I have been watching Gag Concert on KBS World TV regularly now. Thank God for subtitles that come on time. I have cried laughing, basically bruising my cheeks, revisiting old skits. I like seeing how my favorite ongoing skits land with the audience, too. I've learned about some famous Korean comedians from this show and while I've been watching other talk shows on KBS's channel. I would like to recommend them to you through playlists I've curated with my new YouTube channels. I won't add more videos to the ongoing skits and their playlists. I'll give you taste from their beginning to their most recent skits and then you can keep up to date by yourself. (he he, evil smile).
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ENJOY!!!
Completed Skits
1. "Say it! Yes or no!"
A skit loosely based on Zico's song "Say it! Yes or No!", but involves the audience's participation. If they agree they experienced some everyday occurrence similarly, they hold a thumps up for "yes". If the crowd disagrees with the experience, they hold a thumps down for "no". All to prove that South Koreans share the same thoughts. The reason why I like this skit is because I learned a lot about how Korean adults grew up and function in the world today. I agreed with them a lot about experiences at school. The skit goes through a lot of changes and becomes awkward at times but the group (Kim Ki Ri, Seo Tae Hun, Hong Hyun Ho) worked well together.
Bonus Skits I Recommend For Further Giggles
a. "Cooking Goya" - innuendos galore. btw: I love innuendos.
b. "Dignity of a Beggar" - Heo Kyung Hwan not being attractive.
c. "I'm The Only One" - tension between the genders no matter how unwanted will always be funny to me.
d. "The King of Ratings" - human nature explained.
*Follow and subscribe to qualitywithoutilmo for more YouTube playlists in the future. Because AsmaThEnthusiast is private. Also follow KBS World TV if you want to keep up with Gag Concert, too.
ENJOY!!!
Completed Skits
A skit loosely based on Zico's song "Say it! Yes or No!", but involves the audience's participation. If they agree they experienced some everyday occurrence similarly, they hold a thumps up for "yes". If the crowd disagrees with the experience, they hold a thumps down for "no". All to prove that South Koreans share the same thoughts. The reason why I like this skit is because I learned a lot about how Korean adults grew up and function in the world today. I agreed with them a lot about experiences at school. The skit goes through a lot of changes and becomes awkward at times but the group (Kim Ki Ri, Seo Tae Hun, Hong Hyun Ho) worked well together.
2. "Dating Secretly"
A skit about a rookie detective (Park Bomi) who applies to the violent crimes division to be with her boyfriend, the head detective (Kim Kiyul). As a work relationship, they must hid their involvement. But how can they, with nosy coworkers and misunderstandings? This skit has great one-liners, cute exchanges between the two love-birds, and close-calls. Near the end of the series, the writes find their rhythm. It's predictable but still knocks you off your chair.
A skit about a rookie detective (Park Bomi) who applies to the violent crimes division to be with her boyfriend, the head detective (Kim Kiyul). As a work relationship, they must hid their involvement. But how can they, with nosy coworkers and misunderstandings? This skit has great one-liners, cute exchanges between the two love-birds, and close-calls. Near the end of the series, the writes find their rhythm. It's predictable but still knocks you off your chair.
3. "Comedian's World"
In South Korea, there are three types of comedians or gag-men: the beautiful ones (Ryu Geun Ji and Park Sora), the overweight ones (Song Young Gil and Kim Min Kyung), and the average-looking ones (Kim Jae Wook and Heo Min). The handsome and pretty comedians made weird noises, the big comedians take whatever the attractive comedians did and make it better, then the average comedians try way too hard to top them. The order changes sometimes but I like it the way it's supposed to be originally.
4. "Four Men"
"Why in the cruel dating world do South Korean women hate unpopular men, unsophisticated (aka country) men, short men, and fat men?" That is basically the tagline for this skit. Four types of men who make their cases on why women shouldn't misunderstand for their qualities. As a bonus, there is a fifth man, a bald comedian (Lee Won Gu), that women hate to date. Later on the series, if the audience didn't find a particular type's jokes funny, he comes to save the skit. I thought the country type (Yang Sang Guk) and the short type (Heo Kyung Hwan) were the best. The unpopular type (Kim Kiyul) got a bit cringe-worthy and the fat type (Kim Joon Hyun) generally screamed at you for being insensitive.
Ongoing Skits
5. "Explosive Situation"
Ever wonder what happens at the border of North and South Korea? It's a morbid reality but as a skit, hilarity ensues. An uptight North Korean border control general (Yang Sang Guk), a laid-back border control general who always pushes the North Korean's buttons (Kim Kiyul), and a UN officer (Yang Sun Il) is always in between just in case a nuclear war happens. Hilarious, political, and edgy, it's a fun watch.
6. "Manly Men"
A skit about how men (Seo Tae Hun and Kim Kiyul) handle break-ups. Thing is: they still can't get over it. My favorite parts are when the pity song come on and when the middle-age man (Jung Seung Hwan) who lost a love remembers her name and asks questions to the universe. "Do you miss me?! Do you care I'm alive?!" That kind of thing. In the end, the man (Jung Myung Hoon) who seems to end every relationship over money is the manliest man.
In South Korea, there are three types of comedians or gag-men: the beautiful ones (Ryu Geun Ji and Park Sora), the overweight ones (Song Young Gil and Kim Min Kyung), and the average-looking ones (Kim Jae Wook and Heo Min). The handsome and pretty comedians made weird noises, the big comedians take whatever the attractive comedians did and make it better, then the average comedians try way too hard to top them. The order changes sometimes but I like it the way it's supposed to be originally.
4. "Four Men"
"Why in the cruel dating world do South Korean women hate unpopular men, unsophisticated (aka country) men, short men, and fat men?" That is basically the tagline for this skit. Four types of men who make their cases on why women shouldn't misunderstand for their qualities. As a bonus, there is a fifth man, a bald comedian (Lee Won Gu), that women hate to date. Later on the series, if the audience didn't find a particular type's jokes funny, he comes to save the skit. I thought the country type (Yang Sang Guk) and the short type (Heo Kyung Hwan) were the best. The unpopular type (Kim Kiyul) got a bit cringe-worthy and the fat type (Kim Joon Hyun) generally screamed at you for being insensitive.
Ongoing Skits
5. "Explosive Situation"
Ever wonder what happens at the border of North and South Korea? It's a morbid reality but as a skit, hilarity ensues. An uptight North Korean border control general (Yang Sang Guk), a laid-back border control general who always pushes the North Korean's buttons (Kim Kiyul), and a UN officer (Yang Sun Il) is always in between just in case a nuclear war happens. Hilarious, political, and edgy, it's a fun watch.
6. "Manly Men"
A skit about how men (Seo Tae Hun and Kim Kiyul) handle break-ups. Thing is: they still can't get over it. My favorite parts are when the pity song come on and when the middle-age man (Jung Seung Hwan) who lost a love remembers her name and asks questions to the universe. "Do you miss me?! Do you care I'm alive?!" That kind of thing. In the end, the man (Jung Myung Hoon) who seems to end every relationship over money is the manliest man.
7. "301 302"
A young man (Jung Seung Hwan) moves next door to a young woman (Kim Min Kyung). The young woman starts to believe the young man wants to get to know her. The young man starts to notice strange things about the young woman and his living situation. Her persistence is cute and his comments are hilarious. The landlady (Jung Jimin) tries to set the two up, but imagine after all the young man goes through in a day, he wants to move.
A young man (Jung Seung Hwan) moves next door to a young woman (Kim Min Kyung). The young woman starts to believe the young man wants to get to know her. The young man starts to notice strange things about the young woman and his living situation. Her persistence is cute and his comments are hilarious. The landlady (Jung Jimin) tries to set the two up, but imagine after all the young man goes through in a day, he wants to move.
8. "She Was Pretty"
A twist in a typical tale of a man trying to confess to a pretty girl (Heo Min), a man (Ahn Il Gwon) actually tries to confess to her average-looking friend (Oh Nami). Expect he can't tell her directly. He's mean and when she can't take it anymore, he saves the day with cheap, finger-curling lover's comments. It's great.
A twist in a typical tale of a man trying to confess to a pretty girl (Heo Min), a man (Ahn Il Gwon) actually tries to confess to her average-looking friend (Oh Nami). Expect he can't tell her directly. He's mean and when she can't take it anymore, he saves the day with cheap, finger-curling lover's comments. It's great.
9. "Veteran"
As veteran comedians, you should be able to make any skit funny. Even if the sound director for your skit gets into an accident and the intern has to play the sounds. The inexperienced intern play the sounds but at the wrong times and the wrong sounds at the right times. The youngest comedian of this three, Shim Moon Gyu, has a beautiful "help me out" face ever, Kim Hwe Kyung has a beautiful "I don't know what's happening" face, and Im Jong Hyuk has a beautiful "oops" face.
As veteran comedians, you should be able to make any skit funny. Even if the sound director for your skit gets into an accident and the intern has to play the sounds. The inexperienced intern play the sounds but at the wrong times and the wrong sounds at the right times. The youngest comedian of this three, Shim Moon Gyu, has a beautiful "help me out" face ever, Kim Hwe Kyung has a beautiful "I don't know what's happening" face, and Im Jong Hyuk has a beautiful "oops" face.
10. "Catchphrase Makers"
As a way to apologize for not creating any memorable catchphrases in a while, the comedians (Park Sung Kwang, Park Bomi, Yang Sun Il, Ryu Geun Ji, Jang Yoo Hwan) came up with the idea of making catchphrases for each member and incorporate it into the skit. To be honest, you kind of also want to be in the audience so that you can say the phrase along with them. But it can also be done awkwardly in front of your computer or during everyday life. "Ok Ok Okinawa!"
As a way to apologize for not creating any memorable catchphrases in a while, the comedians (Park Sung Kwang, Park Bomi, Yang Sun Il, Ryu Geun Ji, Jang Yoo Hwan) came up with the idea of making catchphrases for each member and incorporate it into the skit. To be honest, you kind of also want to be in the audience so that you can say the phrase along with them. But it can also be done awkwardly in front of your computer or during everyday life. "Ok Ok Okinawa!"
Bonus Skits I Recommend For Further Giggles
a. "Cooking Goya" - innuendos galore. btw: I love innuendos.
b. "Dignity of a Beggar" - Heo Kyung Hwan not being attractive.
c. "I'm The Only One" - tension between the genders no matter how unwanted will always be funny to me.
d. "The King of Ratings" - human nature explained.
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