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Running Man: Episode 205

It’s not the most hilarious of episodes out there, but there are still a few golden moments that only Running Man can offer. Expect the unexpected with strong personalities that make our Ace Ji-hyo look like a sweet angel in comparison and hidden charms to be discovered in the most unlikeliest of guests. Get ready to take the plunge with an episode with potential lovelines, dance parties, and lucky charms.

EPISODE 205. Broadcast on July 20, 2014.

At the Running Man boarding house, our male residents are just shooting the breeze on this sweltering hot summer day. When Kwang-soo claims that he’s the longest resident here, mat-hyung Suk-jin butts in: “…that’s me.” HA.

Our lodgers collectively cheer when they hear that they’ll be joined by new residents today. Cue our all-female guests (led by Ji-hyo): comedienne Lee Guk-joo, singer Baek Ji-young, trot singer Hong Jin-young, idol Fei (Miss A), and model Kang Seung-hyun (alternatively known as Hyoni Kang).

Even without the preview clips for what’s to come, it quickly becomes apparent that these women are a force to be reckoned with. Like Ji-young, who lives up to her introduction as the female Tiger by raising a warning hand against Jong-kook when he gets cheeky. Gary: “She’s the first person I’ve seen [raise a hand] at Jong-kook!”

As for the rest of the intros, there are a few memorable moments, like the Guk-joo’s wordplay off of her “Loyalty” catchphrase (which I assume we’ll see more of today) and when she gets caught fanning herself with the potted plant due to the heat.

Time to get acquainted with today’s Part-Time Gigs Race where our teams (Red vs. Blue) will duke it out for prizes in each game, and the winning team at the end will win it all. The Blue Team doesn’t seem so worried since they’ve got two fierce competitors (Jong-kook and Ji-young) in their lineup.

But just so we know the team breakdown: Blue (Jong-kook, Haha, Gary, Ji-young, Jin-young, & Fei) and Red (Jae-suk, Suk-jin, Kwang-soo, Ji-hyo, Guk-joo, & Seung-hyun).

On the bus, Guk-joo discloses that she broke up with her boyfriend recently, which Kwang-soo totally calls her out on. I wouldn’t be able to tell you if it’s actually true, but the hyungs try to get the two young’uns together anyway.

She lights up when Kwang-soo says he likes chubby girls (which I’ve heard him say in multiple interviews before), but Jae-suk immediately puts a stop to this potential loveline, staring directly into the camera as he declares: “I can assure that you two definitely won’t work out.”

His reason being that Kwang-soo isn’t Guk-joo’s type. She nods. Ha, what a cheeky way to spin that around so it flatters the guest.

Meanwhile, more flirty arrows are also being shot in the other bus, when a rogue bee forces Jin-young to move and ends up sitting next to Gary. We haven’t heard Gary’s trademark “What’s the meaning of this” line in quite some time, but it’s adorably funnier in his broken English: “What mean?” Heh.

With that, the teams pull into their first part-time gig/mission at the amusement park. At the mention of the bungalow behind them, Fei asks if it’s air-conditioned. It’s not. Here, the teams will scramble to be the first one out to complete an activity. Success will gain a point for their team, failure will hand the point over to the other team, and the first team to get five points wins.

After a chaotic hubbub even before the start—which requires the staff to audibly intervene—the scuffle is just as disorderly once the whistle does blow. Jong-kook’s the one who exits first, however, much to everyone else’s complaints. But then they all learn that once you’re out of the bungalow, you can’t go back in.

Anyhow, Jong-kook’s task is to catch at least three out of five water balloons in a basket after throwing them up in the air and spinning around. His female teammates are understandably anxious and shout words of advice in quick succession when he misses the first: “Don’t throw it up too high!” “Go easy on the throwing!” “Squat a bit.”

But he misses the second, too. And the third, giving the Red Team its first point. Enraged, Ji-young vows to send Guk-joo out there next. Ha.

We cut away to the third activity where the score is now tied 1:1, but while MC Jong-kook explains the next activity (spitting and catching watermelon seeds on one’s face), Haha’s been looking more and more uneasy. He whispers something to Guk-joo, who immediately broadcasts it to everyone, “Haha has to go Number 2!” Oh nooo.

So Haha tries to push his way through the door once the whistle blows, determination written on his face. Ack, I actually feel bad watching as he’s physically held back by the others. The man has got to GO, people!

Somehow, Guk-joo manages to inch her way out of the bungalow, despite Ji-young’s best efforts to stop her. Haha hangs back while everyone else chatters away outside, where Suk-jin instructs Guk-joo to spit out the watermelon. She immediately scolds that statement: “How can you spit out food? You’d be punished for that!” My kinda girl.

Guk-joo chomps down on the watermelon and it looks like she’s enjoying eating it more than anything. With time quickly winding down though, she attempts to spit some back up, but none of the seeds land. Ha, I love how Jin-young tries to make off with some watermelon for herself.

Jae-suk remarks on how there’s something off with all their guests today, what with their strong personalities here a far cry from their demure public images. Annoyed by the heat, Ji-young shouts, “Let’s go!” Jae-suk: “See? Ji-hyo’s the gentle one!”

Haha’s looking more desperate with each passing minute, the only one unable to enjoy the dance time before the next round. There’s much pushing and pulling once the whistle blows, and somehow Haha slips through. Finally!

He can barely stand to hear the jokes that follow, like how Ji-young traded her cute high-pitched voice with her nagging ajumma voice or about how Jin-young’s squatting posture differs from the ladylike aura she’s been trying to exude. Blame the heat, guys—ain’t no one want to be outside on a hot summer day.

Screw the game for variety’s sake—Haha just wants to get this over with and go, damn it. He cracks the gourd shells in quick succession and then dashes off. Hahaha.

The Blue Team is leading 3:1 now, and omg, I just realized that Jong-kook’s single “Lovely” was nine years ago. All of the hits the staff has been playing are a little dated, but they’re all great and everyone is enjoying themselves both inside and outside of the bungalow.

The next battle is a ladies’ arm wrestling battle, and the Red Team try to carry Ji-young off outside. Her teammate does her best to come to her aid, even pulling at Jae-suk’s pants in her attempt. Ha, is MC Yoo wearing orange underpants?

Somewhere in the scuffle, we hear Ji-young scream, “You’re going to take my scalp off!” After Jin-young gets pushed out to battle Seung-hyun, a very peaceful-looking Haha rejoins the group. All is well in the world, indeed.

Both women look pretty confident, but I’ll laugh if all of Jin-young’s prep to get her stance ready turns out to be for show. And then Seung-hyun beats her. HA.

The following task is to down an entire Coke in fifteen seconds and withstand another five. When another one of Ji-young’s hits “My Ear’s Candy,” starts playing, Jae-suk complains again: “Can’t we play some recent songs?!”

At one point, Haha and Guk-joo start dancing together, and whoa—Guk-joo’s pretty good. Once the whistle blows, Ji-young tries to pull Kwang-soo back, and then Jae-suk tumbles outside. His hand lands on the sizzling hot mat thrice (OW) and thus, Jae-suk gets stuck to down the lukewarm soda.

So the staff offer up a proposition: drink the lukewarm one or have a larger cold one. He chooses the cold one after it’s placed on his neck. Inside, Ji-young screams, “Start the timer once he opens the bottle!”

And wouldn’t you believe it—Jae-suk comes the entire thing in time and celebrates with a loud burp. Now that the score’s tied at 3:3 (and because this first game has gone on for farrrr toooo long now), the last round is worth two points.

First one to split an apple with their bare hands will win it, but first it’s dance time. Guk-joo really is light on her feet (“I lost 8kg doing this!”) and when Jae-suk tries to dance along with Fei, she tells him to stand still.

Naturally it turns into a dance party and whereas Guk-joo impresses with her dance moves, Seung-hyun is pretty stiff. Aw, and then Jae-suk pulls a PD from the staff to join in on the fun (she’s apparently friends with Seung-hyun).

Watching Guk-joo’s hips move must have had some impression on Gary, because she declares that he keeps sticking by her side now. Gary: “I didn’t know this would happen either!” Then he totally leans into her. HA, this is great.

Anyway, back to the apple-splitting. Suk-jin and Gary face off for their teams, and a split-second later, Suk-jin wins it for his team. The winning Red Team are given the opportunity to choose five out of seven mystery prizes (two of which contain nothing) while the losing team can only choose one out of what’s left.

Out of all the prizes, Guk-joo is happiest to see a box of ramyun, which she claims for herself. Ji-young can either win nothing or a laptop… and choose the latter. I love her boss reaction to choosing the right one.

On the bus ride over to the restaurant, Jae-suk repeats that Ji-hyo’s fierceness pales in comparison to Ji-young and Jin-young. Speaking of whom, those two are busy guessing what today’s lunch mission might be. It’s meat. I’m done.

Here, one person from each team will choose from five pot lids. Should the handle come off, their teammate will be showered with a downpour, and last team standing wins. Lucky charm Ji-young is pitted against Ji-hyo, the latter of whom was the only one who won nothing so far.

Both Ji-young and Ji-hyo pass the first round, and another lucky choice from Ji-hyo leaves Ji-young with another 50:50 situation. After making their choices, both women reach simultaneously…

…And Jin-young is doused with water. Now Ji-young’s luck has turned around because she chooses the loose handle on the first try. Wet Spartakooks, anyone?

Ji-hyo chooses the loose one on the next round, and Suk-jin waits for a downpour… that doesn’t seem to come. He’s told to move when the pipes don’t seem to be working, but the other one just seem to trickle, too. Hahahaha, this is even funnier than getting dumped with water.

Later on, Kwang-soo is switched in to choose, and Haha calls out to Ji-young: “It’ll be the end for you if you lose to him!” And then she chooses the loose one. HA.

So Ji-young and Guk-joo are placed under the spouts, both waiting for what’s to come in alluring poses. Both Kwang-soo and Fei pick up their pot lids at the same time… and it’s Ji-young who’s doused with water.

Kwang-soo’s strategy of getting second choice has been working for him up to now, so naturally he sticks with it. At one point, Kwang-soo’s asked whether he likes Jin-young, to which he admits that she’s his type.

Mention of that prompts MC Yoo to tease a loveline between the two using an old variety favorite where both parties look at each other in a show of mutual interest. It quickly escalates into something bigger as Jae-suk says they have to share numbers and Haha throws in that they have to meet each other’s parents. Lol.

Gary and Ji-young are used as an example, and while Gary looks at her… she just keeps eating. Hahahaha.

So Jin-young looks at Kwang-soo, but he doesn’t return her look. Annoyed, Jin-young declares, “Let’s just be friends!” She gets teased for the rejection, and Kwang-soo jokes, “Stop being so clingy!”

But then karma comes back to bite hard about thirty seconds later when Kwang-soo chooses the loose handle. Poor Guk-joo is completely soaked, but she’s still humorous about it.

A few turns later, Kwang-soo is left with another 50:50 chance to win it for his team… and he does. Out of the four possible chances for a prize, the Red Team grabs a rental car and a plane ticket coupon. The Blue Team picks up a food exchange ticket.

Everyone is still hung up on the failed loveline between Kwang-soo and Jin-young, whom the giraffe swears is his type. So they put that theory to the test in an Ideal Type World Cup (a tournament-style game where you choose between two people in each round) with all the ladies on the bus.

Kwang-soo ends up choosing Guk-joo over Jin-young, to the latter’s irritation. Guk-joo puffs up, pleased: “This means I was chosen over an actress, singer, and a model, right?” When the boys question Kwang-soo’s choices, Haha cuts them all down: “[For Kwang-soo, it’s] as long as it isn’t Jin-young.”

The final round pits Guk-joo against Seung-hyun, and the sympathy falls upon Guk-joo when Kwang-soo chooses the model. Jin-young tries to act cool by telling Gary to switch seats with Kwang-soo’s ideal type (for this game), and Haha teases, “You needn’t concern yourself!”

For their third part-time game, the teams will be playing Newspaper Basketball with newspaper-wrapped basketballs. A regular shot is worth one points while a dunk shot earns two, and it looks like Kwang-soo’s got this one in the bag with his tall height.

The Red Team decide on focusing on dunk shots, but the Blue Team have got at least three skilled shooters. Things look good for the Red Team at the start as Seung-hyun rides on Kwang-soo’s shoulders while Guk-joo pushes the opponents away to score a dunk.

But Jong-kook evens up the score moments later. I don’t know basketball all that well, but I know enough to notice that the rules are realllllly relaxed in this games, as everyone takes any opportunity to try and steal the ball from each other.

When Kwang-soo uses his tall height to block some shots, the Blue Team physically hold him back to score another basket. A few more minutes into the game, Gary latches onto Ji-hyo (as defense! Really!) and Jin-young does the same to Jae-suk.

It’s a battlefield out there until halftime is finally called, and Kwang-soo’s outer shirt has peeled off thanks to Fei’s hold on him. She apologizes for it.

The Blue Team starts off strong in the second half, as Haha’s basket puts them in the lead 5:4. It isn’t long before Seung-hyun scores two more baskets, and a catfight between Jin-young and Guk-joo erupts on court. But once they’re off the court, they sit side by side together. Cute.

With just over ninety seconds left, the score is tied 6:6. Guk-joo calls out from the bench: “I love you Lee Kwang-s—” Ha, Jin-young placed her hand over Guk-joo’s mouth.

Around the thirty-second mark, Jae-suk flies into the air and ties up the score again to 8:8. Kwang-soo receives a pass and jumps for a dunk shot, but misses. Then Haha passes the ball to Jong-kook, who dunks it just before the whistle blows.

Thus the Blue Team wins the basketball game 10:8, and are given first picks to the prizes: cash. Haha chooses the same box unlucky Ji-young would have. It’s empty. At least the others are flowing with cash, and the Blue Team gets about $1300. Poor Kwang-soo chooses the empty one for his team.

We finally get to the final mission, which is a hula hoop ring toss. Everyone in either team must succeed or else forfeit all their prizes. Jae-suk: “You’re saying we could end up with nothing?” PD: “That’s right.” Oh man, that sounds mean.

Despite everyone’s complaints, the PD doesn’t budge. So they try their hands at the ring toss, but it’s harder than it looks. Then it’s go-time.

The Red Team has two chances since they won two games over the Blue Team’s sole win. Ji-hyo misses on her turn, which forces her team to start over. Three of the Red Team have succeeded by the time it’s Guk-joo’s turn. She misses, which means her team goes home empty-handed.

Jong-kook starts off for the Blue Team, and things are looking extremely good for them with five teammates successfully pulling off the ring toss. Now it’s down to Haha to go big or go home.

He throws his hula hoop… and succeeds. And so the Blue Team pull off the big win, winning all of today’s prizes. Jae-suk suggests they do a re-match with the same team members sometime later, which Guk-joo refuses: “I’m sorry. It’s too tiring.”

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I laughed so much in this episode. I luff Jin-young and Guk-joo's fake fights and Ji-young's always been so sassy so it was fun. The model was kinda boring, as was parts of the basketball game and the hula hoop finale. But overall, I enjoyed it and would love 3/4 of the guests back on RM.

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I forgot Fei, haha. So that's 3/5.

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I loved that episode :D
The guests were really entertaining and you could tell that the members really enjoyed their companies especially Gary who I noticed laughed so hard everytime Baek Ji Young opened her mouth XD. Cute.
Dance times on Running Man are always the best./ Jae Suk seemed so into it. I guess he didn't like when he said countless times that he loved dancing !

NEXT WEEK WITH JOO WON AND HONG SUK CHEON. I am so happy ! HSC was one of those guests I have been dying to have on the show because the man is just so freakin' funny in Happy Together. He made a small appearance in Episode 44 so yeap', it's good to have him for a whole episode !

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Thumb Up to All Kwang Soo & Hong Jing Young Shippers

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I Love the "It's A Good Plan Kwang Soo" xddddddd

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I tend to have low expectations of episodes with too many guests or female celebs, since they usually require some hand-holding from the hosts, and are mindful of their image. But the female guests in this episode blew me away with their gung-ho attitude, spontaneity, independence, ability to crack jokes, willingness to humiliate themselves for entertainment. Great chemistry. And I noticed the hosts did take a step back and let their guests do their thing, as there wasn't a need for them to take the initiative in deliberately entertaining the audience - in fact most of the hosts had a great time laughing at their guests and be entertained for once.

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RM is usually fun but it's been a while since I've laughed this hard. This was a great episode where the cast did step back a little and let the guest shine. Typically when they have female guests, they're all timid but this was a great crew and had so much energy! They had so much fun and you could tell it was really fun and nothing contrived! I hope they're invited back!

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Episodes with too many guest tend to fall short as we don't get enough of the personal interactions. Those episodes usually only work when there's an epic mission going on as then all the focus is on the mission rather than the comical aspect.
I get so irritated by guests who cant seem to let go of the image management while on a variety show. This week, even though the missions werent really creative or exciting, the guests had great comical timing and just let loose and had fun.

it's nice to get this type of episode after some of the recent meh rm episodes. ill definitely be watching this again at some point.

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I love this episode, great guests & the interactions was fantastic, but the games a bit bad, out of ideas Pd-Nim?? i found the last game a bit ridiculous.
I love Hong Jin Young & Kwang Soo xddd, i think they will be a beautiful couple, she's so cute & beautiful & he's so funny, a gentleman & a really nice guy.
I know she's in We Got Married with Nam Goong Min & he's handsome with ABS xdd, but that show it's so scripted, and sorry for say that but Goong Min it's a bit boring & sometimes a bit fake, maybe because the script, i don't know.
I don't know why they always says ugly to Kwang Soo, he's not the most handsome guy in korea but c'mon he's charming & so atractive & very masculine, he's a mix between Lee Min Ho & Lee Dong Wook, after kookie i think he's the second best looking in running man's male members.
I Like the fight between all the girls for kwang soo xddd, tell me crazy but i think Fei likes kwang soo a bit xddd

thanks for reading, sorry my english it's not perfect

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Not sure if "masculine" comes to mind when thinking of Kwang-soo.

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"It’s not the most hilarious of episodes out there, but there are still a few golden moments that only Running Man can offer."

- Eh? Thought this was a pretty funny ep due to a good no. of the guests having outgoing personalities.

And where else would one find humor about Haha needing to heed nature's call, the malfunctioning water dumper, and the new "icon of misfortune"?

Baek Ji-young really sounds like a middle-aged ajumma when she yells and was impressed by Jin-young (poor girl for getting dissed by the Giraffe) coolly accepting to go underneath the water dumper 1st (unlike Sukjin) and then acting calm and cool after she got dumped.

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Right? It's been awhile since I had so much fun watching RM. The games in this episode is kinda no brainer, but they delivered! The energy showed by all female guests makes the episode more fun to watch. Everyone doesn't care what's going on and just have fun !!!

Oh and I like Jin-Young. Would turn my face to you if im there for sure. =P. Cute sassy and fun.

Anyway, I hope BJY, Gukjoo and JinYoung will be invited again. <3 'em

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I can't remember the last time Running Man made me laugh this much.

True, the last game was a bit of an anticlimax, but the rest of the episode really makes up for it (in my opinion) :D Running Man fighting!

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Jin Young's SBS husband it's Kwang Soo xdddddd

i think it will be more interisting if her couple in WGM was Him xdddd

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Thank you for the recap!

I didn't get too far in this episode yet but I just wanted to say BAEK JI YOUNG, YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. I LOVE HER and I fully expect her to be as awesome and gung-ho a guest as Uhm Jung Hwa was a few months ago.

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This was a very hilarious episode of RM. Far better than that of last week. The guests were very engaging and ready to get down and dirty. Now those are the best kind of guests to have on a variety show

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I thought this episode was one of the funniest from this year. The guests were hilarious, especially Guk Joo, Ji Young & Jin Young, I hope they come back again.
Some of the PD's snarky captions about Guk Joo did bother me at bit though, I thought they were kinda unnecessary since when he didn't really do that with the other four guests.

Oh, and Guk Joo was parodying Kim Bo Sung's loyalty/으리 catchphrase from the Birak Sikhye CF (it's pretty ridiculous/hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5wBnUpV_xU ).

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I completely agree! I felt the fat comments on screen were very unnecessary, especially during the final game where Gary & Jin Young commented how cute Guk Joo was & how they wanted to put her in their pocket (and on screen the caption said it better be a BIG pocket). There weren't too many (mostly in the beginning) but that last one bothered me the most. Overall, I too thought this was one of the funniest RM episodes I've seen in a LONG time. I hope these female guests come back because they were amazing!!

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So many hilarious, laugh-out-loud moments in this episode! I think it was pretty evident that both cast and guests had a blast together- whether through the games, interactions with each other, or a random dance party. The guests' chemistry with the cast and with each other were spot on. Seeing everyone have so much fun really made the viewing experience that much better.

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Absolutely right! I had so much fun!! Hope the next ep will be great, too!

Thanks Gummi!

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I cracked up the whole time! This was one of the best groups of guests for me.

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really liked this episode...

but what i really liked was that running man did not go over the top with "fat" jokes towards Lee Guk-Joo. Korean variety shows/or gag shows tend to over do the "poking at the fat" person stuff. Yes, it was there... here and there - but it was minimal.

anyways... guests were great. Lee Guk-Joo was great. really liked that gariee felt a bond towards her. Surprised me by how well she danced.

Hong Jin Young is always entertaining, although I find her borderline rude at times on other variety show... she wasn't too bad in this episode of running man, though. had good chemistry with most everyone.

Baek Ji Young is one of my favorite singers and she's always great in variety show - glad she was entertaining in this episode, too.

i think those 3 really brought it to the show, but you expected it. the other guests were okay - hard to do much with the other 3 around, lol.

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Jin Young's take-down of Guk-joo was great, as was the legs flailing cat fight afterwards.

Thought Fei did a pretty job as well.

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I'm so happy with this episode! Great guests, awesome interactions and simple missions. Thay were all really entertaining! There were no big concept to follow, they just went out there and had fun! And i found two new jewels I'd like to follow: Ji-young and Jin-young!
Thank you for this recap!

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The sub titles that I had said the guests were college women - and I believed it for about a half hour! Sheesh - I didn't know they were in the business. I really like the shows with students so that part was a let down..

Best part: Jae-suk's orange undies - so funny! (I thought Jae-suk had sun sensitivity, which is why he has worn head scarves in the past. I was surprised that he didn't for this ep.)

Haha's bathroom crisis!

When someone pealed Kwang Soo's shirt off, then someone sat on his head - hahaha

I don't really understand the Korean "arm sleeves". It was already so hot and they all had them. Jong-kook couldn't pull his up very high - too many muscles!

I had to fast forward through the dance party, too much bump and grind, Guk joo was getting on my nerves...

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The arm sleeves are to block the sun. Just like hats on their heads (um...which are hotter than anything since your head is where heat escapes from). It's so they don't get too much sun exposure.

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Ohhhh - thanks for the info! I learn so much from my Beanie friends...

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lol they were roleplaying as college students trying to earn pocket money for their summer expenses or something through the games in the episode.

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Thanks for the recap!

I actually thought this episode was hilarious though. :'D Really the best one in a while, almost like classic Running Man with the surprisingly witty and fantastic guests (man, those lady guests were so different from what I expected! since I didn't really know most of them before this episode) and the abundance of the hilarious cast interactions that really make this show what it is. I loved the impromptu dance party and the lovelines that the boys were making up! Poor Haha just really having to go and then blowing through all those smashed gourds like a Terminator was priceless. The "Random Basketball" game was also hilarious-- I loved that the game turned out to be the Blue Team Uncles (Jong-kook, Haha, and Gary) vs. the fierce Red Team Girls (Ji-hyo, Seung-hyun, and the amazing Guk-joo). Although DAMN I would've loved to have been in Guk-joo's place for that basketball game! All that one on one up close and personal Spartakooks time. :P

The final game was definitely anticlimactic though-- I know RM probably doesn't want to overwork the cast members, who are steadily getting older, but I would love to see a return to the nametag tearing games of old! It used to be that the beginning games were often nonsensical but the final game was always brilliant and nail-bitingly tense. Now the producers are doing a fantastic job at coming up with creative new games, but the last game has been consistently falling flat over the past few episodes. Here's hoping they'll find the perfect balance soon!

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I really enjoyed this episode!! The basketball was my least favorite part but overall everything just felt really....fun! It seemed like everyone was enjoying themselves and like everyone was sort of letting go. Nobody stood on formalities or was hiding in the background. A good mix!

On a random sidenote...it still bothers me that they so often give "prizes" for different sections but then have a winner who takes all of them in the end anyway. I mean, what the point then in having prizes for each stage? Small issue but I felt like mentioning it.

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Right about the prizes... kinda sad some of the guests didn't get what they won in the earlier games...

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Joo-wonnie next week? wootwoot!

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this episode was very entertaining with the female guests, they were all joking and letting themselves go in the games, and that makes it fun to watch .=D

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Definitely a fun episode. One of the better ones in a while. I think the guests definitely held up their end but it was really all about the interaction between the cast/members that made it great. The games were nice and all but i thought all the great moments had nothing to do with the game, with the exception of Baek Ji Young becoming the new icon of misfortune. Gook Joo was so entertaining and I hope they have her back again. Fei started strong and kind of faded while Ji Young and Jin Young were loud, outgoing, and definitely showed great variety spirit. Seung Hyun was kind of quiet but was game to dance and did well in the games. I really liked this episode and hope to see more like it.

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This was one of the best RM episodes to date.. especially in recent episodes. The guests were amazing. Hilarious.. Everything felt natural and it just flowed so well.

Amazing.

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Please TVN make a drama with Kwang Soo & Jin Young as Main Leads ¡¡¡¡¡¡
they have a very good chemistry

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The impromptu dance party really reminded me of the dance stage/intro for X-Man.

And Seung-hyun dancing so stiffly reminded me of the 2 stiff dance queens on X-Man, Lee Jin (FinKL) and Lee Ji-hyun (Jewelry) who dance even more stiffly (how did those 2 ever become members of girl groups?).

One thing this ep shows is that Ms. Mong does not have an outgoing personality (she was even quieter in her early variety appearances) - which is why the "Bad Ji-hyo" moments are so precious.

And YJS complaining about the "old" songs being played was pretty funny; speaking of which - the Grasshopper dancing and lip-sincing to “My Ear’s Candy" (w/ UEE) on FO is a must watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx-jJ3OZ6gM

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it took RM a few attempts to finally hit that sweet spot, but with this episode i believe it has reclaimed its mojo. i thoroughly enjoyed this episode esp. the first game, which left me limp with laughter) and the basketball/wrestling game (no dribble, no fouls, no rules) -- that was awesome.

i like it best when the RM cast and guests are left to themselves to create unexpected funny situations -- really, these spontaneously hilarious moments are what keeps me slogging through ho-hum episodes.

a few highlights:

1. YJS's brand of physical comedy -- esp. when his hand made contact with the hot surface of the mat. you could feel him "recoil" at the unexpected sensation (and it happened 3x) -- and he even treated poor Kwang-soo as his buffer zone :D.

2. ha-ha's mighty struggles to answer the call of nature while fighting through a hoard of competitors who wouldn't give him an inch. that was a classic convergence of great comedic instinct and a natural (personal) crisis that was put to good use.

3. the 3 blue girls were ferociously competitive. the pink girl were fine, too, but those blue babes made this episode so worthwhile for me.

4. Gary grabbed a great opportunity to "hug" Ji-hyo during the basketball/wrestling game LOL! i wouldn't have minded at all if he had done that throughout the match.

5. again, LKS got pretty banged up in this episode. hopefully he'll have a few days' rest before he can do this again :)

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Omg, this episode had me laughing out loud so hard, something I haven't done in a long time for rm.

Who would have thought the great baek ji young, such a respected singer, would come onto rm and totally behave like an ahjumma. I adore her, she was such great fun. Would have loved to see more interaction of her with fellow 76-er and fellow sunbaenim status singer kjk, but their interactions were minimal. She's one of the rare few women who speaks informal to kjk! Would have loved to see their closeness.

Guk Jo grated on my nerves a little by the end of the show, but its a minor complaint. I love how fearless these female guests Are.

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it took RM a while to finally hit that hit sweet spot, but with this episode i believe it has reclaimed its mojo. i thoroughly enjoyed the games -- esp. the first game (which left me limp with laughter) and the basketball/wrestling match (no dribble, no fouls, no rules) -- man, that was awesome.

i like it best when the RM cast and their guests are left to themselves to create these funny situations -- really, these spontaneous, hilarious moments are what keeps me slogging through ho-hum episodes.

here are a few highlights for me:

1. YJS's brand of physical comedy -- esp. when his hand made contact with the hot surface of the mat. you could practically feel him recoil at the unexpected sensation -- and he even turned Kwang-soo into his "buffer zone" hahaha!

2. Ha-ha's mighty struggles to answer the call of nature while fighting through a horde of single-minded competitors who simply wouldn't give him a free pass. that was a classic convergence of great comedic instincts and a natural (personal) crisis that was put to good use.

3. the 3 blue girls were fiercely competitive. the pink girls were fine, too, but those blue girls really made this episode so worthwhile for me.

4. Gary grabbed a great opportunity to "hug" Ji-hyo during the basketball/wrestling game. i wouldn't have minded if he had done that for the entire game :).

5. LKS got pretty banged up (again) during this episode -- those girls just wouldn't let up on him LOL. hopefully he'll get a few days' rest before he can do this again.

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sorry guys. i'm having some problems with my internet cnxn fso i ended up posting my comment twice. :)

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Don't really know what to say about this episode. I seem to be among the few who thought this episode was just okay. Don't get me wrong, I still think its better than some of the previous ones.

I guess I prefer the episodes where the guests dont overshadow the members too much (we didnt even hear Ji Hyo speak in the first 45 minutes). Even in this episode I still find the most interesting/funny parts are the ones involving the members such as:
- Haha's stomach problems
- Big Nose Hyung's water bomb malfunction
- Gwang Soo's "loveline" (dont see why he didnt at least play along at least for this episode though, she was cute)

The games were alright but they dragged the first one for way too long. Hoping to see name tag ripping again soon. Even so, I'm glad RM finally produced another episode that most of everyone liked!

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Fantastic episode! RM is really a series of hits and misses these days, and this is going to be one of my favorites, with all the little moments and interactions. Impromptu dance party? Of course, when you have two energetic songstresses and eager guests and hosts. Everybody was more into dancing than the mission at hand. The energy of the other girls must have rubbed off on Fei as well. She went all out in that basketball game, and nobody on that court cared about their public image. It's just too bad that these guests aren't back for a second episode.

Love the bear hug Gary gave Ji Hyo to stop her, and it was worth it, because that girl was splendid in this game. And anyone think Kwang Soo is dating given his romantic choices, or is it just variety sense by not looking at Jin Young?

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YJS knows a good thing when he sees it; at the end, he made a remark about the guests all coming back on the same teams for a rematch.

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Does anyone know what brand Sunglasses Haha is wearing during the opening ??

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Hong Jin Young, enuff said. Marry me please^^

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what is the song of ba say ho ? the ending song when they cheer and jinyoung kept dancing it ?

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sorry to ask..can anybody tell me the dance song the RM are dancing during their victory dance? thnx

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Everybody looked so damn hot this episode, esp spartakooks o.o

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As a monday couple shipper, I squeaked on min 77:08-77:50 ♡♡

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does anybody know what is the song that is played during the dance party?

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Goddess of luck, Song Ji Hyo! Her future husband will be so happy.

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While everyone said it's a good episode, I hate this one! I really don't like the girls, except for Song Ji Hyo of course. The model was behaving okay, but the rest were behaving "bitchy" with no manners, as if they were showing off attitudes for this show.

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fei hug and undress kwang soo

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