Kim Gun-mo cameos as a bad first date
by javabeans
Oh, I love Kim Gun-mo. I love that he songwrites his music, starting back in the day before kpop singers wrote their own stuff. Well, most still don’t, but he always wrote his. I love that he has a playful touch to his music. And I love that in his cameo for the new KBS series The Man Who Can’t Get Married [결혼 못하는 남자], he apparently looks like a big ol’ dork as he goes on a blind date with Uhm Jung-hwa‘s character.
The cameo was shot on May 12 at a restaurant in Seoul’s Yoido neighborhood, with Kim Gun-mo playing an (off-putting, nauseating) applied music professor.
SONG OF THE DAY
Kim Gun-mo – “너에게 (마음으로 하는 말),” or “(My Heart Says These Words) To You.”
Aww yeah, it’s old-school Kim Gun-mo. This one’s from his third album (he has twelve), which is probably my favorite. [ Download ]
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Oh, by the way, Uhm Jung-hwa‘s character had previously been described as a dentist, but now is described as an internist/physician. Either that changed, or the earlier report was mistaken (I’m going with mistaken).
In the story, Uhm’s doctor character is told by her father with irritation to “Hurry up and get married,” and is forced into a blind “mat-seon” date. Kim’s character is a respectable professor who’s been on tons of these types of dates before, who is also a somewhat sickening date — he wipes his sweat at the table and says things like, “A professor and a doctor — there are lots of married couples like that. Our marriage fortunes are probably good.”
Uhm said of the shoot, “I thought I would die laughing. We’re good friends, and he hesitated a bit over how to film and was a little bit awkward with his acting, but still, he was pretty decent.”
Although Uhm is friends with Kim, she explained that because of her friendship, she felt she shouldn’t push for casting him, but she did recommend him to the producers. (MILD SPOILER?) This failed first date takes place in the first episode, but Kim Gun-mo will make a reappearance in Episode 7 when Uhm’s character bumps into him again.
Uhm’s main love interest in the drama is the “man who can’t get married” himself, the lead character played by Ji Jin-hee (Spotlight). They have a somewhat odd first meeting, as she is the doctor who gives him a hemorrhoidectomy. (Tell that story to the kids, huh?)
The drama premieres on Monday, June 15, on KBS.
Via My Daily
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Tags: Ji Jin-hee, Kim Gun-mo, The Man Who Can't Get Married, Uhm Jung-hwa
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1 deeta
May 12, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Oh wow, I love that song you put up. It's got some Cool vibe too. I've always thought KGM is an uber ballad singer which is why I've steered clear of him. Thanks for the song!
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2 Samsooki
May 12, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Yeah baby, bring that old school vibe back to Dramabeans.
I think I still have Kim Gun Mo's first 3 CD's, and my favs are 핑계 off of the second and that other song I can't quite remember the name but the song starts off.... noon-mul-i hul-lyuh.. i-byul-i... something something (testing memory...아름다운 이별???). Bleh.... makes me want to take out a few 88 cigarettes, squat down in flipflops and wait for something (or nothing) to happen. Lesson for the teenybopper Super Junior / Girl's Generation crowd - cigarettes are bad for you, do as I say now, not as I did then. :)
Him and Shin Seung Hun should start appearing in dramas... just so that I can re-live the old days.... *sniff*
I'll lift a cheer out for Kim Gun Mo tonight. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, JB.
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3 Samsooki
May 12, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Kim Gun Mo's "Bad Meeting" (remixed live version).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCWQGTJehMA
This clip is so hilarious. I have so many mixed emotions when I look at things like this. Embarrassment and pride at the same time, how can that be... I can't exactly explain how I feel as a guy watching this clip...
Still, the song title is "Bad Meeting" and I think(?) having KGM as a cameo is a nice play on his (most famous?) song and the blind date meeting shown in the drama. I wonder if they will intersplice the song into the meeting. That would be hilarious, and a bit sad too.
Oh wow flashback... I just remember it took me days to memorize the lyrics! It was a must, however.... couldn't go to karaoke without having this song in your pocket...
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4 ohyehbb
May 12, 2009 at 1:54 PM
KIM GUNMO<3 hahahaha, i loved his song 핑계 when I was like... what, 5, 6 years old? I remember watching him win on music bank (i'm pretty sure it was music bank--damn, that show is old)
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5 cheonsa
May 12, 2009 at 2:24 PM
ahhh ... i <3 kim gun-mo! my favorite song of his is "mianhaeyo". also, "jaebi" is a fun tune to listen to.
can't wait to see kim and uhm's matseon scene on "man who can't get married"! it sounds like it's hilarious!
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6 fizzle
May 12, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Woah, Uhm Jung Hwa's really got the Natsumi vibes going. I didn't think she would work playing Natsukawa Yui's role.
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7 cosmopolite
May 12, 2009 at 5:07 PM
His voice has always sounded.........unique to me. hahah.
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8 Porcelain
May 12, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Kim Gun Mo is seriously the cutest ahjushi around...... I got to know him thru Good Daddy/The Dad That I Like/Joahseo... this variety/reality(?) program with him and another 4 guys - Kim Hyung Bum, Yoo Sae Yoon, Kim Heechul and Lee Hongki... Initially watched for Heechul and Hongki and coz baby Mason who pops up here and there, but later I warm up to all the daddies for they are really adorable and clueless...
He is really a doting father and being the hyung to the guys... he himself was up to a lot of silly mischief, oh how I miss that show!!!
Aww... Uhm Jung Hwa said, she thought she'll die laughing seems like they have lotsa fun during filming...
Oh and he really blew me away during last year end music festival, I seen him with some girls groups and I love the way he sings, with a tinge of blues... very big band sound and I like his raspy voice...
And he is hilarious whenever he is on Star Golden Bell as well...
and recently he was in Chae Yeon comeback single "Shake" MV as a guy that Chae Yeon randomly walks in, in the bathroom... how could he be so cute?
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9 Lil
May 12, 2009 at 9:17 PM
I love his music and am glad that he's being more active now!
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10 thunderbolt
May 13, 2009 at 7:44 AM
Looks like they're going to stay close to the original.
Glad that "dentist" thingy is off because it wouldn't make sense for Ji Jin-hee's character to be popping by her office so often unless he has cavities galore.
#6 fizzle, we finished Kekkon Dekinai Otoko at about the same time! ^^
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11 whoa
May 16, 2009 at 11:27 AM
kim gun mo brings back memories of school, back then i have no interest on korean culture at all, then my mom bought me his 4th jib, 미련, gosh what a classic!
i never knew he's such a fun ajusshi until i watched good daddy's pilot ep
cant wait for the whole drama to finish. somehow i got interested along the way
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