line because my wife wanted to.

Then I spent five minutes convincing her not to.

[You can already hear the sales pitch] "Honestly, they're all similar."

[He starts with the department store] "Think about it. This department store..."

"is the best one in the city."

"See that empty area over there? And all those chairs lined up?"

"You think they're only empty today?"

[Making it sound very convincing] "Those are waiting chairs."

[Rows of empty waiting chairs] "Why else would they be out there?"

"If that place isn't good..."

[She's getting pulled in...] "I'll plan our entire day."

[Impressed by the alternative] "Just trust me."

Once you offer a good alternative...

"How about trusting me once? They sell the same kind of udon."

I know both of them

and his wife is easily persuaded too.

Even more than I am.

[Persuasion difficulty: 1/5] She's a total pushover too.

[Flap, flap] And he's basically Dumbo!

Me? My ears practically fly.

[Moved by the imagery] Baby elephant Dumbo?

He could fly with those ears!

[Anyway, another place happened to have] And then I noticed...

[empty chairs] another restaurant had empty waiting chairs.

"Look, everyone here is Korean. This place is only famous with Koreans."

"The place locals actually eat is over there."

- That's kind of convincing. - Right?

[After a very plausible pitch] "We came abroad to eat what locals eat."

[They try a different udon place] "Why don't we try that one?"

I was sweating inside.

What if it tasted terrible?

[She takes one bite of udon] Then she took one bite

and said it was delicious. I went, "Oh, thank God!"

[Fortunately] It worked out.

[Happy ending] The persuasion paid off.

- Do you wait, Eun Jin? - Do you?

I was thinking about it while you guys were talking.

[The hand goes up again] Another thought-pocket moment?

Come on out, thought!

- If I'm alone, I actually wait. - Really?

For the romance of it.

[After waiting alone] Waiting by yourself for a great place

[then enjoying] finally eating the food...

[the satisfaction afterward...] There's a certain payoff.

- Yeah. - That feeling is real.

Kang Jun, what do you like doing when you're alone?

[Kang Jun's favorite activity] Working out.

[Working out] Oh, exercise.

You can tell. He's already in great shape.

He seems like someone who lives by a strict routine.

I didn't even know I had a routine.

[Learning about his own routine] Eun Jin kept saying I did...

So I realized it while filming this time.

- Let me explain Kang Jun to everyone. - She enlightened him about his own life.

So Kang Jun...

[Nod, nod] doesn't really know himself.

I've discovered a lot about him.

First of all...

[Angel Eun Jin introduces Kang Jun] he gestures constantly.

[He gestures A LOT] Even earlier, when he was talking...

His gestures...

[A fellow gesture enthusiast] are huge.

[Just as flashy as Seok Sam] He's pretty animated too.

[Kang Jun's equally flashy gestures] But Kang Jun is right up there.

[A slightly robotic daily life] And then there's...

the way he lives like a little robot.

When he wakes up

he eats the exact same thing for lunch every day.

- That's true. - Same order, same menu.

- Every day? - Every single lunch?

- Just salad! - From the same place!

There's one place I like so I keep ordering from there.

How long have you been doing that?

The app shows the number of orders.

It said 150 times.

[Everyone is speechless...]

- That's the kind of person he is. - I mean, I do that too!

If I like something I'll keep eating it

[But 150 orders?] but 150 times?

[A first for everyone] That's what it said.

I don't get tired of things easily.

Even with salad, though

I'd try this place, then another move around a little.

- Same, that's what I'd do. - But just one place?

- Even if I wander, I come back. - Is the parking easy there or something?

There must be something convenient.

[Delivery only] I order delivery.

[150 orders] Oh, delivery.

And he feels like the type who never skips a workout.

- Even after a late shoot? - Unless it's crazy late

I still try to go.

[To maintain his current physique] I think I just want to maintain it.

[Consistent workouts] Maintain the body.

And working out relieves a lot of stress for me.

Do you work out a lot?

[Known for working out a lot] I work out a lot.

[The host is famous for it] I mean, I do, but...

[Usually skips on filming days] on shoot days, not so much.

I'm exercising to stay alive.

- You kind of wing it. - I just wing it.

[Never does] He doesn't count sets...

[proper sets] Not at all.

[A little here] He'll lift something here then wander over there

[A little there] do a bit of something else.

[Working out like he's carrying bags] Then go, "Maybe three sets of this."

[Love myself] He'd do weird things like this.

[Flap, flap] This too.

I've had plenty of PT but I've never seen that exercise.

[With tiny dumbbells] He grabs these little ones

[Tap, tap on the muscles] and just does this.

[Awkward]

[An exercise never before witnessed]

- So that's what it looks like from outside. - Yeah, he goes like this.

[Having a blast] Like this, like this.

[They might think it's real] Hey, you're making that up! I don't do that!

I thought maybe he was trying to fly.

[Baby elephant Seok Bo takes flight]

- Baby Dumbo. - He picks up light weights and goes...

- Flapping his ears and arms to fly. - Like this, seriously.

I like empty spaces. I go to a quiet corner.

- You're like that too? - Me too!

Right?

[Where nobody else is around] In an empty area

[flapping in peace] I'll be doing my thing like that

then one or two people show up

[Escape to another spot]

[Keeps working out after escaping] so I move to the pull-up area.

So what's your routine, Kang Jun?

If I'm not filming, I wake up and eat salad.

- What time do you wake up? - In the morning...

[Wakes up at noon] Around noon.

Nice and slow.

So you go to bed late.

I sleep around four or five a.m.

then wake up around eleven or noon.

I order the salad right away then shower while it's on the way.

When it arrives, I eat it.

What kind of salad? Chicken breast, or...

Pork neck.

[His dead-serious answer cracks them up] Pork neck.

- Grilled pork neck? - Grilled!

- Wait, do we order from the same place? - That answer was so firm.

- He leaves no room for doubt. - Chicken breast? Pork neck.

[The firmest "pork neck" ever] Kang Jun knows what he wants.

Pork-neck salad with two pieces of sweet potato...

You order from my place!

Where?

[What are the odds?] No way!

[Kicking her feet in excitement] They stop orders after 4 p.m.!

- Yes! Oh my god! - They don't do dinner.

[Now everyone's excited] Oh my god, two sweet potatoes!

Aaaaah! We eat the same salad!

[In their own little world] And they'll deliver just one.

- Yes. - They'll deliver a single salad.

Same salad and your bodies look that different?

[Meeting a fellow salad fanatic] I order from there...

[Pure affection in her eyes] all the time too.

A salad buddy... that's a rare connection.

[The rarest of salad buddies] Salad twins are precious.

But at this point, every morning they probably know

[Since he orders every day] it's you and pack it in advance.

[Probably pre-packed already] They must know.

- They definitely know. - Every day?

Every day.

So after you eat that?

I go straight to the gym.

I work out for about an hour and a half then come home.

I watch TV, YouTube and sometimes read.

On YouTube, I watch really entertaining stuff.

Like, "Oh, a new Pinggyego is up!"

[Eun Jin mostly watches] I watch a lot of entertainment content.

[variety content] So, variety shows.

Economics.

[A very different interest] Global economics, the stock market...

[Global economy, stocks, current affairs, docs] Current events, stuff like that.

- Current affairs? - Documentaries.

Whenever something fun pops up I ask him about it.

I'll go, "Do you know this?" and ask him

and he gives this answer that's weirdly infuriating.

[The song that was everywhere] CORTIS.

[CORTIS - "REDRED"] When it was trending

I said, "Do you know this? Everyone's into it right now."

And he goes, "Cortisol?"

[Dead serious] Because that's the stress hormone.

[This is exactly why she gets annoyed] See? This is what he does!

[Cortisol: a stress-response hormone] Cortisol.

[secreted by the adrenal cortex] Cortisol.

[Helps regulate blood sugar and metabolism] Right, the stress hormone.

[and has anti-inflammatory effects] Exactly.

- Cortisol. - He really said cortisol!

[Debuted in '25] They'd only just debuted

so I didn't know them yet.

I was like "Why are we talking about stress hormones?"

"Is that a trend now? Did cortisol become a meme?"

But how do you even know the name of a stress hormone?

Cortisol.

So you watch a lot of science stuff on YouTube?

- Yeah, current affairs and stuff. - Aliens too?

Aliens?

Like, "Do aliens actually exist?"

Seok Jin watches a lot of alien stuff.

- I love aliens. - I love that stuff too.

[After finding a salad twin] You're into that too?

[Now an alien twin too] I really am.

If I see a thumbnail with huge alien eyes, I lose it.

[The irresistible pull of an alien thumbnail] You know, one of those?

- Really? - You'd love to see one, right?

- Of course. - Right?

Why?

- Do you know an alien? - No, nothing like that.

[Why did that suddenly get so serious?]

[Like he's about to introduce an alien friend] "You'd really like to see one, right?"

We should grab salad sometime.

I thought you knew an alien!

- I don't! - See? I told you he's hilarious!

[Meanwhile, the man himself] Oh, so this is the funny part?

[has no idea why they're laughing] I'm telling you, he's weird.

Could you call that alien friend for me?

Eun Jin, I finally get what you meant by "low-key loony."

[Completely unfazed] I have this bucket-list thing.

[He launches into his bucket list] I don't really talk about it, but...

- He's serious again. - What is it? What's on the list?

Before I die I want aliens to reveal themselves.

- While they're living on Earth? - So you think they're out there?

- Absolutely! - Aliens already active on Earth?

[Trying hard to follow] I don't know where they'd be from

but I want them to meet the U.S. Department of Defense

and I want to see that happen.

[Thinking] Eun Jin, don't you want that?

Yeah, I'd watch that.

- Desperate for agreement... - Aliens...

[Everyone seriously considers aliens] What would aliens even be like?

I don't particularly want to meet one.

- Really? - Nope.

- Why not? - What would you even do?

- Talk to them! - I don't have that much to say.

Sure, I'd be curious.

I'd ask, "Where are you from?" Stuff like that.

But you know that feeling?

Like, we're not actually alone in this universe.

That kind of thing.

[In the universe] You all think aliens exist, right?

[other life forms] Some kind of life out there.

[On that point] The idea that we're the only ones...

[everyone agrees] I don't believe that either.

But scientists say we can never meet them.

[The alien twins agree] Right. We can't.

They're just too far away to ever meet.

[The host disagrees] But UFOs show up in the sky sometimes.

[UFO sightings happen even here] Here too.

[So meeting them is possible!] People spot things.

- So are UFOs real or not? - Apparently you can fold space.

[Yeah, yeah, we know] But that's theoretical.

- Right, just a theory. - The... sinkhole theory?

Sinkhole?

A sinkhole is when the ground collapses.

Don't you mean a black hole?

How is this different from cortisol?

[Wormhole theory] You fold a sheet of paper

[A wormhole = a hypothetical passage] and punch through it.

[connecting two distant points in space] Exactly! That's it.

[Fold the paper] I forgot the name.

[and punch through it] If anyone knows what it's called...

[to reach the other side faster] Definitely.

[That's the idea] Please tell us in the comments.

Oh! That reminds me of something else.

[After the heated debate, a quick sugar recharge] Around that same time

there was Choi Ye Na's challenge, remember?

[The viral challenge song YENA - "Catch Catch"]

- Catch Catch. - Right, Catch Catch. So...

I asked him, "Do you know 'Catch Catch'? It's everywhere right now."

[Eun Jin quizzes Kang Jun again]

And he goes, "Who was it... Chae Ri Na?"

[Only the "Na" was right]

So you're wrong about names a lot.

[So many things in common] You're kind of like me, huh?

We even eat the same salad.

[Found one] Kang Jun, you're funny.

[A new variety gem] We've got a whole series here.

Why have you been hiding this?

[Dying laughing] I'm telling you, he's hilarious!

But Eun Jin, why is it that whenever you're with Kang Jun

you're always asking "Do you know this?"

Because I need to know how much of modern life he doesn't know.

- I honestly know nothing these days. - This is killing me.

Eun Jin's funny too. She's got a whole Kang Jun series.

Eun Jin, you have a lot of funny friends around you.

Sang Yi, Kang Jun...

[Her famously funny friend Sang Yi] Sang Yi is ridiculously funny.

- Sang Yi kills me. - He's so funny.

Did you see Sang Yi do that "BAD" challenge with SAN?

Wasn't he so good?

[With ATEEZ member Choi SAN] He's got the physique for it too.

[Sang Yi's "BAD" challenge] Sang Yi can really dance.

- He was amazing. - He's a great dancer.

Right.

[Dance-machine Eun Jin warming up] And he can sing.

[All eyes on Kang Jun copying her]

Is that how you greet aliens?

Isn't that the snapping dance?

[The completely unexpected snap dance]

- Maybe he's the alien! - Sorry.

[Everyone falls for Kang Jun's odd charm] You really are unique.

[Based on all these stories] Kang Jun genuinely has no...

[He clearly has zero interest] awareness of current trends

[in what's trendy] or anything like that.

- I've learned a lot from Eun Jin. - Which makes him fun to tease.

On set she's always going "Let's shoot a Short."

"Let's try this. Let's try that."

- Doesn't Kang Jun dance pretty well? - I can't dance...

[Uneasy] And...

before coming here I laid down the law with him.

"If you go on a variety show bring three talents!"

Oh, like impressions and stuff?

[Advice from a Pinggyego veteran] "You need three."

[Eun Jin warned him in advance] "You don't get to coast through it."

"Don't take this lightly."

"We have to work hard."

- Exactly, exactly. - We have a drama coming out!

- We have to work hard! - So we prepared...

You prepared?

I did, but...

[Good news has everyone sitting up] You did?

Aaaah... It's just...

I had this celebrity impression...

but I didn't get his permission and I thought...

it might be disrespectful.

Why would you need permission to do an impression?

[Persuading him] It's just an impression!

Everybody knows the deal.

The people you imitate usually enjoy it.

We'll know immediately! Who is it? Who?

Well...

Lee Byung Hun.

[A very welcome name]

Byung Hun's agency, BH is right next door.

[Two-time Gyewon] He's even...

- been here a few times. - Still, it feels rude.

[Determined to see the impression] It's not rude at all.

[Pulling out all the stops] I'm really close with Byung Hun.

[Sold] Okay, I'll try it!

Ahhh... no!

[Slides right into it]

Hrrgh.

- Hahahaha! - That's actually close!

[You definitely know what it is] You know the clip, right?

[And it kind of sounds right...] In the car...

[Painfully hard to judge] It's used as a meme all the time.

[But it is kind of close] It is pretty close.

[He loves that] But...

it didn't exactly bring the house down, did it?

[After hyping him up first] As variety material

[the comedians deliver a cold verdict] it needs a little work.

But wait, listen.

- You knew what it was! - It was 100% recognizable.

[The person who made him prepare it] You all knew the reference.

You know the scene and the voice gives it away.

- It's okay. Next one! - So... next? What's next?

[Giving it meaning and momentum] You've opened the door now.

The door to variety is open!

[Thinking hard] Next one? What else do I have?

[Whispering] Want to do the face-muscle thing now?

I'll show you the face-muscle thing.

I can move every part of my face independently.

Eun Jin is basically his variety-show manager!

Is this consulting?

[Tattling] She made me practice all of this!

[Team Salad Twin] You haven't done a single impression!

Me? Push a button. I'll do anything.

[Booked for later] Okay, after Kang Jun.

[First up] I'll show you how I move my ears.

[Ears]

[Audience reaction] This one amazed me. I can't do it.

[Fascinated] Mine don't move either.

[Next] And then there's a little isolation...

[Isolation] My eyebrows.

[Audience reaction: entertained]

You're good!

- Was that okay? - Yeah, that was good!

- Wow, that's wild. - That was good.

[Expectations rising] That's two. What's the third and final one?

That's it.

[A little...] That's it?

[disappointed] Oh, really?

Don't you have one more?

[Pressure rising] You told him to prepare three!

- What about a dance? You have a dance, right? - A dance?

Didn't Kang Jun use to...

- Then... - Why did I think...

he was a good dancer?

Pick one. Singing or dancing?

You're training him hard for variety.

Did you come here determined today?

[She came very determined] She's not being hard on him.

[Pinggyego veteran]

[Actually just bragging about him] "Go on, show them."

[Our boy is] It's like, "Look how funny my son is!"

[so funny! So talented!] That's the energy.

"Look how good he is!"

- It's been so long since he's done variety. - After filming with Kang Jun...

all this time they've been filming together

Eun Jin discovered how charming he is.

He's so funny...

[She wants everyone] And you want people to know that.

[to see what she sees] Exactly.

After this airs

I bet Kang Jun starts getting variety offers.

- Right, from variety shows! - His character is so good.

- Really? - Absolutely.

[Campaign: Seo Kang Jun for a variety regular] I tell you all the time you're funny.

[Committee officially formed] I like that he doesn't overdo it.

He doesn't try too hard.

It feels natural

and fresh! Right?

- Eun Jin, your turn! - Me?

I'm getting mad now. You made me do all that!

[Now this is fresh] Did you come here with an agenda today?

[Praised one second ago] You really planned this?

[Sudden bickering] Listen, I...

- This feels like a drama scene. - I do whatever people ask.

Ask me and I'll do it. They don't ask because I'm too easy.

[See "New Year's Bow Is Just an Excuse, EP.96"] Eun Jin does everything.

[She danced and sang last time] Press the button, and I'm up there performing.

Eun Jin does it all.

[Grin] That's why there's no suspense.

Whyyy?

Can I tell one story?

[Something feels ominous...] We were filming on location...

We were filming near the beach.

I got out of the car to take a little walk

and way over there right in front of the ocean...

[Wearing headphones] she had headphones on, I think

[Solo dance party] and she was dancing all by herself.

- Eun Jin was... - Oh... I did that?

just dancing by herself staring at the ocean.

I thought "Is that how she relieves stress?"

Why? Why is she doing that?

- You're both unusual people. - Eun Jin...

[No defense] Eun Jin is no lightweight either.

It was kind of like... this sort of dance.

[Thrilled by the successful counterattack] What kind?

Something like this.

[Doesn't remember] Was there actual choreography?

[Why she can't remember] She dances a lot on set.

[This was not a one-time thing] Oh, really?

Eun Jin does stuff like...

[Example] CORTIS...

[A regular dance in her repertoire: CORTIS's "REDRED"]

Wait, but...

how does the CORTIS dance go?

[Bouncy]

I taught you this, remember?

- How did it go? - Start!

[DERDER / REDRED]

[Fact check "I can't dance..."]

Like this?

- You're good! - Eun Jin, wait...

[The Dancing Grasshopper objects] Wasn't it this? Or did it go like this?

Oh! Was it this?

[Nobody here actually knows]

But Eun Jin, you can dance, can't you?

- She's good. - She's always been good.

[Entering Class of 2010 Eun Jin] I'm good at dances from around 2010.

Oh, the old-school stuff.

But the new dances...

I practiced CORTIS

and they do all these little "daeng!" moves.

Oh! The one where you do this and move sideways?

Like this, then sideways?

Those rhythms are hard for me now.

Show us a little of what you learned.

It's been a while since you were here.

[She agrees instantly] It's just... these pants are...

[Accepted in 0.1 seconds] sliding down, so it's awkward.

[Excited] But you learned it! Come on, Eun Jin.

Sorry, one second. My pants keep slipping.

[Properly prepping for the stage] Yes, fix them first.

But seriously...

I think both of you are weird!

Really?

- Kang Jun, it's not just you. - Right?

No, no, no.

[Attempts a defense] I don't think I'm weird at all.

I think she's incredibly weird!

Really? I think I'm squarely in the normal range.

[Roughly smoothing things over] Sure. Everyone's normal.

[Before dancing] Here's what's hard for me.

[Explaining the problem] Old dances hit every beat.

[Example: KARA - "Pretty Girl"] One, two, bam, bam.

So they're really easy to follow.

[Provides the backing track]

[Fails because no one knows the lyrics]

[Sings it herself] Don't say you can't, NO NO NO NO!

- See? It lands right on the beat. - Exactly on the beat.

But kids these days go...

Ddan-V-ddan!

Ddan-V-ddan forever!

What are you even dancing right now?

[That was supposedly CORTIS's] CORTIS.

["REDRED"?] "REDRED."

[Flap, flap] Since we're on CORTIS...

[That's red-red] show us that part.

[Requests the part she knows] I did learn it, but...

Flappy ears, flappy ears...

How did the footwork go?

[Flap, flap] Flappy ears, flappy ears, REDRED.

I'm sorry.

[Ends with an apology] I'll sit down now.

[Talent-show time] Sorry.

When she stopped to fix her pants

I thought something huge was coming.

[Ends rather modestly]

Then why were you worried about your pants falling?

There's a part in the CORTIS dance where you really have to...

hit it like this.

You do have the feel for it!

[Brag switch: ON] Well, I...

It's been a while, but SM, YG and, you know...

I trained in dance for quite a while at the major agencies.

[The Big Three agencies] I did...

[Dancing Grasshopper's elite training arc] The full Big Three circuit.

[Adding the backstory] The thing is, he had these...

variety-show projects.

On Infinite Challenge he even performed with EXO.

I'm a Dancing King!

What?

Ha ha, the one you did...

What did you just do?

The thing you did.

- Dancing King! - Do that again.

A-ya-ya.

[2016 release Choreography slowly coming back]

[Embarrassment King] You did this!

[Authentic "Dancing King"] This? This?

I did, I did.

Do you know that I did "Dancing King"?

[Blank stare]

- Dancing King? - You know EXO, right?

Of course I know EXO!

I did this song with EXO...

called "Dancing King," this song...

- Oh, really? Back then? - We collaborated on it.

[Granted, it was already about 10 years ago...]

You never saw that one either? Or those variety shows?

- Sorry... - No! Nothing to apologize for.

[Just curious...] What did you watch back then, Kang Jun?

[Rewinding his memory...] Back then?

- Like Infinite Challenge. - Oh, I watched that!

"Dancing King" was on that show.

Oh, really?

It's okay.

- He probably didn't see every episode. - Right.

- Nobody can watch every episode. - Exactly.

How could anyone watch them all?

Though that episode was legendary.

- Was it? - No, it's fine.

[Emergency sugar refill] I get what Kang Jun's interests are now.

- You can't force someone to care. - I am more into that other stuff.

[Mostly follows economics and current affairs] I watch a lot of economics and news.

What do you watch a lot, Seok Sam?

- Me? These days... - Politics!

Political... shows, yeah.

[Reaction fairy] Oh, so you watch a lot of politics.

I watch a lot of sports too.

He got caught once...

right here on this show.

A while back...

[The Jee Seok Jin political-YouTube incident] I was here with Ye Eun.

[See "Promotion Is Just an Excuse, EP.79"] We'd released a song called "Milk Shake."

I tried to play it for everyone

but I hit the wrong thing

and political Shorts popped up like three times.

- Revealing his political leanings? - Apparently!

Of course, none of that made the final cut!

- I know where he stands. - Ah, I see.

No, I'm telling you I'm a centrist!

[His true colors remain] A centrist.

[strictly under wraps] I know.

[Passes the question] So what do you watch?

[These days, RESCENE!] I like RESCENE.

I'm really into RESCENE these days.

- WONI, WONI. - Seriously

aren't they the miracle of the small-agency idol scene?

- You know RESCENE? - Of course!

I learned about them from Eun Jin.

Eun Jin asked, "Do you know 'YAHO'?" and I went, "Yahoo!"

[The classic "yahoo!" shouted with confidence]

You actually yelled "Yahoo"?

[He loves it] That's hilarious.

- I just went, "Yahoo!" - Wow, right now...

I feel like we just discovered a variety-show gem.

[Gem successfully unearthed] You know, we...

- Now I get what you meant. - Right?

Pinggyego has been discovering a lot of new variety talent lately!

We practically raised Kyung Ho!

[The next Yoon Kyung Ho?] Now it's Kang Jun.

[Yoon Kyung Ho → Seo Kang Jun, let's go] The second half of the year is Kang Jun's!

[With just one line] She asked, "Do you know YAHO?"

[He makes the room laugh] and you just went, "Yahoo!"

That's what he said. "Yahoo!"

[Eun Jin teaches him the Geoje Yaho] Yaho.

So I looked it up like, "What is this?"

Then I went, "Ohhh, I get it."

[Analysis begins] And then I started wondering

why is this so popular?

[Around 2022] That V-sign was already a thing...

[The gyaru peace sign trended before] with younger people, remember?

People did this years ago. It's been around a while.

[Geoje Yaho] But the tone and gesture are different.

Is it "Geoje, yaho" like this?

- Huh? - How did it go? Pretty close, right?

Geoje, yaho.

[He has absorbed the gyaru] Like this? How was it?

[Why is this giving me chills?] Pretty close, right?

- You startled me. - You suddenly sound like MINAMI!

[A surprise new impression discovered] Oh my!

[Naturally makes him do it again] Did I get it? Did I?

[And naturally, he does] How long has it been...

How long has it been since you found a new talent?

Wait, I have a new impression?

Geoje, yahong!

[Why does that actually work?]

Not since Dr. Hwang Su Gwan!

[A precious new talent at age 60] Geoje, yaho!

No, Dr. Hwang Su Gwan...

Seriously, not since Dr. Hwang Su Gwan!

[Overcome with emotion]

Seok Jin!

- You found it! - We found it by accident.

[Congratulations] The Jee Seok Award!

I don't think I can do it again.

- Maybe it only worked once. - Our Jee Seok Award...

[Verification round] Try it one more time.

Geoje, yah-huh...

[Pfft!] Nope.

Ah, it came and went! It came and went!

[The new talent vanishes as fast as it came] But it showed up once. We can find it again.

Gyewon, you all heard it! It was there just now!

[Everyone here] So it really did happen.

[and the Gyewon are witnesses] You thought I had it too, right?

Oh! And if you add the Para Para dance to that

you'd have a complete routine. A whole talent set.

[Fired up] First, do full gyaru makeup!

- Oh, I can't wait! - You know what gyaru is, right?

Gyaru...

I know the makeup but does the word mean something?

[Not entirely sure] That Japanese makeup style...

Gyaru originally comes from "girl."

[From "girl"] Girl, gyaru.

[Japanese pronunciation] The Japanese pronunciation. Gyaru.

[Compliment fairy] How do you know all of this? Wow.

[Dead serious] So is gyaru trendy in Korea now?

- Huh? Not really. - Yar.

[Yu Jae Seok suddenly goes full "yar"] Yar.

[Immediately checks] You know "yar"?

Only because you told me about it.

Huh? Did I? Did I teach you "yar" too?

You asked me about it.

She keeps testing me like this on set.

[Avoids eye contact] Constantly!

[Still cheerfully teaching him "yar"] Yar.

But what does "yar" actually mean?

- It's like... "nice"? - When you're feeling good! Yaaaar!

So, Kang Jun! Practice it when you're happy.

[A very wrong "yar" repeat-after-me] Like this. Yar.

Yar.

- Kang Jun, like this. - Yahoo!

[Every tease lands] Yar, yar.

[And he absorbs all of it] Yar. Oh, that's how you do it?

That's "yar"?

When you're happy, yaaaar!

Wait, you're messing with me, right?

Oh! He figured it out. Kang Jun's getting smarter.

[Kang Jun is no fool] He's learning. We better be careful.

It's because he kept at it three or four times.

If we'd only done it twice Kang Jun would've...

- I almost believed you. - He would've used it somewhere.

Haaai!

There are just too many new words flying around.

We should've paced ourselves.

There are too many! You can't know them all.

Exactly.

[Struggling to keep up] It's exhausting trying to stay current.

[Trends move fast] I can't keep up anymore.

I tried, then I gave up. How are you supposed to keep up?

I made it as far as "BCT" "bus card top-up" and then...

BCT? How old is that? Ha!

[Ancient artifact unearthed] They've shortened everything since then.

- You know BCT? - Sure. Bus card top-up, right?

Oh, so you made it that far.

Eun Jin, though, you seem to keep up with trends and stuff.

[Trying not to fall behind] You keep making an effort...

[She does her homework] To stay on top of things.

I ask a lot of people. Mostly younger friends.

Do you know Setlog?

Sell-log?

Like a self-vlog?

[Joining in] He doesn't know it either!

He doesn't know!

Salad...

[And so it begins] Isn't it that?

[Quiz time] What is Setlog?

Okay, we'll guess. Don't tell us.

- We'll figure it out. - Okay!

Come on, Kang Jun. Let's guess.

[Kang Jun too, obviously] You guess too.

[Assuming he won't know either] Kang Jun.

- Setlog... - I know it!

You do? She told you, didn't she?

[Really wants to get it] I feel like I've heard of it.

It was huge all over Korea!

- This Setlog thing? - I know Kellogg's.

Set! It's Set-log.

Well, then you should've pronounced it properly!

- Set! As in S-E-T. - One, two, three.

[Either way, they're equally lost] S-E-T. Setlog.

[Still no clue] Log?

Like... log out? Logout?

[Running with "logout"] Oh, so it's that thing.

A setting that shuts it down automatically.

[Being the know-it-all feels great]

So it logs you out...

Like, "Setlog that computer"?

In case I can't shut it down later.

Isn't it something like that?

Oh! Or maybe it turns it back on?

- So what's Setlog? - Setlog is, um...

It's kind of like a group chat for friends.

I know it. I know this one.

Then what is it?

[Vaguely] I know, I know. Young people use it.

This is when older people are the most annoying.

[Unstoppable force, immovable object] I know it. I do.

[Demands specifics] Then what is it?

It's like social media but just among your group.

Like posting little diary entries?

[Look at me] Hey, listen.

I filmed with some girl groups not long ago, and they said

"I have to put this on Setlog."

- Ohhh! - So I asked, "What's that?"

[Setlog] It's this thing

[About a two-second clip every hour] you use with just your friends.

[You record a tiny video] It's sort of like Instagram

[With up to 12 friends] like social media

[Shared in real time] but only with each other.

[Sharing everyday moments] You post photos and clips

[A private social network] and keep showing your day.

[The day's clips build up] It's like a group chat

[Into one daily vlog] but with videos.

[That's the idea] All day long.

You're supposed to post every hour.

[Stunned] Every hour you have to...

[Exhausted just thinking about it] So you really do have to post.

[Doesn't use social media] And if you don't?

If you skip one it leaves a blank spot.

So if I open Setlog here...

[Opening the app herself] this is our room.

[Trying to show them] I'm terrible at this.

[Eun Jin] I have rooms...

So it's just you guys in there?

So, Eun Jin, you have to post once every hour?

- I haven't lately. It's such a hassle. - That sounds exhausting...

I have two different rooms.

- Are we allowed to see this? - Yeah! Totally.

Oh! Would you guys be in my Setlog?

[Booked in seconds] Sure, why not?

Really?

[A Saturday morning, captured...] Do we just show up like this?

Okay, rolling. Hi!

- Oh, it's video? - Yeah.

- So I just do this... - Like that.

[Only people in the room] And this gets posted now?

[See it in real time]

I should be building platforms like this...

- Instead I'm always just a user... - Right, we're only using them.

And your friends post things like this every hour too?

Oh! Someone posted.

- They're hanging out. - Ah, I get it now.

[Comes over for a look] So basically, it's a place for short

[Gets it immediately] video updates among friends.

It becomes a nice record too of how you spent your day.

- So that's Setlog. - Would you use it?

No.

[More accurately] I can't.

[He cannot] It'd be fun if you made one.

- I can't. - Me neither.

We'd post one thing about once a year.

[Not hourly, annual check-ins] We're terrible at this stuff.

Do you use Setlog, Kang Jun?

No, I don't.

Even if I did it'd be the same thing every day.

- The same salad every time! - Right, exactly.

But say you're in one of those groups

and Person A and Person B have a fight.

Then what happens?

I guess they stop posting.

- So they just don't post. - On Setlog...

Wait, Person A and Person B?

They fight like this?

[Finger puppet drama] And then Setlog...

I do this kind of thing all the time.

- You do that a lot too? - This?

- No, not that. - "This?"

[Failed to bond with his salad buddy] So that's your thing.

[Back to trends...] Food trends too...

There's some Filipino thing that's popular now, right?

[Ube: a purple yam common in the Philippines] Ube. Ube.

[A purple yam] Never heard of it.

[With vanilla and nutty notes] Ube. That's like a sweet potato!

[A trendy ingredient] Ube.

It's that purple sweet-potato color, right?

That's trendy now?

[After Dubai chocolate] Apparently Dubai's moved on

[Taking over the dessert scene] to ube now.

Everything's ube.

Ube snacks are everywhere ube drinks...

- U-jjon-ku? - Huh?

No, no.

Not u-jjon-ku.

[Failed attempt to sound current]

Yar!

Yar!

[He actually went with it?]

He's playing along! He is!

[Minor collision]

[Chaos, courtesy of our low-key loony]

- Kang Jun, nice. - So good.

Hey, at least we can communicate with this guy.

[Proof he's trying] Look how red his ears are.

That was good.

I gave him a "yar" and he gave me one back.

I honestly thought that had a fifty-fifty chance!

[Me too, me too] Geoje, yahoo!

Geoje, yaho-o-o!

[The rookie's antics have everyone feeling YAR]

[Pinggyego!]

[Rookie question 101] Kang Jun

[Sibling check] do you have any siblings?

I have one older sister... yeah.

What are you and your sister like?

My sister and I...

are basically...

strangers.

[Well, that's new...]

That's unusual.

Right?

[A suspenseful conversational pause] Our Kang Jun...

I absolutely love my sister.

Huh?

[You just said you're strangers...] What is this story doing?

So we love each other dearly...

but never take care of each other...

and never even talk...

Then in what sense is that "love"?

I mean, we're family so of course the feeling is there.

But if you're saying you love her that much on camera

doesn't that mean you two actually have some emotional connection?

We have exactly zero-point-one emotional connection.

Then how do you know you love each other?

I ask my parents how she's doing.

When they say she's doing well I can relax.

I do worry about her a lot.

She lives overseas right now.

Sometimes I send her a little spending money

and tell her not to skip meals.

Things like that make me realize "Oh, I really do love my sister."

What does she say?

When you send something thoughtful out of the blue.

That's when the emojis start pouring in.

[When he sends money] "Thank you!" with tilde and exclamation marks.

[Her usual replies] Normally it's just "yeah" or "k."

So she sends "Thank you" with tildes?

Yeah, with a whole trail of tildes.

It's kind of...

Never mind.

[Now we need to know] Go on. Kind of what?

[Muttering] Annoying to look at.

[A loving little brother's truth] Only when I send money.

Are you the type to talk sweetly to your sister?

Not at all. I'm super rough with her.

[Has a younger brother] Well, if all you usually get is "yeah"

you're bound to reply with the same energy, right?

If the other person starts out

- not being affectionate... - That's true. Exactly.

- It goes both ways. - Oh, good point.

But being sweet to my sister is just...

[Why are families like this?] So awkward.

[Completely understands] That's family.

- Family can be weirdly awkward. - Exactly.

Some people aren't like that, but...

if you didn't grow up doing it...

Some siblings are incredibly affectionate.

There are a lot of them now!

They say "I love you" and everything.

What? "I love you"?

You've never told her that?

[Definitely not that kind of siblings] Apparently people do.

I don't think I could.

- "Love you, sis." - People do!

- They do, they do. - "Love you, sis."

I literally can't imagine it.

- Same. - Like, between siblings...

you get a drink and go "Sis, I never say this, but I love you."

You never do anything like that?

A drunk call to your sister?

[The premise itself is impossible] Oh, my god.

They're not affectionate but they always care.

And that's enough for both of them!

Since she's overseas how about a video message?

Eun Jin, quit hosting!

[Counterattack] Jae Seok's right here, and you keep taking over!

- I'm sorry, sir. - It's fine.

I just want to mess with him so bad!

Kang Jun's getting the full Pinggyego hazing today.

I know exactly how you feel.

[The urge to tease him] I know exactly how you feel.

[Holding herself back] I really want to torment him.

Watching Kang Jun today through Eun Jin

[Totally gets Eun Jin now] I understand why she's like this.

You poke him a little and all this funny stuff comes out.

- Yes, it's so much fun. - That's why you do it, huh?

Like Kang Jun said earlier

you eat salad, but do you not really eat dinner separately?

Dinner is just... whatever I feel like that day.

- So two meals a day? - I eat four!

But only one meal has carbs.

[The other three are all protein] So the rest are basically...

- Salad. - Protein.

Carbs are so good, though...

Fresh rice, and then this beef sizzling on top!

- Now that's Hwaryeohanwoo. - Eat them together.

With some kimchi...

- Or throw in some ramyeon. - That sounds amazing...

- Aaaagh! - Unbelievable.

[Instant mouthwatering] You need ramyeon.

[Carb party] That sounds so good.

- So good... - You want ramyeon now, don't you?

I do...

[Carbs are hard to resist] The less you eat them, the more you want them.

Do you eat dessert?

You probably can't much when you're watching your weight?

Honestly, I'm more of a dessert person than a meal person.

Me too.

I absolutely love snacks and ice cream.

So my freezer it's summer right now...

Two of the three drawers are completely full of ice cream!

- Wow! - What kind do you like?

The bottom drawer is for the sake of my conscience

the sugar-free...

low-sugar ice cream drawer.

[For her conscience] That's what I have for round two.

For round one I've been obsessed with cookies-and-cream.

Cookies and Cream, Wild Body Bibibig, and Dwaeji Bar!

[Eun Jin's four freezer essentials] I keep all four stocked.

You know those old-school convenience-store red-bean ice cups?

- Of course! - The old kind?

Yeah, that old red-bean shaved ice.

- Frozen rock-solid! - It's so good.

- You have to pour milk on it! - Keep adding milk.

[Dessert lovers know] Let it melt a little, eat some

[Best red-bean ice tip: add milk] then pour in more milk.

[Applause of total agreement] It tastes so clean and refreshing.

- It's so good. Exactly. - Not heavy at all.

- I used to eat three a day. - Seriously, same.

I first had it in the military.

- It's insanely good. - Really?

[His first taste came in the army] They handed it out as rations.

[Convenience-store red-bean ice] We were heading out to train

I tried one and got hooked. After discharge, I ate three at a time!

Wait! We have the same taste in food.

[Finding more and more in common] Our food tastes really match.

[Salad buddies] Even the salads.

I haven't met many people who eat that stuff.

You two need to take a food trip.

[A perfect foodie duo in the making] Seriously, go on a food trip together.

Keep it in the fridge for a bit...

I love ice cream too. Like, really love it.

Oh! You eat a lot of it?

Well...

Now I only have it sometimes but back then...

- I'd practically sleep hugging a tub. - Pfft!

[A thought occurs] Like spooning it in bed.

Just digging in with a spoon.

- Me, though... - Strawberry! I love strawberry.

[Still hasn't noticed Seok Jin] So you're a strawberry guy?

- Strawberry. - More of the fruity stuff.

[Quietly cracking up] Strawberry and chocolate. Love them.

No, the reason I'm laughing is...

talking about ice cream just reminded me.

You know that place with 31 flavors?

Where was it...

Dubai?

Why are you yelling at us?

[His voice rose because he couldn't remember]

You startled me too!

[Everyone jumps at the sudden shout]

[Embarrassed] I couldn't remember.

[Fascinated] That scared me.

No, but why did you...

[Emergency subject change] You know Lee Dong Hwi, right?

Nobody made him mad.

This isn't an edit!

He just did that all by himself...

Was I mad? Eun Jin, was I mad?

[Nods] Kang Jun, was I mad?

[Yu Jae Seok happily imitates him] "Was it... DUBAI?"

I don't know why I did that.

He was mad at his own memory.

[Anyway, Dubai] Yeah, I couldn't remember.

[What happened at the 31-flavor shop] It was Dubai.

[A little setup first] You know the 31-flavor place?

[Overseas branches] They have stores abroad

[May have different menus] and depending on the country

[And different flavor names] the flavors can be different.

"My Mom Is an Alien"?

Yeah, they have that here.

[His favorite flavor] That's the one I love.

So I went up and said...

"My mom is alien..."

trying to order it...

[Dubai staff: ????? He translated the name literally]

"My mom is alien, please!"

"My... my mother is an alien..."

"Please!"

[Sadly, Dubai didn't carry it] That's what I actually said.

[My mom is alien...] Was it "My mom is alien"?

[Can't breathe from laughing] They were asking what I'd like to order.

[Universally understood] I could've just said chocolate

[There were normal flavors too] or vanilla. Something simple.

[But Mr. Jee chose chaos] Since I'm abroad

[Mr. Jee's] I could've just gotten

[Favorite] something normal.

And they didn't even have it!

[My mom is alien...] No "My Mom Is an Alien" there.

[Basically introduced himself as an alien's son] "My mom is alien."

[Needs to know] What did they say?

Did they just go, "What?"

[Completely baffled]

- I think that's what happened. - "My mom is..."

- It was so long ago, I don't remember. - "alien."

- My memory's fuzzy. - No, the alien...

Because he likes aliens!

Because I like aliens, right? There really is a flavor called that.

There is. Here in Korea, anyway.

So internationally...

that's not the name people use globally.

- Guess not. - Apparently not.

[Story rating 5/5] Don't quote me on every detail, though.

[But it gave us this priceless story] Hyung, that's a great story.

Why have you been sitting on that gem all this time?

We don't get huge stories like that very often, you know?

Not often at all.

[Proud] It's been a while.

We really don't get home runs like that often.

And it started with you getting mad trying to remember Dubai...

[Ahn Seok Sam] "Was it DUBAI?"

I actually get what he was feeling.

[Yu Seok Sam] "Ah, was it Dubai?"

[A flash of pure frustration] I was annoyed that I couldn't remember.

What's your favorite ice cream?

[Kang Jun's pick: World Cone]

Ahhhh!

But you don't really eat it, do you?

Not very often.

This summer was so hot, though

- I had it a few times. - Oh, you did?

And snacks, normally I love them but he doesn't eat them.

So I asked, "Why don't you eat snacks?" What did you say again?

- I don't remember... - What he said was...

Something about snacks...

[Kang Jun remembers and jumps in] I said snacks make you gain weight.

I've said that before.

"If you're trying to lose weight do not eat snacks. Ever."

Since I said that I can't exactly eat them now.

Even when he wants them he remembers what he told everyone.

So I figured I might as well quit.

[Trying to live by his own words] When I heard that's why he stopped

[That takes discipline] I thought, wow, he's impressive.

[Has something to say] All that commitment to his word...

Except he "doesn't eat snacks" and yet he's been...

[Sweet-potato chips] Haven't you been eating those nonstop?

- They're so good! - You want some more?

[Sharing from the next table] Give him these. They're good.

[Hands everywhere] Are these... potato chips?

- Sweet potato! - Sweet-potato chips?

[Teasing] One bite and it's obviously sweet potato.

[Sneaking in another round of banter]

[Sold in the '70s] Do you know Date ice cream? So good.

- Huh? - Date.

- "Date"? - Do they still make it?

- That old ice cream? - I wonder if it's still around.

It was this square shape

and every piece came wrapped separately.

You'd peel back this foil wrapper.

Today's closest thing is Excellent!

Like a bigger version of Excellent.

Ah, you're not from that generation.

It's the same with cartoons.

Talking on Ramyeon Hangout made me realize

everyone has their own era of cartoons they grew up with.

So the songs we know are different too.

- Of course. - Kang Jun and Eun Jin overlap more, right?

[Two years apart] Yeah, we're two years apart.

- So what cartoons? - You're both '90s kids, so...

- Digimon, Pokémon... - Right.

- Crayon Shin-chan, Doraemon. - Early Shin-chan.

Sgt. Frog.

- Keroro's a sergeant, right? - Correct.

Cardcaptor Sakura!

You guys talk about Cardcaptor Sakura all the time.

[Thump] The theme songs and everything.

[Clap] I can't see you, though I want to

Is that the song?

- Oh, "Catch me..." - "Catch me..."

- Catch me, catch you, catch you - Catch me, catch you, catch you

This is... This is really our generation!

We watched so much anime back then...

- I've never heard it. Different era. - We didn't even try to memorize it.

- It's in our bones! - It just lives in your head!

What was the Ultimate Muscle theme?

["Jilpunggaedo" - Yoo Jung Seok] "Jilpunggaedo."

Once more, give me...

- Oh! That's from Ultimate Muscle. - Like a raging wind

- Courage! - Courage!

That's the theme song?

[Also famous as a fight song] Yeah, it is.

[A fan-favorite] And now it's become

["Jilpunggaedo"] a huge stadium chant.

It's a classic.

The One Piece song is really famous too.

How did it go?

- Ah! - Koyote.

Through the raging wind

[One Piece opening theme] Koyote sang it, right?

["Our Dream" - Koyote] Jong Min! Jong Min.

That's why Jong Min sings it sometimes.

A lot of anime songs end up becoming rally songs.

Back in our day, there was Mechander...

- Mechander, Mechander, Mechander V! - Mechander, Mechander, Mechander V!

- La-la-la-la, attack begins! - La-la-la-la, attack begins!

Wait, how do you know that?

[It's a '70s cartoon] How do I know it?

[Genuinely impressed] You shouldn't know that!

- You must've watched reruns as a kid. - I guess so.

Those songs give you energy when you're struggling.

They're the kind that give you courage.

Eun Jin, what songs give you courage?

When I'm really struggling like a brutal day of filming

I have maybe three songs I listen to just for myself.

Oh? What are they? Tell us.

Eminem's... Ha ha ha...

"Lose Yourself"?

["Lose Yourself" / Correct]

When I hear it "one shot, opportunity" I just...

Pfft.

["Lose Yourself"]

[She got the opening right!] "One shot"?

["Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity"]

So that's why you danced earlier.

[Now embarrassed after admitting it all]

[When she danced by the beach] So this is what you were listening to.

["Lose Yourself"] Right.

[Wasn't that it?] Oh, that must've been it.

That shoot was rough for me out on the mudflats...

- I think it was then. - Or was it Yeosu?

[Pretty sure it was Yeosu] It was Yeosu.

Oh! I remember that one!

That time it was Bruno Mars.

"That's What I Like." That's what I had on.

[Reenacting Eun Jin that day] You were doing all this...

- That's it. - Yeah, that's the one.

["That's What I Like"] Right.

[That's what she was listening to] Oh, yeah.

What's another one?

Bruno Mars.

[Bruno Mars was just] No, Bruno Mars was...

[Something she happened to play] Oh, not one of the courage songs?

[Her real pump-up songs are different] No. When I need strength...

because sometimes I need to shout back at the world.

[After Eminem] I listen to Im Jae Beom's "Flight."

Everyone, at least once

Into a world of their own

I'll show them who I am

[Big "come at me, world" energy] I listen to that and...

- So basically... - I want to prove myself

Why are you always trying to prove something to the world, Eun Jin?

Motivation! It's motivation!

Because I get intimidated a lot more than you'd think.

So I tell myself "Don't shrink back."

If I'm driving alone and blast something like "Flight"

I tear up.

Yeah. It gets me too.

I listen to Turtles sometimes.

[Autoplay] Na-da da-ra-da-da, da-da-da

[Full volume] We're flying away!

- That lifts you right up! - It does.

[Perfect energy boost] Instantly.

Kang Jun, do you have a song like that?

Well...

For me...

I don't listen to music when I'm having a hard time.

[Not the answer anyone expected]

Yar.

Yar.

[At least he reacts well] No, seriously.

[Sweet, but definitely unusual] That's genuinely how he is.

My playlist isn't organized like "songs for when I'm struggling."

I just don't really like loud music in general.

[Consistently quiet and mellow] I mostly listen to calm stuff.

[His usual listening style] So what's on your playlist?

[Korean three-piece band] wave to earth.

[Everyone leans in] That's the artist's name.

- Ohhh. - wave to earth.

- I should listen to them. - And?

[Canadian indie-pop band] Men I Trust...

- Gotta check them out too. - Men I Trust...

That kind of thing.

Sorry.

[We'll use this chance to educate ourselves!]

What are they exactly? A band, or...

A band.

[Korean and international] So you're into band music?

[Deep into indie bands] Mostly indie bands.

- Ah, you like indie music. - Yeah, yeah.

I listen to that stuff when I'm happy too.

It's not really based on whatever mood I'm in.

That's just what I always listen to.

[Very clear] Kang Jun really has...

[Kang Jun's own little world] He has his own universe.

- You have your own thing. - He really does.

Even when I'm working out...

People usually put on something upbeat when the workout gets hard, right?

I don't.

I work out listening to really mellow music.

- Seriously? - Yeah. I find the opposite strange.

[Mutually baffled] Mellow music while working out?

Yeah! I still go hard.

And somehow that gives you more energy?

- Mm-hmm! - Wow...

But if it's all...

- bright and thumping... - Like boom-boom-boom?

I just want to rip my headphones off.

Maybe you just hate noise?

I think so.

[He doesn't usually listen to it] If you almost never listen

[So he's not used to it] to that kind of music...

- I'm kind of like that too. - Oh, really?

Rather than whatever's trending

I love obscure songs that feel like they're mine.

What kind of music do you listen to?

Nogojiri?

Nogojiri.

[Debuted in 1979] How far back are we going?

[Nogojiri - "Teacup"] Holding a fragrance, not too strong

Quietly on a dark-brown table

I have no idea what this is.

Too shy even to start a conversation

You are so

It's about a teacup, by the way.

Quietly staying right where you are

Old songs had all these really lyrical lines.

Lyrics you just don't hear much anymore.

[Joking aside] What do you actually listen to?

Do you know an artist called Kim Museum?

- Ohhh... - Kim Museum?

- I should check that out. - If you like mellow music...

[Learning about all kinds of artists today] I should listen to Kim Museum.

[A musical education] Yeah, yeah.

When you're in the mood for something calm.

Sometimes you just miss that kind of music.

And by the time this goes up it'll be September.

- September feels different. - You get a little sentimental.

You put on something mellow

and just wander around.

Even if it's still hot you know when September hits?

Mornings and evenings start to change.

[Maximum agreement] It gets cooler.

[Filmed in early August] Do you sleep with the AC on these days?

- I don't. - Oh?

- What? - I've been fine without it.

- I only started using it a few days ago. - Really?

It's just been too hot.

[Kang Jun sleeps with it on too] I leave mine on.

I've had it on since around May.

[Kang Jun runs hot] I get hot really easily.

- You really hate the heat... - What temperature?

About 23 degrees.

- That's freezing! - That's basically winter.

To me, that's just cool.

At 23, I don't even use a blanket.

[Shocked] No blanket at 23?

[Completely unfazed]

I'm cold even at 26.

[Low setting] One hour, two hours, three hours...

[Sets a 1~3 hour timer] I set it for about that long

and I have to have my blanket. I have this thick comfort blanket.

One you've had since childhood?

[Treasured for 60 years?] So you like a thick one.

[Comfort blanket?] Yeah, I have a thick one.

A comfort blanket...

You can have one no matter how old you are.

[Agreed] Exactly.

There's one that fits perfectly around me.

[Fully relates] Yeah. It makes you feel safe.

Are we talking some Joseon-era quilt here?

It's not that old.

When my wife switches to summer bedding I use a separate blanket.

But thick is better... You use a thin one in summer?

[Everyone except Seok Jin] In summer, thin...

[Prefers cool, lightweight] Thin.

[Summer bedding] I like light, cool ones too.

You still use a thick blanket in summer?

[Yes, thick] I do.

Then in the dead of winter same blanket?

Same one.

- All year round? - It's his comfort blanket.

Sometimes in winter I use an even heavier one.

I like some weight on me.

Do you put a barbell on top?

[Bursts out laughing] Like a barbell?

[Annoyed] What are you talking about?

You said you like something heavy! That's all!

- I'm just asking. - What?

A barbell on the bed, hey!

Who sleeps with a barbell on their bed?

[Like this?] You said you liked weight.

They were selling a goose-down comforter on TV.

And I thought "Now that's something to try."

[Review: too light for his taste] I hated it. Way too light.

It has to be heavy.

Do you need an actual goose pressing down on you?

- Like the goose steps on you... - What is wrong with him?

- With its feet? - Seriously, what's with him?

[Speechless] Why would a goose step on me?

I'm just asking!

Ask something that makes sense.

[Back to sleep talk] Kang Jun, when you sleep...

[Keep going] Summer is one thing, but...

In winter, I don't turn on the heat.

[Pretty extreme] Seriously?

You really are unusual!

I have cats, though

and they spend most of their time in the living room.

[So only the living room gets heat] I heat the living room

but not my bedroom.

- Heated mattress pad? - Never.

[Seo Kang Jun, human furnace] No electric pad, no heated mat.

But then...

- Aren't you freezing? - The room gets pretty...

It must get icy in there.

- I love that cold air. - That crisp chill?

In winter, I do use a blanket, though.

A thick one.

You know when it's freezing and you get under the covers?

- I love that feeling. - I know exactly what you mean.

The bed is ice-cold!

You get in and go, "Aah!"

Then I warm it up with my own body heat.

Since Kang Jun runs so hot

23 degrees with no blanket suddenly makes perfect sense.

I just run really hot!

Are your hands hot too?

[Temperature check] Whoa, they are really warm.

Mine usually run warm too but yours are hotter.

Do my hands feel cool?

Yeah, they're cool.

[Now everyone's curious] Feel how hot Kang Jun is.

[Handshake] Oh, I'm warm.

- Aren't I hotter? - You're hotter, actually.

[Live hand-temperature ranking] Wait, you're hotter than him?

[Seok Jin, Kang Jun, Jae Seok]

[Checking Eun Jin too]

[Even warmer] Oh, you're right.

[A temperature check becomes a handshake event]

- Wow, you're warm. - Hyung, you're cold.

- I'm usually warm! - You're warm too, Eun Jin.

I'm running a little hot today.

[Let me see] My hands are usually warm.

Oh, you are warm. Wait, am I the coldest?

[As expected] I'm the cold one?

[Living a lie] My hands are usually hot!

Your whole body feels cold.

- What are you talking about? - No, I normally run hot!

- You don't know yourself at all! - That's not true!

We literally just tested it.

[Warmth ranking] I'm the hottest

[Jae Seok, Eun Jin] then Eun Jin.

[Kang Jun, Seok Jin] And I almost never meet anyone hotter than me.

What are you even saying?

Feel them.

[Even on the second try] Your hands are cold.

[Seok Jin is colder after all] No, they're not.

Why are your hands like ice?

Mine get so hot that in winter...

- No, in summer... - You should wear gloves!

Why would I wear gloves? It's boiling outside!

But your hands are cold.

[Both talking past each other] In summer

- I get so hot that... - How are those "hot" hands?

I literally keep a can in the freezer.

Then I hold it later because my hands get so hot.

[Teasing] But your hands are cold. Why bother?

Whoa. These are really cold.

[Cold. Confirmed]

[The final nail] What's going on here?

For a second I thought he was the doctor!

[Still in denial] That's so weird.

[Checks again] I really thought he was the doctor.

No, these feel... frozen!

[Very serious] Feel them. Feel!

- Ah! They're frozen? - Is it really that bad?

No, seriously. They feel frozen!

[A strangely perfect choice of words] "Frozen" is killing me.

- Kang Jun, you're funny. - He's so funny, right?

[Falling for his low-key loony charm] Kang Jun is hilarious.

[Completely won over] He really is.

- Kang Jun, seriously. - I want to see him on more variety shows.

Why did you ever think you weren't funny?

The genuinely funny people

- always think that. - Really?

[Doesn't know he's funny] They have no idea how funny they are.

[Everyone knows but him] I don't think you realize it, Kang Jun.

I think Eun Jin has helped me discover a lot of it.

[The host's certified variety-show gem] You're a very funny guy, Kang Jun.

- Really? - Really.

- Pinggyego brought it out of you! - Exactly.

Now you can really get started.

And if you get him into a deep conversation

- he's even funnier. - Exactly.

That's why I ask him so many things.

"What do you think about this?"

"What's going on in your head?"

[Munches a plum] I ask him stuff like that all the time.

[Munch munch] Because he has

a lot of really unusual thoughts

and a lot of surprisingly deep ones too.

So when I listen to him talk

[Always fascinating] I'm like, "Wow, that's how you think."

[Inside Kang Jun's thought process] It's genuinely interesting.

But Kang Jun you are eating a ton.

After saying you don't eat snacks!

[Who even are you?] I mean, look at him.

[A man of contradictions] The snacks are disappearing over there.

You really like fruit too.

My blood sugar was dropping.

[Everyone grabs a plum for a sugar boost]

Good, right?

I've been obsessed with watermelon lately.

Usually you cut it up like this, right?

But I found a new way not long ago

and it tastes so much better.

- Just from how you cut it? - So with watermelon...

if there's too much white rind it's bad-sho.

"Bad-sho"?

[Can't let that "sho" slide]

Is that a new show?

Pfft, ha ha ha!

Move on, you punk.

- Anyway... - Ha ha ha!

[Trying to explain] Heh heh heh...

Usually you just...

- Sorry. - It's all good-sho.

You cut the watermelon in half

then chop it down like this, right?

That leaves the cut surface all uneven.

So lay it on its side

and slice across it.

[Processing... processing...]

Wait, what are we supposed to do?

Try it!

- So it comes out like a steak? - Kind of broad and flat.

Because the pieces aren't uniform

there's something amazing about how it tastes.

You're not buying this, are you?

- No. - I honestly can't picture it.

[AI-generated image] You cut it like this, then...

[Our shared understanding of watermelon] Normally you eat it like this.

But don't do that.

Just carve out the red flesh.

[Still lost] Oh...

[React first, understand later] Like...

beef jerky.

[Steak? Jerky?] Just the red part.

[Somehow] In slices?

[The explanation only gets worse] Long slices.

- It tastes different. - Different how?

Feel it, man!

[Furious at the lack of understanding] Just feel it!

[Mutual frustration] It's different.

[At a loss] I genuinely don't get it.

You're thinking "Same watermelon, same taste," right?

But pork is the same.

Thin-sliced and thick-cut taste different.

- True, they do. - Wait, that actually makes sense.

Right?

[At last] I'm telling you, the taste changes.

[A shred of credibility] Same watermelon, different taste.

So how exactly did you cut it?

You forgot already?

- How are you cutting it? - I just told you!

Okay, look. Here's why.

[AI-generated image] Cut it in half.

[Seok Sam's watermelon method] Then hold it like this

[1) Split the watermelon in half] and crack it open.

[Split] The edge gets all jagged.

[2) Angle the knife] Take that jagged surface

[Carve it out] and cut in from the side.

[3) Final watermelon piece] As you cut, yeah...

Okay, I get trimming the jagged part.

Just think of it as carving pieces out.

And after you carve them out?

[Q. Once the jagged surface is trimmed] It gets flat, right?

[So now it's flat?] Right. Then you kind of...

[A. The knife goes underneath] slide the knife under it.

The products come out all irregular.

- Oh, come on. - "Products"?

[Everyone's losing patience] What is this? What are we talking about?

Are we making electronics now?

[Explanation, attempt #3] The knife goes in. Keep going.

[Professor Jee refuses to quit] Give it some force and twist.

[Professor Jee] Then one piece pops right out.

But how is that different from scooping it

- with a spoon? - That's what I'm saying!

- Right! - The surface is different.

Isn't that more dangerous?

So you can taste that tiny difference?

[Salad buddy comes to the rescue] There is a tiny difference in taste.

I get it now! So...

with a spoon, it comes out all rounded

like this little scoop you just pop in your mouth.

But with the knife, you go in and, bam.

- Like this... - You don't know what shape it'll be.

It comes out with a crack.

- It splits apart. - Ah?

- So it breaks off in chunks. - Like cracking ice.

[The class finally gets it] It tears away in one piece.

Thin at the edge thicker through the middle.

And it's all red flesh!

Then you grab the thicker end

take a crisp bite

and it gives you that crunch...

Kraaah!

That's what makes it good.

And it looks really pretty too!

I gave some to my kid

and they asked "Dad, how did you cut this?"

Really?

Not, "Dad, why did you butcher it like this?"

[Turns out] "Who cut this?"

[Two completely different interpretations] They were genuinely fascinated.

They'd never seen watermelon look like that before.

Post it on social media later and I'll check it out.

I don't think it needs a social-media post...

The vibe right now is

like that uncle at a holiday gathering

who's way too confident about his special technique.

I'm just frustrated you don't get it!

Also...

shouldn't we have moved on from this five minutes ago?

Why are you asking me about it for this long?

- I'm not dragging it out... - Just go, "Huh, interesting," and move on.

You're just too much!

Just say, "Huh, interesting," and move on.

Huh. Interesting.

That's probably why I gain weight.

I'll sit there and eat almost half a watermelon.

- Fruit will do that. - Watermelon is so good, though.

Fruit can make you gain weight too, right?

- Sure, there's a lot of sugar. - Absolutely.

But if I don't eat seasonal fruit

- I'd be sad to let the season pass. - You have to have some.

- I can't just skip it. - Just don't overdo it!

As long as you don't go crazy.

[Pinggyego!]

[Tonight at 9:20 p.m.] Tonight at 9:20

[A Love Other Than Yours premieres] their drama finally premieres.

Give us a final word before we wrap.

Tell everyone to tune in.

First, thank you so much

for watching Pinggyego today.

And our drama which premieres very soon...

Thank you in advance for checking that out too.

[Thanking everyone a little early] So, thank you in advance, and...

Nice to... meet...

Tha... thank...

[Right at the finish line] Not "nice to meet you."

[We're plenty acquainted now] I mean, it was lovely meeting you.

"Please give the show lots of love."

[Ctrl + V] Please give it lots of love.

Nice to meet you! Ha ha!

I was about to start over from the beginning.

Eun Jin, of course is here for the second time

but this is Kang Jun's first visit.

- And wow! - Kang Jun really...

Eun Jin strongly recommended him.

[Highly recommended]

Low-key loony! Yes.

[A newly discovered] Low-key

[rising star of variety] loony.

Low-key loony!

And I think today

a lot of viewers probably fell for that charm.

Eun Jin kept making me do all these weird things

but I think that actually made it really fun.

I felt much more comfortable here than on most shoots.

- That's good. - I think being with Eun Jin helped.

Everyone made me feel really relaxed

and Eun Jin guided me really well too.

- You and Eun Jin have great chemistry. - I had so much fun.

So please watch the drama tonight

and keep showing Pinggyego lots of love.

Give us one "Yahoo!" Come on.

Yahoo!

[Kang Jun's core trait: ask and he does it] All right, today we also had

our story broker, our story merchant Seok Sam hyung.

He brought us some great material.

That Dubai story was one of the best we've had in ages.

[Jee Seok Sam, story broker] "My mom is alien."

Yes. "My mom is alien."

And we got another MINAMI impression today too.

Geoje, yahoong!

- The first one was better. - It came and went earlier.

Sorry. MINAMI, I'm sorry.

It was here for a second.

And we'd also like to thank today's sponsor

Hwaryeohanwoo for joining us today.

We really enjoyed the food.

- Ah! - What? What?

[Almost forgot] Oh, we need to give these out.

[Coupon and gift time] Eun Jin.

[Second-time guest Eun Jin] Since this is Eun Jin's second visit...

[Coupon issued] If you come back one more time...

On your next appearance, you finally get paid.

- Wow, thank you! - You get an appearance fee.

[Shows it off] There you go, Eun Jin.

[Everyone immediately interested] And this one...

This one's for Kang Jun. That's a pretty big gift.

[Massive] What is this?

[First visit] Oh my gosh...

[Gift] A planter?

[Appears] Take a look!

- Can I unwrap it? - Sure.

- Oh my gosh, what is it? - What is that?

- Huh? - A bomb?

It looks like a bomb.

Is it a cherry?

- Is this a scratcher? - Yes, a cat scratcher.

[A custom gift for cat dad Kang Jun] Wow, that's so thoughtful.

[The giant cherry is] Oh my gosh, it's adorable.

[A scratcher] The cats are going to love it.

So it's a cat scratcher. They scratch this part?

At first I had no idea what it was. I thought, "Are they kidding?"

- Thank you so much. - I had no clue.

So it's not a bomb, it's a plum?

[Can't stop touching it] Your gifts are always so well chosen.

It looks really premium too.

[Still touching it] Where did you even find this?

[Cat Seok Jin, Cat Jae Seok] This is so cute.

[The cherry is irresistible] This is exactly your taste, right?

It's adorable.

And one more thing...

there's something I really wanted to ask.

The year-end awards...

Will you invite me?

I've been looking forward to that more than anything.

- The Pinggyego awards? - Yes.

[Award-show invitations] Oh!

[Go out to every Gyewon who's appeared] Every guest gets invited.

- Really? - Everyone who's been on the show.

I recently

- ran into actress Shim Eun Kyung. - Eun Kyung?

And she and I are already talking

about the year-end awards.

[Eun Kyung was completely serious] We were like...

Eun Kyung and I kept saying

"Shouldn't we do a special performance?"

And then we got into it.

But I'm more of a girl-group dancer

and Eun Kyung is more boy-group.

[Their dance specialties don't overlap]

[Intrigued] So we were wondering how to meet halfway.

[Taking it as seriously as a debut stage] We started thinking about

[Already planning in earnest] what kind of performance to do.

Then I said, "Let's recruit Sang Yi!"

[Mixed-gender trio] So Sang Yi, Eun Kyung, and Eun Jin?

[The lineup Eun Jin imagined] I was picturing it all by myself...

The awards are still months away.

- Eun Jin's already planning it. - I have to start early...

She's preparing already.

I'm just so excited.

There really isn't an awards show that's more fun.

- Please invite me. - We'd love to have you.

- Please invite me! - We'd really love to have you, Eun Jin.

- And Kang Jun too. - I'd be honored. Absolutely.

If you're free...

Come by again and give us one more "Yahoo!"

[Accepted]

[That's it for today] And to all our Gyewon

[With heartfelt thanks to our Gyewon] thank you so, so much.

[See you next week] Thank you.

[We'll be back talking our heads off] Thank you.

- That was so much fun, Eun Jin. - Kang Jun, fun, right?

I kept telling him this show would be fun.

- Were we actually fun? - Kang Jun.

I have a question.

What dressing do you use? I use mango.

I don't put any dressing on mine.

Oh, you eat it plain.

Want to do the special stage with us?

How would I even... How would I get onstage?

Eun Jin kept telling me Kang Jun has so much funny stuff.

- She said to make you do a lot. - That's right.

- Eun Jin, get home safe. See you again. - Yes, sir. See you next time.

- Take care. - Thank you.