Thursday, January 23, 2014

THe World of Korean Varity Shows


As I said in a previous post K-Dramas introduced me to the world of Korean Variety shows. I don’t know what it is about Korean Varity shows but I can’t help but watch them. There are a few that I watch more then others. Before I found dramafever.com I used to watch Running Man on TV without subtitles every Saturday night. You don’t need subtitles to understand what is going on. But having the words makes it more enjoyable.
A lot of the Varity shows I watch on YouTube since I do not have access to the channels. I can pay to have access to a few more Korean related channels. Without YouTube I could not fully enjoy some of the shows I’m currently hooked too. All hale to the founders of YouTube and all those who use it. There are four shows that I watch religiously and then there are some shows I might watch every once in a while.
On Monday I watch Running Man. It is one of my favorite Korean Variety shows. All of the members bring something different to the show. But my favorite member would be Kwang-Soo. He is just so funny and lovable. But all of the members are pretty awesome. On Tuesday I watch Cool Kiz on the Block. I started to watch this show while they were playing badminton. Ho Dong is so retarded and funny. It wouldn’t be the same without him on the show. I liked basketball better then badminton. But it is interesting to watch the actors and singers play sports were they either have little or no experience. But there are a few people who have a lot of experience in the chosen sport. But it hasn’t been on for the last twp weeks but they posted a new episode early this morning.
On Friday I watch Music Bank. I usually just skip all of the groups I don’t like and only listen to the groups I like. Since I don’t listen to any female artists so there goes half of the show to begin with. I also skip over groups I either haven’t heard of or I don’t like. The groups I’ve never heard of I usually look up their music video and watch it later. On Saturday I watch Let’s Go Dream Team. I like how they have a variety of people on the show. It’s not just one type of people. It’s a mix of actors, singers, models and everything in between. I also like that they have normal, everyday people to go head to head with. The MCs are so good together. They compliment each other.
Sometimes I watch Weekly Idol depending on who is the guest. I like to watch my favorite idols on there. It’s funny when the MCs make them do stupid and embarrassing things. I loved Block Bs guest appearance. I laughed so hard throughout the whole show. It is just a great “simple” show and it is different from the other shows that are similar to it. I’m not to sure what day the new episodes are posted on YouTube. I usually just look it up on Wikipedia to see who the guests are before I go looking for it on YouTube. I also just started to watch 2 Days and 1 Night season 3. Only two episodes have been posted but I’m now two episodes behind. But I can catch us easy.
If you never watched a Korean variety show you should go check them out. They are so much fun and America has nothing like them. Even my mother agrees about them. I can sometimes get her to watch running man with me. I think on Tuesday we watched the episodes 84 and 85 with Big Bang. It was awesome!!!

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