'Hangout With Yoo' Heo Kyunghwan, Joo Woo-jae tasted the harsh winter of Hongcheon. The sight of the two, who had seemingly lost both recognition and honor(?), brought laughter.
On the 31st of last month, the MBC variety show 'Hangout With Yoo' (directed by Kim Jin-yong, Lee Joo-won, Ahn Ji-seon, Bang Seong-su, Park Eun-jin; writer No Min-seon) was presented as the 'Delivery Hangout - winter Hongcheon' episode, featuring Yu Jae-seok, Haha, Heo Kyunghwan and Joo Woo-jae leaving for winter delivery to a mountain village in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province.
The show's household rating in the Seoul metropolitan area recorded 4.5% that day. The 20-54 rating, a key channel competitiveness indicator reflecting changes in media consumption, recorded 2.5%, continuing its streak as the No. 1 Saturday variety show. The top one minute featured members returning to childlike joy in a white snowfield and riding a strenuous(?) snow sled, with the peak minute rating surging to 5.8%. (Nielsen Korea, Seoul metropolitan area)
In frigid 17 degrees below zero weather, the four began delivering necessary items and calcium chloride to residents who could not come down to town. The crisis began with the first delivery. Because the road was frozen, they had to carry up a 20kg heavy bag of calcium chloride up the hill themselves. Joo Woo-jae, who lagged behind alone, collapsed on the ground and, saying "Have you never seen someone having a hard time before?" shed tears, drawing laughter. Heo Kyunghwan passed by the sprawled Joo Woo-jae like a giant stick insect and followed Yu Jae-seok, who named him "Heo-wi-musa," saying "Kyunghwan is my 'Heo-wi-musa.' Heo bing (虛)."
They then visited the home of 'Hongcheon's star' Yeom Hee-han and the home of Kim Jung-tae's father, 'Hongcheon's Yang Kwan-sik.' While Yu Jae-seok and Haha entered as if returning to their hometown, first-time visitors Heo Kyunghwan and Joo Woo-jae suffered the humiliation of low recognition. Yeom Hee-han welcomed Joo Woo-jae, mistaking him for actor Yoo Yeon-seok, who had appeared with Yu Jae-seok on a different program. Heo Kyunghwan tried to promote himself with a medley of catchphrases, but Kim Jung-tae's father seemed not to know him, and Yu Jae-seok teased, "The elder doesn't really know you." Meanwhile, Yeom Hee-han took care of familiar staff members, creating a situation that drew laughter when she recognized the staff's faces but not the cast members.
They also held an arm-wrestling match with Kim Jung-tae's father. The usually taciturn father smiled for the first time when arm wrestling was mentioned and pointed to Heo Kyunghwan as the most worthy opponent among the four. Chosen as the weakest even compared with 'paper man' Joo Woo-jae, Heo Kyunghwan lost both recognition and honor at once, bringing laughter. In the meantime, Joo Woo-jae used his strength against the father without tact and was stopped, and Yu Jae-seok, who stepped in to give a proper lesson, fussed while witnessing the father's undefeated streak to the end.
Afterward, the four went to the village hall to eat, then returned to Yeom Hee-han's house to retrieve a rice cooker they had left behind. Yu Jae-seok, calling Heo Kyunghwan and Joo Woo-jae "Hongcheon rookies," said to them, "If you go into the house you're thieves(?). Only people in the family photo can go in," and went alone to get the rice cooker. Meanwhile, Haha planned a scheme to run away leaving only Yu Jae-seok behind, but he was discovered before he could carry it out. Joo Woo-jae quickly switched tactics and betrayed Haha, while Heo Kyunghwan kept his mouth tightly shut and relied on silence as his strategy.
After the meal, the four enjoyed winter in Hongcheon at a natural snow sledding hill. They enjoyed sledding despite wailing from tailbone hits on the stone bumps. During that time, Joo Woo-jae rode a sled and whined, showing a torn glove. Heo Kyunghwan, who had earlier ignored Joo Woo-jae saying "It shows, so stop now," became 'Heo-wi-musa' and dashed off when Yu Jae-seok shouted, "Look at this!" While the production crew crowded around Yu Jae-seok with cameras, the sight of Joo Woo-jae left alone, noticed even less than the stone bumps, drew laughter.
[Photo] MBC 'Hangout With Yoo' broadcast capture
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