"Story of the Day When You Bite Your Tail" has its first nonhuman listener and its youngest listener. It is 10-year-old penguin Pengsu.
On the 30th, OSEN reported that Pengsu will appear as a story friend on SBS "Kkokkomu" (Story of the Day When You Bite Your Tail).
"Kkokkomu" is a program in which three storytellers study on their own and convey what they have learned one-on-one to their respective story friends in the most everyday spaces. After a 2020 pilot, it met viewers through seasons 1 and 2, and it has been regularly scheduled since Oct. 2021, meeting viewers every Thursday night. Since becoming a regular program it has received much love, recording a peak audience rating of 6.4% (episode 14).
Jang Hyun-sung, Jang Sung-kyu and Jang Doyoun meet viewers every Thursday night as storytellers, and many stars from the entertainment industry have appeared as story friends (listeners) on "Kkokkomu." The story friends empathized with the storytellers' tales, reacted and provided deep immersion.
Many stars have appeared as story friends on "Kkokkomu," but Pengsu is the first nonhuman being to appear as a story friend. Pengsu is the mascot character of the YouTube channel Giant PengTV produced by EBS in 2019; Pengsu is a 10-year-old penguin from Antarctica, and the name uses the character for penguin (peng) and the character for excellence (su).
Pengsu, who came from Antarctica with a dream of becoming the best creator as an EBS trainee, is currently a creator with 1.72 million subscribers and is much loved. Pengsu proved that popularity by winning the 2020 Brand Customer Loyalty Awards in the character category, the 2020 Baeksang Arts Awards for best nonfiction program, the 2020 Korea Broadcasting Awards entertainer award, the 2020 Korea Communications Commission Broadcasting Awards excellence prize in creative innovation, and the 2020 Korea Content Awards presidential award in the character category.
Pengsu becomes the first nonhuman story friend in "Kkokkomu" history and sets the record as the youngest story friend in the program's history by appearing at the age of 10. Known for exceptional wit, attention is on what kind of contribution Pengsu will make to add fun to the stories on "Kkokkomu."
Meanwhile, SBS's Story of the Day When You Bite Your Tail airs every Thursday at 10:20 p.m.
[OSEN]