ACTION VARIETY SHOW, RUNNING MAN (런닝맨)
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Running Man is a South Korean action variety show classified as 'urban action variety' with a mix of comedy, a never-before-seen genre of variety shows. The purpose of the show is to attract a wide range of audiences from all over the world and the basic concept of it is the MCs(hosts) and the guests complete missions in a landmark to win the race. The most interesting part of this show is that every week the PDS(Producer) would come up with different themes for the race and what audiences always look forward to is the final race which consisted of ripping off nametags behind another person's back.
An example of a 'theme' for the race would be episode 150's "Running Man Marvel: The Avengers" where the whole mission is about each individual given a superhero role, along with their 'abilities' depending on which hero they were set on and form strategic alliances to defeat the guests who played the villains by ripping nametags off their backs. However the 'abilities' may have a certain condition which may not allow another person to tear it off, so they would have to think of a different strategy to do so.
Running Man members include: Yoo Jae Suk (South Korea's National MC), Kim Jong Kook(singer), HaHa(singer), Gary(rapper), Ji Suk Jin(comedian/broadcaster), Lee Kwang Soo(actor) and Song Ji Hyo(actress).
If you want to check out more about this program, you can start by looking up reviews and episodes on various websites such as http://www.kshownow.net/ or http://runmanclub.net/running-man-english-subtitle or any other websites that you could find. Hope you would enjoy it as much as I did and... Don't walk.Run !
Video Running Man Ep 82: Spy Game:
Video Running Man Ep 82: Spy Game:
Video taken from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fnoyFKNADo
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