Director Kim Tae-ho revealed behind-the-scenes stories related to 'Infinite Challenge.'
On the 15th, a video titled "Summit meeting of two giants in the Korean entertainment industry" was uploaded on 'Channel 15.'
That day, Director Kim Tae-ho had a meal and conversation with Director Na Young-seok, during which Na Young-seok asked, "How did 'Infinite Challenge' start?"
In response, Director Kim Tae-ho revealed, "'Infinite Challenge' was a program that I entered to get the phone number of re-seok hyung. Because in Korea, there are fewer than 200 entertainment directors combined, and (Yoo Jae-suk) hyung only does four or five programs a week, so I was thinking about how to get in there. I thought to join 'Infinite Challenge' because there was no place lower to go, and it seemed like I wouldn't be able to go up, so I thought that if I worked together for a semester, I might be able to make a proposal next year."
Na Young-seok asked, "Was that 'Infinite Challenge'? A program that seemed likely to fail soon?" to which Director Kim Tae-ho replied, "That's right. 'Reckless Challenge' was supposed to be canceled, but it turned out to be an opportunity for me because of 'Imaginary Expedition.' It was originally going to be on 'Music Bank.'"
In response, Na Young-seok said, "But didn't you think at that time that 'Infinite Challenge' would eventually become such a successful program?" to which Director Kim Tae-ho noted, "As a result, I think I benefited from the times."
Director Na Young-seok commented, "I thought that period would last forever. So, even when '1 Night 2 Days' ended, I thought someone like me would emerge again, but it turned out that was the end," and Director Kim Tae-ho recalled, "We ultimately thought that we had to do well to create an environment for future juniors who entered this field, and I remember discussing that too."
Notably, Na Young-seok began, "If 'Infinite Challenge' had come out at this time..." and Director Kim Tae-ho said, "I don't know what would have happened." Na Young-seok explained, "Because the program itself was not wrong, the people watching it had a hard time when 'Infinite Challenge' first started, right? Before it became successful," and Director Kim Tae-ho raised a question, "In that regard, 'Infinite Challenge' went through a period where it did not receive any spotlight for more than six months. Would a platform today wait that long?"
Then, Na Young-seok firmly responded, "I can't wait six months. That's ridiculous." He stated, "Nowadays, a season has 10 episodes at most, or 12-13. Some seasons even have 8 or 6 episodes. So, the outcome is determined in the first or second week. There is no meaning of waiting now. Back then, the public still waited for about half a year, and while some would say, 'This is not fun, I don't know why they are doing this,' there were also some who thought, 'I like this,' allowing for a niche or fandom to develop, but it seems there is a serious lack of that now."
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