Jang Dong Min my man! I completely forgot he was in this episode even though I've rewatched the early Running Man episodes for a couple of times xD The man has had his fair share of controversies, mostly due to his brand of comedy (mostly related to misogynistic comments). I still remember him recounting a past incident where he was really struggling and basically received a second lease of life from Yoo Jaesuk's act of kindness - he made a promise to himself that if he ever became successful, the first person he would repay would be Jaesuk, and that was before he exploded into popularity after being casted in The Genius. That show really overturned public opinion on him, and nowadays he's known as an intelligent comedian who has proven that hard work never betrays you.
If you're ever interested, I highly recommend checking out The Genius, it's literally the gold standard of Korean brain survival shows! Dongmin will also be appearing in Netflix's Crime Scene Zero (together with Yujin from IVE) which is slated to begin sometime in 2025, it has a similar concept to Busted where players get to roleplay, but they get to receive prizes for catching the murderer after each story.
Sorry for the long comment, just had to get this off my chest because I'm such a Dongmin fangirl hahaha. Thanks for the reaction as always!
rainicity
2025-02-17 03:03:28 +0000 UTC
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Daniel Goland
2025-02-14 05:34:57 +0000 UTC
Yooruce Willis, what a legend 😄 as well as the cameramen.
As for Lizzy, I'm still looking forward when you eventually will react to Orange Caramel (subunit of After School) ☺️
crispy chicken
2025-02-14 01:09:27 +0000 UTC
Ah, the legendary Yooruce Willis Episode, this is probably one of the most iconic moments in early episodes of Running Man. The chase, the intensity, Jaesuk’s chemistry with his VJ (who you will also see very often in the future). Jongkook taking his very rare L was pretty refreshing as he was a dominant force who didn’t seem to lose at all. Jihyo was still a lucky girl, avoiding punishment after punishment.
Now about both guests; Lizzy, yes DG, you probably heard After school in so many variety shows since the group and their songs are pretty iconic, I hope you have a time to check them out later. But that’s not all, you probably heard a lot more from the most iconic subunit itself, “Orange Caramel”. Yes, Lizzy was part of this subunit, and of course, how can we forget their most iconic song “Catallena” which you probably heard so many times at this point.
Anyway, After school’s career didn’t fare really well after few years. After Kahi (you probably remember her as the dance trainer in Produce 101) who was their leader graduated from the group (btw, After school had a graduation system which was a very strange concept in K-pop), the group was on their downward trajectory and the group went on indefinite hiatus since 2013. (Which was why Kaeun who was the maknae and only join the group for just 1 year at the time decided to join Produce 48 after a 5 year hiatus). For Lizzy, let’s say her career was a pretty roller coaster ride, she had some really struggling years from various reasons until recently but she seems to be better now. Still, I don’t think she would appear in any shows soon because of some reasons.
Now Jang Dong Min, most would probably know him as a comedian by watching some of comedy shows/variety shows. Sadly, he was pretty insignificant in this episode and didn’t do much or left any strong impression like Lizzy. For me, I completely forgot about him after watching this episode years ago. Until, he started to appear in another type of reality shows/survivor shows. If you are interested there is a show called “The Genius” which is the epitome of a brainy game in South Korea that brings smart people/celebrities together and play the game to find the genius of them all. Jang Dong Min, first appeared in one of these seasons of “The Genius” and he had done…pretty above average, I would say (can’t spoil much). But man there’s a reason why nowadays when you asked general public about Jang Dong Min, people would recognize him as a smart guy because of these type of shows.