Yoo Jae-suk and Haha, who were in 'How Do You Play?', encountered Im Woo-il's mother, whom they never imagined meeting, and even received a meal from her.
The episode of MBC's 'How Do You Play?' aired on the 29th and featured 'My Friend's Table' with Im Woo-il and Oh Sang-wook. The frugal friend Im Woo-il introduced a cost-effective restaurant course, while his friend Oh Sang-wook from Daejeon shared his favorite regular restaurant course, capturing attention.
The key indicator measuring the competitiveness and buzz of the show 'How Do You Play?' that aired that day, the 2049 viewership rating, recorded 1.9%, securing the overall No. 1 spot in Saturday entertainment. The viewing rate in the Seoul metropolitan area was 3.7%. The high point of the episode was Yoo Jae-suk and Haha bursting into laughter at Im Woo-il's mother's bombastic remarks. The story of Im Woo-il's mother watching trot broadcasts while he was winning the Popularity Award at the 2024 MBC Entertainment Awards drew laughter and peaked at a rating of 5.0% in a single minute. (Based on Nielsen Korea in the Seoul metropolitan area)
The first place Im Woo-il took Yoo Jae-suk and Haha was a tteokbokki restaurant in Incheon's Namdong Industrial Complex. Yoo Jae-suk and Haha, who complained they had never eaten tteokbokki for breakfast, cleared the entire snack spread. During the talk, Yoo Jae-suk felt awkward after making three mistakes at the adjacent table, but received cheers after ringing a golden bell while settling the bill. At the second location, the Oido Ocean View unmanned café, Yoo Jae-suk paid instead of Im Woo-il, who had gone to take a phone call, and Haha, who had a pressing matter.
Amidst this, Yoo Jae-suk and Haha were baffled by Im Woo-il's remark about his treat, saying, "When have you ever treated without spending a single penny?" Im Woo-il quickly refilled the fish cake broth, water, and pickled radish at the tteokbokki restaurant and claimed that singing in the car was all part of the treatment. Following his groundbreaking 'no expenditure treatment method,' Im Woo-il caused a huge laugh with his wild antics involving Yoo Jae-suk and Haha.
When Yoo Jae-suk pointed out his verbal mistake, Im Woo-il, who seemed cautious, politely clasped his hands and abruptly spread a rumor, saying, "Senior, there are bad rumors about you these days. You might end up lonely later." Yoo Jae-suk responded without a sense of impact, saying, "I have a family," which brought laughter.
The final course of Im Woo-il's cost-effective table was his mother's house. Yoo Jae-suk and Haha were taken aback by the unexpected visit to their junior's home and greeted Im Woo-il's mother for the first time. Im Woo-il's mother said, "I have developed kimbap" and went to prepare. While touring the house, Im Woo-il proudly mentioned that his mother recorded the broadcast times of the shows he appeared in on a whiteboard, but his mother corrected the misunderstanding, ruining the touching moment.
Im Woo-il attempted to create another touching moment by mentioning that his mother opened a study room for him to study, but his mother bombarded him with the fact, saying, "He doesn't have a good brain." Amidst the whirlwind of his mother's humor, Yoo Jae-suk and Haha finally tasted the 'Vietnamese kimbap' made by Im Woo-il's mother. Yoo Jae-suk and Haha remarked, "This isn't the kimbap we know," as they enjoyed the 'Vietnamese kimbap' made with seaweed instead of rice paper.
Joo Woo-jae, Lee Yi-kyung, Park Jin-joo, and Mi-joo followed the beloved restaurant course guided by 'Daejeon's pride' Oh Sang-wook. The first stop was a famous bakery in Daejeon, essential for the pilgrimage of bread. Joo Woo-jae spread a rumor, saying, "If you go up to it and say, 'I am Oh Sang-wook,' they will open the door right away," and Oh Sang-wook replied boastfully, "They will clear the store for you immediately." However, 'Daejeon's pride' Oh Sang-wook lost in the popularity vote for the 'bill-sharing game' to Joo Woo-jae, who was on his first day in Daejeon, which made everyone burst out laughing.
Next, Oh Sang-wook took them to his favorite regular restaurant, a chicken and kalguksu (knife noodles) place, where he always goes after overseas matches. Joo Woo-jae and Lee Yi-kyung expressed excitement with phrases like "sexy food" and "sassy kimchi," using the trendy MZ style of food expression, while Park Jin-joo made everyone laugh by saying, "Then I want sassy water!" Oh Sang-wook cleaned up everything, including chicken, kalguksu, and fried rice, and even boasted about eating what Joo Woo-jae left behind. In the bill-sharing game again, Joo Woo-jae won and ended up treating Oh Sang-wook for the entire day, bringing humor to the day.
Meanwhile, the preview for the next broadcast highlighted the return of 'The Conscience Refrigerator Returns,' driven by a strong response, raising expectations. Lee Kyung-kyu granted Oh Sang-wook the favor of being excluded from the 'entertainment industry blacklist.' All eyes were on whether the heightened difficulty of the conscience mission would succeed. MBC's 'How Do You Play?' airs every Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
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