'I am a natural person' Lee Seung-yoon and Yoon-taek announced they would step down together.
On the 8th, a video titled 'Yoon-taek and Lee Seung-yoon, who have been wandering in the mountains for 15 years, make a bombshell declaration | Behind-the-scenes release of "I am a natural person," the source of various memes!!' was released on the YouTube channel 'Jo Dongari.'
In the video, Yoon-taek and Lee Seung-yoon revealed the tumultuous behind-the-scenes stories of "I am a natural person" that they experienced while roaming the mountains for 15 years. They amusingly recounted incidents that occurred in the wild, from the early legendary "fish head curry" incident to tasting muntjac liver and the story of being taken to the emergency room after being stung by a giant hornet.
Lee Seung-yoon appeared from episode 1 of "I am a natural person," and Yoon-taek began appearing from episode 4. Lee Seung-yoon said, "It was before the system for 'I am a natural person' was fully established. During a 'Gag Concert' meeting, there was a proposal for a solo MC for a nature-related program, so I went, and they just climbed a mountain and met a naked natural person. Then the legendary fish head curry came out. It was pure meltdown, and I suffered so much that when they suggested doing a second episode I didn't want to do it, but I was persuaded," adding, "For episode 2 I had to eat muntjac liver, so I strongly declared my departure. But it got record ratings, so I felt conflicted, and from episode 4 I stopped getting contacted. Worried, I reached out and went to the office, and they said it would be too hard, so it became a two-MC system."
Yoon-taek added, "After making and previewing the first episode of 'I am a natural person,' there was a fight internally. 'Gag Republic,' which cost 80 million to 90 million won to produce, failed to exceed 1% in ratings and was given a death sentence, while 'I am a natural person,' which cost 27 million won to produce, exceeded 1%, so I naturally transferred."
Lee Seung-yoon recalled the legendary "fish head curry" incident. Lee Seung-yoon said, "The species was mackerel. Occasionally someone would go down to the market and bring back fish heads, but there was no refrigerator, so they used the stream as a refrigerator and it went bad. The expression and emotion from that time didn't come back. Since the elder said it was okay to eat, I ate it, but it tasted like rotten fish. But that meme made who I am today."
Yoon-taek said, "I once ate pill millipedes. If you sweep through the grass with cloth, various insects come out. We made fried rice and stuck the insects on it like decorations. But I heard you get 'anodyn' if you eat that. A doctor brother saw it and called, saying 'you must not eat that. pill millipedes carry nematomorphs.'" He added, "And on the last day of a shoot I ate dried mushrooms, and they tasted good. I had a huge eating show, but after filming I felt dizzy. They weren't poisonous mushrooms; it seems the problem was the cooking process."
Especially, Lee Seung-yoon said, "I was once stung by a hornet and lost consciousness. It is known to have a venom needle more than 500 times stronger than that of ordinary wasps, and I have an allergic constitution. There is something called anaphylactic shock. When I was first stung, I just wanted to keep filming, but they said I had to go to the emergency room. While heading to the emergency room, the reaction started. My tongue curled, I couldn't breathe, and my whole body began to swell. I thought if I lost consciousness here I might not wake up, so I held on. I hovered on the threshold of death," he said.
Lee Seung-yoon and Yoon-taek also revealed behind-the-scenes details about appearance fees for 'I am a natural person.' The two said, "The featured natural people also receive appearance fees. And there are rumors that our appearance fees are different, but that's all lies. The fees are the same, and we filmed some commercials, with a valley commercial coming in," they said, drawing laughter.
Among them, Lee Seung-yoon said, "The goal is to become the longest-running domestic program. The goal is for the two of us to be together for a long time," but Yoon-taek said, "I once thought 10 years would be good, but it became 15 years. I plan to continue until 20 years and then step down. I'm five years older than Lee Seung-yoon, so in five years I'll be 60." Lee Seung-yoon declared, "If Yoon-taek doesn't do it, I won't either. If he quits in five years, I'll quit too," attracting attention.
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